#49 – The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin. Really good futuristic/post-apocalyptic (pre- and post-?) fantasy novel. I enjoyed it very much. This is a fantasy novel where race exists but isn’t the existence of anyone in particular. I highly recommend it, as did the Hugo awards committee, since it won the 2016 award for Best Novel.
#50 – Firefight by Brandon Sanderson
#51 – The Obelisk Gate by N. K. Jemisin.
#52 – Uprooted by Naomi Novik. Has an attempted rape as backstory (which is tiresome, people), but is otherwise really, really good.
#53 - San Diego 2014: The Last Stand of the California Browncoats by Mira Grant. A bit unsatisfying plotless meandering narrative from the zombie apocalypse. I kept expecting it to be part of a larger novel, which I guess is the series. But each book in a series needs to stand on its own. I picked this one because my friend LeeAnn and I were at San Diego Comic Con in 2014, and I was interested to read something that hinged on it.