Best book of 2015: The Martian by Andy Weir
Overall favorite fiction book of 2015: Pointe by Brandy Colbert
Overall favorite nonfiction book of 2015: Off Balance by Dominique Moceanu
Quick stats:
- # of books read: 91
- format breakdown: 41% print, 54% e-book, 5% audiobook
- most-read genre: fiction (25%)
- average star rating: 3.7
FIVE-STAR READS
- Momo by Michael Ende
- The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
- Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
- The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
- In the Blood by Lisa Unger
- About a Girl by Lindsey Kelk
- Love Walked In by Marisa de los Santos
- The Predictions by Bianca Zander
- Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
- Flat-Out Love by Jessica Park
- Pointe by Brandy Colbert
- Slammed by Colleen Hoover
- Accidents of Marriage by Randy Susan Meyers
- The Martian by Andy Weir
- Magic Hour by Kristin Hannah
- A Lot Like Love by Julie James
FOUR-STAR READS
- Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline
- Too Hot to Touch by Louisa Edwards
- Yes, Please by Amy Poehler
- The Things We Do for Love by Kristin Hannah
- Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
- Reconstructing Amelia by Kimberly McCreight
- The Rosie Effect by Graeme Simsion
- An Uncomplicated Life by Paul Daugherty
- Delirium by Lauren Oliver
- Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg
- The Next Best Thing by Kristan Higgins
- Heart of the Matter by Emily Giffin
- To the Edge by Cindy Gerard
- Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver
- The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
- Off Balance by Dominique Moceanu
- The Perfume Collector by Kathleen Tessaro
- The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown
- Mine Till Midnight by Lisa Kleypas
- Room by Emma Donoghue
- Notes from a Blue Bike by Tsh Oxenreider
- More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera
- The Perfect Play by Jaci Burton
- His Forbidden Touch by Shelly Thacker
- The Royal We by Heather Cocks
- Seduce Me at Sunrise by Lisa Kleypas
- Flat-Out Celeste by Jessica Park
- Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- The Secret King by C.J. Miller
- Bright Side by Kim Holden
- The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
- Something About You by Julie James
- My True Love Gave to Me by Stephanie Perkins
- One Step Too Far by Tina Seksis
- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
- Talk Me Down by Victoria Dahl
- Instant Attraction by Jill Shalvis
- Somewhere in France by Jennifer Robson
- Tempt Me at Twilight by Lisa Kleypas
- It Happened One Wedding by Julie James
- We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
THREE-STAR READS
- The Swimmer by Joakim Zander
- Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
- The Selection by Kiera Cass
- The Guy Not Taken by Jennifer Weiner
- The Elite by Kiera Cass
- Home by Toni Morrison
- Better Than Before by Gretchen Rubin
- Hush by Kate White
- The One by Kiera Cass
- Hot on the Hunt by Melissa Cutler
- The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
- The Pearl That Broke Its Shell by Nadia Hashimi
- What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty
- Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll
- All I Ever Wanted by Kristan Higgins
- Beauty and Sadness by Yasunari Kawabata
- Comfort & Joy by Kristin Hannah
- Hyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh
- We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
- Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
- My One and Only by Kristan Higgins
- A Kiss at Midnight by Eloisa James
TWO-STAR READS
- 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don’t Do by Amy Morin
- Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
- I Don’t Have a Happy Place by Kim Korson
- Wild Irish Ride by Jennifer Saints
- Love and Miss Communication by Elyssa Friedland
- On the Rocks by Erin Duffy
- A Deadly Wandering by Matt Richtel
- Why We Get Fat by Gary Taubes
- Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter
- Savor by Monica Murphy