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Books Read in 2015

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1

The Girl on the Train

by Paula Hawkins

18,019 members

1,117 reviews

½ 3.6

26 Members: Bookmarque, librookian, EllieFrat, booksinbed, terran, edparks, cmtl, Devlindusty, rretzler, teeth, hgalligher, ahef1963, kara.shamy, PoetVictoria, LisbethE, taxonet, dadito, boogirl13, corina19, anita9, TheBookishGirl, DanaSchipporeit, freyaelizabeth, Stacy_Krout, ashleymaass, shandiburrows

2

All the Light We Cannot See

by Anthony Doerr

19,023 members

882 reviews

½ 4.3

3

by Emily St. John Mandel

11,879 members

780 reviews

4.1

22 Members: hailelib, imyril, booksinbed, rhian_of_oz, womansheart, sturlington, elkiedee, Dilara86, Devlindusty, rretzler, peterveen, hgalligher, ahef1963, AmourFou, kara.shamy, Peace2, PoetVictoria, sophimary, dianeham, Stacy_Krout, ashleymaass, 25mmiller

4

by Suzanne Collins

45,728 members

1,739 reviews

3.9

14 Members: imyril, afar, DeltaQueen50, ngothelf, blueberry, sophimary, corina19, PaulKelleher, TheBookishGirl, Morteana, keith0506, CherryBlossom.76, Stacy_Krout, Rocco122142

5

The Rosie Project

by Graeme Simsion

7,692 members

550 reviews

4

15 Members: afar, bookhobbyjapan, DeltaQueen50, Devlindusty, peterveen, teeth, ahef1963, spaceexpert, Peace2, ngothelf, PoetVictoria, LisbethE, Angelamackie, Elswick1, Stacy_Krout

6

18,372 members

1,242 reviews

½ 4.3

16 Members: imyril, shadrach_anki, Rtrace, KimarieBee, Tafadhali, greeneyed_ives, DeltaQueen50, aulandez, peterveen, sjudd, AmourFou, Peace2, ngothelf, Elswick1, Stacy_Krout, davidized

7

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie

by Alan Bradley

7,796 members

655 reviews

3.8

11 Members: gillycat, rretzler, spaceexpert, kara.shamy, Peace2, ngothelf, GeorgiaBon, sophimary, boogirl13, Stacy_Krout, 25mmiller

8

by Markus Zusak

45,342 members

2,127 reviews

½ 4.4

13 Members: xuesheng, bobpage860, DeltaQueen50, cmtl, teeth, spaceexpert, pattycoakley, Elswick1, TheBookishGirl, Morteana, keith0506, Stacy_Krout, shandiburrows

9

To Kill a Mockingbird

79,096 members

1,430 reviews

½ 4.4

13 Members: booksinbed, bobpage860, afar, amanda4242, DeltaQueen50, elkiedee, gillycat, spaceexpert, AmourFou, kara.shamy, pattycoakley, CherryBlossom.76, Stacy_Krout

10

by Diana Gabaldon

24,003 members

988 reviews

4.2

12 Members: amanda4242, bookhobbyjapan, DeltaQueen50, Devlindusty, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ngothelf, boogirl13, corina19, keith0506, LiteraryReadaholic, Stacy_Krout
Explanations: ahef1963: Ah, Jamie Fraser, why must you be fictional?

11

Dept. of Speculation

by Jenny Offill

2,065 members

146 reviews

½ 3.7

10 Members: charl08, sturlington, Devlindusty, kara.shamy, ngothelf, PoetVictoria, LisbethE, sophimary, wailinwhales, Stacy_Krout

12

The Fault in Our Stars

27,212 members

1,548 reviews

4.2

11 Members: bookhobbyjapan, teeth, spaceexpert, kara.shamy, ekelnor, corina19, pattycoakley, TheBookishGirl, Morteana, Stacy_Krout, ashleymaass

