Top Five Books of 2015

Beskrivelse: What are your top five reads for 2015? These books DO NOT need to have been published in 2015. See the annual blog post for staff favorites: TBA To add a book to your list, click the "Add work to list" button in the upper-right corner. This will take you to a search box, where you can search by title, author, keyword, etc. Clicking on the title will add the book to your list. You can reorder your list over on the right-hand side, by dragging and dropping titles in the "Your list" section.
Medlemmer: 244 medlemmer er med
crystallyn, infjsarah, Micheller7, asrushton, bertilak, mahsdad, seasonsoflove, tina1969, _debbie_, revbean, jeanned, lottpoet, flying_monkeys, whymaggiemay, Ling.Lass, timspalding, katemcangus, craso, lorannen, bjappleg8, IsolaBlue, Brindle, winteralli, MarthaJeanne, cbl_tn, marysargent, apex157x, AnnaClaire, LynnB, inge87, jsburbidge, dchaikin, claireb, boo-radley, KatyBee, baystateRA, Capybara_99, languagehat, lauralkeet, charl08, snail49, uncharry, sipthereader, kristilabrie, ahef1963, BoekenTrol71, eromsted, Bookmarque, Minthe, n0ty0urcuppatea, dara85, erinclark, jmhdassen, Ameise1, edparks, miketopper, Cariola, rosylibrarian, kjgormley, amerynth, KimMeyer, read.to.live, soraki, Jarandel, fuzzi, Cynfelyn, Wolfman08, bibliopolitan, Thogek, HenriMoreaux, Jamten, Akubra, fulner, dianeham, Solnechnaja, Laura1124, RowingRabbit, Lib-books, DonaldBuehler, kthxy, alice_the_goon, milarous, edmurbobby, mrmapcase, FerneMysteryReader, Mirabelle, hipdeep, rebl, Ape, jburlinson, kgriffith, bibliothecarivs, gam3, karspeak, shaunie, krazy4katz, njinthesun, ManWithAnAgenda, fundevogel, PaperbackPirate, Turambar, elenchus, blackdove07, artturnerjr, ccatalfo, flips, ReneeGKC, EMS_24, Wassilissa, JuliaMaria, cdowney086, Jambyfool, vancouverdeb, DanaSchipporeit, Eowyn1, vwinsloe, Ignolopi, RavenRing, sryder, Peace2, PollyMig, taxonet, EllsbethB, kennethb97, Kristymk18, Dilara86, greeneyed_ives, Familiar_Diversions, ursula, VW_Williams, mdexter, bookworm12, Renabur, Risbom, MrsMathias, DerBuecherwurm, Patient, terran, BookLizard, norabelle414, mahrenew, citygirl, sunybookworm, Mallc, msf59, maritimer, rodrick, Grasshoppertld, kbuxton, Euryale, tardis, christina_reads, lkmiller, TempleCat, raidergirl3, PATSEA6, szarka, bunnygirl, bookwoman84, amarie, conceptDawg, GirlMisanthrope, evilmoose, becbart, foggidawn, kristenl, KimarieBee, dudes22, souloftherose, Andrew-theQM, gravitysbook, kxn11, anglemark, Leida, peterveen, RBeffa, kara.shamy, thewordygecko, ABVR, waitingtoderail, JSWBooks, kaulsu, EllsieFind, cmtl, jhoaglin, plaugher, Parker51, rosalita, lindapanzo, dadito, ablachly, zhejw, keywestnan, rarm, Sockurmum, imyril, LisbethE, sturlington, innominate, SylviaC, questionablepotato, SimoneA, gypsysmom, a_forester, chgstrom, JenMDB, fannyprice, saucybetty, sianpr, Her_Royal_Orangeness, novelcommentary, brewergirl, tommi180744, silverada, trevor_short, LT_Ammar, ebrahmstadt, BookWallah, kellyslist, TheDivineOomba, briarhills, Rchlwtsn, pltgsage, viktorasd, chlorine, proximity1, DavidDallas, lobotomy42, LFUMC, MJC1946, Kathleen828, jjmcgaffey, revenientis, bernie69, lemontwist, sharon4, Nancyhope, rockinrhombus, abbottthomas, mary2515, ultrabookgeek, ronyb, Ingstje, VertOlive

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Rank Titel Forfatter Tilføjet

The Martian

af Andy Weir

16,995 medlemmer

1,200 anmeldelser

½ 4.3

Station Eleven

af Emily St. John Mandel

10,829 medlemmer

751 anmeldelser

4.1

Alt det lys vi ikke ser

af Anthony Doerr

17,299 medlemmer

836 anmeldelser

½ 4.3

17 Members: amarie, Micheller7, DerBuecherwurm, Patient, terran, dudes22, Mallc, mahrenew, RBeffa, silverada, rodrick, gypsysmom, a_forester, JenMDB, PATSEA6, LisbethE, PollyMig
Forklaringer: a_forester: Inspiring creativity in the use of language, time, plot, and in making everyday observations transform into poetry. This was a story of two people whose lives were torn apart by World War II but who found their way to meaning in living. This is what great writing can do.

