Kirkus Best Fiction of 2015

1.
A Little Life
A Little Life 4.29 avg rating — 858,892 ratings
2.
The Girl on the Train
The Girl on the Train 3.96 avg rating — 3,202,469 ratings
3.
Fates and Furies
Fates and Furies 3.59 avg rating — 145,772 ratings
4.
A Manual for Cleaning Women: Selected Stories
A Manual for Cleaning Women: Selected Stories 4.19 avg rating — 35,024 ratings
5.
Fortune Smiles
Fortune Smiles 4.02 avg rating — 11,011 ratings
6.
Minnow
Minnow 3.66 avg rating — 460 ratings
7.
The Tsar of Love and Techno
The Tsar of Love and Techno 4.27 avg rating — 18,025 ratings
8.
The Sellout
The Sellout 3.75 avg rating — 73,387 ratings
9.
A God in Ruins (Todd Family, #2)
A God in Ruins (Todd Family, #2) 3.95 avg rating — 59,184 ratings
9.
Did You Ever Have a Family
Did You Ever Have a Family 3.79 avg rating — 27,958 ratings
11.
Along the Infinite Sea (Schuyler Sisters, #3)
Along the Infinite Sea (Schuyler Sisters, #3) 4.21 avg rating — 23,522 ratings
12.
Purity
Purity 3.64 avg rating — 50,825 ratings
13.
Get in Trouble
Get in Trouble 3.67 avg rating — 12,778 ratings
14.
The Sympathizer (The Sympathizer, #1)
The Sympathizer (The Sympathizer, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 132,987 ratings
15.
The Library at Mount Char
The Library at Mount Char 4.07 avg rating — 72,416 ratings
16.
Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights
Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights 3.39 avg rating — 13,844 ratings
17.
X (Kinsey Millhone, #24)
X (Kinsey Millhone, #24) 3.92 avg rating — 37,173 ratings
18.
Slade House
Slade House 3.81 avg rating — 68,235 ratings
19.
The Do-Right (Delpha Wade and Tom Phelan Mystery Series #1)
The Do-Right (Delpha Wade and Tom Phelan Mystery Series #1) 3.82 avg rating — 780 ratings
20.
The Dying Grass (Seven Dreams, #5)
The Dying Grass (Seven Dreams, #5) 4.17 avg rating — 538 ratings
21.
When a Scot Ties the Knot (Castles Ever After, #3)
When a Scot Ties the Knot (Castles Ever After, #3) 3.91 avg rating — 45,015 ratings
21.
A Strangeness in My Mind
A Strangeness in My Mind 4.15 avg rating — 16,075 ratings
23.
This Is Your Life, Harriet Chance!
This Is Your Life, Harriet Chance! 3.40 avg rating — 9,766 ratings
24.
The Stranger
The Stranger 3.90 avg rating — 99,850 ratings
25.
The Incarnations
The Incarnations 3.77 avg rating — 5,700 ratings
26.
The Story of My Teeth
The Story of My Teeth 3.48 avg rating — 9,508 ratings
26.
The Water Museum
The Water Museum 4.03 avg rating — 1,304 ratings
28.
Eileen
Eileen 3.56 avg rating — 122,779 ratings
29.
In the Country
In the Country
by: Mia Alvar
4.07 avg rating — 4,060 ratings
30.
City on Fire
City on Fire 3.39 avg rating — 15,382 ratings
31.
A Reunion of Ghosts
A Reunion of Ghosts 3.43 avg rating — 3,830 ratings
32.
Four Nights With the Duke (Desperate Duchesses by the Numbers, #2)
Four Nights With the Duke (Desperate Duchesses by the Numbers, #2) 3.87 avg rating — 9,532 ratings
33.
Cold-Hearted Rake (The Ravenels, #1)
Cold-Hearted Rake (The Ravenels, #1) 3.82 avg rating — 45,983 ratings
34.
The Dark Forest (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #2)
The Dark Forest (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #2)
by: Liu Cixin
4.40 avg rating — 204,578 ratings
35.
Aurora
Aurora 3.78 avg rating — 27,123 ratings
36.
The Story of the Lost Child (Neapolitan Novels, #4)
The Story of the Lost Child (Neapolitan Novels, #4) 4.46 avg rating — 168,877 ratings
37.
A Song of Shadows (Charlie Parker, #13)
A Song of Shadows (Charlie Parker, #13) 4.34 avg rating — 7,502 ratings
38.
Taking Pity (Aector McAvoy, #4)
Taking Pity (Aector McAvoy, #4) 4.07 avg rating — 705 ratings
38.
The Nature of the Beast (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #11)
The Nature of the Beast (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #11) 4.25 avg rating — 72,399 ratings
38.
The Complete Stories
The Complete Stories 4.36 avg rating — 3,901 ratings
38.
After the Parade
After the Parade 3.90 avg rating — 1,879 ratings
38.
The Visiting Privilege: New and Collected Stories
The Visiting Privilege: New and Collected Stories 4.14 avg rating — 1,738 ratings
43.
Last Ragged Breath (Bell Elkins, #4)
Last Ragged Breath (Bell Elkins, #4) 3.91 avg rating — 1,723 ratings
44.
The Green Road
The Green Road 3.51 avg rating — 16,291 ratings
44.
The Mare
The Mare 3.67 avg rating — 5,102 ratings
44.
Delicious Foods
Delicious Foods 3.81 avg rating — 6,295 ratings
44.
