The editors of the New York Times book review section have revealed their picks for Best Books of 2016. The list features a total of 10 books; five fiction books and five nonfiction titles.
Below, we’ve collected free samples of all the books for your reading pleasure. Did any of your favorites make it onto the list?
FICTION
- The Association of Small Bombs by Karan Mahajan
- The North Water by Ian McGuire
- The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
- The Vegetarian written by Han Kang and translated by Deborah Smith
- War and Turpentine written by Stefan Hertmans and translated by David McKay
NONFICTION
- At the Existentialist Café: Freedom, Being, and Apricot Cocktails by Sarah Bakewell
- Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right by Jane Mayer
- Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond
- In the Darkroom by Susan Faludi
- The Return: Fathers, Sons, and the Land in Between by Hisham Matar