The Economist - Books of the Year, 2016

1.
When Breath Becomes Air
When Breath Becomes Air 4.41 avg rating β€” 767,250 ratings
2.
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis 3.85 avg rating β€” 488,811 ratings
3.
I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life
I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life
by: Ed Yong
4.18 avg rating β€” 30,337 ratings
4.
The Gene: An Intimate History
The Gene: An Intimate History 4.36 avg rating β€” 54,017 ratings
5.
Elizabeth: The Forgotten Years
Elizabeth: The Forgotten Years
by: John Guy
3.86 avg rating β€” 738 ratings
6.
The Glass Universe: How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars
The Glass Universe: How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars 3.59 avg rating β€” 3,470 ratings
7.
The Way to the Spring: Life and Death in Palestine
The Way to the Spring: Life and Death in Palestine 4.31 avg rating β€” 970 ratings
8.
Negroland
Negroland 3.62 avg rating β€” 7,832 ratings
9.
Born to Run
Born to Run 4.19 avg rating β€” 53,080 ratings
10.
The Pursuit of Power: Europe 1815 - 1914
The Pursuit of Power: Europe 1815 - 1914 4.15 avg rating β€” 1,942 ratings
10.
Heart of Europe: A History of the Holy Roman Empire
Heart of Europe: A History of the Holy Roman Empire 3.75 avg rating β€” 1,258 ratings
12.
The Romanovs, 1613-1918
The Romanovs, 1613-1918 4.02 avg rating β€” 15,678 ratings
13.
Progress - Ten Reasons to Look Forward to the Future
Progress - Ten Reasons to Look Forward to the Future 4.05 avg rating β€” 1,728 ratings
13.
The Mandibles: A Family, 2029–2047
The Mandibles: A Family, 2029–2047 3.71 avg rating β€” 11,648 ratings
15.
Patient H.M.: A Story of Memory, Madness, and Family Secrets
Patient H.M.: A Story of Memory, Madness, and Family Secrets 3.85 avg rating β€” 5,702 ratings
16.
War and Turpentine
War and Turpentine 3.92 avg rating β€” 11,880 ratings
17.
Half Lion: How P.V. Narasimha Rao Transformed India
Half Lion: How P.V. Narasimha Rao Transformed India 4.43 avg rating β€” 2,314 ratings
18.
The Return
The Return 4.16 avg rating β€” 14,617 ratings
19.
East West Street: On the Origins of "Genocide" and "Crimes Against Humanity"
East West Street: On the Origins of "Genocide" and "Crimes Against Humanity" 4.46 avg rating β€” 12,207 ratings
20.
The Man Who Knew: The Life and Times of Alan Greenspan
The Man Who Knew: The Life and Times of Alan Greenspan 4.32 avg rating β€” 1,211 ratings
21.
Eccentric Orbits: The Iridium Story
Eccentric Orbits: The Iridium Story 4.19 avg rating β€” 961 ratings
22.
The Rise and Fall of American Growth: The U.S. Standard of Living since the Civil War (The Princeton Economic History of the Western World)
The Rise and Fall of American Growth: The U.S. Standard of Living since the Civil War (The Princeton Economic History of the Western World) 4.19 avg rating β€” 2,091 ratings
23.
The Vegetarian
The Vegetarian
by: Han Kang
3.64 avg rating β€” 320,395 ratings
24.
City of Thorns: Nine Lives in the World's Largest Refugee Camp
City of Thorns: Nine Lives in the World's Largest Refugee Camp 4.02 avg rating β€” 3,370 ratings
25.
The Egyptians
The Egyptians 4.14 avg rating β€” 160 ratings
26.
The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye
The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye 4.47 avg rating β€” 3,495 ratings
27.
Alibaba: The House That Jack Ma Built
Alibaba: The House That Jack Ma Built 3.87 avg rating β€” 16,220 ratings
28.
Kenneth Clark
Kenneth Clark 4.32 avg rating β€” 134 ratings
28.
How to Listen to Jazz
How to Listen to Jazz
by: Ted Gioia
4.07 avg rating β€” 2,318 ratings
30.
Another Day in the Death of America: A Chronicle of Ten Short Lives
Another Day in the Death of America: A Chronicle of Ten Short Lives 4.25 avg rating β€” 4,973 ratings
31.
The End of Karma: Hope and Fury Among India's Young
The End of Karma: Hope and Fury Among India's Young 3.97 avg rating β€” 424 ratings
32.
Swing Time
Swing Time 3.56 avg rating β€” 76,238 ratings
33.
Cure: A Journey into the Science of Mind Over Body
Cure: A Journey into the Science of Mind Over Body 4.09 avg rating β€” 3,692 ratings
34.
China's Future
China's Future 3.78 avg rating β€” 273 ratings
35.
Black Wind, White Snow: The Rise of Russia’s New Nationalism
Black Wind, White Snow: The Rise of Russia’s New Nationalism 4.04 avg rating β€” 337 ratings
36.
The Euro and the Battle of Ideas
The Euro and the Battle of Ideas 3.94 avg rating β€” 128 ratings
37.
CEO, China: The Rise of Xi Jinping
CEO, China: The Rise of Xi Jinping 3.65 avg rating β€” 423 ratings
38.
China’s Crony Capitalism: The Dynamics of Regime Decay
China’s Crony Capitalism: The Dynamics of Regime Decay 3.68 avg rating β€” 143 ratings
39.
Trials: On Death Row in Pakistan
Trials: On Death Row in Pakistan 3.90 avg rating β€” 79 ratings
40.
Karl Marx: Greatness and Illusion
Karl Marx: Greatness and Illusion 3.63 avg rating β€” 267 ratings
41.
But You Did Not Come Back
But You Did Not Come Back 4.27 avg rating β€” 3,466 ratings
42.
The Civil Wars of Julia Ward Howe
The Civil Wars of Julia Ward Howe 3.75 avg rating β€” 489 ratings
43.
Outlandish Knight: The Byzantine Life of Steven Runciman
Outlandish Knight: The Byzantine Life of Steven Runciman 3.96 avg rating β€” 75 ratings
44.
The Water Kingdom: A Secret History of China
The Water Kingdom: A Secret History of China 3.67 avg rating β€” 351 ratings
45.
Lenin on the Train
Lenin on the Train 3.62 avg rating β€” 1,602 ratings
46.
Global Inequality: A New Approach for the Age of Globalization
Global Inequality: A New Approach for the Age of Globalization really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 1,092 ratings
47.
The Great Convergence: Information Technology and the New Globalization
The Great Convergence: Information Technology and the New Globalization 3.85 avg rating β€” 516 ratings
48.
Cleverlands: The secrets behind the success of the world's education superpowers
Cleverlands: The secrets behind the success of the world's education superpowers 4.33 avg rating β€” 996 ratings
49.
Free Speech: Ten Principles for a Connected World
Free Speech: Ten Principles for a Connected World 3.96 avg rating β€” 304 ratings
50.
The Life Project: The Extraordinary Story of Our Ordinary Lives
The Life Project: The Extraordinary Story of Our Ordinary Lives 3.91 avg rating β€” 260 ratings
51.
Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts
Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts 4.42 avg rating β€” 1,552 ratings
52.
Beethoven for a Later Age: The Journey of a String Quartet
Beethoven for a Later Age: The Journey of a String Quartet 4.18 avg rating β€” 197 ratings