NPR's Best of Books of 2015

1.
The Girl on the Train
The Girl on the Train 3.96 avg rating β€” 3,202,261 ratings
2.
Between the World and Me
Between the World and Me 4.40 avg rating β€” 357,356 ratings
3.
Among the Wild Mulattos and Other Tales
Among the Wild Mulattos and Other Tales 3.93 avg rating β€” 59 ratings
4.
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 β€” 20,829 ratings
5.
All the Bright Places
All the Bright Places 4.11 avg rating β€” 615,426 ratings
6.
Slade House
Slade House 3.81 avg rating β€” 68,234 ratings
7.
Kitchens of the Great Midwest
Kitchens of the Great Midwest 3.81 avg rating β€” 52,044 ratings
8.
The Sellout
The Sellout 3.75 avg rating β€” 73,384 ratings
8.
The Witches: Salem, 1692
The Witches: Salem, 1692 3.25 avg rating β€” 23,703 ratings
10.
Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth
Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth 3.86 avg rating β€” 72,044 ratings
11.
The Bear Ate Your Sandwich
The Bear Ate Your Sandwich 4.12 avg rating β€” 4,137 ratings
12.
A Spool of Blue Thread
A Spool of Blue Thread 3.44 avg rating β€” 99,557 ratings
13.
Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget
Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget 4.04 avg rating β€” 22,967 ratings
14.
Girl Waits with Gun (Kopp Sisters, #1)
Girl Waits with Gun (Kopp Sisters, #1) 3.77 avg rating β€” 33,312 ratings
15.
Nimona
Nimona 4.18 avg rating β€” 181,622 ratings
16.
All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood
All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood 3.89 avg rating β€” 12,496 ratings
17.
The Wright Brothers
The Wright Brothers 4.17 avg rating β€” 96,939 ratings
18.
Circling the Sun
Circling the Sun 3.94 avg rating β€” 81,016 ratings
19.
One of Us: The Story of Anders Breivik and the Massacre in Norway
One of Us: The Story of Anders Breivik and the Massacre in Norway 4.42 avg rating β€” 12,699 ratings
20.
Step Aside, Pops (Hark! A Vagrant, #2)
Step Aside, Pops (Hark! A Vagrant, #2) 4.04 avg rating β€” 11,575 ratings
21.
The Country of Ice Cream Star
The Country of Ice Cream Star 3.60 avg rating β€” 2,853 ratings
22.
The Speechwriter: A Brief Education in Politics
The Speechwriter: A Brief Education in Politics 3.52 avg rating β€” 2,065 ratings
23.
The Little Gardener
The Little Gardener 3.93 avg rating β€” 1,168 ratings
24.
The Story of My Teeth
The Story of My Teeth 3.48 avg rating β€” 9,508 ratings
24.
Outline
Outline 3.67 avg rating β€” 65,971 ratings
26.
Two Brothers
Two Brothers 3.89 avg rating β€” 2,674 ratings
27.
Sisters in Law: How Sandra Day O'Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg Went to the Supreme Court and Changed the World
Sisters in Law: How Sandra Day O'Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg Went to the Supreme Court and Changed the World 3.84 avg rating β€” 5,310 ratings
28.
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing 3.88 avg rating β€” 386,261 ratings
28.
Last Stop on Market Street
Last Stop on Market Street 4.30 avg rating β€” 18,202 ratings
30.
Killing and Dying: Stories
Killing and Dying: Stories 3.90 avg rating β€” 12,149 ratings
31.
Melissa
Melissa
by: Alex Gino
4.09 avg rating β€” 47,335 ratings
32.
The World of Ice & Fire: The Untold History of Westeros and the Game of Thrones
The World of Ice & Fire: The Untold History of Westeros and the Game of Thrones 4.26 avg rating β€” 40,189 ratings
32.
Uprooted
Uprooted 4.03 avg rating β€” 256,786 ratings
34.
The Story of My Tits
The Story of My Tits 3.85 avg rating β€” 1,527 ratings
35.
Hild (The Hild Sequence, #1)
Hild (The Hild Sequence, #1) 3.85 avg rating β€” 12,542 ratings
36.
City on Fire
City on Fire 3.39 avg rating β€” 15,382 ratings
37.
The Luminaries
The Luminaries 3.75 avg rating β€” 84,460 ratings
38.
Ted Hughes: The Unauthorised Life
Ted Hughes: The Unauthorised Life 4.16 avg rating β€” 480 ratings
39.
