Amazon's 2015 Best Books of the Year: The Top 100

1.
The Nightingale
The Nightingale 4.64 avg rating — 1,893,855 ratings
2.
The Girl on the Train
The Girl on the Train 3.96 avg rating — 3,202,231 ratings
3.
A Little Life
A Little Life 4.29 avg rating — 858,697 ratings
4.
Between the World and Me
Between the World and Me 4.40 avg rating — 357,356 ratings
5.
Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things
Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things 3.89 avg rating — 171,412 ratings
6.
Our Souls at Night
Our Souls at Night 3.92 avg rating — 82,022 ratings
7.
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania 4.13 avg rating — 157,287 ratings
8.
My Life on the Road
My Life on the Road 4.07 avg rating — 36,280 ratings
9.
Why Not Me?
Why Not Me? 3.90 avg rating — 223,800 ratings
10.
Ghettoside: A True Story of Murder in America
Ghettoside: A True Story of Murder in America 4.07 avg rating — 19,295 ratings
11.
The Wright Brothers
The Wright Brothers 4.17 avg rating — 96,938 ratings
12.
Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life
Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life 4.27 avg rating — 37,911 ratings
13.
Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town
Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town 4.12 avg rating — 57,730 ratings
14.
Fates and Furies
Fates and Furies 3.59 avg rating — 145,766 ratings
15.
Seveneves
Seveneves really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 122,805 ratings
16.
Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget
Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget 4.04 avg rating — 22,966 ratings
17.
Humans of New York: Stories
Humans of New York: Stories 4.55 avg rating — 19,511 ratings
18.
Hold Still: A Memoir with Photographs
Hold Still: A Memoir with Photographs 4.07 avg rating — 8,083 ratings
19.
Custer's Trials: A Life on the Frontier of a New America
Custer's Trials: A Life on the Frontier of a New America 4.15 avg rating — 1,894 ratings
20.
The Sympathizer (The Sympathizer, #1)
The Sympathizer (The Sympathizer, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 132,971 ratings
21.
Bull Mountain (Bull Mountain, #1)
Bull Mountain (Bull Mountain, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 13,257 ratings
22.
Did You Ever Have a Family
Did You Ever Have a Family 3.79 avg rating — 27,958 ratings
23.
Library of Souls (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, #3)
Library of Souls (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, #3) 4.14 avg rating — 161,155 ratings
24.
So You've Been Publicly Shamed
So You've Been Publicly Shamed 3.93 avg rating — 65,191 ratings
25.
Purity
Purity 3.64 avg rating — 50,825 ratings
26.
Modern Romance
Modern Romance 3.80 avg rating — 189,341 ratings
27.
Funny Girl
Funny Girl 3.41 avg rating — 31,903 ratings
28.
Mislaid
Mislaid
by: Nell Zink
3.29 avg rating — 6,734 ratings
29.
Saint Mazie
Saint Mazie 3.65 avg rating — 7,012 ratings
30.
The Book of Speculation
The Book of Speculation 3.61 avg rating — 38,580 ratings
31.
H is for Hawk
H is for Hawk 3.74 avg rating — 78,916 ratings
32.
Finders Keepers (Bill Hodges Trilogy, #2)
Finders Keepers (Bill Hodges Trilogy, #2) 4.07 avg rating — 179,337 ratings
33.
Pirate Hunters: Treasure, Obsession, and the Search for a Legendary Pirate Ship
Pirate Hunters: Treasure, Obsession, and the Search for a Legendary Pirate Ship 4.04 avg rating — 11,540 ratings
34.
Uprooted
Uprooted 4.03 avg rating — 256,786 ratings
35.
Golden Son (Red Rising Saga, #2)
Golden Son (Red Rising Saga, #2) 4.49 avg rating — 400,704 ratings
36.
City on Fire
City on Fire 3.39 avg rating — 15,382 ratings
37.
Dietland
Dietland 3.56 avg rating — 22,294 ratings
38.
Circling the Sun
Circling the Sun 3.94 avg rating — 81,016 ratings
39.
Rising Strong: The Reckoning. The Rumble. The Revolution
Rising Strong: The Reckoning. The Rumble. The Revolution 4.25 avg rating — 87,270 ratings
40.
Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)
Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1) 4.46 avg rating — 1,103,507 ratings
41.
Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic
Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic 4.23 avg rating — 31,635 ratings
42.
Becoming Nicole: The Transformation of an American Family
Becoming Nicole: The Transformation of an American Family 4.22 avg rating — 13,071 ratings
43.
An Ember in the Ashes (An Ember in the Ashes, #1)
An Ember in the Ashes (An Ember in the Ashes, #1) 4.24 avg rating — 333,779 ratings
44.
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 4.34 avg rating — 1,201,561 ratings
45.
The Witches: Salem, 1692
The Witches: Salem, 1692 3.25 avg rating — 23,703 ratings
46.
The Nature of the Beast (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #11)
The Nature of the Beast (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #11) 4.25 avg rating — 72,388 ratings
47.
Hausfrau
Hausfrau 3.24 avg rating — 15,743 ratings
48.
Orhan's Inheritance
Orhan's Inheritance 3.95 avg rating — 8,630 ratings
49.
The Turner House
The Turner House 3.63 avg rating — 17,801 ratings
50.
Leaving Before the Rains Come
Leaving Before the Rains Come 3.80 avg rating — 6,529 ratings
51.
The English Spy (Gabriel Allon, #15)
The English Spy (Gabriel Allon, #15) 4.22 avg rating — 30,837 ratings
51.
Aquarium
Aquarium 3.75 avg rating — 4,966 ratings
53.
Sidekick to a Spool of Blue Thread
Sidekick to a Spool of Blue Thread 3.47 avg rating — 97 ratings
54.