Barefoot Dogs: Stories
Barefoot Dogs: Stories 3.73 avg rating — 476 ratings
48.
Voices in the Night
Voices in the Night 3.60 avg rating — 1,020 ratings
49.
Infinite Home
Infinite Home 3.56 avg rating — 3,489 ratings
50.
The Big Green Tent
The Big Green Tent 4.05 avg rating — 4,476 ratings
51.
Mrs. Engels
Mrs. Engels 3.23 avg rating — 1,244 ratings
52.
The Turner House
The Turner House 3.63 avg rating — 17,802 ratings
53.
The Book of Aron
The Book of Aron 3.66 avg rating — 5,118 ratings
54.
Aquarium
Aquarium 3.75 avg rating — 4,966 ratings
55.
The Beautiful Bureaucrat
The Beautiful Bureaucrat 3.23 avg rating — 4,568 ratings
56.
Lightless (Lightless #1)
Lightless (Lightless #1) 3.46 avg rating — 2,786 ratings
57.
The Pinch
The Pinch 3.41 avg rating — 119 ratings
58.
Dietland
Dietland 3.56 avg rating — 22,295 ratings
59.
Where They Found Her
Where They Found Her 3.83 avg rating — 40,124 ratings
60.
Dark Orbit
Dark Orbit 3.69 avg rating — 2,343 ratings
61.
A Different Lie (Silver Bear #4)
A Different Lie (Silver Bear #4) 4.05 avg rating — 214 ratings
62.
Single, Carefree, Mellow
Single, Carefree, Mellow 3.55 avg rating — 6,145 ratings
63.
Anything for You (Blue Heron, #5)
Anything for You (Blue Heron, #5) 4.05 avg rating — 10,226 ratings
64.
New Uses for Old Boyfriends (Black Dog Bay, #2)
New Uses for Old Boyfriends (Black Dog Bay, #2) 3.68 avg rating — 2,196 ratings
65.
My Struggle: Book Four
My Struggle: Book Four 4.22 avg rating — 12,952 ratings
66.
Beauty Is a Wound
Beauty Is a Wound 4.06 avg rating — 17,146 ratings
67.
Ancillary Mercy (Imperial Radch, #3)
Ancillary Mercy (Imperial Radch, #3) 4.22 avg rating — 48,682 ratings
68.
Crucifixion Creek: A Belltree Mystery
Crucifixion Creek: A Belltree Mystery 3.63 avg rating — 912 ratings
69.
Three Moments of an Explosion
Three Moments of an Explosion 3.65 avg rating — 4,460 ratings
70.
The Mark and the Void
The Mark and the Void 3.63 avg rating — 2,848 ratings
71.
The Rocks
The Rocks 3.17 avg rating — 9,260 ratings
72.
The Love Object: Selected Stories
The Love Object: Selected Stories 3.84 avg rating — 934 ratings
73.
The Given World
The Given World 3.58 avg rating — 629 ratings
74.
The Scamp
The Scamp 3.62 avg rating — 387 ratings
75.
Honeydew
Honeydew 3.62 avg rating — 1,788 ratings
76.
I Refuse
I Refuse 3.62 avg rating — 3,697 ratings
77.
The Lost Child
The Lost Child 3.23 avg rating — 599 ratings
78.
This Angel on My Chest
This Angel on My Chest 4.39 avg rating — 127 ratings
79.
The Watchmaker of Filigree Street (The Watchmaker of Filigree Street, #1)
The Watchmaker of Filigree Street (The Watchmaker of Filigree Street, #1) 3.73 avg rating — 37,505 ratings
80.
The Blondes
The Blondes 3.04 avg rating — 3,221 ratings
81.
A Kind of Grief
A Kind of Grief 3.81 avg rating — 369 ratings
82.
Pretty Girls
Pretty Girls 4.01 avg rating — 631,691 ratings
83.
Crush (Crush #1)
Crush (Crush #1) 3.26 avg rating — 268 ratings
84.
Chasing the Phoenix (Darger and Surplus #2)
Chasing the Phoenix (Darger and Surplus #2) 3.86 avg rating — 499 ratings
85.
The Way Things Were
The Way Things Were 3.67 avg rating — 472 ratings
86.
Sisters of the Revolution: A Feminist Speculative Fiction Anthology
Sisters of the Revolution: A Feminist Speculative Fiction Anthology 4.13 avg rating — 1,355 ratings
87.
My Sunshine Away
My Sunshine Away 3.57 avg rating — 18,635 ratings
88.
Gold Fame Citrus
Gold Fame Citrus 3.30 avg rating — 9,639 ratings
89.
The Affinities
The Affinities 3.40 avg rating — 2,497 ratings
90.
Isobel on the Way to the Corner Shop
Isobel on the Way to the Corner Shop 3.88 avg rating — 186 ratings
91.
Days of Awe
Days of Awe 3.43 avg rating — 3,031 ratings
92.
The Bollywood Bride (Bollywood, #2)
The Bollywood Bride (Bollywood, #2) 3.59 avg rating — 3,928 ratings
93.
Act of God
Act of God 3.12 avg rating — 1,472 ratings
94.
Tremaine's True Love (True Gentlemen, #1)
Tremaine's True Love (True Gentlemen, #1) 3.84 avg rating — 3,554 ratings
95.
Spy Games (Philip Mangan #2)
Spy Games (Philip Mangan #2) 3.94 avg rating — 1,000 ratings
96.
The Prize
The Prize 3.43 avg rating — 361 ratings