Uprooted

af Naomi Novik

6,167 medlemmer

371 anmeldelser

4.1

12 Members: kbuxton, tardis, christina_reads, crystallyn, Euryale, infjsarah, jjmcgaffey, lkmiller, citygirl, rockinrhombus, TempleCat, PATSEA6

En mand der hedder Ove

af Fredrik Backman

10,151 medlemmer

644 anmeldelser

½ 4.3

10 Members: kristenl, charl08, terran, whymaggiemay, chgstrom, _debbie_, vancouverdeb, ahef1963, Grasshoppertld, Rchlwtsn
Forklaringer: whymaggiemay: An amazing curmudgeon who loves forever and more often than he thinks.

H Is for Hawk

af Helen Macdonald

4,153 medlemmer

267 anmeldelser

3.8

10 Members: conceptDawg, Jambyfool, lauralkeet, charl08, snail49, rodrick, PATSEA6, PollyMig, dadito, uncharry

The Nightingale

af Kristin Hannah

8,952 medlemmer

437 anmeldelser

½ 4.3

9 Members: dara85, Micheller7, terran, lindapanzo, vancouverdeb, silverada, JSWBooks, PATSEA6, MrsMathias

Kvinden i toget : thriller

af Paula Hawkins

16,790 medlemmer

1,084 anmeldelser

½ 3.6

9 Members: erinclark, LynnB, chgstrom, mahrenew, seasonsoflove, tina1969, Grasshoppertld, taxonet, ebrahmstadt

Our Souls at Night

af Kent Haruf

2,257 medlemmer

218 anmeldelser

8 Members: claireb, DerBuecherwurm, Mallc, novelcommentary, msf59, boo-radley, KatyBee, sharon4

Euphoria

af Lily King

2,518 medlemmer

153 anmeldelser

3.9

7 Members: ablachly, zhejw, kxn11, keywestnan, mary2515, Renabur, LisbethE
Forklaringer: Renabur: Wonderful writing, compelling story

Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End

af Atul Gawande

4,944 medlemmer

270 anmeldelser

½ 4.5

7 Members: waitingtoderail, kaulsu, Patient, mahrenew, cmtl, jhoaglin, ronyb

Stillidsen

af Donna Tartt

14,197 medlemmer

770 anmeldelser

3.9

8 Members: sipthereader, snail49, winteralli, KatyBee, Brindle, Grasshoppertld, taxonet, VertOlive

Min geniale veninde : barndom, tidlig ungdom

af Elena Ferrante

6,758 medlemmer

304 anmeldelser

3.9

7 Members: claireb, Mallc, mahrenew, baystateRA, maritimer, Leida, bernie69

Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania

af Erik Larson

4,787 medlemmer

270 anmeldelser

4.1

7 Members: rosalita, Mallc, MJC1946, lindapanzo, dadito, MrsMathias, DavidDallas

A God in Ruins

af Kate Atkinson

2,828 medlemmer

145 anmeldelser

7 Members: brewergirl, sunybookworm, Mallc, msf59, maritimer, rodrick, Grasshoppertld

Den smalle vej til det dybe nord : roman

af Richard Flanagan

2,994 medlemmer

143 anmeldelser

6 Members: charl08, novelcommentary, peterveen, Brindle, kara.shamy, PollyMig

The Goblin Emperor

af Katherine Addison

2,709 medlemmer

182 anmeldelser

4.1

6 Members: Euryale, infjsarah, lkmiller, souloftherose, Ignolopi, RavenRing

Between the World and Me

af Ta-Nehisi Coates

7,329 medlemmer

351 anmeldelser

½ 4.4

6 Members: waitingtoderail, msf59, LFUMC, JSWBooks, gravitysbook, EllsbethB

Over Atlanten : roman

af Colum McCann

1,757 medlemmer

168 anmeldelser

5 Members: innominate, Sockurmum, vwinsloe, Risbom, JenMDB

The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics

af Daniel James Brown

4,867 medlemmer

245 anmeldelser

½ 4.3

5 Members: BookWallah, bjappleg8, mdexter, IsolaBlue, MrsMathias

Ancillary Mercy

af Ann Leckie

2,358 medlemmer

127 anmeldelser

4.2

5 Members: tardis, Euryale, infjsarah, lkmiller, Familiar_Diversions
Forklaringer: Familiar_Diversions: While I hated saying goodbye to the main cast of characters, this was a satisfying ending to the Imperial Radch trilogy and will probably be a comfort read of mine for some time to come.

