San Francisco Chronicle 2015 100 recommended books

1.
Among the Ten Thousand Things
Among the Ten Thousand Things 2.82 avg rating β€” 11,791 ratings
2.
The Animals
The Animals 3.62 avg rating β€” 814 ratings
3.
Barefoot Dogs: Stories
Barefoot Dogs: Stories 3.73 avg rating β€” 476 ratings
4.
Beatlebone
Beatlebone 3.48 avg rating β€” 3,645 ratings
5.
Beauty Is a Wound
Beauty Is a Wound 4.06 avg rating β€” 17,156 ratings
6.
The Book of Aron
The Book of Aron 3.66 avg rating β€” 5,118 ratings
7.
The Buried Giant
The Buried Giant 3.59 avg rating β€” 117,666 ratings
8.
Call Me Home
Call Me Home 3.81 avg rating β€” 552 ratings
9.
The Children's Crusade
The Children's Crusade 3.52 avg rating β€” 7,767 ratings
10.
City on Fire
City on Fire 3.39 avg rating β€” 15,382 ratings
11.
The Complete Stories
The Complete Stories 4.36 avg rating β€” 3,904 ratings
12.
Crow Fair: Stories
Crow Fair: Stories 3.70 avg rating β€” 747 ratings
13.
Death by Water
Death by Water 3.21 avg rating β€” 1,064 ratings
14.
Disgruntled
Disgruntled 3.66 avg rating β€” 1,425 ratings
15.
The Diver's Clothes Lie Empty
The Diver's Clothes Lie Empty 3.45 avg rating β€” 7,521 ratings
16.
Dragonfish
Dragonfish
by: Vu Tran
3.24 avg rating β€” 2,439 ratings
17.
Early Warning (Last Hundred Years: A Family Saga, #2)
Early Warning (Last Hundred Years: A Family Saga, #2) 3.85 avg rating β€” 7,718 ratings
18.
Eileen
Eileen 3.56 avg rating β€” 122,847 ratings
19.
The Empire of the Senses
The Empire of the Senses 3.71 avg rating β€” 316 ratings
20.
Fates and Furies: by Lauren Groff
Fates and Furies: by Lauren Groff 3.88 avg rating β€” 25 ratings
21.
The Festival of Insignificance
The Festival of Insignificance 3.36 avg rating β€” 21,608 ratings
22.
Finale: A Novel of the Reagan Years
Finale: A Novel of the Reagan Years 3.62 avg rating β€” 568 ratings
23.
Flood of Fire
Flood of Fire 4.16 avg rating β€” 6,509 ratings
24.
Get in Trouble
Get in Trouble 3.67 avg rating β€” 12,778 ratings
25.
God Help the Child
God Help the Child 3.78 avg rating β€” 31,725 ratings
26.
The Gods of Tango
The Gods of Tango 4.07 avg rating β€” 2,818 ratings
27.
Gold Fame Citrus
Gold Fame Citrus 3.30 avg rating β€” 9,639 ratings
28.
The Harder They Come
The Harder They Come 3.63 avg rating β€” 7,131 ratings
29.
Hausfrau
Hausfrau 3.24 avg rating β€” 15,743 ratings
30.
Honeydew: Stories
Honeydew: Stories 3.62 avg rating β€” 1,789 ratings
31.
The Illuminations
The Illuminations 3.42 avg rating β€” 2,123 ratings
32.
In the Country
In the Country
by: Mia Alvar
4.07 avg rating β€” 4,062 ratings
33.
ι—―ε…₯θ€…
ι—―ε…₯θ€… 3.90 avg rating β€” 12,152 ratings
34.
Last Bus to Wisdom
Last Bus to Wisdom
by: Ivan Doig
4.08 avg rating β€” 18,295 ratings
35.
Let Me Explain You
Let Me Explain You 3.16 avg rating β€” 844 ratings
36.
A Little Life
A Little Life 4.29 avg rating β€” 859,439 ratings
37.
