Here is my list of favourite books read during 2016. That word ‘read’ is important. Because it’s not a list of the best books published last year.

They are presented in order of when they were read…

• Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative by Austin Kleon
• Show Your Work!: 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered by Austin Kleon
• Seven Brief Lessons on Physics by Carlo Rovelli
• The Magician King (The Magicians, #2) by Lev Grossman
• The Magician’s Land (The Magicians, #3) by Lev Grossman
• The Universe Versus Alex Woods by Gavin Extence
• An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth by Chris Hadfield
• Glyph: A Visual Exploration of Punctuation Marks and Other Typographic Symbols by Adriana Caneva
• TED Talks: The Official TED Guide to Public Speaking by Chris J. Anderson