{"id":7412,"date":"2016-01-11T17:29:07","date_gmt":"2016-01-12T01:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lesliedinaberg.com\/wordpress\/?p=7412"},"modified":"2016-01-11T17:29:07","modified_gmt":"2016-01-12T01:29:07","slug":"the-books-of-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lesliedinaberg.com\/wordpress\/?p=7412","title":{"rendered":"The Books of 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"FatesSo many books, so little time\u2014part nine.<\/p>\n

My son started keeping a reading list in third grade, so I did too. This is the ninth\u00a0year we\u2019ve done this.<\/p>\n

My favorite books of 2015 were probably The Goldfinch<\/a>, <\/i>by Donna Tartt<\/a>\u00a0(which incidentally, won the Pulitzer Prize),\u00a0Girl on a Train<\/a>, <\/i>by Paula Hawkins<\/a>, and Fates and Furies<\/a>,\u00a0<\/i>by Lauren Groff<\/a>\u2014all 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<\/em> <\/a>(about introverts) by Susan Cain<\/a> and I Am Malala<\/a><\/em>, by Malala\u00a0Yousafzai<\/a>.
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Anyway, I\u2019d love to hear about other people\u2019s favorite books this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
2015 Book List<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
title<\/td>\nauthor first<\/td>\nauthor last<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Amber Beach<\/td>\nElizabeth<\/td>\nLowell<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pegasus<\/td>\nDanielle<\/td>\nSteel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A Grown Up Kind of Pretty<\/td>\nJoshilyn<\/td>\nJackson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Love Anthony<\/td>\nLisa<\/td>\nGenova<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Shopaholic to the Stars<\/td>\nSophie<\/td>\nKinsella<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Small Victories<\/td>\nAnne<\/td>\nLamott<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Quality of Life Report<\/td>\nMegham<\/td>\nDaum<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Best of Us<\/td>\nSarah<\/td>\nPekkanen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Delicious<\/td>\nRuth<\/td>\nReichel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda: 60 Endings, 2 Happily Ever Afters<\/td>\nTara Lee<\/td>\nReed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Rosie Project<\/td>\nGraeme<\/td>\nSimsion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Heiresses<\/td>\nSara<\/td>\nShepherd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Yes Please<\/td>\nAmy<\/td>\nPoehler<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sweet Salt Air<\/td>\nBarbara<\/td>\nDelinsky<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Then Came You<\/td>\nJennifer<\/td>\nWeiner<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Last Anniversary<\/td>\nLiane<\/td>\nMoriarty<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Last Letter From Your Lover<\/td>\nJoJo<\/td>\nMoyes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14<\/td>\nPeter<\/td>\nCline<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Night Road<\/td>\nKristin<\/td>\nHannah<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Flight Behavior<\/td>\nBarbara<\/td>\nKingsolver<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lift<\/td>\nKelly<\/td>\nCorrigan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Family Ties<\/td>\nDanielle<\/td>\nSteel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lock and Key<\/td>\nSarah<\/td>\nDessen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Littlebee<\/td>\nChris<\/td>\nCleave<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The American Heiress<\/td>\nDaisy<\/td>\nGoodwin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Big Little Lies<\/td>\nLiane<\/td>\nMoriarty<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Spring Fever<\/td>\nMary Kay<\/td>\nAndrews<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Julie and Romeo: A Novel<\/td>\nJeanne<\/td>\nRay<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Let’s Just Say It Wasn’t Pretty<\/td>\nDiane<\/td>\nKeaton<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Rosie Effect<\/td>\nGraeme<\/td>\nSimsion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Laura Rider’s Masterpiece<\/td>\nJane<\/td>\nHamilton<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Glitter and Glue<\/td>\nKelly<\/td>\nCorrigan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dirty Daddy<\/td>\nBob<\/td>\nSagat<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A Tale for the Time Being<\/td>\nRuth<\/td>\nOzeki<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Goldfinch<\/td>\nDonna<\/td>\nTartt<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Funny Girl<\/td>\nNick<\/td>\nHornby<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Precious One<\/td>\nMarisa<\/td>\nde los Santos<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wife 22<\/td>\nMelanie<\/td>\nGideon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Summer Island<\/td>\nKristin<\/td>\nHannah<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jane and the Genius of Place<\/td>\nStephanie<\/td>\nBarron<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Marry Kiss Kill<\/td>\nAnne<\/td>\nFlett-Giordano<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Let’s Explore Diabetes With Owls<\/td>\nDavid<\/td>\nSedaris<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Single, Carefree, Mellow<\/td>\nKatherine<\/td>\nHeiny<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Summer Hideaway<\/td>\nSusan<\/td>\nWiggs<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Along for the Ride<\/td>\nSarah<\/td>\nDessen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Scandal in Spring<\/td>\nLisa<\/td>\nKleypass<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Me Without You<\/td>\nJoJo<\/td>\nMoyes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Man Who Loved Books Too Much<\/td>\nAllison<\/td>\nHoover Bartlett<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
