Friday, January 1, 2016

2015 Year of Books

For posterity ... complete list of books read in 2015.  Check reading list tab for current and past years.
 
2015 FICTION
Some Luck by Jane Smiley
(audiobook, narrated by Lorelei King)

The Love Season by Elin Hilderbrand
(paperback)

The Humans by Matt Haig
(paperback)

The Rosie Effect by Graeme Simsion
(audiobook, narrated by Dan O'Grady)

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
(audiobook, narrated by Zach Appelman)

The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
(library book)

Euphoria by Lily King
(audiobook, narrated by Simon Vance & Xe Sands)

High Rising by Angela Thirkell
(paperback)

Midnight in Austenland by Shannon Hale
(ebook)

I Capture the Castle* by Dodie Smith
(audiobook, narrated by Jenny Agutter)

The Whole Golden World by Kristina Riggle
(ebook)

Nowhere But Home by Liza Palmer
(ebook)

The Sweetness of Forgetting by Kristin Harmel
(ebook)

Lydia's Party by Margaret Hawkins
(paperback)

The Spectacular Now by Tim Tharp
(audiobook, narrated by MacLeod Andrews)

All My Puny Sorrows by Miriam Toews
(library book)

Lost & Found by Brooke Davis
(audiobook, narrated by Nigel Carrington, Nicolette McKenzie, Helen Walsh) 

Plus One by Christopher Noxon
(audiobook, narrated by Tom Taylorson)

An Irish Country Doctor by Patrick Taylor
(audiobook, narrated by John Keating)

Keepsake by Kristina Riggle
(ebook)

A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler
(audiobook, narrated by Kimberly Farr)

Lillian on Life by Alison Jean Lester
(library book)

Hausfrau by Jill Alexander Essbaum
(audiobook, narrated by Mozhan Marno)

The History of Us by Leah Stewart
(ebook)

Wild Strawberries by Angela Thirkell
(paperback)

Man at the Helm by Nina Stibbe
(audiobook, narrated by Imogen Church)

In Some Other World, Maybe by Shari Goldhagen
(library book)

Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick
(audiobook, narrated by Ray Porter)

Kissing Ted Callahan by Amy Spalding
(library book)

Drama by Raina Telgemeier
(library book)

Summer Half by Angela Thirkell
(ebook)

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
(audiobook, narrated by Jayne Entwistle)

A Cool Breeze on the Underground by Don Winslow
(audiobook, narrated by Joe Barrett)

Before Lunch by Angela Thirkell
(audiobook, narrated by Nadia May)

Still Life by Louise Penny
(ebook)

Blankets by Craig Thompson
(library book)

The Royal We by Heather Cocks & Jessica Morgan
(audiobook, narrated by Christine Lakin) 

Some Day This Pain Will Be Useful To You by Peter Cameron
(library book)

Brother of the More Famous Jack by Barbara Trapido
(ebook)

The Children's Crusade by Ann Packer
(audiobook, narrated by Cotter Smith, Frederick Weller, Thomas Sadoski, Marin Ireland, Santino Fontana)

The Geography of You and Me by Jennifer E. Smith
(ebook)

Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
(ebook via My Media Mail, EPL)

A Fatal Grace by Louise Penny
(ebook)

Coronation Summer by Angela Thirkell
(audiobook, narrated by Nadia May)

Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill
(audiobook, narrated by Jenny Offill)

The Fatal Flame by Lyndsay Faye
(audiobook, narrated by Kirby Heyborne)

Dietland by Sarai Walker
(library book)

Little Beach Street Bakery by Jenny Colgan
(library book)

The Sleeping Beauty Proposal by Sarah Strohmeyer
(hardcover)

In This House of Brede by Rumer Godden
(paperback)

Early Warning by Jane Smiley
(audiobook, narrated by Lorelei King)

Vivian Apple at the End of the World by Katie Coyle
(library book)

The Rumor by Elin Hilderbrand
(audiobook, narrated by Kathleen McInerney)

In The Unlikely Event by Judy Blume
(library book)

Younger by Pamela Redmond Satran
(audiobook, narrated by Meghan Wolf)

Geek Girl by Holly Smale
(ebook)

The Truth According to Us by Annie Barrows
(audiobook, narrated by Ann Marie Lee, Tara Sands, Julia Whelan)

The Cruelest Month by Louise Penny
(ebook)

Keep Your Friends Close by Paula Daly
(audiobook, narrated by Colleen Prendergast)

The Girl You Left Behind by Jojo Moyes
(ebook)

I Take You by Eliza Kennedy
(library book)

China Rich Girlfriend by Kevin Kwan
(audiobook, narrated by Lydia Look)

Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll
(library book)

Eight Hundred Grapes by Laura Dave
(library book)

Armada by Ernest Cline
(audiobook, narrated by Wil Wheaton)

Maybe in Another Life by Taylor Jenkins Reid
(library book)

Wedding Season by Katie Fforde
(library book)

14 by Peter Clines
(audiobook, narrated by Ray Porter)

Movie Star by Lizzie Pepper by Hilary Liftin
(library book)

