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San Francisco Chronicle Best Books of 2016

Here is a list of the San Francisco Chronicle's best books of 2016. How many of these have you read?
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"Most Blessed of the Patriarchs" (Annette Gordon-Reed)
"Most Blessed of the Patriarchs"
1
Annette Gordon-Reed
Against Everything (Mark Greif)
Against Everything
2
Mark Greif
Alice & Oliver (Charles Bock)
Alice & Oliver
3
Charles Bock
All That Man Is (David Szalay)
All That Man Is
4
David Szalay
Am I Alone Here? (Peter Orner)
Am I Alone Here?
5
Peter Orner
America's Social Arsonist (Gabriel Thompson)
America's Social Arsonist
6
Gabriel Thompson
Another Brooklyn (Jacqueline Woodson)
Another Brooklyn
7
Jacqueline Woodson
At the Existentialist Cafe (Sarah Bakewell)
At the Existentialist Cafe
8
Sarah Bakewell
The Attention Merchants: The Epic Scramble to Get Inside Our Heads (Tim Wu)
The Attention Merchants: The Epic Scramble to Get Inside Our Heads
9
Tim Wu
Behold the Dreamers (Imbolo Mbue)
Behold the Dreamers
10
Imbolo Mbue
Born to Run (Bruce Springsteen)
Born to Run
11
Bruce Springsteen
Carousel Court (Joe McGinniss Jr)
Carousel Court
12
Joe McGinniss Jr
Children of Paradise: The Struggle for the Soul of Iran (Laura Secor)
Children of Paradise: The Struggle for the Soul of Iran
13
Laura Secor
Citizen Scientist: Searching for Heroes and Hope in an Age of Extinction (Mary Ellen Hannibal)
Citizen Scientist: Searching for Heroes and Hope in an Age of Extinction
14
Mary Ellen Hannibal
Commonwealth (Ann Patchett)
Commonwealth
15
Ann Patchett
Daredevils (Shawn Vestal)
Daredevils
16
Shawn Vestal
The Earth Is Weeping (Peter Cozzens)
The Earth Is Weeping
17
Peter Cozzens
Eleanor Roosevelt, Volume 3: The War Years and After, 1939-1962 (Blanche Wiesen Cook)
Eleanor Roosevelt, Volume 3: The War Years and After, 1939-1962
18
Blanche Wiesen Cook
Fine, Fine, Fine, Fine, Fine (Diane Williams)
Fine, Fine, Fine, Fine, Fine
19
Diane Williams
The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks About Race (Jesmyn Ward)
The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks About Race
20
Jesmyn Ward
The Firebrand and the First Lady (Patricia Bell-Scott)
The Firebrand and the First Lady
21
Patricia Bell-Scott
For a Little While (Rick Bass)
For a Little While
22
Rick Bass
The Fortunes (Peter Ho Davies)
The Fortunes
23
Peter Ho Davies
A Gambler's Anatomy (Jonathan Lethem)
A Gambler's Anatomy
24
Jonathan Lethem
The Gene: An Intimate History (Siddhartha Mukherjee)
The Gene: An Intimate History
25
Siddhartha Mukherjee
A Gentleman in Moscow (Amor Towles)
A Gentleman in Moscow
26
Amor Towles
Gesell Dome (Guillermo Saccomanno)
Gesell Dome
27
Guillermo Saccomanno
The Girls (Emma Cline)
The Girls
28
Emma Cline
Girls & Sex: Navigating the Complicated New Landscape (Peggy Orenstein)
Girls & Sex: Navigating the Complicated New Landscape
29
Peggy Orenstein
The Gunning of America (Pamela Haag)
The Gunning of America
30
Pamela Haag
Here Comes the Sun (Nicole Dennis-Benn)
Here Comes the Sun
31
Nicole Dennis-Benn
Here I Am (Foer)
Here I Am
32
Foer
High Dive (Jonathan Lee)
High Dive
33
Jonathan Lee
Hillbilly Elegy (JD Vance)
Hillbilly Elegy
34
JD Vance
Homegoing (Yaa Gyasi)
Homegoing
35
Yaa Gyasi
How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything (Rosa Brooks)
How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything
36
Rosa Brooks
Hystopia (David Means)
Hystopia
37
David Means
Innocents and Others (Dana Spiotta)
Innocents and Others
38
Dana Spiotta
Joe Gould's Teeth (Jill Lepore)
Joe Gould's Teeth
39
Jill Lepore
The Jungle Around Us (Anne Raeff)
The Jungle Around Us
40
Anne Raeff
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