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Wall Street Journal Best Books of 2016

Here is a list of the Wall Street Journal's best books of the year 2016. How many of these have you read?
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Absolutely on Music: Conversations With Seiji Ozawa (Haruki Murakami)
Absolutely on Music: Conversations With Seiji Ozawa
1
Haruki Murakami
The Accidental Life: An Editor's Notes on Writing and Writers (Terry Mcdonell)
The Accidental Life: An Editor's Notes on Writing and Writers
2
Terry Mcdonell
All Things Cease to Appear (Elizabeth Brundage)
All Things Cease to Appear
3
Elizabeth Brundage
American Heiress (Jeffrey Toobin)
American Heiress
4
Jeffrey Toobin
Barkskins (Annie Proulx)
Barkskins
5
Annie Proulx
Before the Fall (Noah Hawley)
Before the Fall
6
Noah Hawley
Black Hole Blues and Other Songs From Outer Space (Janna Levin)
Black Hole Blues and Other Songs From Outer Space
7
Janna Levin
Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy (Heather Ann Thompson)
Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy
8
Heather Ann Thompson
The Boat Rocker (Ha Jin)
The Boat Rocker
9
Ha Jin
The Book That Matters Most (Ann Hood)
The Book That Matters Most
10
Ann Hood
Bright Precious Days (Jay McInerney)
Bright Precious Days
11
Jay McInerney
Chow Chop Suey: Food and the Chinese American Journey (Anne Mendelson)
Chow Chop Suey: Food and the Chinese American Journey
12
Anne Mendelson
Code Warriors (Stephen Budiansky)
Code Warriors
13
Stephen Budiansky
Collected Essays & Memoirs (Albert Murray)
Collected Essays & Memoirs
14
Albert Murray
Commonwealth (Ann Patchett)
Commonwealth
15
Ann Patchett
The Confidence Game (Maria Konnikova)
The Confidence Game
16
Maria Konnikova
The Course of Love (Alain De Botton)
The Course of Love
17
Alain De Botton
Courting Death: The Supreme Court and Capital Punishment (Jordan Steiker)
Courting Death: The Supreme Court and Capital Punishment
18
Jordan Steiker
Dark Money (Mayer)
Dark Money
19
Mayer
The Dispossessed (Szilárd Borbély)
The Dispossessed
20
Szilárd Borbély
Du Iz Tak? (Carson Ellis)
Du Iz Tak?
21
Carson Ellis
Eccentric Orbits: The Iridium Story (John Bloom)
Eccentric Orbits: The Iridium Story
22
John Bloom
Every Man a Menace (Patricia Hoffman)
Every Man a Menace
23
Patricia Hoffman
Everybody's Fool (Richard Russo)
Everybody's Fool
24
Richard Russo
Evicted (Matthew Desmond)
Evicted
25
Matthew Desmond
The Extra (A.B. Yehoshua)
The Extra
26
A.B. Yehoshua
Eyes on the Street: The Life of Jane Jacobs (Robert Kanigel)
Eyes on the Street: The Life of Jane Jacobs
27
Robert Kanigel
Failure to Adjust (Edward Alden)
Failure to Adjust
28
Edward Alden
The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks About Race (Jesmyn Ward)
The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks About Race
29
Jesmyn Ward
The First Congress (Fergus M. Bordewich)
The First Congress
30
Fergus M. Bordewich
The Fractured Republic: Renewing America's Social Contract in the Age of Individualism (Yuval Levin)
The Fractured Republic: Renewing America's Social Contract in the Age of Individualism
31
Yuval Levin
The Framers' Coup: The Making of the United States Constitution (Michael Klarman)
The Framers' Coup: The Making of the United States Constitution
32
Michael Klarman
Frantumaglia (Elena Ferrante)
Frantumaglia
33
Elena Ferrante
The French Chef in America (Alex Prud'homme)
The French Chef in America
34
Alex Prud'homme
From the War on Poverty to the War on Crime (Elizabeth Hinton)
From the War on Poverty to the War on Crime
35
Elizabeth Hinton
The Gene: An Intimate History (Siddhartha Mukherjee)
The Gene: An Intimate History
36
Siddhartha Mukherjee
The Genius of Birds (Jennifer Ackerman)
The Genius of Birds
37
Jennifer Ackerman
The Girl With the Lower Back Tattoo (Amy Schumer)
The Girl With the Lower Back Tattoo
38
Amy Schumer
The Great Good Thing: A Secular Jew Comes to Faith in Christ (Andrew Klavan)
The Great Good Thing: A Secular Jew Comes to Faith in Christ
39
Andrew Klavan
Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance (Angela Duckworth)
Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance
40
Angela Duckworth
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