I know this list is a bit late. I blame pneumonia, mostly. In fact, when I finally felt up to writing this post, I worried that it was too late--that nobody would care what the best books of 2016 were because we are already more than a full week into 2017. But then I realized that book lovers don't care about that kind of thing--we're way too busy reading to worry about a list that comes a week too late. So to my fellow book lovers, here are the books from 2016 I would like to recommend to you-
Non-Fiction
Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen
Finding God in the Waves: How I Lost My Faith and Found it Again Through Science by Mike McHargue
Spiritual Sobriety: Stumbling Back to Faith When Good Religion Goes Bad by Elizabeth Esther
The Very Good Gospel: How Everything Wrong Can Be Made Right by Lisa Sharon Harper
Trouble I've Seen: Changing the Way the Church Views Racism by Drew G.I. Hart
Reviving Old Scratch: Demons & the Devil for Doubters and the Disenchanted by Dr. Richard Beck
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhoood by Trevor Noah