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Favorite Monthly Lists & Picks for 2016

DECEMBER 2016

Indie Next
MOONGLOW by Michael Chabon
SWING TIME by Zadie Smith
THE FATE OF THE TEARLING by Erika Johansen
TO CAPTURE WHAT WE CANNOT KEEP by Beatrice Colin
THE ELEPHANTS IN MY BACKYARD by Rajiv Surendra
THE GLASS UNIVERSE: How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars by Dava Sobel
SCRAPPY LITTLE NOBODY by Anna Kendrick
MORANIFESTO by Caitlin Moran
VICTORIA: The Queen: An Initimate Biography of the Woman Who Ruled an Empire by Julia Baird
WRITING TO SAVE A LIFE: The Louis Till File by John Edgar Wideman
ABSOLUTELY ON MUSIC: Conversations with Seiji Ozawa by Haruki Murakami, trans. by Jay Rubin
WHO WATCHETH: An Inspector Irene Huss Investigation by Helene Tursten, trans. by Marlaine Delargy
I'LL TAKE YOU THERE by Wally Lamb
NORMAL by Warren Ellis
THE HISTORY OF ROCK & ROLL, VOLUME 1: 1920 – 1963 by Ed Ward
BORN A CRIME: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
THE WHOLE TOWN'S TALKING by Fannie Flagg
EMA, THE CAPTIVE by César Aira, trans. by Chris Andrews
MINCEMEAT: The Education of an Italian Chef by Leonardo Lucarelli
OUT OF BOUNDS: A Karen Pirie Novel by Val McDermid

LibraryReads
[Favorites of 2016]

THE WOMAN IN CABIN 10 by Ruth Ware
COMMONWEALTH by Ann Patchett
MY NAME IS LUCY BARTON by Elizabeth Strout
THE READERS OF BROKEN WHEEL RECOMMEND by Katarina Bivald
A GREAT RECKONING by Louise Penny
THE NEST by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney
SALT TO THE SEA by Ruta Sepetys
THE SUMMER BEFORE THE WAR by Helen Simonson
LILAC GIRLS by Martha Hall Kelly
TRULY MADLY GUILTY by Liane Moriarty

Target Book Club
THE PASSENGER by Lisa Lutz

Pennie's Pick (Costco)
THE SPY by Paulo Coelho
 


 

NOVEMBER 2016

Indie Next
FAITHFUL by Alice Hoffman
THE NEXT by Stephanie Gangi
NICOTINE by Nell Zink
THE GIRL FROM VENICE by Martin Cruz Smith
THE GERMAN GIRL by Armando Lucas Correa
ORPHANS OF THE CARNIVAL by Carol Birch
MISTER MONKEY by Francine Prose
NIGHT SCHOOL: A Jack Reacher Novel by Lee Child
CABO DE GATA by Eugen Ruge (trans. by Anthea Bell)
IQ by Joe Ide
THE TERRANAUTS by T.C. Boyle
WONDER WOMAN: 25 Innovators, Inventors, and Trailblazers Who Changed History by Sam Maggs (illus. by Sophia Foster-Dimino)
THE FALL GUY by James Lasdun
INHERITING EDITH by Zoe Fishman
THE EDUCATION OF DIXIE DUPREE by Donna Everhart
THE LOVED ONES by Sonya Chung
A GAMBLER'S ANATOMY by Jonathan Lethem
NOBODY'S SON: A Memoir by Mark Slouka
AM I ALONE HERE?: Notes on Living to Read and Reading to Live by Peter Orner
YOU WILL NOT HAVE MY HATE by Antoine Leiris

LibraryReads
FAITHFUL by Alice Hoffman
THE FATE OF THE TEARLING by Erika Johansen
NIGHT SCHOOL: A Jack Reacher Novel by Lee Child
WHEN ALL THE GIRLS HAVE GONE by Jayne Ann Krentz
I'LL TAKE YOU THERE by Wally Lamb
SWING TIME by Zadie Smith
VICTORIA: An Intimate Biography of the Woman Who Ruled an Empire by Julia Baird
MOONGLOW by Michael Chabon
NORMAL by Warren Ellis
ORPHANS OF THE CARNIVAL by Carol Birch

