The 2016 Book List is Here!

Hello Readers! Since being diagnosed with Epilepsy over 10 years ago, I have had to learn to really listen to my body. Not just recognize that I’m tired and then move on, but recognize that I’m tired and actually take time to rest! My seizures tend to come on when I am overly exhausted, so unfortunately I had to learn this lesson the hard way. More than once. But, one of my absolute favorite ways to relax has always been by reading. I love any kind of book really, but a suspenseful drama; preferably with a high-energy courtroom battle, is my favorite. So, I thought I’d share the list of books I read in 2016 with you! (And if one of your favorite books isn’t on here, please tell me so that I can read that one too)!

At the end of 2015 Andy asked me if I read more than 100 books per year. I honestly had no idea, but thought it would be fun to keep track! So below is the list of every book I read from January 1^st 2016 through December 26^th 2016. I didn’t make it to 100 (57 to be exact) but I had a lot of fun trying! Any book title with an *asterisk* in front of it, is one that I would recommend reading.

1. Red Knife – William Kent Krueger
2. Heavens Keep – William Kent Krueger
3. Vermillion Drift – William Kent Krueger
4. *Northwest Angle – William Kent Krueger
5. Consent to kill- Vince Flynn
6. Act of treason – Vince Flynn
7. The survivor  – Vince Flynn
8. Protect and defend – Vince Flynn
9. *The Nightingale – Kristin Hannah
10. *All the light we cannot see -Anthony Doerr
11. *The Kite runner – Khaled Hosseini
12. Go set a watchman – Harper lee
13. Falling for you – Jill Mansell
14. *Somewhere safe with somebody good- Jan Karon
15. Kill shot – Vince Flynn
16. *A thousand pieces of you – Claudia gray
17. *The Rosie Project – Graeme Simsion (2nd time reading)
18. *The Traitors Wife – Allison Pataki (2nd time reading)
19. *Plain Truth – Jodi Picoult (3rd time reading)
20. *The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society – Annie Barrows (5th time reading)
21. The Nest – Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney
22. *The Night Circus – Erin Morgenstern
23. *The Secrets of Midwives – Sally Hepworth
24. The little Paris bookshop- Nina George
25. What we find-Robyn Carr
26. *Winter of the world – Ken Follet
27. *Defending Jacob- William Landay
28. Staying At Daisy’s – Jill Mansell
29. Ben Hur – Lew Wallace
30. *Middlesex – Jeffrey Eugenides
31. *The Zero Game – Brad Meltzer
32. *The Girl on The Train- Paula Hawkins
33. *The Baker’s Daughter- Sarah Mccoy
34. *A Spool of Blue Thread- Anne Tyler
35. *The Lake House- Kate Morton
36. The Third Secret – Steve Barry
37. The House of Secrets – Brad Meltzer
38. The Undertaking – Audrey Magee
39. *The Gilded Hour- Sara Donati
40. Truly Madly Guilty- Liane Moriarty
41. *The Lowland – Jhumpa Lahiri
42. Memorial Day- Vince Flynn
43. *The Nature of The Beast- Louise Penny
44. The Miniaturist – Jessie Burton
45. The Pursuit of Wow- Tom Peters
46. Zingerman’s Guide to Giving Great Service- Ari Weinzweig
47. *Echoes – Maeve Binchy
48. *Wisdom for a Young CEO- Douglas Barry
49. *Manitou Canyon- William Kent Krueger
50. *The No Complaining Rule- Jon Gordon
51. A Man Called Ove- Fredrik Backman
52. Good to Great- Jim Collins
53. *Small Great Things- Jodi Picoult
54. Killing Lincoln- Bill O’Reilly
55. *I Am Malala- Malala Yousafzai
56. The Chemist- Stephanie Meyer
57. *I’ll take you there- Wally Lamb

Thanks again for stopping by, readers! Take a moment and share below some of your favorite ways to relax. And remember to Seize the Day & subscribe!