Amazon Announces the Best Books of 2016 (So Far)
June 22 2016 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Amazon Books Editorial Team selects titles for
every reader’s summer itinerary from moving memoirs and fascinating
histories to riveting page-turners that will keep you up at
night
(NASDAQ:AMZN)—The Amazon.com Editorial Team today
announced its Best Books of the Year So Far, an annual midyear
retrospective featuring the Top-20 must-reads released between
January and June 2016. Amazon’s Editorial Team hand selected the
list, awarding the top spot to Hope Jahren’s memoir, Lab Girl.
“It’s always a thrill to look back over the past six months and
share with customers the books that stand out,” said Sara Nelson,
Editorial Director of Print and Kindle Books at Amazon.com. “This
year, after many lively debates among our team, we’ve compiled a
list that is notable for its deep selection of compelling
nonfiction and wide array of topics — from engrossing explorations
of war and what it means to be alive to thrilling whodunit
page-turners and family dramas — there’s something for everyone.
Our top pick, Lab Girl, was a wonderful surprise to us: a debut
memoir by a woman in science that is at once a coming of age story,
a moving portrait of love, work and life and a remarkable
examination of trees, plants and, yes, dirt.”
The Amazon Books Editors’ picks for the first 10 of the Top-20
Best Books of the Year So Far are:
1. Lab Girl by Hope Jahren: An inspiring and entertaining
memoir about work, life and love from a plant scientist who is just
as adept at analyzing the natural world as she is illuminating
human relationships.
2. Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War by Mary
Roach: From the beloved pop science writer Mary Roach, an
exploration of how our soldiers combat their non-gun-wielding
opponents — panic, heat exhaustion, sleep deprivation, and
more.
3. Before the Fall: A Novel by Noah Hawley: From the
award-winning creator of Fargo, a thrilling page-turner about an
airplane crash and its seemingly heroic survivors.
4. The Nest: A Novel by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney: Money +
Family = well, you know it won’t end well…
5. When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi: An
unforgettable memoir about medicine, family and what makes life
matter. Diagnosed with cancer in his mid-thirties, Kalanithi writes
this book to his unborn daughter about how to live.
6. Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by
Matthew Desmond: An unforgettable and harrowing investigation into
poverty in America, as told through the lives of eight Milwaukee
families living on the edge.
7. The Girls: A Novel by Emma Cline: A mesmerizing novel
about a young teenage girl who gets sucked into a Mansonesque
California cult in the 1960s. A surprisingly timeless and perfectly
creepy novel.
8. The Longest Night: A Novel by Andria Williams: Set
during the height of the Cold War, this enthralling and beautifully
written novel tells the story of a young family struggling to
survive natural — and human — disasters.
9. Pumpkinflowers: A Soldier’s Story by Matti
Friedman: Named after an infamous Israeli outpost in southern
Lebanon, Pumpkinflowers tells the tale of a soldier, a war, and a
region that’s both revelatory and hauntingly familiar.
10. Narconomics: How to Run a Drug Cartel by Tom
Wainwright: A fascinating exploration of the drug business…as a
business: how it’s run, how technology has changed trafficking, and
how the images we see in movies or on TV are drastically different
in real life.
To see the complete list of the Best Books of the Year So Far,
and to purchase in Kindle or Print, visit:
www.amazon.com/bestbookssofar.
For in-depth reviews and coverage of some of the books featured
on the Best Books of the Year So Far list, as well as insightful
reviews on new books, author interviews, and roundups in popular
categories from the Amazon Books Editorial team, visit the Amazon
Book Review: www.omnivoracious.com.
About Amazon
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company is guided by four principles: customer obsession rather
than competitor focus, passion for invention, commitment to
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