Target Book Club
THE FLOOD GIRLS by Richard Fifield

Pennie's Pick (Costco)
ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE by Anthony Doerr
 


 

OCTOBER 2016

Indie Next
THE MOTHERS by Brit Bennett
NEWS OF THE WORLD by Paulette Jiles
SMALL GREAT THINGS by Jodi Picoult
REPUTATIONS by Juan Gabriel Vásquez
THE OTHER EINSTEIN by Marie Benedict
THE TRESPASSER by Tana French
CHILDREN OF THE NEW WORLD: Stories by Alexander Weinstein
TRUEVINE: Two Brothers, a Kidnapping, and a Mother's Quest: A True Story of the Jim Crow South by Beth Macy
TRAINWRECK: The Women We Love to Hate, Mock, and Fear ... and Why by Sady Doyle
MERCURY by Margot Livesey
ALL THAT MAN IS by David Szalay
TODAY WILL BE DIFFERENT by Maria Semple
THE WANGS VS. THE WORLD by Jade Chang
CRUEL BEAUTIFUL WORLD by Caroline Leavitt
THE WONDER by Emma Donoghue
THE KEPT WOMAN by Karin Slaughter
HERO OF THE EMPIRE: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill by Candice Millard
THE CLAY GIRL by Heather Tucker
THE LIFE-WRITER by David Constantine
IRENA'S CHILDREN: The Extraordinary Story of the Woman Who Saved 2,500 Children From the Warsaw Ghetto by Tilar J. Mazzeo

LibraryReads
NEW OF THE WORLD by Paulette Jiles
THE TRESPASSER by Tana French
SMALL GREAT THINGS by Jodi Picoult
CROSSTALK by Connie Willis
THE OTHER EINSTEIN by Marie Benedict
THE MOTHERS by Brit Bennett
TODAY WILL BE DIFFERENT by Maria Semple
ALL THE LITTLE LIARS: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery by Charlaine Harris
SMOKE AND MIRRORS by Elly Griffiths
THE MOTION OF PUPPETS by Keith Donohue

Target Book Club
HOUSE OF THIEVES by Charles Belfoure

Pennie's Pick (Costco)
THE LITTLE PARIS BOOKSHOP by Nina George
 


 

SEPTEMBER 2016

Indie Next
COMMONWEALTH by Ann Patchett
MISCHLING by Affinity Konar
A GENTLEMAN IN MOSCOW by Amor Towles
THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD by Colson Whitehead
THE NIX by Nathan Hill
LEAVE ME by Gayle Forman
A GREAT RECKONING by Louise Penny
DARKTOWN by Thomas Mullen
THE GENTLEMAN by Forrest Leo
LITTLE NOTHING by Marisa Silver
THE RISEN by Ron Rash
LADY COP MAKES TROUBLE by Amy Stewart
RAZOR GIRL by Carl Hiaasen
THE ART OF WAITING: On Fertility, Medicine, and Motherhood by Belle Boggs
A WHOLE LIFE by Robert Seethaler, trans. by Charlotte Collins
THE FORTUNES by Peter Ho Davies
LONER by Teddy Wayne
PANCAKES IN PARIS: Living the American Dream in France by Craig Carlson
THE HIDDEN LIFE OF TREES: What They Feel, How They Communicate --- Discoveries From a Secret World by Peter Wohlleben
A HOUSE WITHOUT WINDOWS by Nadia Hashimi

LibraryReads
LEAVE ME by Gayle Forman
THE BOOKSHOP ON THE CORNER by Jenny Colgan
COMMONWEALTH by Ann Patchett
THE TEA PLANTER'S WIFE by Dinah Jeffries
DAISY IN CHAINS by Sharon Bolton
DARKTOWN by Thomas Mullen
THE MASKED CITY by Genevieve Cogman
THRICE THE BRINDED CAT HATH MEW'D: A Flavia DeLuce Novel by Alan Bradley
BLOOD AT THE ROOT: A Racial Cleansing in America by Patrick Phillips
THE SECRETS OF WISHTIDE by Kate Saunders

