We asked our editors, staff members, and authors to share with us their favorite books, of any genre, that were published in 2016. Below is a sampling of what they shared with us. We hope you find our spectrum of picks inspiring, and  a much-needed kickstart to 2017. From all of us at Sundress Publications, we wish you a happy (and well-read) new year.

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Fox Frazier-Foley is author of two prize-winning poetry collections, Exodus in X Minor (Sundress Publications, 2014) and The Hydromantic Histories (Bright Hill Press, 2015), and editor of two anthologies, Political Punch (Sundress Publications, 2016) and Among Margins (Ricochet Editions, 2016). She is co-creator, with Hoa Nguyen, of the forthcoming Tough Gal Tarot deck and book. Fox is founding EIC of the indie-lit press Agape Editions, which is an imprint of Sundress Publications (a registered 501(c)3 non-profit organization) dedicated to publishing literary works that engage with concepts…