We’ve had a fun time leading up to this issue in the WM office, building cityscapes of proof and advance copies on our desks of all our favourite books from 2016 (and some we’re itching to cover in 2017). But we weren’t just enjoying hiding out in Booktown for its own sake, although given a chance we would. We’ve been putting together our collection of the best books from 2016 for this issue, and what a great year it’s been for books, from Andrew Michael Hurley’s The Loney to Emma Cline’s The Girls, from Augustown to The Bright Edge of the World. Do you agree with our choices? What would be your recommendations?
We often beat the drum in WM that the foundation of good writing is reading, and lots of it, so why not set yourself up for the long winter nights ahead and check out some of our recommendations? Try a few titles outside your regular tastes. Regardless of genre, we’ve singled out books that are all well-written, and you might find reading something you wouldn’t normally consider will give you a different perspective on your own work.