I tried something new and made a complete list of all the books I read in 2015, with my favorites starred - these were favorites chosen without any limits (like top ten, for instance), though even that was a hard judgement call because I read so many great books last year! They are organized by type, alphabetically by title, with an indication of what genre(s) or topics each encompasses.
Here are some stats, just for fun. In 2015, I read:
- 78 books (one more than in 2014!)
- Of those:
- 34 were fiction
- 7 were nonfiction
- 7 were graphic novels/memoirs for adults
- 16 were teen/YA
- 18 were middle-grade
- 25 were audiobooks
- 53 (65%) were written by women authors
You can see how I did on my 2015 Reading Challenges here.
Now, for some my top picks:
Best Book of the Year
(also the first book I read in 2015!)
Top 10 Novels for Adults Read in 2015
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena by Anthony Marra
Everyone Brave is Forgiven by Chris Cleave
The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey by Walter Mosley
Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult
Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd by Jim Fergus
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver (2nd time & still a fave!)
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce
Wool by Hugh Howey
Top 3 Graphic Novels/Memoirs (and also Top 3 Nonfiction)
Fun Home by Allison Bechtel
Relish by Lucy Knisley
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Top 7 Teen/YA Novels Read in 2015
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
by Benjamin Alire Saenz
Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
Challenger Deep by Neal Schusterman
Looking for Alaska by John Green
Mosquitoland by David Arnold
Say What You Will by Cammie McGovern
UnDivided by Neal Schusterman
Top 6 Middle-Grade Books Read in 2015
Echo by Pamela Munoz Ryan
Finding the Worm by Mark Goldblatt
Ghost Hawk by Susan Cooper
Listen, Slowly by Thanhha Lai
Nest by Esther Ehrlich
Revolution by Deborah Wiles
Like I said, what an amazing reading year! Check out my full list - there were many more favorites I didn't mention here. What were your favorite books read in 2015?
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