As many of you know, I’m a regular contributor at Great New Books, where we take turns recommending (what else?) new books we love. Every December, we do a few group posts, in which we round up our favorite books of the year. (Because what’s better than one book rec? Ten book recs!)
Join us over at GNB to read about our favorite new books of 2016 (including mine, above); our favorite lines from books we read this year; and, today, the best books we finally got around to reading in 2016. (Keep an eye out for next week’s post – we’ll share the books we’re looking forward to reading in 2017.)
Happy reading and browsing – and feel free to share your favorites, either here or over at GNB.
cakes, tea and dreams 
Wonderful list of books. Becoming Wise is on the top of my list of the books I want to read for 2017. I also just read another glowing review of Homegoing. Looks like a very good book. I’m going to read the Lost City of Z by David Grann – exploration into deepest parts of the Amazon. The movie is coming out in April. I find these true stories so compelling.
I’ve heard that one is great. And I keep hearing wonderful things about Homegoing.