In 2016 I rediscovered the joy of reading books. Well, I actually discovered this already in 2015 while I lived in Finland. However, I made it my personal goal to continue reading in 2016. Now in the last week of 2016 I can say that this resolution worked out just fine. I read 32 books in total this year which is 260% more than was originally my goal!
Below you can see which books I read and how I rated them on a scale from 1-5 right after finishing them. Normally I give four stars to a good book, three when it was just enjoyable reading but nothing special, five if it was the most amazing book ever and two when I didn’t like the book. I read both fiction as well as non fiction books, self help and thriller, romance and business books. I love the variety of all the books I read and it might just be that your next favorite book is in the list below.
Britt-Marie var här – Fredrik Backman *****
Wetboek voor bloggers- Charlotte Meindersma ****
Tribes- Seth Godin ***
The miracle morning – Hal Elrod *****
The Rosie effect- Graeme Simsion *****
The hapiness project – Gretchen Ruben *****
Live Love Run – Annemerel de Jongh *****
The circle – Dave Eggers ***
Contagious – Jonah Berger ****
Gangster anders en zijn vrienden- Jonas Jonasson ***
Life of Pi – Yann Martel ****
One plus One- Jojo Moyes ***
Black eyed Susans – Julia Heaberlin ****
Opgeruimd! (The life changing magic of tidying)- Marie Kondo ****
The art of crash landing – Melissa deCarlo *****
Analfabeten som kunde räkna – Jonas Jonasson ****
We were liars – E.Lockhart *****
Will you won’t you want me –Nora Zelevansky ***
Maestra- L.S Hilton **
Lieveling – Kim van Kooten ****
Bridget Jones Diary – Helen Fielding ****
Iene Miene Mutte –M.J. Arlidge ****
Bridget Jones the edge of reason – Helen Fielding ****
Getting things done – David Allen *****
Bridget Jones mad about the boy – Helen Fielding ***
De verwarde cavia – Paulien Cornelisse ***
Het stel van hiernaast – Shari Lapena ****
The little book of hygge – Meik Wiking ****
Toen god een konijn was –Sarah Winman ****
The joy of less –Francine Jay ***
Finding Audrey – Sophie Kinsella *****
Now I am reading this list again I think that We were Liars was my absolute favorite of 2016 in Fiction books and Opgeruimd (The life changing magic of tidying up) my favorite in Non-Fiction books. I know this last book didn’t get the five stars some other non-fiction books got, but I think that this book has made the largest impact on my life and my thinking.
I am looking forward to a new year of reading. Any recommendations for books I can’t miss in 2017?
