{"id":332,"date":"2016-12-31T18:11:18","date_gmt":"2017-01-01T02:11:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/digitalmanticore.com\/?p=332"},"modified":"2024-05-07T15:53:59","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T22:53:59","slug":"2016-the-year-in-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digitalmanticore.com\/?p=332","title":{"rendered":"2016: The Year in Books"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I read 43 books this year. It&#8217;s not a lot compared to <a href=\"https:\/\/digitalmanticore.com\/?p=318\">last year&#8217;s 71<\/a>, but it was a full year.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Page count: 16,413, or 59% of what I read last year.<\/li>\n<li>Library use: I read 17 library books and 26 books that I own.<\/li>\n<li>Female and male authors: 33 of the books I read were by women. I read books by 26 discrete authors. Twenty of those were women.<\/li>\n<li>Digital versus analog: I read 25 dead-tree books and 18 digital books.<\/li>\n<li>Fiction versus non-fiction: I read just 3 non-fiction books this year.<\/li>\n<li>Favorites: I read a lot of good books this year. I really enjoyed <em>Native Tongue<\/em> by Suzette Haden Elgin, which combines all my favorite themes: linguistics, aliens, and feminism. I got out of my usual comfort zone of genre fiction and found some things I quite liked, notably <em>My Brilliant Friend<\/em> by Elena Ferrante and <em>Mr. Splitfoot<\/em> by Samantha Hunt. My most favorites were probably <em>The Fifth Season<\/em> and <em>The Obelisk Gate<\/em> by N. K. Jemisin. I just love her writing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li><em>The Traitor Baru Cormorant<\/em> by Seth Dickinson<\/li>\n<li><em>God Emperor of Dune<\/em> by Frank Herbert<\/li>\n<li><em>Heretics of Dune<\/em> by Frank Herbert<\/li>\n<li><em>Reality Bites Back: The Troubling Truth about Guilty Pleasure TV<\/em> by Jennifer L. Pozner<\/li>\n<li><em>Chapterhouse Dune<\/em> by Frank Herbert<\/li>\n<li><em>The Fifth Season<\/em> by N. K. Jemisin<\/li>\n<li><em>The Core of the Sun<\/em> by Johanna Sinisalo<\/li>\n<li><em>The Mirror Empire<\/em> by Kameron Hurley<\/li>\n<li><em>A Memory of Water<\/em> by Emmi Itaranta<\/li>\n<li><em>Empire Ascendant<\/em> by Kameron Hurley<\/li>\n<li><em>Harry Potter y la piedra filosofal<\/em> by J. K. Rowling<\/li>\n<li><em>The Best of All Possible Worlds<\/em> by Karen Lord<\/li>\n<li><em>A Gathering of Shadows<\/em> by V. E. Schwab<\/li>\n<li><em>Last Song Before Night<\/em> by Ilana C. Myer<\/li>\n<li><em>Native Tongue<\/em> by Suzette Haden Elgin<\/li>\n<li><em>Harry Potter y la c\u00e1mara secreta<\/em> by J. K. Rowling<\/li>\n<li><em>The Heart Goes Last<\/em> by Margaret Atwood<\/li>\n<li><em>The Left Hand of Darkness<\/em> by Ursula Le Guin<\/li>\n<li><em>In Other Words<\/em> Jhumpa Lahiri<\/li>\n<li><em>The Judas Rose<\/em> by Sizette Haden Elgin<\/li>\n<li><em>Harry Potter y el prisionero de Azkaban<\/em> by J. K. Rowling<\/li>\n<li><em>Earth Song<\/em> by Suzette Haden Elgin<\/li>\n<li><em>Shades of Milk and Honey<\/em> by Mary Robinette Kowal<\/li>\n<li><em>Glamour in Glass <\/em>by Mary Robinette Kowal<\/li>\n<li><em>Neurotribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiveristy<\/em> by Steve Silberman<\/li>\n<li><em>Without a Summer<\/em> by Mary Robinette Kowal<\/li>\n<li><em>Harry Potter y el c\u00e1liz de fuego<\/em> by J. K. Rowling<\/li>\n<li><em>Valour and Vanity<\/em> by Mary Robinette Kowal<\/li>\n<li><em>The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps<\/em> by Kai Ashante Wilson<\/li>\n<li><em>Of Noble Family<\/em> by Mary Robinette Kowal<\/li>\n<li><em>Annihilation<\/em> by Jeff VanderMeer<\/li>\n<li><em>Authority<\/em> by Jeff VanderMeer<\/li>\n<li><em>Acceptance<\/em> by Jeff VanderMeer<\/li>\n<li><em>The Obelisk Gate<\/em> by N. K. Jemisin<\/li>\n<li><em>Mr. Splitfoot<\/em> by Samantha Hunt<\/li>\n<li><em>Range of Ghosts<\/em> by Elizabeth Bear<\/li>\n<li><em>Homegoing<\/em> by Yaa Gyasi<\/li>\n<li><em>Binti<\/em> by Nnedi Okorafor<\/li>\n<li><em>Harry Potter y la orden del f\u00e9nix<\/em> by J. K. Rowling<\/li>\n<li><em>Harry Potter y el misterio del pr\u00edncipe<\/em> by J. K. Rowling<\/li>\n<li><em>Bitch Planet<\/em> by Deconnick &amp; De Landro<\/li>\n<li><em>My Brilliant Friend <\/em>by Elena Ferrante<\/li>\n<li><em>The Devourers<\/em> by Indra Das<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I read 43 books this year. It&#8217;s not a lot compared to last year&#8217;s 71, but it was a full year. Page count: 16,413, or 59% of what I read last year. Library use: I read 17 library books and 26 books that I own. 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