My Favorite Reads of 2015

In no particular order, these are the books I enjoyed the most during the year:

NON-FICTION
My Life on the Road (Gloria Steinem) 2015
Being Mortal - Medicine and What Matters in the End (Atul Gawande) 2014
How to Succeed in Hollywood Without Really Acting (Peter Skagen) 2015

MYSTERIES, THRILLERS, SUSPENSE
Dark Corners (Ruth Rendell) 2015
Descent (Tim Johnson) 2015
Fear the Darkness (Becky Masterman) 2015
The Girl on the Train (Paula Hawkins) 2015

WOMEN'S FICTION
The Color of Water in July (Nora Carroll) 2011
The Sound of Glass (Karen White) 2015
The Truth According to Us (Annie Barrows) 2015

LITERARY FICTION
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr) 2014

MAGICAL REALISM
The Alexandrite (Rick Lenz) 2015

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Best Books of 2012

It's that time of year when everyone starts publishing lists of the best titles of the preceding year; and some of us realize that even though we've read many and wonderful books, they aren't on the lists.

Here's one from Kirkus, which bills itself as a tough reviewer. The link is to fiction but feel free to wander around and see what else they liked.

Leave a comment if you'd like to brag about how many books on the list you have read or reassure me that I am not alone.

Disclosure: I have read Beautiful Ruins and Gone Girl.