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The best books you read in 2015?

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southeastdweller · 22/12/2015 22:23

So as another year is coming to an end, I've been thinking about all the books I've read in 2015. I absolutely loved these books:

  1. Reasons to Stay Alive - Matt Haig
  2. A God in Ruins - Kate Atkinson
  3. 84 Charing Cross Road - Helene Hanff
  4. A Life Like Other People's - Alan Bennett
  5. The Secret History - Donna Tartt
  6. And When Did You Last See Your Father? - Blake Morrison

What have been your favourite books this year?

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tripfiction · 23/12/2015 17:27

Three of our top reads this year were:

The Killing of Bobbi Lomax by Cal Moriarty

The Bamboo Stalk by Saud Alsanousi (winner of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction)

And if you haven't come across this tiny rising star: How To Be Brave by Louise Beech

LuciaInFurs · 23/12/2015 14:11

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara. I cried on the bus while reading it.

SkaterGrrrrl · 23/12/2015 13:42

The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North
Ghosts in the Forest by Corinne Purtill
The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro
The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett

kelda · 23/12/2015 13:42

I've discovered Tana French. In the Woods was excellent. Now on her third book and she hasn't disappointed yet.

Sonnet · 23/12/2015 13:39

Currently reading A Secret History now SouthEast and am loving it Smile

Sonnet · 23/12/2015 13:38

The one that stands out without trawling through my list is The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver although I was less impressed with The Laguna.

Also really enjoyed 3 Sarah Waters books - The Paying Guests, Nightwatch, The Little Stranger. She was my new author of the year!

RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 23/12/2015 13:31

I was very pleased indeed to discover Philip Kerr.

And '84 Charing Cross Road' was absolutely sublime.

And for non-fiction, I read a fascinating book about the Berlin Wall and another called, 'Inside Hitler's Bunker' both of which I thoroughly enjoyed, although they were pretty depressing reading.

Quogwinkle · 23/12/2015 08:24

So many good books this year that it's been hard to narrow down.

  1. The Wild Places by Robert Macfarlane
  2. H is for Hawk by Helen MacDonald
  3. Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
  4. A God In Ruins by Kate Atkinson
  5. Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
  6. The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell
  7. Emma by Jane Austen
  8. Meadowland by John Lewis Stempel
  9. Waterlog by Roger Deakin

Author discoveries for me this year have been E M Forster, David Mitchell, C J Sansom.

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TheGirlOnTheLanding · 22/12/2015 23:27

A tie for me between Burial Rites by Hannah Kent, The Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber and Bodies of Light by Sarah Moss. All in the first quarter of the year, oddly, noting I've read since has come close.

Optimist1 · 22/12/2015 22:36

The best one for me was A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman. A wonderful mixture of laugh-out-loud moments and lump-in-my-throat ones. Four friends are getting a copy from me for their Christmas presents!