ted74ca's 75 books for 2016

I just squeaked under the line in 2015, finishing my 75th book on the morning of Dec 31. This year I'm off to a great start, with 2 wonderful reads:
1) A God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson
2) Nora Webster by Colm Toibin

Welcome back!

3) The Cipher Garden by Martin Edwards

4) The Museum of Extraordinary Things by Alice Hoffman

5) By The Time You Read This by Giles Blunt and
6) The Hanging Girl by Jussi Adler-Olsen

7) Slip of the Knife by Denise Mina

8) The Drowning by Camilla Lackberg

9) Dark Corners by Ruth Rendell

10) The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

11 No Trace by Barry Maitland

12) Black Water by Joyce Carol Oates

13) The Lost Boy by Camilla Lackberg

14) The Young Wan by Brendan O'Carroll
15) Common Ground by Justin Trudeau

16) Why Men Lie by Linden McIntyre

17) Half the World Away by Cath Staincliffe.

18) Deadly Web by Barbara Nadel

19) Ten Degrees of Reckoning by Hester Rumberg

20) Baking Cakes in Kigali by Gaile Parkin

21) Blue Murder by Cath Staincliffe and
22) My Secret Sister by Helen Edwards and Jenny Lee Smith

23) A Banquet of Consequences by Elizabeth George

24) Every Mother's Nightmare: The Murder of James Bulger by Mark Thomas

25) The Inconvenient Indian by Thomas King

What did you think of The Inconvenient Indian? I ran across someone talking about it last year and thought it sounded interesting!

#23. I thought it was pretty good. Very informative in a non-lecturing, humorous form.

26) Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed

27) The Murdered House by Pierre Magnan

and

28) A Judgement in Stone by Ruth Rendell

29) The Killing Lessons by Saul Black

30) Sins of the Mother by Irene Kelly

31) Even Dogs in the Wild by Ian Rankin

and

32) Emma, A Modern Retelling by Alexander McCall Smith

33) A Dreadful Murder by Minette Walters and
34) The Lake House by Kate Morton

35) Innocent Victims by Minette Walters and 36) Salem's Lot by who else but Stephen King

37) The Cellar by Minette Walters

38) The Ice Child by Camilla Lackberg

39) Where I Lost Her by T. Greenwood

40) The Mountain Story by Lori Lansens

41) The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
42) Martin John by Anakana Schofield
43)The End of the Alphabet by CS Richardson

44) Hesitation Cut by Giles Blunt

45) Grace by T. Greenwood

46) Gathering the World by T. Greenwood
47) Undressing the Moon by T. Greenwood
48) The Woman in Blue by Elly Griffiths

49) Ink and Bone by Lisa Unger and
50) Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter

51) The Winter Family by Clifford Jackman

52) The Wife's Tale by Lori Lansens

53) Map of the Invisible World by Tash Aw

54) Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King

55) Blindsighted by Karin Slaughter

56) Pretty Baby by Mary Kubica

57) Brooklyn by Colm Toibin

58) Fifteen Dogs by Andre Alexis

59) Mother, Mother by Koren Zailckas

60) The Guest Room by Chris Bohjalian

61) Now You See Me by S. J. Bolton

62) The Sisters by Claire Douglas

63) Dead Ground in Between by Maureen Jennings

64) Dead Scared by S. J. Bolton

65) Midwives by Chris Bohjalian

66) Reconstructing Amelia by Kimberly McCreight

67) Tooth and Nail by Ian Rankin

68) The Piano Maker by Kurt Palka

69) Knots and Crosses by Ian Rankin and

70) Little Boy Blue: a DI Helen Grace thriller by M.J. Arlidge.

71) The Night Strangers by Chris Bohjalian

72) I Let You Go by Clare Mackintosh

>4 ted74ca: I enjoy all of Alice Hoffman's books. I think The Museum of Extraordinary Things is one of her best.

73) The Girls by Lori Lansens
74) The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling

75) Raven Black by Ann Cleeves
76) Different Class by Joanne Harris

Congrats on hitting 75! I loved the Shetland Islands series.

@dmeutron: Thanks! I actually think I've spoiled the reading of the Ann Cleeves novel a bit, because I've previously watched (x2!) and loved the TV adaption on PBS and so was comparing characters and story line in my mind as I was reading it.

77) The Trespasser by Tana French

78) The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena

79) The Other Child by Lucy Atkins

80) Eeny Meeny by M.J. Arlidge
81) The Midwife's Sister by Christine Lee

82) The Widow by Fiona Barton

83) Blood Harvest by S. J. Bolton

Me too. Also really liked The Marriage of Opposites. Next week her newest comes out, Faithful. I have already reserved it.

>70 Micheller7:. Sorry, which author from my list of books are you referring to?

84) Clara by Kurt Palka

85) Hide and Seek by Ian Rankin

86) The Illegal by Lawrence Hill

87) White Nights by Ann Cleeves

88) In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware

89) Watching Edie by Camilla Way

90) The Black Book by Ian Rankin

91) Vinegar Girl by Anne Tyler

92} All the Missing Girls by Megan Miranda

93) blueeyedboy by Joanne Harris

94) Red Bones by Ann Cleeves

95) The Marco Effect by Jussi Adler-Olsen

96) The Black House by Peter May

97) Pop Goes the Weasel by M. J. Arlidge

98) The Missing One by Lucy Atkins

Wouldn't it be nice if 2017 was a year of peace and goodwill.
A year where people set aside their religious and racial differences.
A year where intolerance is given short shrift.
A year where hatred is replaced by, at the very least, respect.
A year where those in need are not looked upon as a burden but as a blessing.
A year where the commonality of man and woman rises up against those who would seek to subvert and divide.
A year without bombs, or shootings, or beheadings, or rape, or abuse, or spite.

2017.

Festive Greetings and a few wishes from Malaysia!

>87 PaulCranswick:. Thank you for the greetings, and yes indeed it would be nice.

99) Smoke and Mirrors by Elly Griffiths

100!!!!! Blue Lightning by Ann Cleeves

Looking forward to your continued company in 2017.
Happy New Year, Ted

Congrats! And Cleve's is such a good author!