So that no one is left out, here's my runner-up Top 10 Best Books of 2016:
10. 'Heroine Complex' (So many diverse female characters! Funny, action-packed, silly and surprising)
9. 'The Princess and the Pony' (Very cute feminist picture book for children)
8. 'The Secret Loves of Geek Girls' (Haven't read anything like it before. Fantastic nonfiction about, by and for feminist geek women)
7. 'Princeless: Raven the Pirate Princess Book 1' (Another triumph for feminism and geek culture this year! Colourful, fun and effortlessly diverse)
6. 'Lon Po Po: A Red Riding Hood Story From China' (Atmospheric and creepy classic children's picture book. A whole different take on Little Red Riding Hood, in China)
5. 'All the Rage' (Important. I can't stress this enough. One of the best books to expose and dismantle rape and rape culture. This is what YA is meant to be)
4. 'Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda' (An adorable LBGQ YA book, just like a box of chocolates. Or Oreos)
3. 'Skellig' (Quite simply, it's lovely. An euphoric and charming short fantasy/magical realism book)
2. 'The Other Alice' (One of the most enchanting, clever fantasies I've ever read, and it's a children's book that only came out this year!)
1. 'Girl Up' (A teenage girl's survivor's guide. Another essential nonfiction feminist text, and another success by Laura Bates)
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