I love to read! I’ve also been a member of the most wonderful co-ed, young professionals book club (filled with the smartest and most fun people in Rochester who all just happen to love a good book, tasty food, delicious drinks, arts and culture, and parties/socializing just as much as I do!) for the past three years. I’ve been able to dive into some really great reads through book club (and have made some truly awesome friends), but outside of book club picks, I just haven’t been reading nearly as much as I’d like to. A very exciting but very busy job, lots of travel, adult responsibilities, and maintaining hobbies and relationships with family and friends will do that to you. Somehow – as much as I hate to admit it – reading just seemed to fall lower and lower on my list of priorities amid other demands, necessities, and desires. So, this year, I made a list of 21 books I’ve been eager to enjoy and that I think I can, reasonably, make time for in 2016. It was really tough to narrow down the long list of books I’m itching to read to just these 21, but there are plenty of years ahead to delve into the ones that didn’t make it onto this year’s list for one reason or another. Alas, in no particular order, my 2016 reading list is:
The History of Love
All the Light We Cannot See
What Alice Forgot
Queen of the Fall
To Kill a Mockingbird
Go Set a Watchman
N.W.
The Mercy of Thin Air
A Sleepwalker’s Guide to Dancing
Church of Marvels
Night Vale
Yes Please
Cannery Row
Neverwhere
Landline
A Tale for the Time Being
My Accidental Jihad
Persepolis
Geek Love
The Shadow of the Wind
The Big Oyster
I post this list partially to hold myself accountable (I’m off to a good start! I’ve finished All the Light We Cannot See and am about halfway through both The History of Love and What Alice Forgot, and our book club meeting for Queen of the Fall – which is also the “If all of Rochester read the same book…” book for 2016 – is on March 3rd, so I have to finish that one by then), partially to see what others who have read these books think of them, and partially to hear what my friends and family are planning to read this year.
I’d love to hear what you have read recently and highly recommend, and what you are very excited to read in the near future…please share!
