So many books, so little time—part nine.
My son started keeping a reading list in third grade, so I did too. This is the ninth year we’ve done this.
My favorite books of 2015 were probably The Goldfinch, by Donna Tartt (which incidentally, won the Pulitzer Prize), Girl on a Train, by Paula Hawkins, and Fates and Furies, by Lauren Groff—all of which are widely-praised fiction, so nothing too original in my suggestions for this year, unfortunately. I don’t read a lot of non-fiction, but I did really enjoy Quiet (about introverts) by Susan Cain and I Am Malala, by Malala Yousafzai.
Anyway, I’d love to hear about other people’s favorite books this year.
| 2015 Book List | ||
| title | author first | author last |
| Amber Beach | Elizabeth | Lowell |
| Pegasus | Danielle | Steel |
| A Grown Up Kind of Pretty | Joshilyn | Jackson |
| Love Anthony | Lisa | Genova |
| Shopaholic to the Stars | Sophie | Kinsella |
| Small Victories | Anne | Lamott |
| The Quality of Life Report | Megham | Daum |
| The Best of Us | Sarah | Pekkanen |
| Delicious | Ruth | Reichel |
| Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda: 60 Endings, 2 Happily Ever Afters | Tara Lee | Reed |
| The Rosie Project | Graeme | Simsion |
| The Heiresses | Sara | Shepherd |
| Yes Please | Amy | Poehler |
| Sweet Salt Air | Barbara | Delinsky |
| Then Came You | Jennifer | Weiner |
| The Last Anniversary | Liane | Moriarty |
| The Last Letter From Your Lover | JoJo | Moyes |
| 14 | Peter | Cline |
| Night Road | Kristin | Hannah |
| Flight Behavior | Barbara | Kingsolver |
| Lift | Kelly | Corrigan |
| Family Ties | Danielle | Steel |
| Lock and Key | Sarah | Dessen |
| Littlebee | Chris | Cleave |
| The American Heiress | Daisy | Goodwin |
| Big Little Lies | Liane | Moriarty |
| Spring Fever | Mary Kay | Andrews |
| Julie and Romeo: A Novel | Jeanne | Ray |
| Let’s Just Say It Wasn’t Pretty | Diane | Keaton |
| The Rosie Effect | Graeme | Simsion |
| Laura Rider’s Masterpiece | Jane | Hamilton |
| Glitter and Glue | Kelly | Corrigan |
| Dirty Daddy | Bob | Sagat |
| A Tale for the Time Being | Ruth | Ozeki |
| The Goldfinch | Donna | Tartt |
| Funny Girl | Nick | Hornby |
| The Precious One | Marisa | de los Santos |
| Wife 22 | Melanie | Gideon |
| Summer Island | Kristin | Hannah |
| Jane and the Genius of Place | Stephanie | Barron |
| Marry Kiss Kill | Anne | Flett-Giordano |
| Let’s Explore Diabetes With Owls | David | Sedaris |
| Single, Carefree, Mellow | Katherine | Heiny |
| The Summer Hideaway | Susan | Wiggs |
| Along for the Ride | Sarah | Dessen |
| Scandal in Spring | Lisa | Kleypass |
| Me Without You | JoJo | Moyes |
| The Man Who Loved Books Too Much | Allison | Hoover Bartlett |
| All the Light We Cannot See | Anthony | Doerr |
| Mine Till Midnight | Lisa | Kleypass |
| Pretty Much Screwed | Jenna | McCarthy |
| From the Notebooks of a Middle School Princess | Meg | Cabot |
| You Won’t Remember This | Kate | Blackwell |
| The Nightingale | Kristin | Hannah |
| Finding Audrey | Sophie | Kinsella |
| The Beginning of Everything | Robyn | Schneider |
| The Vacationers | Emma | Straub |
| The Girl on the Train | Paula | Hawkins |
| This I Believe | Various | |
| Life’s a Beach | Claire | Cook |
| Blueprints | Barbara | Delinsky |
| Breakfast at Tiffany’s | Truman | Capote |
| Then Again | Diane | Keaton |
| Friends Like Us | Lauren | Fox |
| Circle of Wives | Alice | La Plante |
| China Rich Girlfriend | Kevin | Kwan |
| Smart Blondes | Sonia | Koso |
| A Fine Romance | Candice | Bergen |
| Mermaid Out of Water | Randy | Gross |
| Quiet | Susan | Cain |
| A Wonder Story: Pluto | R.J. | Palacio |
| The Julian Chapter: A Wonder Story | R.J. | Palacio |
| A Window Opens | Elisabeth | Egan |
| Luckiest Girl Alive | Jessica | Knoll |
| Red Summer | Fran | Davis |
| I Am Malala | Malala | Yousafzai |
| After You | JoJo | Moyes |
| Arcadia | Lauren | Groff |
| The Woman I Wanted to Be | Diane | Van Furstenberg |
| Crystal | Walter Dean | Meyers |
| We Were Liars | E. | Lockhart |
| Being Committed | Anna | Maxted |
| Dietland | Sarai | Walker |
| Cross My Heart | Carly | Phillips |
| My Fair Lazy | Jen | Lancaster |
| Movie Star A Novel by Lizzie Pepper | Hilary | Liftin |
| Everybody Rise | Stephanie | Clifford |
| Fates and Furies | Lauren | Groff |
| The Bee Cottage Story | Frances | Schultz |
| Killing Monica | Candace | Bushnell |
| Modern Romance | Aziz | Ansari |
| Ladies Night | Mary Kay | Andrews |
| Does This Beach Make Me Look Fat? | Lisa & Francesca Serratella | Scottoline |