Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.
I wasn’t planning on participating in today’s Top Ten Tuesday, but then I saw that the topic was the top ten books you read in 2015, and I thought “well, I can’t let that one pass me by, now can I?”. Although the year isn’t officially over yet – I still have to read four books to win my Goodreads challenge and I’m behind (eeeks) – it seems like as good a time as any to tell you about my favourite books of the year. Of course, I didn’t count rereads, and there will also be two honourable mentions at the end… Oh, and these are in no particular order (as always) and the links lead to my reviews of the novels.
Let’s go!
- Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz: Okay, I said these were in no particular order, but this one might very well be the favourite of my favourites. This books is absolutely wonderful and amazing, and I kind of want to reread it already.
- We Were Liars by E. Lockhart: I read this at the beginning of the year during Bout of Books and was blown away by it. The plot is amazing, and the writing style is unlike anything I’ve ever read.
- Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell: I kind of discovered Rainbow Rowell this year, and I think she’s becoming one of my favourite authors. Eleanor & Park is a beautiful testament to first love and I absolutely adored it.
- Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell: Like I said, I discovered Rainbow Rowell… I actually read Fangirl before Eleanor & Park, and loved it so much. It was like a comforting blanket and a warm cup of tea all at once and I’ve rarely felt so connected to a character as I did to Cath.
- Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas: Another author I discovered this year! At the start of the year, I decided to read more different genres, and Throne of Glass was my first foray into YA fantasy. I LOVED IT. I’m getting hyped just thinking about it.
- Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas: I loved this one even more than Throne of Glass, which makes me very excited to continue reading this series.
- All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr: I read this only recently, so there’s no review yet, but I was very impressed by this story about the Second World War. It’s amazingly written and the story felt very real.
- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee: This one had been on my TBR for ages (what with it being a classic and all) and it didn’t disappoint. I think it’s one of my all time favourite classics.
- Cress by Marissa Meyer: This is also the year I started reading The Lunar Chronicles. I really love the series, but Cress is definitely my favourite!
- We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver: I had to read this novel for my literature course and I was so very impressed with it! I haven’t written a review about it and I don’t think I will, because I’m not sure if I can coherently put down my thoughts about this amazing piece of literature. Who knows, perhaps I’ll try anyway!
And then there are those two honourable mentions I mentioned (haha), which are Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë and The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton. I gave both of these books four stars on Goodreads, but I did really love them and they really stayed with me, so I figured I should mention them here as well.
That’s it! These are my top ten favourite books I read in 2015. What are some of your favourite books you’ve read this year? Let me know!
Books Baking and Blogging 
I want to get around to reading To Kill a Mockingbird at some point. My Top Ten of the Year.
I was surprised by how much I enjoyed it, so I hope you’ll get around to it soon! (and love it as much as I did)
To Kill a Mockingbird has been on my TBR pile for ages too – I have to get to it! 🙂 Here’s my TTT.
I really loved it! Hope you do too. 🙂
What a great list! I loved Fangirl and Eleanor & Park too!! And I haven’t read the Lunar series yet but its high on my TBR list. Thanks for sharing! Here’s my TTT
Fangirl and Eleanor & Park are so amazing! I’m currently reading one of her adult novels, Attachments, and loving it! The Lunar Chronicles are great too, I want to read Winter so bad!
I adore Rowell. All her books are so cute. As soon as Carry On showed up at my library’s webpage, I got my name on the hold list. It’s a great, if rather meta, companion to Fangirl.
I’m really looking forward to reading Carry On, but haven’t got round to it yet. I’m currently reading Attachments, and loving it SO much.
We Need to Talk About Kevin is SUCH a good book! I also really enjoyed Cress. I’m reading Winter right now, and it’s really good – really long, but good.
WNtTAK really blew me away. It left me shocked and sad and amazed – it was SO good. I REALLY want to read Winter, but haven’t got my hands on a copy yet. I’m so happy it’s so long too, I want to prolong being in that universe for as long as possible!
I absolutely am determined to read the Lunar Chronicles next year. My TTT
You should! 🙂 It’s amazing.
We have a lot in common on our lists! I literally finished Fangirl today and really enjoyed it. I think you sum it up well here 🙂
I loved All the Light We Cannot See (the cover you posted is really cool too–I haven’t seen that one before). And I think Cress was my favorite book in the Lunar Chronicles as well–still waiting to read Winter–eek!
Check out my TTT: https://greenishbookshelf.wordpress.com/2015/12/15/top-10-tuesday-best-books-of-2015/
Fangirl is such a wonderful novel! I hope I’ll find time to reread it next year. I’m still waiting to read Winter too! Definitely need to get my hands on a copy of it soon… 🙂
Great list! I got a copy of ‘All the Light We Cannot See’ earlier in the year and unfortunately never got around to reading it. Hopefully I’ll get to it in the new year!
It’s a really amazing novel, in my opinion. I hope you’ll enjoy it too when you get around to reading it!
I read We Need to Talk About Kevin a few years ago, and that book still sticks with me. What a powerful read in so many ways! I also enjoyed Fangirl (what completely different reads :)!
Definitely, such a powerful novel! Haha, Fangirl is really very different, but amazing in its own right. 🙂
We Were Liars sound like my kind of book. I really wanna get into it in the future 😀 Great list! My TTT.
We Were Liars is amazing! It’s a very quick read too. 🙂 Thank you!
Great Top 10 list. I read some of these in 2014 so they obviously couldn’t make my Top for this year. Cress definitely made my list though 🙂
Thank you! I loved Cress, and really can’t wait to read Winter!
Great picks! I just added a few of them to my TBR for 2016! Looks like you had a great year of reading. 🙂
Laura
My Top Ten Tuesday
Ooh, glad I gave you some recommendations! I really did. 🙂
Cress is my favorite as well!! Winter is amazing though, you will love it 🙂 I felt the same way about the Throne of Glass series, Crown of Midnight blew me away! It gets better with every book. Best description of Fangirl, you have me wanting to read it and be cozy all over again. I’m going to read Carry On soon, hope I like it!
I loved All the Light, too.
http://readerbuzz.blogspot.com