Under the Udala Trees
Under the Udala Trees 4.03 avg rating β€” 14,268 ratings
40.
White Light
White Light 3.70 avg rating β€” 63 ratings
41.
Let Me Tell You: New Stories, Essays, and Other Writings
Let Me Tell You: New Stories, Essays, and Other Writings 4.07 avg rating β€” 3,746 ratings
42.
V Is for Vegetables: Inspired Recipes & Techniques for Home Cooks -- from Artichokes to Zucchini
V Is for Vegetables: Inspired Recipes & Techniques for Home Cooks -- from Artichokes to Zucchini 3.79 avg rating β€” 134 ratings
42.
Ancillary Mercy (Imperial Radch, #3)
Ancillary Mercy (Imperial Radch, #3) 4.22 avg rating β€” 48,681 ratings
44.
Fatherland
Fatherland 3.71 avg rating β€” 1,629 ratings
44.
The Complete Stories
The Complete Stories 4.36 avg rating β€” 3,899 ratings
46.
The Fishermen
The Fishermen 3.88 avg rating β€” 21,350 ratings
47.
Toys Meet Snow: Being the Wintertime Adventures of a Curious Stuffed Buffalo, a Sensitive Plush Stingray, and a Book-loving Rubber Ball (Toys, #Companion Picture Book)
Toys Meet Snow: Being the Wintertime Adventures of a Curious Stuffed Buffalo, a Sensitive Plush Stingray, and a Book-loving Rubber Ball (Toys, #Companion Picture Book) 4.15 avg rating β€” 1,137 ratings
48.
Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl
Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl 3.83 avg rating β€” 36,212 ratings
49.
The Thing About Jellyfish
The Thing About Jellyfish 4.10 avg rating β€” 43,457 ratings
50.
Widow Basquiat: A Love Story
Widow Basquiat: A Love Story 4.36 avg rating β€” 7,048 ratings
51.
Get in Trouble
Get in Trouble 3.67 avg rating β€” 12,778 ratings
52.
Gutshot
Gutshot 3.59 avg rating β€” 2,242 ratings
52.
Ordinary Light
Ordinary Light 3.94 avg rating β€” 2,026 ratings
54.
A History of Money
A History of Money 3.51 avg rating β€” 184 ratings
55.
The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage
The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage 4.02 avg rating β€” 4,892 ratings
56.
The World Before Us
The World Before Us 3.08 avg rating β€” 1,799 ratings
57.
The Water Knife
The Water Knife 3.85 avg rating β€” 27,627 ratings
58.
The Meursault Investigation
The Meursault Investigation 3.49 avg rating β€” 9,216 ratings
59.
On the Move: A Life
On the Move: A Life 4.03 avg rating β€” 21,245 ratings
59.
The Red Web: The Struggle Between Russia's Digital Dictators and the New Online Revolutionaries
The Red Web: The Struggle Between Russia's Digital Dictators and the New Online Revolutionaries 3.94 avg rating β€” 682 ratings
61.
The Small Backs of Children
The Small Backs of Children 3.46 avg rating β€” 3,496 ratings
61.
The Gracekeepers
The Gracekeepers 3.57 avg rating β€” 7,378 ratings
63.
Spy Games (Philip Mangan #2)
Spy Games (Philip Mangan #2) 3.94 avg rating β€” 1,000 ratings
63.
Three Moments of an Explosion
Three Moments of an Explosion 3.65 avg rating β€” 4,460 ratings
65.
Intimacy Idiot
Intimacy Idiot 3.87 avg rating β€” 1,162 ratings
66.
Undermajordomo Minor
Undermajordomo Minor 3.74 avg rating β€” 15,906 ratings
67.
Half an Inch of Water
Half an Inch of Water 4.02 avg rating β€” 1,409 ratings
68.
The Turnip Princess and Other Newly Discovered Fairy Tales
The Turnip Princess and Other Newly Discovered Fairy Tales 3.62 avg rating β€” 1,118 ratings
69.
The Sandman: Overture
The Sandman: Overture 4.05 avg rating β€” 66,559 ratings
70.
Mosquitoland
Mosquitoland 3.86 avg rating β€” 35,513 ratings
70.
This Town: Two Parties and a Funeral β€” plus plenty of valet parking! β€” in America's Gilded Capital
This Town: Two Parties and a Funeral β€” plus plenty of valet parking! β€” in America's Gilded Capital 3.48 avg rating β€” 7,028 ratings
72.
