Books 2015

This isn’t meant to be a blanket recommendation of these books, though I’ve found more than a few of them very enjoyable. It is simply a log of what I’ve read this year – good, bad, or otherwise. This year I’m adding some color coding as much for myself as anything, so I don’t keep accidentally picking up books by authors I can’t abide. Books in green are favorites – really good reads or somehow special and unique; books in red you couldn’t pay me to read again – unless you pay very well.  Whatever is left in black are just average books.

46 – Watership Down – Richard Adams

45 – Dead Mountain – Donnie Eschar

44 – The Chimes – Charles Dickens

43 – The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time – Mark Haddon

42 – Dead Wake – Erik Larson

41 – Packing for Mars – Mary Roach

40 – The Martian – Andy Weir

39 – Voyage of the Heart – Soraya Lane

38 – Hold Tight – Harlan Coben

37 – The Bees – Laline Paull (Seriously messed up background facts)

36 – Son – Jack Olsen

35 – Hunters Unlucky – Abigail Hilton

34 – Doc: The Rape of the Town of Lovell – Jack Olsen

33 – One Lavender Ribbon – Heather Burch

32 – Gulp – Mary Roach

31 – Come Rain or Come Shine – Jan Karon

30 – Miracle on Voodoo Mountain – Megan Boudreaux

29 – Hope Runs – Días-Ortiz & Gachagua

28 – Go Set a Watchman – Harper Lee

27 – All But My Life – Gerda Weissmann Klein

26 – Beautiful Boy – David Sheff

25 – Moby Dick – Herman Melville

24 – Kokoda – Peter FitzSimmons

23 – Columbine – Dave Cullen

22 – Tears in the Darkness – Michael & Elisabeth Norman

21 – The Seamstress – Bernstein, Thornton, & Samuels

20 – Stiff – Mary Roach

19 – Bonk – Mary Roach

18 – Spook – Mary Roach

17 – Working With Wool – Silvia Olsen

16 – Trailblazer: A Visionary’s Journey – Rachael Lofgren

15 – Home on the Blue Ridge – Pablo Yoder

14 – Love Lifted Me – MarJanita Geigley

13 – To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee

12 – Miracles in the ER – Robert Lesslie MD

11 – Unshaken – Dan Woolley

10 – Shatterproof – Katrina Hoover

09 – Inferno in the Lost Pines – Katrina Hoover

08 – Gray Matter – David I. Levy, MD

07 – Joey’s Story – Ruth Ann Stelfox

06 – Angel in the Rubble – Genelle Guzman-MMcMillan

05 – My Story – Elizabeth Smart

04 – Bridge to Haven – Francine Rivers

03 – Shaking Hands With Mr Parkinson – Gary Miller

02 – We Bought a Zoo – Benjamin Mee

01 – Someplace Safe with Somebody Good – Jan Karon