Target Book Club
WE ARE UNPREPARED by Meg Little Reilly

Pennie's Pick (Costco)
A GREAT RECKONING by Louise Penny
 


 

AUGUST 2016

Indie Next
ANOTHER BROOKLYN by Jacqueline Woodson
CHRISTODORA by Tim Murphy
DARK MATTER by Blake Crouch
THE INVISIBLE LIFE OF IVAN ISAENKO by Scott Stambach
TEXTBOOK AMY KROUSE ROSENTHAL: Not Exactly a Memoir by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
THE WOMAN IN CABIN 10 by Ruth Ware
THE SECRET LANGUAGE OF STONES by M. J. Rose
BEHIND CLOSED DOORS by B. A. Paris
THE MUSE by Jessie Burton
CAROUSEL COURT by Joe McGinniss Jr.
MR. ETERNITY by Jonis Agee
RIVERINE: A Memoir From Anywhere But Here by Angela Palm
THE BOOK THAT MATTERS MOST by Ann Hood
I WILL SEND RAIN by Rae Meadows
HALF WILD: Stories by Robin MacArthur
THE SUMMER THAT MELTED EVERYTHING by Tiffany McDaniel
THE CITY BAKER'S GUIDE TO COUNTRY LIVING by Louise Miller
ARROWOOD by Laura McHugh
THE ALTOGETHER UNEXPECTED DISAPPEARANCE OF ATTICUS CRAFTSMAN by Mamen Sánchez

LibraryReads
A GREAT RECKONING by Louise Penny
THE COUPLE NEXT DOOR by Shari Lapena
WATCHING EDIE by Camilla Way
THE CITY BAKER'S GUIDE TO COUNTRY LIVING by Louise Miller
THE DOLLHOUSE by Fiona Davis
THE BOOK THAT MATTERS MOST by Ann Hood
ARROWOOD by Laura McHugh
BEHIND CLOSED DOORS by B. A. Paris
FIRST STAR I SEE TONIGHT by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
DIE LIKE AN EAGLE: A Meg Langslow Mystery by Donna Andrews

Target Book Club
AND AGAIN by Jessica Chiarella

Pennie's Pick (Costco)
N/A
 


 

JULY 2016

Indie Next
UNDERGROUND AIRLINES by Ben H. Winters
BARKSKINS by Annie Proulx
ALL IS NOT FORGOTTEN by Wendy Walker
MISS JANE by Brad Watson
HOW TO SET A FIRE AND WHY by Jesse Ball
POND by Claire-Louise Bennett
IF I FORGET YOU by Thomas Christopher Greene
A CERTAIN AGE by Beatriz Williams
LOOK: Poems by Solmaz Sharif
DISAPPEARANCE AT DEVIL'S ROCK by Paul Tremblay
SO MUCH FOR THAT WINTER by Dorthe Nors
MY LAST CONTINENT by Midge Raymond
SOFT IN THE HEAD by Marie-Sabine Roger
VINEGAR GIRL by Anne Tyler
BRIGHTON by Michael Harvey
THE HEAVENLY TABLE by Donald Ray Pollock
THE TROUBLE WITH GOATS AND SHEEP by Joanna Cannon
AS GOOD AS GONE by Larry Watson
WELCOME TO THE GODDAMN ICE CUBE: Chasing Fear and Finding Home in the Great White North by Blair Braverman
A HUNDRED THOUSAND WORLDS by Bob Proehl

LibraryReads
DARK MATTER by Blake Crouch
THE WOMAN IN CABIN 10 by Ruth Ware
THE LAST ONE by Alexandra Oliva
AMONG THE WICKED: A Kate Burkholder Novel by Linda Castillo
THE UNSEEN WORLD by Liz Moore
TRULY MADLY GUILTY by Liane Moriarty
ALL IS NOT FORGOTTEN by Wendy Walker
THE HOPEFULS by Jennifer Close
SIRACUSA by Delia Ephron
NINE WOMEN, ONE DRESS by Jane L. Rosen

Target Book Club
THE HAND THAT FEEDS YOU by A. J. Rich

Pennie's Pick (Costco)
N/A
 


 

