Here are the 52 books I read or listened to in 2015. (I’ve excluded the books I read with my kids, since I review those less consistently.)
I have separated them into fiction and non-fiction and provided a loose ranking: 5 is the best rating, so I recommend any book with a 5 next to it. I’ve written a full review for each book, which you can read by following the link!
Reactions and recommendations are welcome!
Fiction
- The Odyssey, by Homer (Robert Fagles translation) – 5
- Americanah, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie – 5
- The Memory of Love, by Aminatta Forna – 5
- Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen – 5
- Some Kind of Fairy Tale, by Graham Joyce – 5
- A Confederacy of Dunces, by John Kennedy Toole – 5
- Dos crímenes, por Jorge Ibargüengoitia – 5
- We Need New Names, by NoViolet Bulawayo – 5
- Cosmétique de l’ennemi, par Amélie Nothomb – 5
- Ready Player One, by Ernest Cline – 5
- The Tempest, by Shakespeare (Ian McKellen audio performance) – 4
- The Martian, by Andy Weir – 4
- The Silkworm, by Robert Galbraith (aka JK Rowling) – 4
- L’envers du décor, par Safiatou Ba – 4
- Chaka, by Thomas Mofolo – 4
- The Children Act, by Ian McEwan – 4
- The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains, by Owen Wister – 4
- Los pasos de López, por Jorge Ibargüengoitia – 4
- Twice Buried, by Steven Havill – 4
- The Gods of Guilt, by Michael Connelly – 4
- Broken Monsters, by Lauren Beukes – 4
- Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage, by Haruki Murakami – 4
- Death at the Voyager Hotel, by Kwei Quartey – 4
- Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish, by David Rakoff – 4
- Harry Potter à l’école des sorciers, par JK Rowling – 4
- Harry Potter et la chambre des secrets, par JK Rowling – 4
- Good Behavior, by Donald Westlake – 4
- The Cuckoo’s Calling, by Robert Galbraith (aka JK Rowling) – 3
- Sweetness #9, by Stephan Eirik Clark – 3
- La isla de los amores infinitos, por Daína Chaviano – 3
- The Girl on the Train, by Paula Hawkins – 3
- Armada, by Ernest Cline – 2
- La iguana, por Alberto Vásquez-Figueroa – 2
- Romance, by David Mamet – 2
Non-fiction
- I Will Lead You Along: The Life of Henry B. Eyring, by Henry J. Eyring and Robert Eaton – 5
- Fields of Blood: Religion and the History of Violence, by Karen Armstrong – 5
- On Immunity: An Innoculation, by Eula Biss – 5
- Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics, by Richard Thaler – 5
- Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea, by Barbara Demick – 5
- This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage, by Ann Patchett – 5
- Food: A Love Story, by Jim Gaffigan – 5
- Dreams in a Time of War: A Childhood Memoir, by Ngūgī wa Thiong’o – 5
- Brown Girl Dreaming, by Jacqueline Woodson – 5
- Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea, by Guy Delisle – 5
- A Path Appears: Transforming Lives, Creating Opportunity, by Kristof and WuDunn – 5
- A Quaker Book of Wisdom: Life Lessons in Simplicity, Service, and Common Sense, by Robert Lawrence Smith – 4
- Man’s Search for Meaning, by Viktor Frankl – 4
- Yes Please, by Amy Poehler – 4
- The Art of Social Media: Power Tips for Power Users, by Guy Kawasaki & Peg Fitzpatrick – 4
- The Half-Life of Facts: Why Everything We Know Has an Expiration Date, by Samuel Arbesman – 4
- Monkey Mind: A Memoir of Anxiety, by Daniel Smith – 4
- I Don’t Know What You Know Me From: Confessions of a Co-Star, by Judy Greer – 3
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