13

The Invention of Wings

by Sue Monk Kidd

5,139 members

321 reviews

4.1

9 Members: heatherw7373, teeth, kara.shamy, PoetVictoria, LisbethE, LindaCan, sophimary, Stacy_Krout, ShellyWhite

14

The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing

7,704 members

331 reviews

½ 3.7

10 Members: heatherw7373, sturlington, cmtl, gillycat, Alice210, ngothelf, dianeham, MrsIsIn, waxflower, Stacy_Krout

15

Where'd You Go, Bernadette

by Maria Semple

7,592 members

545 reviews

3.9

9 Members: Bookmarque, Tafadhali, gillycat, Devlindusty, spaceexpert, NHNick, ngothelf, LisbethE, Stacy_Krout

16

The Night Watch

by Sarah Waters

4,405 members

153 reviews

½ 3.7

10 Members: DeltaQueen50, peterveen, ahef1963, lorannen, kara.shamy, ngothelf, PoetVictoria, boogirl13, Elswick1, Stacy_Krout

17

The Ocean at the End of the Lane

14,967 members

963 reviews

4.1

12 Members: shadrach_anki, sedelia, Ape, cmtl, SirThomas, peterveen, ahef1963, ngothelf, boogirl13, 08034671997, Stacy_Krout, ManWithAnAgenda

18

The Girl With All the Gifts

5,390 members

400 reviews

4

10 Members: imyril, DeltaQueen50, elkiedee, Devlindusty, kara.shamy, ngothelf, boogirl13, Angelamackie, sriyanka, Stacy_Krout

19

The Cuckoo's Calling

by Robert Galbraith

9,940 members

583 reviews

3.8

9 Members: heatherw7373, bookhobbyjapan, SirThomas, cooch45, lorannen, kara.shamy, LindaCan, liz_ray3230, Stacy_Krout

20

The Great Gatsby

by F. Scott Fitzgerald

72,739 members

1,162 reviews

3.8

10 Members: bookhobbyjapan, gillycat, Turambar, spaceexpert, kara.shamy, Elizabeth088, Peace2, ngothelf, Stacy_Krout, shandiburrows

21

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

by Stieg Larsson

43,433 members

1,746 reviews

4

10 Members: bookhobbyjapan, DeltaQueen50, ahef1963, spaceexpert, kara.shamy, ngothelf, pattycoakley, keith0506, Stacy_Krout, Rocco122142