JUNE 2016

Indie Next
THE GIRLS by Emma Cline
BEFORE THE FALL by Noah Hawley
HOMEGOING by Yaa Gyasi
MODERN LOVERS by Emma Straub
SMOKE by Dan Vyleta
LILY AND THE OCTOPUS by Steven Rowley
THE FIREMAN by Joe Hill
WINTERING by Peter Geye
GRIEF IS THE THING WITH FEATHERS by Max Porter
THE AFTER PARTY by Anton DiSclafani
I'M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS by Iain Reid
MY BEST FRIEND'S EXORCISM by Grady Hendrix
THE CURIOUS CHARMS OF ARTHUR PEPPER by Phaedra Patrick
THE INSIDES by Jeremy P. Bushnell
GOODNIGHT, BEAUTIFUL WOMEN by Anna Noyes
MARROW ISLAND by Alexis M. Smith
THE HOUR OF LAND: A Personal Topography of America's National Parks by Terry Tempest Williams
DINNER WITH EDWARD: A Story of an Unexpected Friendship by Isabel Vincent
THE VIEW FROM THE CHEAP SEATS: Selected Nonfiction by Neil Gaiman
THE WEEKENDERS by Mary Kay Andrews

LibraryReads
VINEGAR GIRL by Anne Tyler
THE INVISIBLE LIBRARY by Genevieve Cogman
UNDER THE HARROW by Flynn Berry
GRUNT: The Curious Science of Humans at War by Mary Roach
HOMEGOING by Yaa Gyasi
MISSING, PRESUMED by Susie Steiner
STILETTO by Daniel O'Malley
WE COULD BE BEAUTIFUL by Swan Huntley
LILY AND THE OCTOPUS by Steven Rowley
WIDOWMAKER by Paul Doiron

Target Book Club
THE BOOK OF SPECULATION by Erika Swyler

Pennie's Pick (Costco)
HAMILTON by Ron Chernow
 


 

MAY 2016

Indie Next
THE ATOMIC WEIGHT OF LOVE by Elizabeth J. Church
THE MIRROR THIEF by Martin Seay
EVERYONE BRAVE IS FORGIVEN by Chris Cleave
REDEMPTION ROAD by John Hart
EVERYBODY'S FOOL by Richard Russo
BRITT-MARIE WAS HERE by Fredrik Backman
MOTHERING SUNDAY: A Romance by Graham Swift
LAROSE by Louise Erdrich
JULIA REED'S SOUTH: Spirited Entertaining and High-Style Fun All Year Long by Julia Reed
SLEEPING GIANTS by Sylvain Neuvel
ELIGIBLE: A Modern Retelling of Pride and Prejudice by Curtis Sittenfeld
THE VERSIONS OF US by Laura Barnett
IMAGINE ME GONE by Adam Haslett
OVER THE PLAIN HOUSES by Julia Franks
FATHER'S DAY by SImon Van Booy
HEAT & LIGHT by Jenniger Haigh
THE SPORT OF KINGS by C.E. Morgan
MAESTRA by L.S. Hilton
LIFE WITHOUT A RECIPE: A Memoir of Food and Family by Diana Abu-Jaber
VALIANT AMBITION: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution by Nathaniel Philbrick

LibraryReads
BRITT-MARIE WAS HERE by Fredrik Backman
THE FIREMAN by Joe Hill
EVERYONE BRAVE IS FORGIVEN by Chris Cleave
SWEETBITTER by Stephanie Danler
I LET YOU GO by Claire Mackintosh
SMOKE by Dan Vyleta
REDEMPTION ROAD by John Hart
CITY OF THE LOST by Kelley Armstrong
WILDE LAKE by Laura Lippman
SWEET LAMB OF HEAVEN by Lydia Millet

Target Book Club
THE A TO Z OF YOU AND ME by James Hannah

Pennie's Pick (Costco)
LAROSE by Louise Erdrich
 


 

