Top Five Books of 2016

Description
What are your top five reads for 2016? These books DO NOT need to have been published in 2016. See the annual blog post for staff favorites: To add a book to your list, click the "Add work to list" button in the upper-right corner. This will take you to a search box, where you can search by title, author, keyword, etc. Clicking on the title will add the book to your list. You can reorder your list over on the right-hand side, by dragging and dropping titles in the "Your list" section.
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1
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption
de Bryan Stevenson
4,677 membres
243 critiques
½ 4.6
Rang global 16
5 Members
rosalita, Jim53, gypsysmom, honkingcronk, Papermoon4
Explications
rosalita: A searing look at the racial biases in the American criminal justice system.
2
The Daughters of Mars
de Thomas Keneally
686 membres
34 critiques
4
Rang global 291
Member
rosalita
Explications
rosalita: A beautifully written story about two sisters from Australia who serve as nurses in World War I.
3
The Secret Chord
de Geraldine Brooks
1,432 membres
76 critiques
3.8
Rang global 408
Member
rosalita
Explications
rosalita: A fictionalization of the life of Israel's King David. Like David's harp, Brooks' writing sings.
4
Une colère noire : lettre à mon fils
de Ta-Nehisi Coates
7,738 membres
368 critiques
½ 4.4
Rang global 10
7 Members
bookwoman84, rosalita, holly_golightly, greeneyed_ives, kara.shamy, jcwharton, aquariumministry
Explications
rosalita: A contemporary black man's point of view about race relations in America. Some deeply uncomfortably truths for white Americans here, but so necessary to acknowledge and absorb.
5
A Thread of Grace
de Mary Doria Russell
2,122 membres
91 critiques
4
Rang global 663
Member
rosalita
Explications
rosalita: Historical fiction about ordinary Italians coming together to shelter the Jews among them in the death throes of the Nazi occupation.