Our annual roundup of Coffee House’s books that landed on bookstore and media best-of lists for 2016 has arrived. Eleven books ended up on twenty-eight different favorite and recommendation lists. Here’s to the great year that was 2016. We can’t wait for more good things to come in 2017!
Among Strange Victims by Daniel Saldaña París
The Guardian,“Best Books of 2016 – Part One”
Paste, “21 of the Best New Novels Translated into English”
The Wild Detectives, “The ‘Bestest’ of 2016”
Unabridged Bookstore, “Favorite Books of 2016”
Everything I Found on the Beach by Cynan Jones
Star Tribune, “Books We Love: Suggestions from 10 of Our Most Trusted Critics”
Pretentiousness: Why It Matters by Dan Fox
New York Times Sunday Book Review, “100 Notable Books of 2016”
Slate, “Mark O’Connell’s 10 Favorite Books of 2016”
Vol. 1 Brooklyn, “A Year of Favorites: Jason Diamond”
Problems by Jade Sharma
Publishers Weekly, “Best Books 2016”
Phinney Books, “Kim’s 2016 Top 10&lrdquo;
Esquire, “The 25 Best Books of 2016”
Vulture, “The 10 Best Books of 2016”
Bustle, “18 Books to Give Your Best Friend”
Nylon, “The 20 Best Books of 2016”
Huffington Post, “18 Best Fiction Books of 2016”
Literary Hub, “Literary Hub’s Best Books 0f 2016”
Roscoe Books, “Roscoe Books Best Books of 2016”
Entropy, “Best of 2016: Best Fiction Books”
A Collapse of Horses by Brian Evenson
LitReactor, “Best Books of 2016”
NPR, “Book Concierge: Our Guide to 2016’s Great Reads”
Electric Literature, “25 Best Short Story Collections of 2016”
Vice, “The 22 Best Books I Read in 2016”
Entropy, “Best of 2016: Best Fiction Books”
I’ll Tell You in Person by Chloe Caldwell
LitReactor, “Best Books of 2016”
Bustle, “18 Books to Give Your Best Friend”
Vol. 1 Brooklyn, A Year of Favorites: Jason Diamond”
Entropy, Best of 2016: Best Non-Fiction Books”
Fish in Exile by Vi Khi Nao
Deep Vellum, Spotlight: Will Evans' Best Of 2016 Reading List”
Vol. 1 Brooklyn, A Year of Favorites: Tobias Carroll”
Vice, The 22 Best Books I Read in 2016”
Entropy, Best of 2016: Best Fiction Books”
Unbearable Splendor by Sun Yung Shin
Chicago Review of Books, The Best Poetry Books of 2016”
Subtext Books, Matt’s Top Ten Books of 2016”
Unabridged Bookstore, Favorite Books of 2016”
Entropy, Best of 2016: Best Poetry Books”
They and We Will Get Into Trouble for This by Anna Moschovakis
New Yorker, “The Books We Loved in 2016”
The Revolutionaries Try Again by Mauro Javier Cardenas
New Yorker, “The Books We Loved in 2016”
Songs from a Mountain by Amanda Nadelberg
Entropy, “Best of 2016: Best Poetry Books”