"Best of 2016" Lists

It’s the time of year when various publications release their lists of the best books of 2016.  I’ve perused a number of these lists and have organized them by source country.  It’s interesting to compare which titles make which lists.

How many have you read?

 

Canadian Lists of Best 2016 Books

The Globe and Mail:  http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/the-globe-100-the-best-books-of-2016/article33132356/?click=sf_globe#genre/fiction/  (I read 12 of the 45 fiction titles.)

The National Post:  http://news.nationalpost.com/arts/books/the-complete-np99-the-best-books-of-2016-ranked

CBC Books:  http://www.cbc.ca/books/bestbooks2016/index.html

49^th Shelf:  http://49thshelf.com/Blog/2016/11/28/2016-Our-Books-of-the-Year

American Lists of Best 2016 Books

Kirkus Reviews:  https://www.kirkusreviews.com/issue/best-of-2016/section/fiction/

The New York Times Book Review:  http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/23/books/review/100-notable-books-of-2016.html?smid=tw-nytbooks&smtyp=cur&_r=1

Book Riot:  http://bookriot.com/?p=113665

NPR Books:  http://apps.npr.org/best-books-2016/
The  Atlantic:  https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2016/12/the-best-books-we-read-in-2016/511517/  

British Lists of Best 2016 Books

The Times Literary Supplement: http://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/public/books-of-the-year-2016/?CMP=Spklr-_-Editorial-_-TWITTER-_-TheTLS-_-20161123-_-ArtsandCulture-_-678908828

The Telegraph:  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/authors/best-novels-2016/

The Guardian:   https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/nov/30/best-fiction-2016-paul-beatty-zadie-smith    

If you don't want to browse through all these lists, see this list of the top 20 books of the year compiled from 36 "Best of 2016" lists:   http://qz.com/869960/the-best-books-of-2016-list-you-get-when-you-combine-36-best-books-of-2016-lists/. 

Tomorrow, I will post my list of the top fiction I read this past year.