The Washington Post's 10 best books of 2016
The top 3 according to 0 votes from people: Commonwealth — Ann Patchett · Evicted — Matthew Desmond · The Gene — Siddhartha Mukherjee. (Updated Sep 5, 2025.)
The ten books The Washington Post picked as the best of 2016, fiction and non-fiction.
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Top 10
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1
Commonwealth — Ann Patchett
Fiction.
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2
Evicted — Matthew Desmond
Non-fiction.
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3
The Gene — Siddhartha Mukherjee
Non-fiction.
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4
News of the World — Paulette Jiles
Fiction.
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5
The Return — Hisham Matar
Non-fiction.
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6
Rogue Heroes — Ben Macintyre
Non-fiction.
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7
Secondhand Time — Svetlana Alexievich
Non-fiction.
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8
Swing Time — Zadie Smith
Fiction.
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9
The Trespasser — Tana French
Fiction.
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10
The Underground Railroad — Colson Whitehead
Fiction.
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