The Best Books I Read in 2016

this one was like five out of five stars this is five Perfection wouldn't have changed thing it was absolutely beautiful

but they're all wonderful they just didn't quite make the cut given the time constraints we have

I also read her book our prison obsolete this year which I'd like to give an honorable mention to because I also thoroughly enjoyed that one which is more specifically about the American prison system the development of the prison system and how it's used to basically continue slavery

one of my favorite novels of the year was benefits By Zoe furns this is my mom's copy I read it on my Kindle but because I'm at home I could pick this off the bookshelf

I did want to give a few honorable mentions to books I won't say anything about but that I did really enjoy this year that just didn't quite make the cut and those are galapagus: bodies of water by VH Leslie

I read this book right at the beginning of the year must have been my second five-star book of the year and it has stuck with me all year I adored this book

this is very much a political poetry collection it's all about different struggles and activism over the past few decades ... I really relate to it and I find it quite an emotional read and quite an invigorating read

it is so readable Andel Davis although an incredibly intelligent woman isn't an academic in the sense that she writes academic work she's an activist and her writing embodies that it's readable although incredibly well written and can be understood and followed by anyone

it is fantastic and super up lifting I found it really spoke to me as a book I found it really relatable I found it really moving and just a book that has actually I think already had an impact on my life in a really positive way

although the book was really hard-hitting and about something really terrible that happened I found it so uplifting and inspiring it's also Al incredibly readable

this was actually a Christmas gift from my lovely friend Jen over at Jen Campbell for Christmas 2015 and I adored this book it has stuck with me throughout the past 12 months cuz I did read it in January and I have been recommending it to many more people since having read it

Owen Jones is a really great investigative journalist and I think this book highlights that it contains interviews and lots of research he's done into the different topics is talking about

I read her other graphic novel the Encyclopedia of early Earth previously and adored that I think I gave it four out of five stars

this collection quickly shot Megan Beach onto my favorite Poets of all time I think instantly the title suggests I'm going to love it obviously the execution of the Poetry is what counts it could have gone completely wrong but it didn't it was fantastic

this was my first Alice Walker book and I can see why everybody adores her she is amazing just another amazing woman who I have come to greatly admire this year