{"id":17980,"date":"2015-12-27T17:54:26","date_gmt":"2015-12-28T00:54:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/?p=17980"},"modified":"2015-12-27T17:54:26","modified_gmt":"2015-12-28T00:54:26","slug":"favorite-reads-of-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/?p=17980","title":{"rendered":"Favorite Reads of 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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&#8217;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.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/1462117903?book_show_action=false\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5778\/23700842686_12e02f9260_m.jpg\" width=\"158\" height=\"240\" alt=\"west with the night\"><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/1353407939?book_show_action=false\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/615\/22434785629_756b6ced03_m.jpg\" width=\"146\" height=\"240\" alt=\"shadow divers\"><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/1298118800?book_show_action=false\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/766\/21415246093_966a5cbd7b_m.jpg\" width=\"167\" height=\"240\" alt=\"skyfaring\"><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/1187957712?book_show_action=false\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5664\/20357417559_8a96c4503d_m.jpg\" width=\"161\" height=\"240\" alt=\"the water knife\"><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/1240385496?book_show_action=false\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/366\/18305016922_1cda638867_m.jpg\" width=\"160\" height=\"240\" alt=\"river of gods\"><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/1235014476?book_show_action=false\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/485\/18121191120_bc87e97319_m.jpg\" width=\"160\" height=\"240\" alt=\"three body problem\"><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/1217817697?book_show_action=false\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8744\/16956334445_48700997d4_m.jpg\" width=\"163\" height=\"240\" alt=\"station eleven\"><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/1190175314?book_show_action=false\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7632\/16955000272_1aefe1339e_m.jpg\" width=\"158\" height=\"240\" alt=\"this is how\"><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/1167195831?book_show_action=false\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8628\/16689547296_d64935fd6b_m.jpg\" width=\"156\" height=\"240\" alt=\"cassada\"><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A friend asked me to list the best books I read in 2015. 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