Books Read in 2016

Books read this last year, in 2016.  As you can see below, I only read a handful of the books I had planned to read.  We had a crazy year and reading was definitely not at the top of the priority list.  I learned a lot about what books I read quickly, what books I read slowly, and what works for me in my reading life.  

The books I crossed out are the ones I read, the ones highlighted are the ones I read but didn't finish, and the rest I didn't read.  A lot of them made it to my 2017 list, which I'm keeping up with this year, which is exciting.  

My 2017 Booklist is here and I will be sharing book reports of what I have read so far this year here soon.  

January
Classic
The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan
Possession by A. S. Byatt
Nonfiction
Growing Up by Brad Wilcox
A Marvelous Work and a Wonder by LeGrand Richards
Read Aloud
Moccasin Trail by Eloise McGraw

February
Classic 
Autobiography of Ben Franklin by Ben Franklin
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Nonfiction
A Homemade Life by Molly Wizenberg
Read Aloud
Winter of Fire by Sherryl Jordan

March
Classic
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
The 3rd Thousand Years by Cleon Skousen
Nonfiction
Quiet:  The Power in Introverts in a World that Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain
Read Aloud
Sarah Bishop by Scott O'Dell

April
Classic
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Emma by Jane Austen
Nonfiction
The Entitlement Trap by Richard & Linda Eyre
Comfort Me With Apples by Ruth Reichl
Read Aloud
The Princess and the Goblin by Gearge MacDonald

May 
Classic
Moby-Dick by Herman Melville
Sense & Sensiblity by Jane Austen
Nonfiction
Pioneer Girl:  the Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder by William Anderson
Read Aloud
The Black Star of Kingston by S. D. Smith

June
Classic
Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Oh Pioneer by Willa Cather
Nonfiction
Trailing Clouds of Glory by Madeline L'Engle
Read Aloud
Calico Bush by Rachel Field

July
Classic
Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
Jayber Crow by Wendell Berry
Nonfiction
Booked:  Literature in the Soul of Me by Karen Swallow Prior
Read Aloud
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

August
Classic
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Nonfiction
Go Forward With Faith:  Biography of Gordon B. Hinckley
Read Aloud
Robin Hood by Roger Lancelyn Green

September
Classic
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Eight Cousins by Louisa May Alcott
Rose in Bloom by Louisa May Alcott
Nonfiction
Parenting with Love and Logic by Foster Cline and Jim Fay
Read Aloud
Beauty and the Beast by Unknown

October
Classic
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

Roald Dahl's Tales of the Unexpected by Roald Dahl

Nonfiction
Women and the Priesthood by Sheri Dew
Read Aloud
Magyk by Angie Sage

November
Classic
The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy
Emily  Climbs by L. M. Montgomery
Emily's Quest by L. M. Montgomery
Nonfiction
Walking on Water by Madeleine L'Engle
Read Aloud
Undaunted Courage by Stephen E. Ambrose

December
Classic
The Potrait of a Lady by Henry James
Letters From Father Christmas by J. R. Tolkien
Nonfiction
One Thousand Gifts by Ann Voskamp
Read Aloud
Papa's Angels:  A Christmas Story by Collin Wilcox Paxton

Book Series
Charles Lenox Mysteries by Charles Finch
Lady Emily Mysteries by Tasha Alexander
Maisie Dobbs by Jacpueline Winspear
Thursday Next Series by Jasper Fforde 
The Eliots of Damerosehay Saga by Elizabeth Goudge
Flavia de Luce Series by Alan Bradley