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Friday, December 30, 2016
Books of the year: 2016
Here are my picks for the best books of 2016, fiction and nonfiction. These aren't the best books published this year, but rather the best I've read in the last twelvemonth. The winner in both categories is barely distinguished from the pack, and the runners up are all worthy of reading. Runners up appear in alphabetical order by their author's surname. Each title is linked to my review of the book.Fiction:
Winner:Runners up:
- Speculator by Doug Casey and John Hunt
- The Religion War by Scott Adams
- Leaving Lisa by Jackson Coppley
- The Circle by Dave Eggers
- Blue Gemini by Mike Jenne
Nonfiction:
Winner:Runners up:
- The Age of Em by Robin Hanson
- The Perfect Machine by Ronald Florence
- Parallax by Alan W. Hirshfeld
- The 900 Days by Harrison E. Salisbury (See my warning in the review about the Kindle edition.)
- The Frozen Water Trade by Gavin Weightman
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