The 43 Most Acclaimed Books of 2016

The acclaimed books on this list have earned multiple honors including; winning an award; making our bestseller’s list, or being selected for inclusion on prominent book club’s reading lists. This list will continuously evolve as we incorporate additional sources to help readers discover excellent books. Print the 2016 reading list, view of collage of 2016’s books, view the complete list from all the years, and enjoy ♥

Fiction – Nonfiction – Children’s – Poetry

17 Fiction Books

The Underground Railroad: A Novel

Behold the Dreamers: A Novel

Another Brooklyn: A Novel

The Sellout

Loving Day: A Novel

The Book of Harlan

Homegoing: A Novel

Jubilee

Freshwater Road

The Cartel 4: Diamonds Are Forever

Second House from the Corner

Here Comes the Sun: A Novel

The Perfect Find

Solemn

The Ex Chronicles

Swing Time

Insurrections: Stories

7 Nonfiction Books (top)

Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood

Hidden Figures

The Mis-Education of the Negro

Roots: The Saga of an American Family

The Firebrand and the First Lady: Portrait of a Friendship: Pauli Murray, Eleanor Roosevelt, and the Struggle for Social Justice

Fifty-Five Unemployed and Faking Normal: Your Guide to a Better Retirement Life

I’m Judging You: The Do-Better Manual

14 Children’s Books (top)

Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life

As Brave As You

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

Freedom in Congo Square

The Sun Is Also a Star

March Book Three

Ghost: Running for His Life or From It?

Juneteenth for Mazie

Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat

We Came to America

Whoosh!: Lonnie Johnson’s Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions

March (Trilogy Slipcase Set)

Furqan’s First Flat Top – El Primer Corte de Mesita de Furqan

Step Right Up: How Doc and Jim Key Taught the World about Kindness

5 Poetry Books (top)

Collected Poems: 1974–2004

Cannibal

Olio

Bestiary: Poems

Counting Descent