Vermilion: The Adventures of Lou Merriwether, Psychopomp
Vermilion: The Adventures of Lou Merriwether, Psychopomp 3.58 avg rating β€” 2,164 ratings
72.
Return of a King: The Battle for Afghanistan, 1839-42
Return of a King: The Battle for Afghanistan, 1839-42 4.35 avg rating β€” 4,900 ratings
72.
Your Alien
Your Alien 3.91 avg rating β€” 844 ratings
75.
Echo
Echo 4.36 avg rating β€” 46,457 ratings
76.
Thirteen Ways of Looking
Thirteen Ways of Looking 3.95 avg rating β€” 7,009 ratings
76.
Cooking Class: 57 Fun Recipes Kids Will Love to Make
Cooking Class: 57 Fun Recipes Kids Will Love to Make 4.17 avg rating β€” 234 ratings
78.
Interstellar Cinderella
Interstellar Cinderella 4.15 avg rating β€” 3,692 ratings
78.
After Birth
After Birth 3.48 avg rating β€” 3,890 ratings
80.
The Light of the World
The Light of the World 4.10 avg rating β€” 10,142 ratings
81.
Mezze: Small plates to share
Mezze: Small plates to share really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 43 ratings
82.
Collected Fiction
Collected Fiction 3.86 avg rating β€” 977 ratings
83.
Television Is the New Television: The Unexpected Triumph of Old Media in the Digital Age
Television Is the New Television: The Unexpected Triumph of Old Media in the Digital Age 3.43 avg rating β€” 282 ratings
84.
The Precious One
The Precious One 3.90 avg rating β€” 11,893 ratings
85.
A Head Full of Ghosts
A Head Full of Ghosts 3.78 avg rating β€” 100,570 ratings
86.
Delicious Foods
Delicious Foods 3.81 avg rating β€” 6,294 ratings
87.
A Kim Jong-Il Production: The Extraordinary True Story of a Kidnapped Filmmaker, His Star Actress, and a Young Dictator's Rise to Power
A Kim Jong-Il Production: The Extraordinary True Story of a Kidnapped Filmmaker, His Star Actress, and a Young Dictator's Rise to Power 4.21 avg rating β€” 6,178 ratings
88.
Tiny Little Thing (Schuyler Sisters, #2)
Tiny Little Thing (Schuyler Sisters, #2) 3.93 avg rating β€” 16,686 ratings
89.
Letter to a Future Lover: Marginalia, Errata, Secrets, Inscriptions, and Other Ephemera Found in Libraries
Letter to a Future Lover: Marginalia, Errata, Secrets, Inscriptions, and Other Ephemera Found in Libraries 3.07 avg rating β€” 362 ratings
90.
Notes on the Assemblage
Notes on the Assemblage 3.77 avg rating β€” 370 ratings
91.
Midnight's Furies: The Deadly Legacy of India's Partition
Midnight's Furies: The Deadly Legacy of India's Partition 4.03 avg rating β€” 2,139 ratings
92.
Indian Harvest: Classic and Contemporary Vegetarian Dishes
Indian Harvest: Classic and Contemporary Vegetarian Dishes 3.82 avg rating β€” 49 ratings
93.
Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America
Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America 4.39 avg rating β€” 1,962 ratings
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Orient
Orient 3.56 avg rating β€” 2,560 ratings
95.
Showa 1953-1989: A History of Japan
Showa 1953-1989: A History of Japan 4.40 avg rating β€” 1,054 ratings
96.
Strangers Drowning: Grappling with Impossible Idealism, Drastic Choices, and the Overpowering Urge to Help
Strangers Drowning: Grappling with Impossible Idealism, Drastic Choices, and the Overpowering Urge to Help 3.91 avg rating β€” 2,864 ratings
97.
The Vilna Vegetarian Cookbook: Garden-Fresh Recipes Rediscovered and Adapted for Today's Kitchen
The Vilna Vegetarian Cookbook: Garden-Fresh Recipes Rediscovered and Adapted for Today's Kitchen 4.06 avg rating β€” 113 ratings
98.
Binary Star
Binary Star 3.26 avg rating β€” 2,209 ratings
99.
Tales from the Loop (Tales from the Loop, #1)
Tales from the Loop (Tales from the Loop, #1) 4.29 avg rating β€” 4,362 ratings
100.
Find Me
Find Me 2.88 avg rating β€” 4,897 ratings
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