Lost Canyon
Lost Canyon 3.38 avg rating β€” 701 ratings
38.
Loving Day
Loving Day 3.54 avg rating β€” 3,959 ratings
39.
The Mare
The Mare 3.67 avg rating β€” 5,102 ratings
40.
A Master Plan for Rescue
A Master Plan for Rescue 3.89 avg rating β€” 635 ratings
41.
Mendocino Fire
Mendocino Fire 3.69 avg rating β€” 226 ratings
42.
The Meursault Investigation
The Meursault Investigation 3.49 avg rating β€” 9,222 ratings
43.
Mislaid
Mislaid
by: Nell Zink
3.29 avg rating β€” 6,736 ratings
44.
Mr. and Mrs. Doctor
Mr. and Mrs. Doctor 3.26 avg rating β€” 342 ratings
45.
My Struggle: Book Four
My Struggle: Book Four 4.22 avg rating β€” 12,954 ratings
46.
Night at the Fiestas
Night at the Fiestas 4.08 avg rating β€” 1,954 ratings
47.
Our Souls at Night
Our Souls at Night 3.92 avg rating β€” 82,054 ratings
48.
Outline
Outline 3.67 avg rating β€” 66,020 ratings
49.
Purity
Purity 3.64 avg rating β€” 50,833 ratings
50.
The Secret Chord
The Secret Chord 3.68 avg rating β€” 21,342 ratings
51.
Slade House
Slade House 3.81 avg rating β€” 68,243 ratings
52.
A Small Indiscretion
A Small Indiscretion 3.56 avg rating β€” 8,676 ratings
53.
The State We're In: Maine Stories
The State We're In: Maine Stories 3.04 avg rating β€” 1,031 ratings
54.
The Story of My Teeth
The Story of My Teeth 3.48 avg rating β€” 9,509 ratings
55.
A Strangeness in My Mind
A Strangeness in My Mind 4.15 avg rating β€” 16,077 ratings
56.
Summerlong
Summerlong 3.39 avg rating β€” 3,095 ratings
57.
The Sunken Cathedral
The Sunken Cathedral 2.90 avg rating β€” 558 ratings
58.
There's Something I Want You to Do
There's Something I Want You to Do 3.84 avg rating β€” 1,276 ratings
59.
The Tusk That Did the Damage
The Tusk That Did the Damage 3.68 avg rating β€” 1,896 ratings
60.
Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights
Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights 3.38 avg rating β€” 13,844 ratings
61.
Undermajordomo Minor
Undermajordomo Minor 3.74 avg rating β€” 15,909 ratings
62.
The Unfortunate Importance of Beauty
The Unfortunate Importance of Beauty 3.13 avg rating β€” 4,362 ratings
63.
The Visiting Privilege: New and Collected Stories
The Visiting Privilege: New and Collected Stories 4.14 avg rating β€” 1,738 ratings
64.
Voices in the Night
Voices in the Night 3.60 avg rating β€” 1,020 ratings
65.
Welcome to Braggsville
Welcome to Braggsville 3.23 avg rating β€” 3,525 ratings
66.
The Whites
The Whites 3.64 avg rating β€” 10,855 ratings
67.
You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine
You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine 3.22 avg rating β€” 6,800 ratings
68.
The Argonauts
The Argonauts 4.02 avg rating β€” 54,656 ratings
69.
The Art of Memoir
The Art of Memoir
by: Mary Karr
4.14 avg rating β€” 8,177 ratings
70.
Autobiography of Mark Twain, Vol. 3
Autobiography of Mark Twain, Vol. 3 4.33 avg rating β€” 270 ratings
71.
Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS
Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS 4.32 avg rating β€” 15,920 ratings
72.
The Brothers: The Road to an American Tragedy
The Brothers: The Road to an American Tragedy 3.60 avg rating β€” 1,433 ratings
73.