All the Light We Cannot See<\/td>\nAnthony<\/td>\nDoerr<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mine Till Midnight<\/td>\nLisa<\/td>\nKleypass<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pretty Much Screwed<\/td>\nJenna<\/td>\nMcCarthy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
From the Notebooks of a Middle School Princess<\/td>\nMeg<\/td>\nCabot<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
You Won’t Remember This<\/td>\nKate<\/td>\nBlackwell<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Nightingale<\/td>\nKristin<\/td>\nHannah<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Finding Audrey<\/td>\nSophie<\/td>\nKinsella<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Beginning of Everything<\/td>\nRobyn<\/td>\nSchneider<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Vacationers<\/td>\nEmma<\/td>\nStraub<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Girl on the Train<\/td>\nPaula<\/td>\nHawkins<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
This I Believe<\/td>\n<\/td>\nVarious<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Life’s a Beach<\/td>\nClaire<\/td>\nCook<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Blueprints<\/td>\nBarbara<\/td>\nDelinsky<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Breakfast at Tiffany’s<\/td>\nTruman<\/td>\nCapote<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Then Again<\/td>\nDiane<\/td>\nKeaton<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Friends Like Us<\/td>\nLauren<\/td>\nFox<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Circle of Wives<\/td>\nAlice<\/td>\nLa Plante<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
China Rich Girlfriend<\/td>\nKevin<\/td>\nKwan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Smart Blondes<\/td>\nSonia<\/td>\nKoso<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A Fine Romance<\/td>\nCandice<\/td>\nBergen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mermaid Out of Water<\/td>\nRandy<\/td>\nGross<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Quiet<\/td>\nSusan<\/td>\nCain<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A Wonder Story: Pluto<\/td>\nR.J.<\/td>\nPalacio<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Julian Chapter: A Wonder Story<\/td>\nR.J.<\/td>\nPalacio<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A Window Opens<\/td>\nElisabeth<\/td>\nEgan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Luckiest Girl Alive<\/td>\nJessica<\/td>\nKnoll<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Red Summer<\/td>\nFran<\/td>\nDavis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
I Am Malala<\/td>\nMalala<\/td>\nYousafzai<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
After You<\/td>\nJoJo<\/td>\nMoyes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Arcadia<\/td>\nLauren<\/td>\nGroff<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Woman I Wanted to Be<\/td>\nDiane<\/td>\nVan Furstenberg<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Crystal<\/td>\nWalter Dean<\/td>\nMeyers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
We Were Liars<\/td>\nE.<\/td>\nLockhart<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Being Committed<\/td>\nAnna<\/td>\nMaxted<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dietland<\/td>\nSarai<\/td>\nWalker<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cross My Heart<\/td>\nCarly<\/td>\nPhillips<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
My Fair Lazy<\/td>\nJen<\/td>\nLancaster<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Movie Star A Novel by Lizzie Pepper<\/td>\nHilary<\/td>\nLiftin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Everybody Rise<\/td>\nStephanie<\/td>\nClifford<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fates and Furies<\/td>\nLauren<\/td>\nGroff<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Bee Cottage Story<\/td>\nFrances<\/td>\nSchultz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Killing Monica<\/td>\nCandace<\/td>\nBushnell<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Modern Romance<\/td>\nAziz<\/td>\nAnsari<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ladies Night<\/td>\nMary Kay<\/td>\nAndrews<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Does This Beach Make Me Look Fat?<\/td>\nLisa & Francesca Serratella<\/td>\nScottoline<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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