Is it Tuesday again already? Hope everyone had a good weekend, and a good Christmas if you celebrated! The theme for this week’s Top Ten Tuesday is the top books of 2016, so without further ado…
- Dinosaurs Without Bones, by Anthony J. Martin. Entertaining and informative, and it’s about dinosaurs. I loved it and it got five stars without hesitation.
- City of Stairs, by Robert Jackson Bennett. It took me far too long to get around to it, but once I did, I was blown away. And my wife just devoured it in two days, so it’s a winner around here.
- City of Blades, by Robert Jackson Bennett. Again, super awesome. I can’t wait for City of Miracles.
- Vicious, by V.E. Schwab. I know I’m late to the V.E. Schwab train, but I’ve been making up for it this year. I think Vicious might’ve been my favourite so far.
- Lud-in-the-Mist, by Hope Mirrlees. I took ages to get round to this one, and I don’t know why. It’s true it’s a little slow, but it’s magical.
- In the Labyrinth of Drakes, by Marie Brennan. So satisfying, and a certain mystery of the series is solved. I can’t believe the next book is the last.
- Being Mortal, by Atul Gawande. Powerful and clear-sighted about critical issues. It’s not an easy read, and enjoyment might be the right word, but I appreciated it a lot.
- In the Forests of Serre, by Patricia A. McKillip. Another magical one, and one of my favourites of McKillip’s work that I’ve read so far.
- Planetfall, by Emma Newman. This only got four stars, but it’s been on my mind since I finished it.
- The House of Shattered Wings, by Aliette de Bodard. Also a four-star read, but it has to be mentioned since it made me utterly forget about my dinner one evening; my dinner went cold as I read 250 pages.
I’m looking forward to seeing other people’s lists, but it’ll probably be terrible for my TBR pile…
I wouldn’t have realised it was Tuesday if I hadn’t went on bloglovin and saw everyone posting Top Ten Tuesday! I was way behind this morning. I love dinosaurs…I’d have loved to have made a career out of studying them. I’ve been fascinated by them since I was a kid. What a beautiful cover City of Stairs has!
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I just got a book on tyrannosaurs for Christmas from my sister, so I’m excited for that, too! Dinosaurs are definitely awesome. I’ve also been to a bunch of natural history museums in the last couple of years, including one at Drumheller which has a ton of famous dinosaur fossils. It was so cool!
What an interesting selection of books! 🙂 I hope you have as good a reading year in 2017!
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It’s been a very good reading year indeed! Not sure how next year can match up… but somehow, I’m sure it will.
Great list – I loved Vicious so, so much!
Me too! I handed it to my partner over Christmas and she devoured it too.
Yay, City of Stairs and City of Blades on your top ten. I can’t wait for City of Miracles!
Me neither! I tried to get the ARC on Netgalley, but no go. Alas, alas.
Vicious was awesome! Great choices! 🙂
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It really was! Thanks for dropping by.
If you’re late to the V.E. Schwab train, I’m hopelessly tardy! I haven’t even started, even though I’ve heard about this author from so many people and seen books on soooo many TTT lists!
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I definitely recommend Vicious and This Savage Song!
I had a similar response to House of Shattered Wings last year – it wasn’t perfect, but it was absorbing and has stayed with me. I haven’t managed to get to Lud-in-the-Mist this year, but do mean to soon; and I’ll finally get on the V E Schwab train next year 🙂
However, I’m mostly intrigued by Dinosaurs without Bones. Whaaaaaat? *runs off to look it up*
I’m pretty excited to read Aliette de Bodard’s new one; here’s hoping it’s even better, or at least has that same absorption factor.
It’s talking about trace fossils left behind by dinosaurs when we don’t necessarily have their skeletons — tracks, nests, etc. It was fascinating!
Hello fascinating book, welcome to my wishlist 🙂
I very much recommend it! The tone is also fun — informative, but casual and full of enthusiasm. And puns.