Favorite books of 2015

[AchtungBaby]

I'm curious.... What are YOUR favorite books from this year? They don't have to be titles released in 2015; they can be old as dirt, but maybe you just got around to them in the last twelve months.

I'll probably come back to this list because I know I'll forget some (and I'm not done with my 2015 reading yet!) I included no rereads in this list. I'm only listing books I read for the first time this year.

Pearl by Tabitha King
You by Caroline Kepnes
As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Go Set A Watchman by Harper Lee
Mystery Walk by Robert McCammon
Mine by Robert McCammon
The Border by Robert McCammon
Save Yourself by Kelly Braffet
The Taking by Dean Koontz
Velocity by Dean Koontz
Ashley Bell by Dean Koontz
The Bazaar of Bad Dreams by Stephen King
Summer House With Swimming Pool by Herman Koch
The Girl On The Train by Paula Hawkins
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
Roadwork by Richard Bachman/Stephen King
Prey by Michael Crichton
Death Of A Salesman by Arthur Miller
The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer
Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk
The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes

I'll think of more, but that's a start. So tell me yours.

 

[AchtungBaby]

Already thought of more... *oops* Haha

Finders Keepers by Stephen King (didn't love it, but it was a solid 4-star read that kept me entertained the whole time)
Hard Times by Charles Dickens
One On One by Tabitha King (I didn't/don't love this one, but I suspect that could change upon rereading. I did like it a good deal.)
Paradise Lost by John Milton
Books of Blood Vol. 1-3 - Clive Barker
A Head Full of Ghosts - Paul Tremblay
Summer of Night by Dan Simmons
Every Day by David Levithan
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
The Complete Poetry of Sylvia Plath
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
The Complete Work of Emily Dickenson
Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin
Lightning by Dean Koontz
Stinger by Robert McCammon
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

 

[fljoe0]

Last Words - Michael Koryota
The Bazaar of Bad Dreams - Stephen King
The Ridge - Michael Koryota
Cannery Row - John Steinbeck
Boy's Life - Robert McCammon
The Extinction Series (volumes 1-4) - Nicholas Sansbury Smith
It's So Easy - Duff McKagan (autobiography)
The Island Of Dr Moreau - HG Wells
Quarry's Deal - Max Alan Collins
The Cypress House - Michael Koryota

 

[lowman]

Do they have to be books that have came out in 2015 or just books we have read in 2015 no matter how old the book?

 

[fljoe0]

Do they have to be books that have came out in 2015 or just books we have read in 2015 no matter how old the book?

Just books you liked that you read for the first time in 2015

 

[fljoe0]

Last Words - Michael Koryota
The Bazaar of Bad Dreams - Stephen King
The Ridge - Michael Koryota
Cannery Row - John Steinbeck
Boy's Life - Robert McCammon
The Extinction Series (volumes 1-4) - Nicholas Sansbury Smith
It's So Easy - Duff McKagan (autobiography)
The Island Of Dr Moreau - HG Wells
Quarry's Deal - Max Alan Collins
The Cypress House - Michael Koryota

I also read & enjoyed the Wayward Pines trilogy by Blake Crouch

 

[80sFan]

I'm going to reply to this thread tomorrow (when I'm not half asleep) as well as follow to add to my TBR pile

 

[Demeter]

1. The Farseer Trilogy by Robin Hobb (incredible fantasy series, highly recommended)
2. The Verdict and Other Stories by Franz Kafka (I loved The Metamorphosis and think it's a great horror story)
3. A Time to Love and a Time to Die/ The Black Obelisk (two separate books by Erich Maria Remarque; I never thought I'd enjoy books about war but there you go - the latter is actually quite funny here and there, the former more melancholy and heartbreaking)
4. The Ruins by Scott Smith (great horror story, fast paced all the way)

Non-fiction
5. Ex Libris by Anne Fadiman (a small collection of book-related stories; I loved "Never Do That to a Book" and "Marrying Libraries")
6. The Artist’s Way – Julia Cameron
7. Big Magic – Elizabeth Gilbert (both no. 6 & 7 highly recommended for people who want to take a closer look at creativity)