All Together Now by Gill Hornby
(library book)

Freedom by Jonathan Franzen
(audiobook, narrated by David LeDoux)

Who Do You Love by Jennifer Weiner
(library book)

A Window Opens by Elisabeth Egan
(library book)

The Woman Who Stole My Life by Marian Keyes
(audiobook, narrated by Aoife McMahon)

My Grandmother Asked Me To Tell You She's Sorry by Fredrik Backman
(audiobook, narrated by Joan Walker)

A Rule Against Murder by Louise Penny
(ebook)

The Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler
(audiobook, narrated by Joe Barrett)

After You by Jojo Moyes
(hardcover)

The Perfect Comeback of Caroline Jacobs by Matthew Dicks
(library book)

Read Bottom Up by Neel Shah
(hardcover)

Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff
(audiobook, narrated by Will Damron and Julia Whelan)

Enchanted August by Brenda Bowen
(library book)

The One That Got Away by Bethany Chase
(library book)

Circling the Sun by Paula McLain
(hardcover)

Emmy & Oliver by Robin Benway
(hardcover)

Hidden by Catherine McKenzie
(ebook)

Pomfret Towers by Angela Thirkell
(paperback)

The Admissions by Meg Mitchell Moore
(audiobook, narrated by Allyson Ryan)

Ally Hughes Has Sex Sometimes by Jules Moulin
(library book)

Sunny Side Up by Jennifer L. Holm
(paperback)

Golden Age by Jane Smiley
(audiobook, narrated by Lorelei King)

The Brutal Telling by Louise Penny
(ebook)

Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend by Matthew Dicks
(audiobook, narrated by Matthew Brown)

Winter Stroll by Elin Hilderbrand
(hardcover)

The Bronte Plot by Katherine Reay
(ebook)

The Mountain Story by Lori Lansens
(audiobook)

Pride and Prejudice* by Jane Austen
(audiobook, narrated by Flo Gibson)

The Nothing Girl by Jodi Taylor
(audiobook)

The Muralist by B.A. Shapiro
(audiobook, narrated by Xe Sands)

Christmas at High Rising by Angela Thirkell
(paperback)

2015 MEMOIRS, ESSAYS, and OTHER NON-FICTION
Leaving Church: A Memoir of Faith by Barbara Brown Taylor
(ebook)

Food:  A Love Story by Jim Gaffigan
(library book)

The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo
(library book)

Tomboy: A Graphic Memoir by Liz Prince
(library book)

A Spy Among Friends:  Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal by Ben Macintyre
(audiobook, narrated by John Lee)

How She Does It by Anne Bogel
(ebook)

Not My Father's Son by Alan Cumming
(audiobook, narrated by author)

Ten Years in the Tub:  A Decade Soaking in Great Books by Nick Hornby
(library book)

The Gift of Peace by Joseph Bernadin
(paperback)

Very Good Lives: The Fringe Benefits of Failure and the Importance of the Imagination by J.K. Rowling
(library book)

An Age of License: A Travelogue by Lucy Knisley
(library book)

The Year of Reading Dangerously:  How Fifty Great Books (and Two Not-So-Great Ones) Saved My Life by Andy Miller
(ebook)

An Altar in the World: A Geography of Faith by Barbara Brown Taylor
(ebook)

Happily Ali After: And Other Fairly True Tales by Ali Wentworth
(library book)

The Nesting Place: It Doesn't Have to Be Perfect to Be Beautiful by Myquillyn Smith
(ebook)

Grace for the Good Girl: Letting Go of the Try-Hard Life by Emily P. Freeman
(ebook)

Fat Girl Walking:  Sex, Food, Love and Being Comfortable in Your Skin... Every Inch of It by Brittany Gibbons
(hardcover)

Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari
(library book)

Relish: My Life in the Kitchen by Lucy Knisley
(library book)

Homemakers: A Domestic Handbook for the Digital Generation by Brit Morian
(ebook)

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain
(ebook)

Voracious: A Hungry Reader Cooks Her Way through Great Books by Cara Nicoletti
(hardcover)

Good Riddance: An Illustrated Memoir of Divorce by Cynthia Copeland
(library book)

Blood Will Out: The True Story of a Murder, a Mystery, and a Masquerade by Walter Kirn
(paperback)

I Must Say: My Life as a Humble Comedy Legend by Martin Short
(ebook)

The Opposite of Spoiled: Raising Kids Who Are Grounded, Generous, and Smart About Money by Ron Lieber
(audiobook, narrated by author)

I Was a Child: A Memoir by Bruce Eric Kaplan
(library book)

Born with Teeth by Kate Mulgrew
(audiobook, narrated by the author)

What I Hate by Roz Chast
(library book)

Bird by Bird:  Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott
(audiobook)

The Basson King:  My Life in Art, Faith, and Idiocy by Rainn Wilson
(audiobook, narrated by the author)

Steal Like an Artist:  10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative by Austin Kleon
(ebook)



An (*) indicates a reread.  Unless otherwise noted, my ebooks are read via the Kindle app on my phone or iPad.  EPL = Elmhurst Public Library.

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