The story of comedian Trevor Noah’s illegal birth, the haunted life of horror writer Shirley Jackson, a graphic novel with a deaf heroine. We’ve got books suitable for both the insatiable bibliophile and the reluctant reader in your life, perfect to read over the holidays, to give as gifts, or to share among friends. First up, Deborah Taylor of the Enoch Pratt Free Library and her view of the best books of 2016 for adults. Then Miriam DesHarnais, a research and instruction librarian at Towson University, with picks for young people.
Deborah Taylor's Book Recommendations for Adults:
Wonderland: How Play Made the Modern World by Steven Johnson
Swing Time by Zadie Smith
Last Girl Before the Freeway: The Life, Loves, Losses and Liberation of Joan Rivers by Leslie Bennetts
Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life by Ruth Franklin
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
Scrappy Little Nobody by Anna Kendrick
March 3 by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell
The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon
Miriam DesHarnais' Book Recommendations for Kids and Teens
They All Saw a Cat by Brendan Wenzel
My People by Langston Hughes
Thunder Boy, Jr. by Sherman Alexie
King Baby by Kate Beaton
When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
The Last 5th Grade of Emerson Elementary by Laura Shovan
El Deafo by Cece Bell
I Yam a Donkey by Cece Bell
Ms. Marvel by G. Willow Wilson
The Rose and The Dagger by Renee Ahdieh
Adnan's Story: The Search for Truth and Justice After Serial by Rabia Chaudry
All-American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely
Ghost by Jason Reynolds
The Fire This Time edited by Jesmyn Ward