Projekt Rosie

af Graeme Simsion

7,356 medlemmer

536 anmeldelser

5 Members: EMS_24, Eowyn1, Brindle, Peace2, DanaSchipporeit

The Bone Clocks

af David Mitchell

4,810 medlemmer

283 anmeldelser

3.8

5 Members: SimoneA, mahsdad, katemcangus, Her_Royal_Orangeness, lorannen

Ancillary Justice

af Ann Leckie

5,613 medlemmer

348 anmeldelser

5 Members: revbean, kxn11, lottpoet, souloftherose, flying_monkeys

A Spool of Blue Thread

af Anne Tyler

2,944 medlemmer

202 anmeldelser

½ 3.6

5 Members: charl08, whymaggiemay, Leida, vancouverdeb, Rchlwtsn
Forklaringer: whymaggiemay: This is deservedly on many "best of" lists for 2015. Tyler makes her family our family and explains our family to us.

Did You Ever Have a Family

af Bill Clegg

1,211 medlemmer

96 anmeldelser

5 Members: lauralkeet, charl08, terran, novelcommentary, edparks

Career of Evil

af Robert Galbraith

4,182 medlemmer

233 anmeldelser

5 Members: DerBuecherwurm, keywestnan, Eowyn1, miketopper, ebrahmstadt

Life After Life

af Kate Atkinson

8,062 medlemmer

576 anmeldelser

4 Members: sianpr, dudes22, mahrenew, vwinsloe

Wolf Hall : roman

af Hilary Mantel

13,101 medlemmer

638 anmeldelser

4 Members: hipdeep, cdowney086, PollyMig, taxonet

Nora Webster

af Colm Tóibín

1,430 medlemmer

72 anmeldelser

3.9

4 Members: innominate, anglemark, Leida, peterveen

Elizabeth er forsvundet

af Emma Healey

1,918 medlemmer

147 anmeldelser

3.8

4 Members: lauralkeet, Ameise1, ahef1963, taxonet

Leviathan Wakes

af James S. A. Corey

6,776 medlemmer

327 anmeldelser

4 Members: conceptDawg, questionablepotato, Risbom, kennethb97

A Manual for Cleaning Women: Selected Stories

af Lucia Berlin

1,646 medlemmer

58 anmeldelser

4.2

3 Members: claireb, Capybara_99, msf59

Etta and Otto and Russell and James

af Emma Hooper

616 medlemmer

53 anmeldelser

½ 3.7

3 Members: LynnB, pltgsage, LisbethE

Seveneves

af Neal Stephenson

4,571 medlemmer

239 anmeldelser

3.9

3 Members: kbuxton, szarka, sunybookworm

Fates and Furies

af Lauren Groff

3,528 medlemmer

202 anmeldelser

½ 3.6

3 Members: ReneeGKC, ebrahmstadt, asrushton

A Little Life

af Hanya Yanagihara

6,567 medlemmer

312 anmeldelser

4.1

3 Members: baystateRA, cmtl, kara.shamy

You're Never Weird on the Internet (almost)

af Felicia Day

1,613 medlemmer

138 anmeldelser

4.1

3 Members: norabelle414, rebl, ultrabookgeek
Forklaringer: rebl: The selection of You're Never Weird is based on the audio book. The book could have read like an overlong humblebrag. Instead she's engaging, honest and entertaining. She is as genuine as you can get in memoir.

Historien om A.J. Fikrys liv

af Gabrielle Zevin

5,748 medlemmer

550 anmeldelser

3 Members: Patient, BookLizard, FerneMysteryReader

Uindviet jord

af Hannah Kent

3,459 medlemmer

262 anmeldelser

3 Members: innominate, rarm, kxn11

Vindens navn

af Patrick Rothfuss

19,395 medlemmer

766 anmeldelser

½ 4.4

3 Members: bookworm12, ahef1963, BoekenTrol71

Crooked Heart

af Lissa Evans

514 medlemmer

41 anmeldelser

4.1

3 Members: ablachly, kxn11, vancouverdeb

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

af Susan Cain

10,941 medlemmer

494 anmeldelser

3 Members: BookWallah, seasonsoflove, pltgsage

Ancillary Sword

af Ann Leckie

2,794 medlemmer

167 anmeldelser

3 Members: infjsarah, lkmiller, Familiar_Diversions
Forklaringer: Familiar_Diversions: I reread this book several times while waiting for Ancillary Mercy to come out. Breq and Seivarden alone were nice enough, but Breq with a ship and a crew was even better.

