Born in the 1950s - What we've read in 2015

1.
The Light Between Oceans
The Light Between Oceans 4.04 avg rating — 473,461 ratings
2.
All the Light We Cannot See
All the Light We Cannot See 4.31 avg rating — 1,904,659 ratings
3.
The Nightingale
The Nightingale 4.64 avg rating — 1,894,788 ratings
4.
The Martian
The Martian
by: Andy Weir
4.42 avg rating — 1,238,820 ratings
5.
Station Eleven
Station Eleven 4.07 avg rating — 590,284 ratings
6.
The Book Thief
The Book Thief 4.39 avg rating — 2,802,253 ratings
7.
The Girl on the Train
The Girl on the Train 3.96 avg rating — 3,202,598 ratings
8.
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (The Chronicles of Narnia, #1)
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (The Chronicles of Narnia, #1) 4.24 avg rating — 3,059,247 ratings
9.
A Little Princess
A Little Princess 4.23 avg rating — 320,512 ratings
10.
The House at Pooh Corner (Winnie-the-Pooh, #2)
The House at Pooh Corner (Winnie-the-Pooh, #2) 4.38 avg rating — 89,413 ratings
11.
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry 4.04 avg rating — 344,934 ratings
12.
Things Unsaid
Things Unsaid 3.62 avg rating — 364 ratings
13.
I Am Pilgrim
I Am Pilgrim 4.30 avg rating — 193,005 ratings
14.
The Fantastic Jungles of Henri Rousseau
The Fantastic Jungles of Henri Rousseau 4.18 avg rating — 688 ratings
15.
The Girls of Slender Means
The Girls of Slender Means 3.65 avg rating — 8,112 ratings
15.
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End 4.49 avg rating — 210,902 ratings
17.
Winnie the Pooh (Winnie-the-Pooh, #1)
Winnie the Pooh (Winnie-the-Pooh, #1) 4.38 avg rating — 389,848 ratings
18.
Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life
Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life 3.88 avg rating — 6,971 ratings
19.
Three Miles Up and Other Strange Stories
Three Miles Up and Other Strange Stories 3.90 avg rating — 59 ratings
19.
Sharp Objects
Sharp Objects 4.01 avg rating — 1,179,346 ratings
21.
My Ántonia
My Ántonia 3.84 avg rating — 144,867 ratings
21.
One Breath Away
One Breath Away 3.99 avg rating — 18,856 ratings
23.
Kings of Infinite Space
Kings of Infinite Space 3.33 avg rating — 699 ratings
23.
Different Every Time: The Authorised Biography of Robert Wyatt
Different Every Time: The Authorised Biography of Robert Wyatt 4.28 avg rating — 333 ratings
25.
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet 4.05 avg rating — 311,641 ratings
26.
As Time Goes By: BBC Radio Series 3
As Time Goes By: BBC Radio Series 3 4.33 avg rating — 12 ratings
27.
The Help
The Help 4.47 avg rating — 2,962,169 ratings
28.
North By Northamptonshire
North By Northamptonshire 4.27 avg rating — 15 ratings
29.
The Plantagenet Chronicles
The Plantagenet Chronicles 4.04 avg rating — 136 ratings
30.
Everything I Never Told You
Everything I Never Told You 3.83 avg rating — 598,276 ratings
31.
In the Woods
In the Woods 3.78 avg rating — 429,615 ratings
32.
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 403,092 ratings
33.
Call It Courage
Call It Courage 3.76 avg rating — 14,424 ratings
34.
The Orphan Master's Son
The Orphan Master's Son 4.07 avg rating — 102,952 ratings
35.
Sisterland
Sisterland 3.38 avg rating — 41,344 ratings
36.
State of Wonder
State of Wonder 3.90 avg rating — 197,563 ratings
37.
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers 4.06 avg rating — 234,457 ratings
38.
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail 4.07 avg rating — 850,497 ratings
39.
A Fatal Grace (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #2)
A Fatal Grace (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #2) 4.09 avg rating — 139,016 ratings
40.
