The Best Books I Read in 2016

Give the Anarchist a Cigarette. Mick Farren
Work Like Any Other. Virginia Reeves
The North Water. Ian McGuire
Spill, Simmer, Falter, Wither. Sara Baume
Instrumental. James Rhodes
So Long, See You Tomorrow. William Maxwell
The Noise of Time. Julian Barnes
1971 – Never a Dull Moment. David Hepworth
Mrs Engels. Gavin McCrea
I Am No One. Patrick Flanery
The Ashes of London. Andrew Taylor
The Essex Serpent. Sarah Perry