BEST OF BOOKS IN 2016
Top 50 – Les incontournables de 2016
| Rang | Titre | Auteur | Genre / Particularité |
| 1 | The Underground Railroad | Colson Whitehead | Roman historique, Prix Pulitzer |
| 2 | Homegoing | Yaa Gyasi | Saga familiale, diaspora africaine |
| 3 | Swing Time | Zadie Smith | Roman sur l’amitié et la danse |
| 4 | The Girls | Emma Cline | Roman inspiré des sectes |
| 5 | Commonwealth | Ann Patchett | Roman familial |
| 6 | Here I Am | Jonathan Safran Foer | Roman contemporain |
| 7 | Moonglow | Michael Chabon | Roman-mémoires |
| 8 | The Nix | Nathan Hill | Roman satirique |
| 9 | The Vegetarian | Han Kang | Roman coréen, Booker International |
| 10 | His Bloody Project | Graeme Macrae Burnet | Roman policier historique |
| 11 | Do Not Say We Have Nothing | Madeleine Thien | Roman historique chinois |
| 12 | The Sport of Kings | C.E. Morgan | Roman sur le Sud américain |
| 13 | The Association of Small Bombs | Karan Mahajan | Roman sur le terrorisme |
| 14 | The Essex Serpent | Sarah Perry | Roman gothique victorien |
| 15 | The Wonder | Emma Donoghue | Roman historique |
| 16 | The North Water | Ian McGuire | Roman maritime |
| 17 | The Gustav Sonata | Rose Tremain | Roman européen |
| 18 | The Lesser Bohemians | Eimear McBride | Roman expérimental |
| 19 | The Portable Veblen | Elizabeth McKenzie | Roman satirique |
| 20 | The Mothers | Brit Bennett | Roman générationnel |
| 21 | The Trespasser | Tana French | Polar |
| 22 | Dark Matter | Blake Crouch | Thriller SF |
| 23 | All That Man Is | David Szalay | Roman mosaïque |
| 24 | The Noise of Time | Julian Barnes | Roman sur Chostakovitch |
| 25 | The Sellout | Paul Beatty | Roman satirique, Man Booker Prize |
| 26 | The Fireman | Joe Hill | Roman d’horreur |
| 27 | The Wangs vs. the World | Jade Chang | Roman comique |
| 28 | The Nest | Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney | Roman familial |
| 29 | The Course of Love | Alain de Botton | Roman philosophique |
| 30 | The Sun Is Also a Star | Nicola Yoon | Roman jeunesse |
| 31 | Salt to the Sea | Ruta Sepetys | Roman historique jeunesse |
| 32 | A Gentleman in Moscow | Amor Towles | Roman historique |
| 33 | The Haters | Jesse Andrews | Roman jeunesse |
| 34 | The Crown | Kiera Cass | Roman jeunesse |
| 35 | Crooked Kingdom | Leigh Bardugo | Fantasy |
| 36 | Empire of Storms | Sarah J. Maas | Fantasy |
| 37 | Lady Midnight | Cassandra Clare | Fantasy urbaine |
| 38 | Glass Sword | Victoria Aveyard | Fantasy |
| 39 | Morning Star | Pierce Brown | Science-fiction |
| 40 | Nevernight | Jay Kristoff | Fantasy |
| 41 | The Obelisk Gate | N.K. Jemisin | Fantasy, Hugo Award |
| 42 | Children of Earth and Sky | Guy Gavriel Kay | Fantasy historique |
| 43 | The Wall of Storms | Ken Liu | Fantasy épique |
| 44 | The Queen of the Night | Alexander Chee | Roman historique |
| 45 | The Mandibles | Lionel Shriver | Roman dystopique |
| 46 | The Underground Railroad | Colson Whitehead | Roman historique |
| 47 | The Girls | Emma Cline | Roman psychologique |
| 48 | The Nix | Nathan Hill | Roman satirique |
| 49 | Moonglow | Michael Chabon | Roman-mémoires |
| 50 | Homegoing | Yaa Gyasi | Saga familiale |
Ce panorama montre la richesse de 2016 : fresques historiques, voix féministes, dystopies, expérimentations formelles et sagas familiales.
