Books finished in 2016

In 2015 I became a dog guardian for the first time. Zelda is still a young pup and requires a lot of walking, so audiobooks are becoming my new friend. I expect I will be listening to a lot more in 2017.

I should also mention that these are not all endorsements, just books I finished. The ones I really liked and would recommend will be marked with a ⭐ star emoji.

In addition of keeping track of what I read, I'll also use emoji to denote whether I read this as a 📖 paper book, 📱ebook/PDF, or listened as 🎧 audio.

1. A Matter of Breeding: A Biting History of Pedigree Dogs and How the Quest for Status Has Harmed Man's Best Friend
   by Michael Brandow
   📖 Finished on Jan. 3
    

2. Bartleby the Scrivener
   by Herman Melville
   📱 Finished on Jan. 3
    

3. Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America ⭐
   by Ari Berman
   📖 Finished on March 13
    

4. Content Strategy for WordPress
   by Stephanie Leary
   📱 Finished on March 17
    

5. Do What You Love and Other Lies About Success and Happiness
   by Miya Tokumitsu
   📖 Finished on April 27
    

6. Benching Jim Crow: The Rise and Fall of the Color Line in Southern College Sports, 1890-1980 ⭐
   by Charles H. Martin
   📖 Finished on May 20
    

7. American Character: A History of the Epic Struggle Between Individual Liberty and the Common Good
   by Colin Woodard
   📖 Finished on June 18
    

8. Searching for Sunday: Loving, Leaving, and Finding the Church
   by Rachel Held Evans
   📖 Finished on June 26
    

9. What We See When We Read
   by Peter Mendelsund
   📖 Finished on July 2
    

10. Democracy in Black: How Race Still Enslaves the American Soul ⭐
    by Eddie S. Glaude
    📖 Finished on July 22
     

11. Love Wins
    by Rob Bell
    📖 Finished on Aug. 10
     

12. Adaptive Web Design: Crafting Rich Experiences with Progressive Enhancement ⭐
    by Aaron Gustafson
    📖 Finished on Aug. 24
     

13. On Inequality
    by Harry G. Frankfurt
    📖 Finished on Aug. 26
     

14. White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America ⭐
    by Nancy Isenberg
    🎧 Finished on Oct. 24
     

15. Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America ⭐
    by Rick Perlstein
    📖 Finished on Nov. 7
     

16. Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy
    by Cathy O'Neil
    🎧 Finished on Nov. 13
     

17. The Dream Life of Astronauts ⭐
    by Patrick Ryan
    📖 Finished on Dec. 11