The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald: Book #2 for 2016
I read this book many years ago, but didn't get on too well with it; I thought this might be the case again when re-reading it, and it is definitely not an easy book, as it is densely-written, and you have to really pay attention to it and read between the lines a lot.
It took about half of the book to really get into the storyline, but once I did I found myself enjoying this story of how Jay Gatsby became obsessed with Daisy, hoping to win her heart in spite of her being married to the obnoxious Tom Buchanan (it does become evident that this is a completely loveless marriage).
The narrative style is unusual, written in the first person by someone who knew Gatsby (narrating apparently two years after the book's events) and the other characters, but who just observes what is happening to everyone else, while having no impact on the main plot. I noticed too that the novel started off as a romance-based story, but ended up as a story all about violence and revenge.
I enjoyed the book overall, but I feel like it's a book that I would need to study to really understand it; I get the impression that F. Scott Fitzgerald was trying to make a few points about 1920s America (when this book is set) that I completely missed.