Everything is Illuminated
Everything is Illuminated 3.89 avg rating — 182,765 ratings
41.
King Solomon's Mines (Allan Quatermain, #1)
King Solomon's Mines (Allan Quatermain, #1) 3.79 avg rating — 51,858 ratings
42.
Schubert's Winter Journey: Anatomy of an Obsession
Schubert's Winter Journey: Anatomy of an Obsession 4.26 avg rating — 591 ratings
42.
The Town in Bloom
The Town in Bloom 3.60 avg rating — 797 ratings
42.
The Things They Carried
The Things They Carried 4.14 avg rating — 337,473 ratings
42.
Like Fine Wine: A Head-to-Toe Youth Restoring Makeover for Ladies Over Forty
Like Fine Wine: A Head-to-Toe Youth Restoring Makeover for Ladies Over Forty really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 43 ratings
42.
Mudbound
Mudbound 4.05 avg rating — 69,751 ratings
42.
Eighty Days: Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland's History-Making Race Around the World
Eighty Days: Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland's History-Making Race Around the World 3.73 avg rating — 6,475 ratings
48.
War and Peace
War and Peace 4.17 avg rating — 356,985 ratings
48.
The Winter King (The Warlord Chronicles, #1)
The Winter King (The Warlord Chronicles, #1) 4.26 avg rating — 53,368 ratings
48.
As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride
As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride 4.18 avg rating — 73,025 ratings
48.
Ice Cold
Ice Cold 4.19 avg rating — 51,244 ratings
48.
Mink River
Mink River 4.17 avg rating — 7,766 ratings
48.
Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant?
Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant?
by: Roz Chast
4.16 avg rating — 31,597 ratings
54.
Enemy of God (The Warlord Chronicles, #2)
Enemy of God (The Warlord Chronicles, #2) 4.42 avg rating — 28,133 ratings
54.
The Bone Clocks
The Bone Clocks 3.84 avg rating — 99,259 ratings
54.
Alicia: My Story
Alicia: My Story 4.14 avg rating — 11,729 ratings
54.
The Unlikely Disciple: A Sinner's Semester at America's Holiest University
The Unlikely Disciple: A Sinner's Semester at America's Holiest University 3.98 avg rating — 12,221 ratings
58.
Bittersweet
Bittersweet 3.50 avg rating — 8,214 ratings
58.
The Eagle's Conquest (Eagle, #2)
The Eagle's Conquest (Eagle, #2) 4.20 avg rating — 9,354 ratings
58.
Letter from Birmingham Jail
Letter from Birmingham Jail 4.72 avg rating — 8,438 ratings
58.
Indignation
Indignation 3.78 avg rating — 18,108 ratings
58.
Stripped (Jonathan Stride, #2)
Stripped (Jonathan Stride, #2) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5,822 ratings
58.
Salt In Our Blood: The Memoir of a Fisherman's Wife
Salt In Our Blood: The Memoir of a Fisherman's Wife 4.22 avg rating — 85 ratings
58.
The Elegance of the Hedgehog
The Elegance of the Hedgehog 3.80 avg rating — 195,803 ratings
65.
The Absent One (Department Q, #2)
The Absent One (Department Q, #2) 3.89 avg rating — 44,453 ratings
65.
Under the Eagle (Eagles of the Empire, #1)
Under the Eagle (Eagles of the Empire, #1) 4.10 avg rating — 15,702 ratings
65.
Midnight in Peking: How the Murder of a Young Englishwoman Haunted the Last Days of Old China
Midnight in Peking: How the Murder of a Young Englishwoman Haunted the Last Days of Old China 3.86 avg rating — 7,295 ratings
65.
Hate List
Hate List really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 66,214 ratings
65.
The Good Lord Bird
The Good Lord Bird 3.95 avg rating — 37,224 ratings
70.
Drinking Water: A History
Drinking Water: A History 3.69 avg rating — 671 ratings
70.