Days of Rage: America's Radical Underground, the FBI, and the Forgotten Age of Revolutionary Violence
Days of Rage: America's Radical Underground, the FBI, and the Forgotten Age of Revolutionary Violence 3.96 avg rating β€” 2,326 ratings
74.
Dear Mr. You
Dear Mr. You 3.78 avg rating β€” 7,260 ratings
75.
Hold Still: A Memoir with Photographs
Hold Still: A Memoir with Photographs 4.07 avg rating β€” 8,087 ratings
76.
Infamy: The Shocking Story of the Japanese American Internment in World War II
Infamy: The Shocking Story of the Japanese American Internment in World War II 4.01 avg rating β€” 1,025 ratings
77.
Kill Chain: Drones and The Rise of the High-Tech Assassins
Kill Chain: Drones and The Rise of the High-Tech Assassins 3.82 avg rating β€” 785 ratings
78.
Kissinger's Shadow: The Long Reach of America's Most Controversial Statesman
Kissinger's Shadow: The Long Reach of America's Most Controversial Statesman 4.04 avg rating β€” 853 ratings
79.
The Last Love Song: A Biography of Joan Didion
The Last Love Song: A Biography of Joan Didion 3.72 avg rating β€” 1,031 ratings
80.
M Train
M Train 4.02 avg rating β€” 48,834 ratings
81.
Man in Profile: Joseph Mitchell of The New Yorker
Man in Profile: Joseph Mitchell of The New Yorker 4.15 avg rating β€” 266 ratings
82.
NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity
NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity 4.29 avg rating β€” 17,218 ratings
83.
On the Move: A Life
On the Move: A Life 4.03 avg rating β€” 21,246 ratings
84.
Ordinary Light: A memoir
Ordinary Light: A memoir 3.94 avg rating β€” 2,026 ratings
85.
The Other Paris: The People's City, Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
The Other Paris: The People's City, Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 526 ratings
86.
RavensbrΓΌck: Life and Death in Hitler's Concentration Camp for Women
RavensbrΓΌck: Life and Death in Hitler's Concentration Camp for Women 4.41 avg rating β€” 4,916 ratings
87.
Skyfaring: A Journey with a Pilot
Skyfaring: A Journey with a Pilot 3.95 avg rating β€” 3,736 ratings
88.
Speak Now: Marriage Equality on Trial
Speak Now: Marriage Equality on Trial 4.16 avg rating β€” 188 ratings
89.
Stalin’s Daughter: The Extraordinary and Tumultuous Life of Svetlana Alliluyeva
Stalin’s Daughter: The Extraordinary and Tumultuous Life of Svetlana Alliluyeva 3.97 avg rating β€” 5,051 ratings
90.
Thunder & Lightning: Weather Past, Present, Future
Thunder & Lightning: Weather Past, Present, Future 4.22 avg rating β€” 794 ratings
91.
Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink
Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink 3.82 avg rating β€” 3,878 ratings
92.
When the Sick Rule the World
When the Sick Rule the World 4.16 avg rating β€” 425 ratings
93.
Where the Dead Pause, and the Japanese Say Goodbye: A Journey
Where the Dead Pause, and the Japanese Say Goodbye: A Journey 3.99 avg rating β€” 787 ratings
94.
The Witches: Salem, 1692
The Witches: Salem, 1692 3.25 avg rating β€” 23,706 ratings
95.
The Wright Brothers
The Wright Brothers 4.17 avg rating β€” 96,963 ratings
96.
The Beauty
The Beauty 3.86 avg rating β€” 873 ratings
97.
Black Cat Bone: Poems
Black Cat Bone: Poems 4.08 avg rating β€” 440 ratings
98.
Fanny Says
Fanny Says 4.59 avg rating β€” 196 ratings
99.
Four-Legged Girl: Poems
Four-Legged Girl: Poems 4.28 avg rating β€” 549 ratings
100.
Roll Deep
Roll Deep 3.95 avg rating β€” 132 ratings