APRIL 2016

Indie Next
THE NEST by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney
LAB GIRL by Hope Jahren
TUESDAY NIGHTS IN 1980 by Molly Prentiss
JANE STEELE by Lyndsay Faye
THE RED PARTS: Autobiography of a Trial by Maggie Nelson\
THE CHARM BRACELET by Viola Shipman
DODGERS by Bill Beverly
LUST & WONDER: A Memoir by Augusten Burroughs
THE SUMMER BEFORE THE WAR by Helen Simonson
LILAC GIRLS by Martha Hall Kelly
FELLSIDE by M.R. Carey
AT THE EDGE OF ORCHARD by Tracy Chevalier
SHELTER by Jung Yun
DAREDEVILS by Shawn Vestal
THE LAST PAINTING OF SARA DE VOS by Dominic Smith
THE RAILWAYMAN'S WIFE by Ashley Hay
MOST WANTED by Lisa Scottoline
THE ONE-IN-A-MILLION BOY by Monica Wood
BEHAVE by Andromeda Romano-lax
THE PATH: What Chinese Philosophers Can Teach Us About the Good Life by Michael Puett and Christine Gross-Loh

LibraryReads
ELIGIBLE: A Modern Retelling of Pride and Prejudice by Curtis Sittenfeld
THE OBSESSION by Nora Roberts
THE MURDER OF MARY RUSSELL: A Novel of Suspense featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes by Laurie R. King
'TIL DEATH DO US PART by Amanda Quick
LILAC GIRLS by Martha Kelly Hall
THE BAD-ASS LIBRARIANS OF TIMBUKTU: And Their Race to Save the World's Most Precious Manuscripts by Joshua Hammer
EVERY HEART A DOORWAY by Seanan McGuire
BEST OF MY LOVE: A Fool's Gold Romance by Susan Mallery
A MURDER IN TIME by Julie McElwain
TUESDAY NIGHTS IN 1980 by Molly Prentiss

Target Book Club
MY GRANDMOTHER ASKED ME TO TELL YOU SHE'S SORRY by Fredrik Backman

Pennie's Pick (Costco)
FOOL ME ONCE by Harlan Coben
 


 

MARCH 2016

Indie Next
THE OPPOSITE OF EVERYONE by Joshilyn Jackson
THE PASSENGER by Lisa Lutz
WHAT IS NOT YOURS IS NOT YOURS: Stories by Helen Oyeyemi
THE WIDOW by Fiona Barton
ERUPTION: The Untold Stories of Mount St. Helens by Steve Olson
ALL THE WINTERS AFTER by Seré Prince Halverson
MARGARET THE FIRST by Danielle Dutton
TWO IF BY SEA by Jacquelyn Mitchard
BLACKASS by A. Igoni Barrett
SEVEN BRIEF LESSONS ON PHYSICS by Carlo Rovelli
A DOUBTER'S ALMANAC by Ethan Canin
UNDER THE INFLUENCE by Joyce Maynard
A MAN LIES DREAMING by Lavie Tidhar
SPILL SIMMER FALTER WITHER by Sara Braume
BOTTOMLAND by Michelle Hoover
13 WAYS OF LOOKING AT A FAT GIRL by Mona Awad
HIDE by Matthew Griffin
THE TRAVELERS by Chris Pavone
GREEN ISLAND by Shawna Yang Ryan
THE MADWOMAN UPSTAIRS by Catherine Lowell

LibraryReads
THE SUMMER BEFORE THE WAR by Helen Simonson
JANE STEELE by Lyndsay Faye
THE PASSENGER by Lisa Lutz
MARKED IN FLESH: A Novel of Others by Anne Bishop
THE NEST by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney
FOOL ME ONCE by Harlan Coben
THE MADWOMAN UPSTAIRS by Catherine Lowell
BECAUSE OF MISS BRIDGERTON by Julia Quinn
DIMESTORE: A Writer's Life by Lee Smith
ALL THINGS CEASE TO APPEAR by Elizabeth Brundage

Target Book Club
LACY EYE by Jessica Treadway

Pennie's Pick (Costco)
THE KITCHEN HOUSE by Kathleen Grissom
 


 

