TOP BOOKS OF 2016

In, as ever, no particular order (other than the rough order I read them in):

• Sigrid Undset, Kristin Lavransdatter
• Jonathan Grant, Divine Sex: A Compelling Vision for Christian Relationships in a Hypersexualized Age
• Mark Edmundson, Why Teach? In Defense of Real Education 
• Hanya Yanagihara, A Little Life
• Rebecca Konyndyk DeYoung, Glittering Vices: A New Look at the Seven Deadly Sins and Their Remedies
• Tim Winton, Scisson [Especially the story: A Blow, a kiss]
• Penelope Lively,  Ammonites and Leaping Fish: A Life in Time
• Godfrey Hodgson, JFK and LBJ: The Last Two Great Presidents
• Belden C Lane, Ravished by Beauty: The Surprising Legacy of Reformed Spirituality
• Henri JM Nouwen, Love, Henri: Letters on the Spiritual Life