What We Read Wednesday: The Durham Tech Faculty & Staff Best Reads of 2016 Edition

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In a repeating series highlighting current and recent reads around Durham Tech, here are the best books that Durham Tech faculty and staff read in 2016—

Left Neglected by Lisa Genova book cover
As You Wish: Inconcievable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride by Cary Elwes book cover
An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir book cover
What is the What by Dave Eggers book cover
Fast into the Night: A Woman, Her Dogs, and Their Journey North on the Iditarod Trail by Debbie Moderow book cover
The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu book cover
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline book cover
Every Little Step: My Story by Bobby Brown book cover
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote book cover
The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater book cover
The Serpent King by Jeff Zentner book cover
Shaken: Discovering Your True Identity in the Midst of Life's Storms by Tim Tebow book cover
Sea Change by S.M. Wheeler book cover
Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese book cover
Hild by Nicola Griffith book cover
Fatherland by Robert Harris book cover
The Fate of the Tearling by Erika Johansen book cover
The Russian Debutante's Handbook by Gary Shteyngart book cover
Drinking Water: A History by James Salzman book cover
Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty book cover
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain book cover
Durham Tech Library Book Club Past Selection
The Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother and Son on Life, Love, and Loss by Anderson Cooper & Gloria Vanderbilt book cover
Someone Knows My Name by Lawrence Hill
The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware book cover
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi book cover
The Magnolia Story by Chip & Joanna Gaines book cover
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield book cover
Modern Romance: An Investigation by Aziz Ansari & Eric Klinenberg book cover
Dear Mr. You by Mary-Louise Parker book cover
Girl Waits with Gun by Amy Stewart book cover
Shantytown U.S.A.: Forgotten Landscapes of the Working Poor by Lisa Goff book cover
The Road to Character by David Brooks book cover
Everybody's Food by Richard Russo book cover
The Art Forger by B.A. Shapiro book cover
The Martian by Andy Weir book cover
Durham Tech Library Book Club Past Selection
My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry by Frederik Backman book cover
Bread, Wine, Chocolate: The Slow Loss of Foods We Love by Simran Sethi book cover
Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing up Iranian in America by Firoozeh Dumas book cover
If You Lived Here, I'd Know Your Name by Heather Lende book cover
The Brothers K by David James Duncan book cover
What the Dog Saw and Other Adventures by Malcolm Gladwell book cover
In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware book cover

For Durham Tech Library availability and more details about the 2016 Durham Tech faves, check out the pdf of the book list: Durham Tech 2016 Best Books

You can also check out (literally) the books from the downstairs library display of Durham Tech’s favorite books of 2016.

Is your department, club, campus, committee, or subgroup interested in participating in a What We’re Reading* blog post? The goal of the What We’re Reading* posts is to highlight books, professional literature, blogs, or any other things you might be currently reading or have recently finished. Contact OCC Librarian Meredith Lewis for more information.

*Could also be What We Read– recent reads also accepted (and encouraged).

About Meredith Lewis

Meredith is a librarian at Durham Tech on both the Main and Orange County Campuses.