Books Read in 2016

Hello, readers and friends! I cannot believe that 2016 is almost over. In some ways, it sort of dragged, but in others it really passed quickly. And I definitely read a lot of great books this year (along with a few I didn’t care for). Today, I’d thought I share my list with you all.

Throughout the year, I added each book I read to this list. Each book has a number beside it; that’s my personal rating each one. The rating system goes something like this;

1= Didn’t like it

2= It was okay

3= Liked it

4= I really liked it

5= I loved it

January

1: Celebrate! Tis The Season by Amber Florenza -4

2: The Heir by Kiera Cass -4

3: A Tangled Web by L.M. Montgomery -4

4: The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery -5

February

5: Little Women by Louisa May Alcott -5

March

6: Dear Mr. Knightley by Katherine Reay -4

7: Mrs. Sinclair's Suitcase by Louise Walters -2

8: Cinder by Marissa Meyer -4

9: Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen -4

April

10: Scarlet by Marissa Meyer -4

11: Cress by Marissa Meyer -5

12: A Singular and Whimsical Problem by Rachel McMillan -5

13: Bellflower by Amber Stokes -4

14: A Castle in the Sky by Miranda Atchley *

15: Fairest by Marissa Meyer -1

May

16: The Bachelor Girl's Guide to Murder by Rachel McMillan -5

17: Ain't We Got Fun by Emily Chapman and Emily Ann Putzke -4

June

18: Of Dubious and Questionable Memory by Rachel McMillan -5

19: Lizzy and Jane by Katherine Reay -3

20: Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery -5

21: Love and Friendship by Jane Austen -4

July

22: The Lost Heiress by Roseanne M. White -3

23: The Ghost of Briardale by Grace Mullins -5

24: Go Set A Watchman by Harper Lee -5

25: To All The Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han -3.5

26: The Ringmaster's Wife by Kristy Cambron -5

27: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel PieSociety by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows -5

28: Famous British Women Novelists by Nora Smaridge -4

August

29: The Sound of Diamonds by Rachelle Rea Cobb -4

30: For Elise by Hayden Wand -4

31: The Crown by Kiera Cass -4

32: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling -3

33: The Selection by Kiera Cass -4

34: The Elite by Kiera Cass -3

35: Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen -5

36: The One by Kiera Cass -3

37: The Selection Stories by Kiera Cass -3

September

38: A Lesson in Love and Murder by Rachel McMillan -5

39: On The Loose by Jenny B. Jones -4

40: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald -4

41: The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen -2

42: Forget Me Not by Amber Stokes -4

43: Spirits in Bondage by C.S. Lewis -4

October

44: Bleeding Heart by Amber Stokes -4

45: Close To You by Kara Isaac -4

46: Women's Suffrage: A Short History of a GreatMovement by Millicent Fawcett -4

47: Emma by Jane Austen -4

48: How Women Got the Vote: The Story of Women'sSuffrage in America by Ida Husted Harper -4

November

49: God's Will by Meghan M. Gorecki -4

50: The Sound of Silver by Rachelle Rea Cobb -4

51: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë -5

52: Lock, Stock, and Over a Barrel by Melody Carlson -3

December

53: Unblemished by Sara Ella -5

54: One Enchanted Christmas by Melissa Tagg -3

55: The Sound of Emeralds by Rachelle Rea Cobb -4

56: Glamorous Illusions by Lisa T. Bergren -4

57: Wrapped in Red by Meghan M. Gorecki -4
58: Emily's Quest by L.M. Montgomery -4
59: Austenland by Shannon Hale -1
60: America's First World War by Henry Castor -3

*I didn’t give this book a rating since I wrote it, but I did include it, because, seriously; I read it like, five times during the whole process. ;-)

Top Ten Books of 2016

I re-read some old favorites this year for online read-alongs. In this list, I decided not to include them since I had previously read them and already considered them favorites. Instead, I only included books I had read for the first time in 2016 and fell in love with.

1: The Blue Castle

2: Sense and Sensibility

3: Jane Eyre

4: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel

Pie Society

5: The Bachelor Girl's Guide to Murder

6: The Ringmaster's Wife

7: Bleeding Heart

8: A Tangled Web

9: The Great Gatsby

10: Cress