New York Times Lists The 10 Best Books of 2016

The New York Times has released it's list of the ten best books from 2016. The top fictional book of the year is The Association of Small Bombs. Written by Karan Mahajan, the book tells the story of the people affected by a terrorist attack in a Delhi market.  The top nonfiction book of the year is At the Existentialist Café: Freedom, Being, and Apricot Cocktails looks at the lives of "the giants of existentialism and phenomenology". 

Fiction

1. The Association of Small Bombs, Karan Mahajan
2. The North Water, Ian McGuire
3. The Underground Railroad, Colson Whitehead
4. The Vegetarian, Han Kang
5. War and Turpentine, Stefan Hertmans

Non-fiction

1. At the Existentialist Cafe, Sarah Bakewell
2. Dark Money: The Hidden History of Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right, Jane Mayer
3. Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, Matthew Desmond
4. In the Darkroom, Susan Faludi
5. The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between, Hisham Matar

You can find more information on all the books, along with reviews over at the New York Times.