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What did you read in 2015? If you keep a list, please post...I love to read them!

Or...what were your favorites?

Here's mine...sorry for weird formatting:

Rating Title Author
3.5 City of Bones Michael Connelly
3.5 All Fall Down Jennifer Weiner
3.5 The Hypnotist's Love Story Liane Moriarty
2.5 VJ VJs with Gavin Edwards
3 Station Eleven Emily St. John Mandel
3.5 The Art of Forgetting Camille Noe Pagan
2 Temptying Fate Jane Green
4 Summer House with Swimming Pool Herman Koch
3.5 Lost Light Michael Connelly
3.5 The Narrows Michael Connelly
3.5 Belzhar Meg Wolitzer
3 The Rosie Effect Graeme Simsion
3 Three Wishes Liane Moriarty
3 Joe College Tom Perrotta
3 Bel Canto Ann Patchett
3.5 You Should Have Known Jean Hanff Korelitz
A The Power of Habit Charles Duggig
4 The Girl on the Train Paula Hawkins
3 Transhuman Ben Bova
A Stiff Mary Roach
2.5 Sweetness #9 Stephan Erik Clark
3 It Was Me All Along Andie Mitchell
3 Better than Before Gretchen Rubin
3.5 War of the Wives Tamar Cohen
A Astronauts Wives Club Lily Koppel
3 Inside the O'Briens Lisa Genova
A Yes Please Amy Poehler
4 Life or Death Michael Robotham
2 The Fringe Hours Jessica Turner
4 Domestic Violets Matthew Norman
3.5 Our Endless Numbered Days Claire Fuller
4 Small Mercies Eddie Joyce
3 The Real Doctor Will See You Shortly Matt McCarthy
3 The Selection Kiera Cass
3.5 Hausfrau Jill Alexander Essbaum
3 The Elite Kiera Cass
3 The One Kiera Cass
2 I Regret Nothing Jen Lancaster
3 The Raft SA Bodeen
3 Pretty Ugly Kirker Butler
3.5 Oh! You Pretty Things Shanna Mahin
3 The Perfect Score Project Debbie Stier
2.5 The Children's Crusade Ann Packer
3.5 The Stranger Harlan Coben
3.5 The Blue Bistro Elin Hilderbrand
2 The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up Marie Kondo
3 The Royal We Heather Cocks & Jessica Morgan
3.5 The Life Intended Kristin Hamel
3 Ready Player One Ernest Cline
3.5 Dietland Sarai Walker
3 Saving Grace Jane Green
2 The Heir Kiera Cass
3 I Know How She Does It Laura Vanderkam
3 Things You Won't Say Sarah Pekkanen
2 Stuffocation James Wallman
4 Broken for You Stephanie Kallos
2 Lost in the Sun Lisa Graff
3 Some Luck Jane Smiley
4 Luckiest Girl Alive Jessica Knoll
3 Still Life with Husband Lauren Fox
2 Four Veronica Roth
2 Primates of Park Avenue Wednesday Martin
3 The Life List Lori Nelson Spielman
2.5 The Rumor Elin Hilderbrand
2.5 Blueprints Barbara Delinsky
2 Bought Anna David
3.5 Those Girls Chevy Stevens
3 Best of Enemies Jennifer Lancaster
3 Broken Promise Linwood Barclay
4 The Mountain Story Lori Lansens
3.5 After I Do Taylor Jenkins Reid
2.5 Everyone is Beautiful Katherine Center
1 All We Have is Now Lisa Schroeder
3 Forever Interupted Taylor Jenkins Reid
1 Barbara the Slut and Other People Lauren Holmes
1 Down the Rabbit Hole Holly Madison
2.5 The House We Grew Up In Lisa Jewell
2 Conversion Katherine Howe
3 Maybe in Another Life Taylor Jenkins Reid
3.5 The Underwriting Michelle Miller
3 The List Siobhan Vivian
3.5 Us David Nicholls
3.5 We All Looked Up Tommy Wallach
4 Everything Everything Nicola Yoon
3 Remember Me This Way Sabine Durrant
3 Dear Daughter Elizabeth Little
4 A Window Opens Elisabeth Egan
3 Furiously Happy Jenny Lawson
4 The Hand That Feeds You AJ Rich
3.5 Summer Secrets Jane Green
3 Who Do You Love Jennifer Weiner
2.5 The Knockoff Lucy Sykes & Jo Piazza
2.5 Same Difference Siobhan Vivian
2 Various Positions Martha Schabas
2 Maternity Leave Julie Halpern
3 Tease Amanda Maciel
3 Home is Burning Dan Marshall
3.5 The Ice Twins SK Tremayne
2 Carry On Rainbow Rowell
2 Unfinished Business Ann Marie Slaughter
3 How to be a Grownup Emma McLaughlin & Nicola Kraus
2 Trauma Michael Palmer & Daniel Palmer
2 The End of Dieting Joel Fuhrman
3 The Accidents of Marriage Randy Susan Meyers
4 The New Neighbor Leah Stewart
3.5 Ally Hughes has Sex Sometimes Jules Moulin
4 Pretty Baby Mary Kubica
3 Little Pretty Things Lori Rader-Day
4 Gemini Carol Cassella
3.5 Black Eyed Susans Julia Heaberlin
3 After You JoJo Moyes
3 After Perfect Christina McDowell
1 Bradstreet Gate Robin Kirman
2 Paperweight Meg Haston
3 Saint Anything Sarah Dessen
3 The Good Girl Mary Kubica
3.5 Swerve Vicki Pettersson

So is a 4 your highest rating?

Here's mine:

https://www.goodreads.com/user/year_in_ ... 15/8607760

My favorite were:

1) Bodies of Water - T. Greenwood (thank you, Bugsy, this was fantastic)
2) Still Alice - Lisa Genova
3) The Last Letter from Your Lover - Jojo Moyes
4) The Nightingale - Kristin Hannah
5) Secrets of a Charmed Life - Susan Meissner
6) The Secret Keeper - Kate Morton
7) Us - David Nicholls

These are the ones that'll stay with me, or at least whose plots I won't have completely forgotten in a year. Numbers 4, 5 and 6 are World War 2 novels. You see a theme going?

Biggest disappointment was All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr. It had all the right ingredients, but the recipe didn't turn out good for me. I found it confusing with the crazy timeline and painfully boring.

Here's mine:
https://www.goodreads.com/user/year_in_books/2015/87810

My favorites were:
Beat the Reaper by Josh Bazell
The Circle by Dave Eggers
Shift & Dust by Hugh Howey
Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith

Syl, in past years I've rated to 5. Apparently none merit it this year. Because it's qualitative measure, it's all relative anyway.

A is for audio and doesn't count in final tally. 2015 = 117.

Rowan, audiobooks totally count, IMO.

This year I will be on Goodreads with you guys; at least that's the plan. I have a staycation next week and plan to convert my Word lists over to Goodreads and then just track my books and rating there going forward.

These all got "5 stars":
-Bodies of Water by T Greenwood
-Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett (thank you, Silvia! Jason also loved this and couldn't put it down)
-The Chaperone by Laura Moriarty (audio)
-10% Happier: How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, and Found Self-Help That Actually Works--A True Story by Dan Harris
-Being Mortal by Atul Gawande

I only read 17 books this year, which is a bit sad. Also I seem to be reluctant to rate anything less than 3 stars, which is kind of funny.

Ha! I'm glad you liked Pillars so much, Bugsy! I've had The Chaperone's sample on my kindle forever (on your recommendation.) I should give it a try!