Sorcerer to the Crown

af Zen Cho

1,658 medlemmer

103 anmeldelser

3.8

3 Members: imyril, christina_reads, rarm

Rum

af Emma Donoghue

13,911 medlemmer

970 anmeldelser

3 Members: kara.shamy, dianeham, DanaSchipporeit

The Nature of the Beast

af Louise Penny

1,984 medlemmer

118 anmeldelser

3 Members: kellyslist, kxn11, lindapanzo

Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell

af Susanna Clarke

26,376 medlemmer

752 anmeldelser

3.9

3 Members: szarka, souloftherose, Risbom

Det Gyldne Kompas

af Philip Pullman

35,134 medlemmer

734 anmeldelser

4.1

2 Members: fannyprice, kristilabrie

Vredens druer

af John Steinbeck

33,191 medlemmer

461 anmeldelser

4.1

2 Members: PaperbackPirate, Turambar

Among Others

af Jo Walton

2,867 medlemmer

243 anmeldelser

2 Members: karspeak, lorannen

Sodoma og Gomorrha

af Marcel Proust

2,535 medlemmer

38 anmeldelser

½ 4.3

2 Members: proximity1, ReneeGKC

The Moor's Account

af Laila Lalami

884 medlemmer

54 anmeldelser

3.9

2 Members: kristenl, Ling.Lass

Kaninbjerget

af Richard Adams

24,073 medlemmer

463 anmeldelser

4.2

2 Members: revbean, briarhills

Den blinde morder

af Margaret Atwood

16,249 medlemmer

379 anmeldelser

3.9

2 Members: bookwoman84, Dilara86

Oceanet hvor grusvejen endte

af Neil Gaiman

14,107 medlemmer

935 anmeldelser

4.1

2 Members: terran, Ape

The Sparrow

af Mary Doria Russell

7,533 medlemmer

397 anmeldelser

4.1

2 Members: dudes22, viktorasd

Irske forviklinger

af J. G. Farrell

1,401 medlemmer

49 anmeldelser

2 Members: plaugher, abbottthomas

Benediction

af Kent Haruf

1,095 medlemmer

101 anmeldelser

4.1

2 Members: dara85, lauralkeet

The Night Sister

af Jennifer McMahon

785 medlemmer

68 anmeldelser

½ 3.6

2 Members: seasonsoflove, flying_monkeys

Doomsday Book

af Connie Willis

7,755 medlemmer

364 anmeldelser

4.1

2 Members: MarthaJeanne, cbl_tn
Forklaringer: MarthaJeanne: I read three books by Connie Willis, and all three deserve this spot.

The Fifth Season

af N. K. Jemisin

7,342 medlemmer

340 anmeldelser

4.2

2 Members: rarm, TheDivineOomba

Jeg er Malala : pigen, der kæmpede for uddannelse og blev skudt af Taleban

af Malala Yousafzai

6,055 medlemmer

261 anmeldelser

4.1

2 Members: amarie, MrsMathias
Forklaringer: amarie: This sweet memoir turned a vague person on the news to a truly admirable young woman.

