Favorite Books of 2016
Mainstream (Young Adult)
- Christopher Paul Curtis – Bud, Not Buddy (1999, Historical).
- Kate Evangelista – No Love Allowed (2016, Contemporary Romance).
- Chris Lynch – Inexcusable (2005, Contemporary, Warning: Rape).
- Marieke Nijkamp – This Is Where It Ends (2016, Contemporary, Warning: Shooting).
Sci-Fi & Fantasy (Young Adult)
- Katherine Arden – The Bear and the Nightingale (2017, Fantasy: Russian).
- Reneé Ahdieh – The Wrath and the Dawn (2015, Fantasy: Reimagining of Arabian Nights).
- Kelly Barnhill – The Girl Who Drank the Moon (2016, Fantasy).
- Leah Bobet – An Inheritance of Ashes (2015, Sci-Fi: Post-Apocalyptic).
- Lila Bowen – Wake of Vultures (2015, Fantasy: Western).
- Rae Carson – Like a River Glorious (2016, Fantasy: American History).
- Katherine Coville – Ivy (2017, Young Reader, Fantasy).
- Laurie Forest – The Black Witch (2017, Fantasy).
- Adam Gidwitz & Hatem Aly – The Inquisitor’s Tale: Or, The Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog (2016, Fantasy: French History).
- Alison Goodman – The Dark Days Club (2016, Fantasy: Regency Era).
- Sarah Glenn Marsh – Fear the Drowning Deep (2016, Fantasy).
- A. McLachlan – The Occasional Diamond Thief (2014, Sci-Fi) and sequel: The Salarian Desert Game (2016).
- Richelle Mead – The Glittering Court (2016, Fantasy: Historical).
- Chris Moriarty – The Watcher in the Shadows (2013, Fantasy: Steampunk).
- Nnedi Okorafor – Binti (2015, Sci-Fi), The Book of Phoenix (2015, Sci-Fi Fantasy).
- Jewell Parker Rhodes – Bayou Magic (2013, Young Reader, Contemporary Fantasy).
- Marie Rutkoski – The Winner’s Curse (2014, Fantasy).
- Sharon Shinn – The Safe-Keeper’s Secret (2004, Fantasy: Historical) and sequels: The Truth-Teller’s Tale (2005) and The Dream-Maker’s Magic (2006).
- Shanna Swendson – Rebel Mechanics: All Is Fair in Love and Revolution (2015, Steampunk).
- Robin Wasserman – The Waking Dark (2013, Contemporary Horror).