FEBRUARY 2016

Indie Next
THE SWANS OF FIFTH AVENUE by Melanie Benjamin
BE FRANK WITH ME by Julia Claiborne Johnson
THE YID by Paul Goldberg
BREAKING WILD by Diane Les Becquets
ORPHAN X by Gregg Hurwitz
THE PORTABLE VEBLEN by Elizabeth McKenzie
THE FORGETTING TIME by Sharon Guskin
ALL THE BIRDS IN THE SKY by Charlie Jane Anders
THE THINGS WE KEEP by Sally Hepworth
THE ARRANGEMENT by Ashley Warlick
SWEETGIRL by Travis Mulhauser
GEORGIA: A Novel of Georgia O'Keeffe by Dawn Tripp
MY FATHER, THE PORNOGRAPHER by Chris Offutt
SUDDEN DEATH by Alvaro Enrigue
THE FLOOD GIRLS by Richard Fifield
IN OTHER WORDS by Jhumpa Lahiri, trans. Ann Goldstein
MISSING PIECES by Heather Gudenkauf
THE RAMBLERS by Aiden Donnelley Rowley
THE QUEEN OF THE NIGHT by Alexander Chee
THE UNFINISHED WORLD: And Other Stories by Amber Sparks

LibraryReads
SALT TO THE SEA by Ruta Sepetys
BLACK RABBIT HALL by Eve Chase
A GIRL'S GUIDE TO MOVING ON by Debbie Macomber
BE FRANK WITH ME by Julia Claiborne Johnson
FLIGHT OF DREAMS by Ariel Lawhon
13 WAYS OF LOOKING AT A FAT GIRL by Mona Awad
FIGHTING DIRTY: An Ultimate Novel by Lori Foster
FIND HER by Lisa Gardner
THE OPPOSITE OF EVERYONE by Joshilyn Jackson
THE GIRL IN THE RED COAT by Kate Hamer

Target Book Club
THE AUTUMN BALLOON by Kenny Porpora

Pennie's Pick (Costco)
GEORGIA: A Novel of Georgia O'Keefe by Dawn Tripp
 


 

JANUARY 2016

Indie Next
THE READERS OF BROKEN WHEEL RECOMMEND by Katarina Bivald
YOUR HEART IS A MUSCLE THE SIZE OF A FIST by Sunil Yapa
THE SONG OF HARTGROVE HALL by Natasha Solomons
MY NAME IS LUCY BARTON by Elizabeth Strout
ROSALIE LIGHTNING: A Graphic Memoir by Tom Hart
AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE: Stories by Helen Ellis
AND AGAIN by Jessica Chiarella
FALLEN LAND by Taylor Brown
THE VISITORS by Simon Sylvester
AFTER THE CRASH by Michel Bussi
THE PAST by Tessa Hadley
THE EXPATRIATES by Janice Y.K. Lee
THE GUEST ROOM by Chris Bohjalian
ONLY LOVE CAN BREAK YOUR HEART by Ed Tarkington
THE SOUND OF GRAVEL: A Memoir by Ruth Wariner
WHEN BREATH BECOMES AIR by Paul Kalanithi
MR. SPLITFOOT by Samantha Hunt
THE GUN by Fuminori Nakamura, trans. by Allison Markin Powell
THE CHILDREN'S HOME by Charles Lambert
THE GEOGRAPHY OF GENIUS: A Search for the World's Most Creative Places, from Ancient Athens to Silicon Valley by Eric Weiner

LibraryReads
MY NAME IS LUCY BARTON by Elizabeth Strout
THE READERS OF BROKEN WHEEL RECOMMEND by Katarina Bivald
THE SWANS OF FIFTH AVENUE by Melanie Benjamin
ASHLEY BELL by Dean Koontz
AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE: Stories by Helen Ellis
THE ROAD TO LITTLE DRIBBLING: Adventures of an American in Britain by Bill Bryson
THE THINGS WE KEEP by Sally Hepworth
ORNAMENTS OF DEATH: A Josie Prescott Antiques Mystery by Jane K. Cleland
EVEN DOGS IN THE WILD by Ian Rankin
WHAT SHE KNEW by Gilly Macmillan

Target Book Club
ISLAND OF A THOUSAND MIRRORS by Nayomi Munaweera

Pennie's Pick (Costco)
THE SOUND OF GRAVEL: A Memoir by Ruth Wariner