The best books you read in 2015?

Secret ., I read those three book and enjoyed them too!

Okay my reading is, a bit unambitious compared to most of these.
The top three of 2015
I let You Go - Claire MacIntosh
Big Little Lies -Leanne Moriarty
The husband's Secret -Leanne Moriarty

To be honest there was nothing that really stood out for me, lots of safe choices.
SelfRaisingFlour I read all of Edna O'Brien's books thirty years ago when I was in my early 20s. I still have them and they have survived much weeding and pruning of bookshelves.
Lots on here I have read before 2015 but equally I have tried and hated many of the very popular books mentioned here. The Martian - Andy Weir, The Goldfinch, Fingersmith. It must be me I guess.

One that gets a lot of mentions is Life After Life which is on my To Read pile for 2016. Started Early Took My Dog is one of my favourites.

A lot of Quogwinkle's are also my favourites (or by authors I love) so I've copied the rest down to check out, thanks!

For me:

H is for Hawk by Helen McDonald
Clay by Melissa Harrison
Us by David Nicholls
By the River by Oliver Laing
The Circle by Dave Eggers
Our Bodies, Our Bikes by Elly Blue (ed)
If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things by Jon McGregor

The secret life of bees by Sue Monk Kidd and the girl under the olive tree by Leah Fleming

Great thread op

This year, books that I've absolutely loved, have been a bit thin on the ground but these are the few that I immediately thought of.

The Handmaids Tale - Margaret Atwood
Bird box - Josh Malerman
Only ever yours - Louise O'Neill
Flood & Ark - Stephen Baxter
Red Queen - Victoria Aveyard
The Martian - Andy Weir

I'm currently halfway through Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel and I'm loving it. I'm especially happy that I have Bring Up the Bodies on my Nook waiting for me.

Slade House - David Mitchell
Also loved the Ocean at the End ...

The Fat of Fed Beasts by Guy Ware. We all turned up at book club not liking it and by the time we left we had all changed our mind.

Just reading a man called ove after seeing it recommended here

Read 60 percent today it's fab!

Really got back in to reading this year, love having a Kindleas can read when hubbie is asleep

The goldfinch
The fault in our stars
Elizabeth is missing
Flowers for Algernon
Dead Simple

Place marking for later!

Late getting back but I've loved two books by Neil Gaiman aimed at children - The Graveyard Book and The Ocean at the End of the Lane. Genuinely imaginative and v spooky.

Also liked bits of the Goldfinch, Life After Life. Lots, actually.

And a few rattling thrillers - Girl on the Train, I Let You go, the Missing One - though I do get irritated when I can see the film tieins in the author's mind as they were writing.

'HhhH' is about Heydrich. Tis excellent.

The Bone Clocks, David Mitchell
The Humans, Matt Haig

HhhH- is that the one about Hess? I nearly finished that but washed it by mistake and haven't replaced it.

I also enjoyed the Golem and the Djinn.

The Girl With All the Gifts by MR Carey.
Red Rising and Golden Son by Pierce Brown.
Us by David Nichols.
Wolf by Mo Hayder.

Just finished 'A Man Called Ove' .... just fab! thanks for the recommendation

Just remembered HhhH by Laurent Binet - absolute genius.

I'll add my own to this tomorrow but want it on my watch list for inspiration! Great idea for a thread.

I will give capital a try then thank you!!

Another one here that loved I am pilgrim

Station Eleven Emily St John Mandel
The Fifteen Lives of Harry August Claire North
The Goldfinch Donna Tartt
My Grandmother sends her regards and Apologises Fredrik Backman
I am Pilgrim Terry Hayes
The Martian Andy Weir

oooo, top reads of 2015, mine were:-

1. The Children Act by Ian McEwan
2. H is for Hawk by Helen McDonald
3. American Gods by Neil Gaiman
4. Far From the Tree by Andrew Solomon
5. Pandora's Star by Peter Hamilton
6. Red Rising by Pierce Brown
7. Armageddon by Max Hastings
8. World War Z by Max Brooks

Lots of great books being mentioned!

'A Brief History of Seven Killings' - Marlon James.
Totally transported me to a different world. Much more violent and gritty than what I would normally go for, but I absolutely loved this and was bereft when it ended and I had to 'leave' the world of the characters.

Other books I read and loved:

'Nora Webster' - Colm Toibin

Michelle Moran's Ancient Egypt fiction - 'Nefertiti', 'The Heretic Queen' and 'Cleopatra's Daughter'. Great, rip roaring reads.

Mary Renault's histoircal fiction, which was a new discovery. LOVED 'The Persian Boy'. Just beautiful.

realJeff - I loved Capital. Thought it was a thoroughly enjoyable, gripping read. Hope you enjoy it too. Just don't want to say anything comparing the novel with the tv series in case it spoils enjoyment.

The goldfinch was amazing.

My top books of 2015 are:

1. Park and Eleanor by Rainbow Rowell
2. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
3. The Book of Strange New Things by Michael Faber
4. Brilliance by Marcus Sakey
5. Black Swan Green by David Mitchell
6. Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
7. The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan
8. The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Clare Nolan
9. Life of Pi by Yann Martel

It's a long list but I just could not choose a top 5! Glad to see the topic of the thread is Best Books of 2015 and not Top 5 books of 2015 otherwise I would have had a much more difficult decision to make. This year I have branched out into non-fiction and autobiographies a bit more and loved Viv Albertine's and Alan Moorehead's Gallipoli. Looking forward to reading more non-fiction in 2016. Catching up with some classics- my favourites of the year Life of Pi, Of Mice and Men and Brave New World. The consumerism depicted in BNW really hit a note with me (although I do continue to indulge ). The sprawling epic of Oscar Wao, thought-provoking messages in Narrow Road to the Deep North, Americanah and The Book of Strange New Things. The nostalgia and emotions of being young in Black Swan Green and Park and Eleanor and the sci-fi thriller action of Brilliance and Harry August.

Fantastic year of reading and have very much enjoyed thinking about them again for this review.

I watched capital but just bought the book as it had price dropped to 99p! Let me know if it's a good read!