I read 71 books in 2016, a great many of them were 2016 releases. Many of those 2016 stories were fantastic. I also squeezed in a few these first couple weeks of January. Making my Top 10 was hard as hell, so I’m putting up my Top 20 2016 novels and my Top 10 2016 novellas.
Let’s get to it.
TOP 10 NOVELLAS of 2016:
- ODD MAN OUT by James Newman
- WHERE THE DEAD GO TO DIE by Aaron Dries and Mark Allan Gunnells
- JEDI SUMMER by John Boden
- WOMAN IN WHITE by Kristin Dearborn
- OF FOSTER HOMES AND FLIES by Chad Lurtzke
- VICKI BEAUTIFUL by Somer Canon
- MANIA by Lucas Mangum
- THE WINTER BOX by Tim Waggoner
- THE NIGHT CYCLIST by Stephen Graham Jones
- WHERE WOLVES RUN by Jason Parent
TOP 20 NOVELS of 2016:
- MONGRELS by Stephen Graham Jones
- THE RIB FROM WHICH I REMAKE THE WORLD by Ed Kurtz
- STRANDED by Bracken MacLeod
- DESOLATION by Kristopher Rufty
- THE NIGHT PARADE by Ronald Malfi
- NORTHWOODS by Bill Schweigart
- PRINCE OF NIGHTMARES by John McNee
- THE EIGHTH by Stephanie Wytovich
- THEY RISE by Hunter Shea
- THE SUICIDE MOTOR CLUB by Christopher Buehlman
- MAYAN BLUE by Michele Garza and Melissa Lason
- THE COMPLEX by Brian Keene
- CHILDREN OF THE DARK by Jonathan Janz
- SALVAGE by Duncan Ralston
- DREAM WOODS by Patrick Lacey
- EAT THE NIGHT by Tim Waggoner
- ZERO LIVES REMAINING by Adam Cesare
- THE NIGHTLY DISEASE by Max Booth III
- THE JERSEY DEVIL by Hunter Shea
- THE MONSTER UNDERNEATH by Matthew Franks
My favorite non-horror releases: EVERY ANXIOUS WAVE by Mo Daviau and THE POISON ARTIST by Jonathan Moore
Favorite collections: SLEEP PARALYSIS by Patrick Lacey and A MIXED BAG OF BLOOD by David Bernstein.
All of my reviews and the entire list of books I read for 2016 can be found HERE
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