2016 Reviews
Enjoy these reviews written by the Watermark staff:
December 2016
Best of 2016 Reads, review by Sarah Bagby
The Animators by Kayla Rae Whitaker, review by Bruce Jacobs
In Sunlight or In Shadow edited by Lawrence Block, review by Sarah Bagby
The Antiques by Kris D'Agostino, review by Bruce Jacobs
Lucky Boy by Shanthi Sekaran, review by Bruce Jacobs
November 2016
The Correspondence: Essays by JD Daniels, review by Bruce Jacobs
Mischling by Affinity Konar, review by Shirley Wells
In the Midnight Hour by Tony Fletcher, review by Bruce Jacobs
Dorie's Cookies by Dorie Greenspan, review by Sarah Bagby
Wintering by Peter Geye, review by Sarah Bagby
Krazy by Michael Tisserand, review by Bruce Jacobs
The Mayor of Mogadishu by Andrew Harding, review by Bruce Jacobs
October 2016
Hammer is the Prayer by Christian Wiman, review by Bruce Jacobs
Bear: The Life and Times of Augustus Owsley Stanley III by Robert Greenfield, review by Bruce Jacobs
You Must Change Your Life by Rachel Corbett, review by Sarah Bagby
The Explosion Chronicles by Yan Lianke, review by Lauren Dalhaus
The Nix by Nathan Hill, review by Sarah Bagby
September 2016
Float by Anne Carson, review by Bruce Jacobs
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead, review by Sarah Bagby
The Next by Stephanie Gangi, review by Bruce Jacobs
A Great Reckoning by Louise Penny, review by Sarah Bagby
August 2016
Stuart Davis: In Full Swing by Barbara Haskell, review by Sarah Bagby
El Paso by Winston Groom, review by Bruce Jacobs
Sing for Your Life by Daniel Bergner, review by Bruce Jacobs
I Will Send Rain by Rae Meadows, review by Sarah Bagby
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead, review by Susan Gusho
Wolf Boys by Dan Slater, review by Bruce Jacobs
Shelter in Place by Alexander Maksik, review by Bruce Jacobs
July 2016
We Love You, Charlie Freeman by Kaitlyn Greenidge, review by Sarah Bagby
The Art of Rivalry by Sebastian Smee, review by
Brighton by Michael Harvey, review by Todd Robins
Carousel Court by Joe McGinniss, review by Bruce Jacobs
June 2016
You Will Know Me by Megan Abbott, review by Bruce Jacobs
The Girls by Emma Cline, review by Sarah Bagby
The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden, review by Lauren Dalhaus
Pond by Claire-Louise Bennett, review by Bruce Jacobs
Imagine Me Gone by Adam Haslett, review by Sarah Bagby
Angels of Detroit by Christopher Hebert, review by Bruce Jacobs
I Am No One by Patrick Flanery, review by Bruce Jacobs
May 2016
Before the Fall by Noah Hawley, review by Sarah Bagby
Monsters: A Love Story by Liz Kay, review by Bruce Jacobs
Wintering by Peter Geye, review by Bruce Jacobs
The Last Painting of Sara de Vos by Dominic Smith, review by Sarah Bagby
Everybody's Fool by Richard Russo, review by Sarah Bagby
April 2016
Pit Bulls by Bronwen Dickey, review by Bruce Jacobs
You May Also Like by Tom Vanderbilt, review by Bruce Jacobs
The Bricks that Built the Houses by Kate Tempest, review by Bruce Jacobs
The Assistants by Camille Perri, review by Bruce Jacobs
Dreamland by Sam Quinones, review by Sarah Bagby
March 2016
Spill, Simmer, Falter, Wither by Sara Baume, review by Shirley Wells
Shelter by Jung Yun, review Sarah Bagby
Lab Girl by Hope Jahren, review by Bruce Jacobs
Relief Map by Rosalie Knecht, review by Shirley Wells
West of Eden by Jane Stein, review by Sarah Bagby
We've Already Gone This Far by Patrick Dacey, review by Shirley Wells
February 2016
Your Leadership Edge by Ed O'Malley and Amanda Cebula, review by Sarah Bagby
Meathooked by Marta Zaraska, review by Bruce Jacobs
On My Own by Diane Rehm, review by Sarah Bagby
January 2016
Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys, review by Melissa Fox
Where All the Light Tends to Go by David Joy, review by Bruce Jacobs
Private Citizens by Tony Tulathimutte, review by Bruce Jacobs
My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout, review by Sarah Bagby
Dodgers by Bill Beverly, review by Bruce Jacobs
The Swans of Fifth Avenue by Melanie Benjamin, review by Sarah Bagby
