2016 books
| Title | Author | Date Finished | Rating | Publisher | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Head Full of Ghosts | Paul Tremblay | 2016/12/01 | 5 | William Morrow, 2015 | Read My Notes |
| Remaking Society | Murray Bookchin | 2016/11/26 | 4 | Black Rose Books, 1992 | A simple, readable book on anarchism and ecology by one of the great 20th century thinkers on both subjects. I really appreciate Bookchin’s synthesis of anthropology, history, and humanistic ethics as he built a case for an ecologically and socially free society (not simply a just one–he makes a distinction between these concepts). Some of the conclusions I found sort of truncated and partial, but overall, his commitment to action and human engagement as political ends unto themselves was a breath of fresh air, when so much of our political discourse is all about thinking our way through problems. |
| Rat Queens, Vol. 2: The Far Reaching Tentacles of N’rygoth | Kurtis J. Wiebe, Roc Upchurch, Stjepan Šejić | 2016/11/23 | 5 | Image Comics, 2015 | Delightful, dark, and funny |
| Marvel Comics: The Untold Story | Sean Howe | 2016/11/08 | 4 | Harper, 2012 | Read My Notes |
| Uzumaki | Junji Ito | 2016/10/08 | 5 | VIZ Media, 2013 | A stunning, creepy, and engrossing horror manga. The premise is simple–a town in Japan begins experiencing strange events, all of which emerge along with the appearance of spirals of all types, and in many different contexts. This basic convention gradually builds on itself, culminating in a conclusion that is satisfying without giving away the store. The art, imagery, and characters are all subtly and powerfully rendered. I’d never read anything by Ito before, but I’m going to seek out more of his work now! |
| The Elephant in the Room | Jon Ronson | 2016/10/08 | 3 | 2016 | |
| Check the Technique: Liner Notes for Hip-Hop Junkies | Brian Coleman | 2016/10/04 | 5 | Villard, 2007 | If you like even one of the records in this book, you’ll love the whole thing. It’s an oral history, and track-by-track breakdown of some of the best hip-hop ever produced. Some of the records I knew, some I didn’t, but I learned something from every entry. |
| The Drawing of the Dark | Tim Powers | 2016/09/30 | 2 | Gollancz Paperbacks, 2002 | Read My Notes |
| Practical Demonkeeping (Pine Cove, #1) | Christopher Moore | 2016/08/22 | 2 | Perennial / William Morrow / HarperCollins, 2004 | |
| The Passage (The Passage, #1) | Justin Cronin | 2016/08/01 | 4 | Ballantine Books, 2010 | |
| Bitch Planet, Vol. 1: Extraordinary Machine (Bitch Planet Collected Editions, #1) | Kelly Sue DeConnick, Taki Soma, Valentine De Landro, Robert Wilson IV, Cris Peter, Clayton Cowles, Lauren Sankovitch | 2016/07/31 | 5 | Image Comics, 2015 | |
| The Awesome | Eva Darrows | 2016/07/05 | 5 | Ravenstone, 2015 | I started this book yesterday and kept finding excuses to read it. Now I’ve finished it and it was wonderful. A book about feminism, sex, and monster hunting….it was just a delightful treat from start to finish. Maggie (the main character) has such a great voice, and all of the characters are complicated, interesting, and fun to get to know. |
| City of Stairs (The Divine Cities, #1) | Robert Jackson Bennett | 2016/06/19 | 4 | Broadway Books, 2014 | |
| The Comedians: Drunks, Thieves, Scoundrels, and the History of American Comedy | Kliph Nesteroff | 2016/06/04 | 4 | Grove Press, 2015 | |
| Collected Essays 4: Travel | H.P. Lovecraft, S.T. Joshi | 2016/05/23 | 4 | Hippocampus Press, 2006 | Read My Notes |
| Kindred | Octavia E. Butler | 2016/05/14 | 5 | Beacon Press, 2003 | Read My Notes |
| Between the World and Me | Ta-Nehisi Coates | 2016/05/05 | 5 | Spiegel & Grau, 2015 | |
| The Prague Cemetery | Umberto Eco, Richard Dixon | 2016/04/26 | 3 | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011 | |
| How to Lie with Maps | Mark Monmonier | 2016/03/15 | 4 | University of Chicago Press, 1996 | Read My Notes |
| Red Mars (Mars Trilogy, #1) | Kim Stanley Robinson | 2016/02/07 | 3 | Spectra Books, 1993 | |
| History of the Ojebway Indians | Peter Jones | 2016/01/01 | 3 | Ayer Co Pub, 1861 |
Previous years' lists:
currently reading, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2000s, 1990s