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
The Ocean at the End of the Lane 4.02 avg rating — 650,401 ratings
70.
The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax (Mrs. Pollifax, #2)
The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax (Mrs. Pollifax, #2) 4.18 avg rating — 12,477 ratings
73.
Mr. Mercedes (Bill Hodges Trilogy, #1)
Mr. Mercedes (Bill Hodges Trilogy, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 360,922 ratings
73.
Touching the Void: The Harrowing First Person Account Of One Man's Miraculous Survival
Touching the Void: The Harrowing First Person Account Of One Man's Miraculous Survival 4.23 avg rating — 63,069 ratings
75.
Odd Girl Out
Odd Girl Out 3.80 avg rating — 686 ratings
75.
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life 4.05 avg rating — 147,332 ratings
75.
City of Thieves
City of Thieves 4.30 avg rating — 162,011 ratings
75.
Gray Mountain
Gray Mountain 3.67 avg rating — 106,191 ratings
75.
In the Time of the Butterflies
In the Time of the Butterflies 4.15 avg rating — 77,521 ratings
80.
The Deep Blue Good-By (Travis McGee, #1)
The Deep Blue Good-By (Travis McGee, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 19,508 ratings
80.
The Hare with Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance
The Hare with Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance 3.95 avg rating — 61,685 ratings
80.
The Rosie Project (Don Tillman, #1)
The Rosie Project (Don Tillman, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 584,680 ratings
80.
On God's Side: What Religion Forgets and Politics Hasn't Learned about Serving the Common Good
On God's Side: What Religion Forgets and Politics Hasn't Learned about Serving the Common Good 3.92 avg rating — 279 ratings
84.
Fortunata and Jacinta
Fortunata and Jacinta 4.26 avg rating — 2,761 ratings
84.
The Hearts of Horses
The Hearts of Horses 3.94 avg rating — 5,418 ratings
84.
It's Easier to Reach Heaven than the End of the Street: A Jerusalem Memoir
It's Easier to Reach Heaven than the End of the Street: A Jerusalem Memoir 4.08 avg rating — 158 ratings
87.
Moriarty (Horowitz’s Holmes, #2)
Moriarty (Horowitz’s Holmes, #2) 3.80 avg rating — 30,822 ratings
87.
The Looming Tower: Al Qaeda and the Road to 9/11
The Looming Tower: Al Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 4.36 avg rating — 36,106 ratings
89.
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman 3.94 avg rating — 107,266 ratings
89.
Girl in Translation
Girl in Translation
by: Jean Kwok
3.99 avg rating — 58,177 ratings
89.
Tell the Wolves I'm Home
Tell the Wolves I'm Home 4.03 avg rating — 147,992 ratings
92.
Dreams of My Russian Summers
Dreams of My Russian Summers 3.82 avg rating — 4,136 ratings
92.
The Lincoln Myth (Cotton Malone, #9)
The Lincoln Myth (Cotton Malone, #9) 3.89 avg rating — 14,348 ratings
92.
The Cruelest Miles: The Heroic Story of Dogs and Men in a Race Against an Epidemic
The Cruelest Miles: The Heroic Story of Dogs and Men in a Race Against an Epidemic 4.19 avg rating — 3,530 ratings
92.
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 4.39 avg rating — 352,780 ratings
96.
Book of Ages: The Life and Opinions of Jane Franklin
Book of Ages: The Life and Opinions of Jane Franklin 3.67 avg rating — 4,735 ratings
96.
X
X 3.88 avg rating — 3,570 ratings
96.
The Painted Girls
The Painted Girls 3.61 avg rating — 36,174 ratings
99.
The Queen of Bedlam (Matthew Corbett, #2)
The Queen of Bedlam (Matthew Corbett, #2) 4.30 avg rating — 6,566 ratings
99.
Death in the City of Light: The Serial Killer of Nazi-Occupied Paris
Death in the City of Light: The Serial Killer of Nazi-Occupied Paris 3.54 avg rating — 8,101 ratings
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