Best Reads of 2016

[kerry]

The ones that stand out are:

Lincoln in the Bardo (still waiting to find another person who has made it through)
Lincoln's Melancholy
A Foreigner's Quest (highly recommend)
Trial by War
Grief by Andrew Holleran, which weaves Mary Lincoln into the story, also resonated a lot with me
The Trials of Mrs. Lincoln (reviews of this tend to dismiss it as inaccurate or non-historical, but while it has a certain narrative it is pursuing, I don't think it stretches or mistakes the facts more than other more well-received books, and I think it is a completely reasonable interpretation.).

I read way too many to list - almost all of them were very good.