22

We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves

by Karen Joy Fowler

3,714 members

243 reviews

3.8

8 Members: rhian_of_oz, bookhobbyjapan, teeth, kara.shamy, Elizabeth088, PoetVictoria, pattycoakley, Stacy_Krout

23

Pride and Prejudice

81,401 members

1,366 reviews

½ 4.4

9 Members: hailelib, AnnaClaire, DeltaQueen50, gillycat, spaceexpert, Peace2, ngothelf, 08034671997, Stacy_Krout

24

Never Let Me Go

by Kazuo Ishiguro

23,087 members

935 reviews

3.8

9 Members: Bookmarque, afar, amanda4242, rretzler, Peace2, ngothelf, LindaCan, 08034671997, Stacy_Krout

25

The Grapes of Wrath

by John Steinbeck

34,562 members

476 reviews

4.1

9 Members: heatherw7373, DeltaQueen50, edparks, elkiedee, gillycat, Turambar, ngothelf, pattycoakley, Stacy_Krout

26

A Man Called Ove

by Fredrik Backman

11,408 members

686 reviews

½ 4.3

7 Members: xuesheng, booksinbed, ahef1963, ngothelf, Angelamackie, Stacy_Krout, shandiburrows

27

To Say Nothing of the Dog

by Connie Willis

6,776 members

285 reviews

4.1

8 Members: majkia, kxn11, Dilara86, rretzler, ahef1963, dianeham, 08034671997, Stacy_Krout

28

by Daphne Du Maurier

20,899 members

613 reviews

4.2

8 Members: norabelle414, DeltaQueen50, gillycat, spaceexpert, kara.shamy, ngothelf, Elswick1, Stacy_Krout

29

The Casual Vacancy

by J. K. Rowling

10,546 members

577 reviews

½ 3.4

7 Members: gilroy, bookhobbyjapan, cooch45, kara.shamy, ngothelf, keith0506, Stacy_Krout

30

by George Orwell

82,593 members

1,274 reviews

4.2

7 Members: DeltaQueen50, gillycat, JqnOC, spaceexpert, Elswick1, keith0506, Stacy_Krout

31

The Buried Giant

by Kazuo Ishiguro

5,271 members

262 reviews

½ 3.6

8 Members: Rtrace, booksinbed, rretzler, kara.shamy, ngothelf, liz_ray3230, dianeham, Stacy_Krout

32

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

44,574 members

1,328 reviews

3.9

7 Members: DeltaQueen50, cooch45, ngothelf, Laura1124, pattycoakley, keith0506, Stacy_Krout

33

27,886 members

574 reviews

½ 4.3

8 Members: kxn11, gillycat, Dilara86, rretzler, ngothelf, pattycoakley, Elswick1, Stacy_Krout

34

The Woman in White

by Wilkie Collins

12,894 members

338 reviews

4.1

6 Members: DeltaQueen50, SirThomas, Devlindusty, LindaCan, boogirl13, Stacy_Krout

35

The War of the Worlds

18,559 members

309 reviews

3.8

7 Members: Rtrace, Ape, gillycat, ahef1963, Morteana, keith0506, Stacy_Krout

36

Speaking From Among the Bones

by Alan Bradley

1,909 members

182 reviews

4.1

7 Members: Tafadhali, kxn11, gillycat, spaceexpert, Peace2, pattycoakley, Stacy_Krout

37

The Children Act

2,981 members

183 reviews

3.8

7 Members: peterveen, cooch45, ahef1963, AmourFou, kara.shamy, ngothelf, Stacy_Krout

38

Mr Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore

8,364 members

718 reviews

3.8

7 Members: rretzler, ahef1963, spaceexpert, liz_ray3230, Elswick1, Stacy_Krout, shandiburrows

39

by Jeff VanderMeer

6,454 members

372 reviews

½ 3.7

7 Members: norabelle414, amanda4242, blackdove07, sturlington, peterveen, 08034671997, Stacy_Krout

40

Lord of the Flies

by William Golding

50,023 members

736 reviews

½ 3.7

8 Members: bookhobbyjapan, DeltaQueen50, gillycat, rretzler, spaceexpert, kara.shamy, keith0506, Stacy_Krout

41

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

43,356 members

515 reviews

3.9

6 Members: bobpage860, gillycat, Turambar, spaceexpert, Morteana, Stacy_Krout

42

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

by J. K. Rowling

103,167 members

879 reviews

½ 4.4

7 Members: gillycat, rretzler, spaceexpert, kara.shamy, corina19, keith0506, davidized

43

The Three-Body Problem

8,947 members

407 reviews

3.8

6 Members: imyril, Rtrace, rhian_of_oz, norabelle414, Dilara86, Stacy_Krout

44

Big Little Lies

by Liane Moriarty

7,133 members

405 reviews

4.1

6 Members: dara85, KimarieBee, bookhobbyjapan, teeth, anita9, Stacy_Krout

45

The Nightingale

by Kristin Hannah

9,999 members

467 reviews

½ 4.3

5 Members: dara85, cmtl, teeth, kara.shamy, Stacy_Krout

46

15,106 members

798 reviews

3.9

6 Members: booksinbed, cmtl, cooch45, lorannen, kara.shamy, Stacy_Krout

47

by John Grisham

3,302 members

132 reviews

½ 3.4

6 Members: dara85, terran, Devlindusty, ngothelf, ekelnor, Stacy_Krout

48

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

by Douglas Adams

18,410 members

193 reviews

4.1

7 Members: kxn11, blackdove07, SomeGuyInVirginia, gillycat, Peace2, keith0506, Stacy_Krout

49

The Bone Clocks

by David Mitchell

5,029 members

288 reviews

3.8

6 Members: Tiberia, peterveen, lorannen, kara.shamy, Peace2, Stacy_Krout

50

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

by Rebecca Skloot

14,799 members

739 reviews

4.2

7 Members: greeneyed_ives, bookhobbyjapan, ahef1963, spaceexpert, kara.shamy, ngothelf, Stacy_Krout

51

The Husband's Secret

by Liane Moriarty

6,096 members

395 reviews

3.8

6 Members: Bookmarque, rhian_of_oz, PoetVictoria, Elswick1, ChristineToretta, Stacy_Krout

52

by Louisa May Alcott

26,732 members

401 reviews

4

7 Members: norabelle414, DeltaQueen50, gillycat, spaceexpert, kara.shamy, Morteana, Stacy_Krout

53

A Christmas Carol

by Charles Dickens

24,984 members

526 reviews

4.1

7 Members: DeltaQueen50, sturlington, gillycat, ahef1963, spaceexpert, ngothelf, Stacy_Krout
Explanations: ahef1963: The first time I've read it, and it was absolutely perfect.

