A friend asked me to list the best books I read in 2015. I record and review the books I read on Goodreads (43 of them in 2015). Looking over this year’s list, I realized some top-rated books meant more to me than others. They are the books that left lasting impressions and made me think. They are the books I raved about to friends, sometimes even to strangers.
So here they are, my nine favorite reads of 2015: two memoirs, a non-fiction adventure story, four science fiction novels, and two mainstream novels. Click on any book cover to read my Goodreads review.