Voices in the Ocean: A Journey into the Wild and Haunting World of Dolphins
Voices in the Ocean: A Journey into the Wild and Haunting World of Dolphins 4.04 avg rating — 3,304 ratings
55.
The Last of the President's Men
The Last of the President's Men 3.90 avg rating — 2,974 ratings
56.
The Wonder Garden
The Wonder Garden 3.57 avg rating — 1,957 ratings
56.
Last Bus to Wisdom
Last Bus to Wisdom
by: Ivan Doig
4.08 avg rating — 18,290 ratings
58.
Lafayette in the Somewhat United States
Lafayette in the Somewhat United States 3.84 avg rating — 16,966 ratings
59.
My Kitchen Year: 136 Recipes That Saved My Life
My Kitchen Year: 136 Recipes That Saved My Life 3.87 avg rating — 5,752 ratings
60.
The Art of Memoir
The Art of Memoir
by: Mary Karr
4.14 avg rating — 8,175 ratings
61.
The Story of the Lost Child (Neapolitan Novels, #4)
The Story of the Lost Child (Neapolitan Novels, #4) 4.46 avg rating — 168,837 ratings
62.
All the Old Knives
All the Old Knives 3.68 avg rating — 6,521 ratings
63.
Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen
Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen 3.61 avg rating — 6,468 ratings
64.
I Refuse
I Refuse 3.62 avg rating — 3,697 ratings
65.
Kitchens of the Great Midwest
Kitchens of the Great Midwest 3.81 avg rating — 52,044 ratings
66.
The Great Leader and the Fighter Pilot: The True Story of the Tyrant Who Created North Korea and The Young Lieutenant Who Stole His Way to Freedom
The Great Leader and the Fighter Pilot: The True Story of the Tyrant Who Created North Korea and The Young Lieutenant Who Stole His Way to Freedom 4.05 avg rating — 1,477 ratings
67.
Find a Way
Find a Way 4.19 avg rating — 2,882 ratings
68.
Make Your Home Among Strangers
Make Your Home Among Strangers 3.74 avg rating — 3,832 ratings
69.
On the Move: A Life
On the Move: A Life 4.03 avg rating — 21,245 ratings
70.
In the Country
In the Country
by: Mia Alvar
4.07 avg rating — 4,057 ratings
71.
Reckless: My Life as a Pretender
Reckless: My Life as a Pretender 3.49 avg rating — 4,818 ratings
72.
Mrs. Engels
Mrs. Engels 3.23 avg rating — 1,243 ratings
72.
The Arab of the Future: A Childhood in the Middle East, 1978-1984
The Arab of the Future: A Childhood in the Middle East, 1978-1984 4.12 avg rating — 20,829 ratings
74.
The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey
The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey 3.86 avg rating — 13,211 ratings
75.
Thirteen Ways of Looking
Thirteen Ways of Looking 3.95 avg rating — 7,009 ratings
76.
The Hirschfeld Century: Portrait of an Artist and His Age
The Hirschfeld Century: Portrait of an Artist and His Age 4.45 avg rating — 111 ratings
77.
The Harder They Come
The Harder They Come 3.63 avg rating — 7,128 ratings
78.
The Animals
The Animals 3.62 avg rating — 814 ratings
79.
Future Crimes
Future Crimes 3.93 avg rating — 4,364 ratings
79.
Infinite Home
Infinite Home 3.56 avg rating — 3,489 ratings
79.
Days of Awe
Days of Awe 3.43 avg rating — 3,031 ratings
79.
The Book of Aron
The Book of Aron 3.66 avg rating — 5,118 ratings
83.
The Meursault Investigation
The Meursault Investigation 3.49 avg rating — 9,216 ratings
84.
Barefoot to Avalon: A Brother's Story
Barefoot to Avalon: A Brother's Story 3.77 avg rating — 660 ratings
85.
The Thing About Jellyfish
The Thing About Jellyfish 4.10 avg rating — 43,456 ratings
86.
Pretty Girls
Pretty Girls 4.01 avg rating — 631,456 ratings
87.
The Pentagon's Brain: An Uncensored History of DARPA, America's Top-Secret Military Research Agency
The Pentagon's Brain: An Uncensored History of DARPA, America's Top-Secret Military Research Agency 3.99 avg rating — 4,720 ratings
88.
Bettyville: A Memoir
Bettyville: A Memoir 3.74 avg rating — 8,201 ratings
89.
The Water Knife
The Water Knife 3.85 avg rating — 27,627 ratings
90.
Smoke
Smoke 3.71 avg rating — 5,142 ratings
91.
Circus Mirandus
Circus Mirandus 4.08 avg rating — 10,750 ratings
92.
Street Poison: The Biography of Iceberg Slim
Street Poison: The Biography of Iceberg Slim 3.74 avg rating — 276 ratings
93.
It Was Me All Along: A Memoir
It Was Me All Along: A Memoir 3.80 avg rating — 15,427 ratings
94.
It's What I Do: A Photographer's Life of Love and War
It's What I Do: A Photographer's Life of Love and War 4.34 avg rating — 13,217 ratings
95.
Green on Blue
Green on Blue 3.76 avg rating — 1,330 ratings
96.
The Seven Good Years
The Seven Good Years 4.15 avg rating — 8,951 ratings
97.
My Struggle: Book Four
My Struggle: Book Four 4.22 avg rating — 12,952 ratings
98.
The Hand That Feeds You
The Hand That Feeds You
by: A.J. Rich
3.32 avg rating — 9,939 ratings
99.
Speak
Speak 3.58 avg rating — 4,463 ratings
100.
The Bourbon Kings (The Bourbon Kings, #1)
The Bourbon Kings (The Bourbon Kings, #1)
by: J.R. Ward
3.89 avg rating — 22,899 ratings