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Best Books!
Amanda Mastrull, Assistant Editor
December 1, 2016
 
Amanda MastrullWe are so excited to share our 2016 Best Books with you! New for this year is that all of our lists are compiled on a microsite for easy navigation—that means you’ll be able to find the Top Ten and the special lists (for example, genre fiction and graphic novels) in one place. Also, on that user-friendly note, we have a handy PDF available on the site that includes every title chosen. I think I can speak for all of us here when I say we’re so happy to be sharing our 2016 Best Books with you and we look forward to hearing your thoughts. If you want to join the conversation on Twitter, tweet with #LJBEST2016. We’re working on more than Best Books here at LJ Reviews though, so elsewhere in the newsletter we have a Collection Development piece on gardening, reviews of some stellar upcoming fiction in translation, and more.
 
Best Books of 2016Top Ten Books of 2016
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We nominated, debated, and discussed. Then the LJ 12 (yes, 12 of us, just like a jury) convened and voted, paring the list of titles from 33 possibilities to the Ten Best Books of 2016.

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Best Books of 2016 Best Genre Fiction of 2016
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LJ editors and contributors selected the best titles in African American, Christian, e-originals, historical, mystery, romance, sf/fantasy, thrillers, and women's fiction genres.
 
Best Books of 2016 Best Graphic Novels of 2016
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Columnists Tom Batten and Martha Cornog chose the year’s best graphic novels.
 
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New Wild Garden Gardening Trends | Collection Development
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These recommendations emphasize hot topics important to gardeners nationwide, such as water management, responsible plantings, and edible gardening.
 
Copycat Betrayal and Forgiveness | African American Fiction (and More)
By Rollie Welch
This month’s selections will please a wide range of urban fiction readers.
 
Star Wars Next Force Awakens: What To Watch, Read, Listen To | RA Crossroads
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Love Star Wars? Here are the books and media to delve in to next.
 
The Year of the Comet Winter Fiction in Translation: Top Fiction from Around the World
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LJ Prepub Alert editor Barbara Hoffert reviews ten upcoming fiction works in translation that readers should have on their radar.
 
Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk Preturkey, Postelection Tomes | What We’re Reading
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LJ Reviews editors and our colleagues write about escape reads, algorithm reads, and darling children’s reads, not to mention nonfiction that reads like fiction and a debarkation from the David Foster Wallace train.
 
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