Suttree

af Cormac McCarthy

2,919 medlemmer

62 anmeldelser

4.2

2 Members: dchaikin, sipthereader

A Brief History of Seven Killings

af Marlon James

2,701 medlemmer

108 anmeldelser

3.9

2 Members: msf59, gypsysmom

The Luminaries

af Eleanor Catton

4,895 medlemmer

242 anmeldelser

3.8

2 Members: SimoneA, baystateRA

The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History

af Elizabeth Kolbert

3,398 medlemmer

156 anmeldelser

4.2

2 Members: Parker51, inge87

Rastløshedens bog af Bernardo Soares

af Fernando Pessoa

4,852 medlemmer

73 anmeldelser

½ 4.3

2 Members: ursula, VW_Williams

Lad ulvene komme

af Carol Rifka Brunt

3,483 medlemmer

240 anmeldelser

4.1

2 Members: erinclark, _debbie_

Nimona

af Nate Diana Stevenson

3,103 medlemmer

188 anmeldelser

½ 4.3

2 Members: questionablepotato, zhejw

The Library at Mount Char

af Scott Hawkins

2,759 medlemmer

243 anmeldelser

2 Members: baystateRA, ManWithAnAgenda

Min kamp : roman

af Karl Ove Knausgård

2,685 medlemmer

106 anmeldelser

3.9

2 Members: ursula, mdexter

Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant? A Memoir

af Roz Chast

1,575 medlemmer

116 anmeldelser

½ 4.3

2 Members: Parker51, uncharry

When Books Went to War: The Stories That Helped Us Win World War II

af Molly Guptill Manning

897 medlemmer

55 anmeldelser

2 Members: lindapanzo, MrsMathias

Furiously Happy

af Jenny Lawson

3,107 medlemmer

198 anmeldelser

2 Members: BookLizard, asrushton

Wonder

af R. J. Palacio

13,417 medlemmer

1,213 anmeldelser

½ 4.5

2 Members: Leida, Wassilissa

Fruen til Wildfell Hall

af Anne Brontë

7,197 medlemmer

160 anmeldelser

3.9

2 Members: ursula, bookworm12

Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You: A Guide to the Universe

af Marcus Chown

296 medlemmer

2 anmeldelser

3.8

2 Members: Renabur, briarhills
Forklaringer: Renabur: The wondrous facts reported in this accessible book have brought me joy this year. The story of reality is more wonderful than fiction

The Lowland

af Jhumpa Lahiri

3,198 medlemmer

175 anmeldelser

3.9

2 Members: novelcommentary, njinthesun

Circling the Sun

af Paula McLain

1,915 medlemmer

178 anmeldelser

3.9

2 Members: saucybetty, TempleCat

Marvel and a Wonder

af Joe Meno

93 medlemmer

16 anmeldelser

2 Members: boo-radley, PaperbackPirate

City of Stairs

af Robert Jackson Bennett

1,836 medlemmer

145 anmeldelser

4.2

2 Members: kbuxton, Euryale

Drift

af M. K. Hutchins

58 medlemmer

1 anmeldelse

3.1

2 Members: Ignolopi, RavenRing

The Girl with All the Gifts

af M. R. Carey

5,008 medlemmer

384 anmeldelser

2 Members: infjsarah, erinclark

The Dog Stars

af Peter Heller

2,771 medlemmer

214 anmeldelser

3.9

2 Members: whymaggiemay, kennethb97
Forklaringer: whymaggiemay: Beautifully written dystopia with wonderful universal themes

Den store Gatsby

af F. Scott Fitzgerald

69,685 medlemmer

1,134 anmeldelser

3.8

2 Members: Brindle, Turambar

Americanah : roman

af Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

7,327 medlemmer

287 anmeldelser

4.2

2 Members: zhejw, Dilara86

Dorothy Must Die

af Danielle Paige

2,610 medlemmer

120 anmeldelser

½ 3.6

2 Members: kgriffith, DanaSchipporeit

The Shepherd's Crown

af Terry Pratchett

2,474 medlemmer

110 anmeldelser

4.2

2 Members: kbuxton, tardis

How to Be Both

af Ali Smith

1,522 medlemmer

47 anmeldelser

3.8

2 Members: innominate, kara.shamy

Grief is the Thing with Feathers

af Max Porter

1,335 medlemmer

72 anmeldelser

3.8

2 Members: claireb, Capybara_99

Vejene

af Jack Kerouac

27,282 medlemmer

383 anmeldelser

½ 3.6

2 Members: edmurbobby, Turambar

Soning

af Ian McEwan

25,830 medlemmer

612 anmeldelser

3.9

2 Members: fannyprice, a_forester
Forklaringer: a_forester: Writing that takes you into character, place and time and presents us with that rare treat- an individual psyche, with just the right balance of what we can relate to as human beings and what makes us different from one another.

Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption

af Bryan Stevenson

4,339 medlemmer

236 anmeldelser

½ 4.6

2 Members: KatyBee, KimMeyer

Telegraph Avenue

af Michael Chabon

2,221 medlemmer

89 anmeldelser

½ 3.5

2 Members: revbean, jeanned

Purity

af Jonathan Franzen

2,156 medlemmer

76 anmeldelser

½ 3.6

2 Members: edparks, JuliaMaria
Forklaringer: JuliaMaria: Aktueller Roman zum Thema Datenschutz, Wikileaks usw. - wie immer verpackt in leidenschaftliche gut erzählte Geschichte.