The Economist - Books of the Year 2015 (fiction and nonfiction)

1.
Between the World and Me
Between the World and Me 4.40 avg rating — 357,401 ratings
2.
SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome
SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome 4.06 avg rating — 76,893 ratings
3.
Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction
Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction 4.08 avg rating — 21,611 ratings
4.
Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics
Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics 4.16 avg rating — 23,023 ratings
5.
A Little Life
A Little Life 4.29 avg rating — 859,070 ratings
6.
Ghettoside: A True Story of Murder in America
Ghettoside: A True Story of Murder in America 4.07 avg rating — 19,296 ratings
7.
Humans Need Not Apply: A Guide to Wealth and Work in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Humans Need Not Apply: A Guide to Wealth and Work in the Age of Artificial Intelligence 3.68 avg rating — 1,234 ratings
8.
Nagasaki: Life After Nuclear War
Nagasaki: Life After Nuclear War 4.27 avg rating — 2,101 ratings
9.
The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World
The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World 4.32 avg rating — 28,488 ratings
10.
Things to Make and Do in the Fourth Dimension
Things to Make and Do in the Fourth Dimension 4.17 avg rating — 3,234 ratings
11.
The Story of the Lost Child (Neapolitan Novels, #4)
The Story of the Lost Child (Neapolitan Novels, #4) 4.46 avg rating — 168,911 ratings
12.
Seiobo There Below
Seiobo There Below 4.27 avg rating — 1,698 ratings
13.
The Public Wealth of Nations: How Management of Public Assets Can Boost or Bust Economic Growth
The Public Wealth of Nations: How Management of Public Assets Can Boost or Bust Economic Growth 3.50 avg rating — 54 ratings
14.
Ted Hughes: The Unauthorised Life
Ted Hughes: The Unauthorised Life 4.16 avg rating — 480 ratings
15.
Submission
Submission 3.65 avg rating — 50,026 ratings
16.
NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity
NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity 4.29 avg rating — 17,217 ratings
17.
The New Wild: Why Invasive Species Will Be Nature's Salvation
The New Wild: Why Invasive Species Will Be Nature's Salvation 3.97 avg rating — 612 ratings
18.
A Brief History of Seven Killings
A Brief History of Seven Killings 3.89 avg rating — 37,303 ratings
19.
Near and Distant Neighbors: A New History of Soviet Intelligence
Near and Distant Neighbors: A New History of Soviet Intelligence 3.47 avg rating — 232 ratings
20.
Waterloo: The True Story of Four Days, Three Armies and Three Battles
Waterloo: The True Story of Four Days, Three Armies and Three Battles 4.24 avg rating — 8,545 ratings
21.
What the Eye Hears: A History of Tap Dancing
What the Eye Hears: A History of Tap Dancing 4.17 avg rating — 108 ratings
22.
Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning
Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning 4.29 avg rating — 4,240 ratings
23.
Empire of Cotton: A Global History
Empire of Cotton: A Global History 3.89 avg rating — 3,594 ratings
24.
Inequality: What Can Be Done?
Inequality: What Can Be Done? 3.83 avg rating — 608 ratings
25.
North Korea Confidential: Private Markets, Fashion Trends, Prison Camps, Dissenters and Defectors
North Korea Confidential: Private Markets, Fashion Trends, Prison Camps, Dissenters and Defectors 3.65 avg rating — 2,597 ratings
26.
Other People's Money: The Real Business of Finance
Other People's Money: The Real Business of Finance
by: John Kay
3.92 avg rating — 1,458 ratings
27.
Economics Rules: The Rights and Wrongs of the Dismal Science
Economics Rules: The Rights and Wrongs of the Dismal Science 3.94 avg rating — 1,403 ratings
28.
Seven Brief Lessons on Physics
Seven Brief Lessons on Physics 3.99 avg rating — 64,374 ratings
29.
The Road to Character
The Road to Character 3.65 avg rating — 25,862 ratings
30.
Kissinger: Vol 1: The Idealist, 1923-1968
Kissinger: Vol 1: The Idealist, 1923-1968 4.17 avg rating — 1,160 ratings
31.
Schubert's Winter Journey: Anatomy of an Obsession
Schubert's Winter Journey: Anatomy of an Obsession 4.26 avg rating — 591 ratings
32.
The Vital Question: Why is life the way it is?
The Vital Question: Why is life the way it is?
by: Nick Lane
4.18 avg rating — 5,766 ratings
33.
The Fishermen
The Fishermen 3.88 avg rating — 21,351 ratings
34.
Spirals in Time: The Secret Life and Curious Afterlife of Seashells
Spirals in Time: The Secret Life and Curious Afterlife of Seashells 4.10 avg rating — 995 ratings
35.
Adventures in Human Being: A Grand Tour from the Cranium to the Calcaneum
Adventures in Human Being: A Grand Tour from the Cranium to the Calcaneum 3.90 avg rating — 4,432 ratings
36.
Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis
Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis 4.04 avg rating — 4,288 ratings
37.
Once In A Great City: A Detroit Story
Once In A Great City: A Detroit Story 3.79 avg rating — 1,864 ratings
38.
The Fall of the Ottomans: The Great War in the Middle East
The Fall of the Ottomans: The Great War in the Middle East 4.17 avg rating — 4,536 ratings
39.
Towards the Flame: Empire, War and the End of Tsarist Russia
Towards the Flame: Empire, War and the End of Tsarist Russia 3.80 avg rating — 792 ratings
40.
Skyfaring: A Journey with a Pilot
Skyfaring: A Journey with a Pilot 3.95 avg rating — 3,736 ratings
41.
Circus Maximus: The Economic Gamble Behind Hosting the Olympics and the World Cup
Circus Maximus: The Economic Gamble Behind Hosting the Olympics and the World Cup 3.87 avg rating — 380 ratings
42.
Unfinished Business: Women, Men, Work, Family
Unfinished Business: Women, Men, Work, Family 3.91 avg rating — 3,259 ratings
43.
Plucked: A History of Hair Removal (Biopolitics, 8)
Plucked: A History of Hair Removal (Biopolitics, 8) 3.76 avg rating — 382 ratings
44.
Nemesis: One Man and the Battle for Rio
Nemesis: One Man and the Battle for Rio 4.22 avg rating — 1,969 ratings
45.
How to Talk about Videogames (Volume 47) (Electronic Mediations)
How to Talk about Videogames (Volume 47) (Electronic Mediations) 3.65 avg rating — 236 ratings
46.
An Account of the Decline of the Great Auk, According to One Who Saw It
An Account of the Decline of the Great Auk, According to One Who Saw It 3.91 avg rating — 449 ratings