54

The Last Dickens

by Matthew Pearl

1,348 members

62 reviews

½ 3.5

5 Members: heatherw7373, kara.shamy, Laura1124, boogirl13, Stacy_Krout

55

Finders Keepers

by Stephen King

4,538 members

197 reviews

3.9

7 Members: Bookmarque, librookian, sturlington, SomeGuyInVirginia, SirThomas, cooch45, Stacy_Krout

56

22,669 members

359 reviews

3.8

6 Members: sturlington, ncgraham, spaceexpert, ngothelf, Stacy_Krout, ManWithAnAgenda

57

The Book of Strange New Things

by Michel Faber

2,219 members

134 reviews

½ 3.7

7 Members: sturlington, elkiedee, kara.shamy, Peace2, ngothelf, dianeham, Stacy_Krout

58

Wuthering Heights

by Emily Brontë

52,471 members

702 reviews

3.9

6 Members: gillycat, spaceexpert, Peace2, pattycoakley, Stacy_Krout, ashleymaass

59

How to Train Your Dragon

by Cressida Cowell

4,153 members

162 reviews

3.8

5 Members: norabelle414, amanda4242, ngothelf, 08034671997, Stacy_Krout

60

Ancillary Sword

3,010 members

177 reviews

4

6 Members: Rtrace, kxn11, sturlington, Dilara86, peterveen, Stacy_Krout

61

The Amazons: Lives and Legends of Warrior Women across the Ancient World

by Adrienne Mayor

316 members

4 reviews

4

4 Members: hailelib, stimulation, sophimary, Stacy_Krout

62

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

by J. K. Rowling

101,667 members

861 reviews

½ 4.3

6 Members: gillycat, rretzler, spaceexpert, kara.shamy, keith0506, Rocco122142

63

Major Pettigrew's Last Stand

by Helen Simonson

5,919 members

461 reviews

4

6 Members: DeltaQueen50, gillycat, spaceexpert, Peace2, ngothelf, Stacy_Krout

64

Go Set a Watchman

10,033 members

446 reviews

½ 3.3

6 Members: amanda4242, edparks, lanewillson, kara.shamy, Stacy_Krout, shandiburrows

65

Sense and Sensibility

38,463 members

522 reviews

4.1

6 Members: AnnaClaire, sturlington, gillycat, spaceexpert, Stacy_Krout, ashleymaass

66

by Hanya Yanagihara

7,733 members

327 reviews

4.1

6 Members: bookhobbyjapan, edparks, cooch45, kara.shamy, ngothelf, Stacy_Krout

67

A Red Herring Without Mustard

by Alan Bradley

2,596 members

182 reviews

4

6 Members: Tafadhali, gillycat, spaceexpert, Peace2, pattycoakley, Stacy_Krout

68

The Song of Achilles

by Madeline Miller

13,407 members

508 reviews

4.2

5 Members: ncgraham, cooch45, lorannen, kara.shamy, Stacy_Krout

69

701 members

86 reviews

3.9

4 Members: majkia, DeltaQueen50, sturlington, Stacy_Krout

70

Men Explain Things to Me and Other Essays

by Rebecca Solnit

623 members

20 reviews

4

6 Members: Tafadhali, sturlington, kara.shamy, ngothelf, 08034671997, Stacy_Krout

71

The Remains of the Day

by Kazuo Ishiguro

16,499 members

475 reviews

4.2

5 Members: majkia, amanda4242, kara.shamy, ngothelf, Stacy_Krout

72

by Stephen King

4,455 members

223 reviews

½ 3.7

5 Members: SirThomas, cooch45, ahef1963, boogirl13, Stacy_Krout

73

Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania

5,179 members

280 reviews

4.1

5 Members: PLReader, dadito, dianeham, Elswick1, Stacy_Krout

74

1,322 members

57 reviews

½ 4.4

3 Members: KimarieBee, sjudd, hollythepenguin

75

2,612 members

187 reviews

½ 3.7

6 Members: Bookmarque, teeth, kara.shamy, Peace2, Stacy_Krout, ashleymaass

76

The Warrior's Apprentice

by Lois McMaster Bujold

3,183 members

101 reviews

4.1

6 Members: Tafadhali, DeltaQueen50, sturlington, spaceexpert, ngothelf, Stacy_Krout

77

by Thomas Paine

5,206 members

58 reviews

4

4 Members: Turambar, Laura1124, Stacy_Krout, ashleymaass

78

by Emma Donoghue

14,431 members

978 reviews

4

5 Members: bookhobbyjapan, teeth, kara.shamy, dianeham, Stacy_Krout

79

Our Souls at Night

2,365 members

226 reviews

4

5 Members: edparks, kara.shamy, pattycoakley, Stacy_Krout, ashleymaass

80

by Gillian Flynn

8,661 members

415 reviews

3.8

5 Members: sturlington, kara.shamy, ekelnor, Stacy_Krout, ashleymaass

81

by David Mitchell

3,313 members

250 reviews

3.8

6 Members: amanda4242, sturlington, edparks, lorannen, kara.shamy, Stacy_Krout

82

A Tale for the Time Being

4,524 members

253 reviews

4.1

5 Members: sturlington, Peace2, pattycoakley, Elswick1, Stacy_Krout

83

38,354 members

507 reviews

4.1

5 Members: Tafadhali, gillycat, spaceexpert, ngothelf, Stacy_Krout

84

by Gillian Flynn

9,844 members

537 reviews

½ 3.7

5 Members: sturlington, kara.shamy, MelanieTid, ekelnor, Stacy_Krout

85

The Yellow Wallpaper - story

by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

3,253 members

143 reviews

4.1

5 Members: sturlington, rretzler, Peace2, boogirl13, Stacy_Krout

86

Ancillary Justice

6,020 members

367 reviews

4

4 Members: norabelle414, Dilara86, peterveen, Stacy_Krout

87

Wolf in White Van

by John Darnielle

1,392 members

82 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: booksinbed, terran, peterveen, Stacy_Krout

88

by Sarah Addison Allen

1,200 members

113 reviews

3.9

5 Members: shadrach_anki, dara85, rhian_of_oz, teeth, Stacy_Krout

89

At the Water's Edge

2,004 members

195 reviews

½ 3.5

5 Members: sturlington, elkiedee, gillycat, PoetVictoria, Stacy_Krout

90

by Toni Morrison

23,076 members

406 reviews

3.9

4 Members: xuesheng, gillycat, Laura1124, Stacy_Krout

91

by Gillian Flynn

22,343 members

1,536 reviews

3.9

4 Members: SomeGuyInVirginia, teeth, kara.shamy, ashleymaass

92

4,638 members

250 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: norabelle414, ngothelf, Morteana, Stacy_Krout

93

The Phantom of the Opera

by Gaston Leroux

13,136 members

200 reviews

3.8

4 Members: sturlington, spaceexpert, Morteana, Stacy_Krout

94

by Kate Atkinson

7,954 members

349 reviews

3.8

4 Members: rhian_of_oz, cmtl, ahef1963, Stacy_Krout

95

by Akhil Sharma

550 members

26 reviews

½ 3.4

4 Members: booksinbed, elkiedee, VW_Williams, Stacy_Krout

96

The Storyteller

by Jodi Picoult

3,605 members

167 reviews

4.1

4 Members: teeth, kara.shamy, Morteana, Stacy_Krout

97

Prelude to Foundation

by Isaac Asimov

8,344 members

96 reviews

3.8

4 Members: hailelib, blackdove07, keith0506, Stacy_Krout

98

The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary

by Simon Winchester

12,117 members

295 reviews

3.8

4 Members: Ape, kara.shamy, Peace2, Stacy_Krout

99

1,904 members

105 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: elkiedee, kara.shamy, Laura1124, Stacy_Krout

100

by Stephen King

4,716 members

266 reviews

3.9

3 Members: kara.shamy, lanaday101, Stacy_Krout

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