Right now, I’m in the process of taking a look back at some of my favorite things from the previous year.  Yesterday, I posted my 10 favorite non-fiction books of 2015.  Today, I post my 20 favorite novels!

All of these are worth reading and in fact, I insist that you do.  Let’s enjoy the written word while we can because the future is looking more and more like it’s going to be dominated by illiterates.

(Speaking of which, I should probably point out — before someone else does — that Barbara The Slut and The State We’re In are both collections of short stories, as opposed to being novels.  So be it.)

1. Barbara The Slut And Other People by Lauren Holmes
2. Hollywood Dirt by Alessandra Torre
3. Confess by Colleen Hoover
4. Dark Rooms by Lili Anolik
5. Girl Waits With Gun by Amy Stewart
6. The Green Road by Anne Enright
7. The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
8. A Head Full Of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay
9. The Watchmaker of Filigree Street by Natasha Pulley
10. Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter
11. Asking For It by Lilah Pace
12. Alice by Christina Henry
13. The State We’re In By Anne Beattie
14. The Bookseller by Cynthia Swanson
15. Calf by Andrea Kleine
16. The Gates of Evangeline by Hester Young
17. Follow You Home by Mark Edwards
18. You’re the Earl I Want by Kelly Bowen
19. Rebel Queen by Michelle Moran
20. The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin

Tomorrow, I will be concluding my look back at 2015 with the list that you’ve all been waiting for — my picks for the best 26 films of the year!

Previous Entries In The Best of 2015:

1. Valerie Troutman’s 25 Best, Worst, and Gems I Saw in 2015
2. Necromoonyeti’s Top 15 Metal Albums of 2015
3. 2015 In Review: The Best of SyFy
4. 2015 in Review: The Best of Lifetime
5. 2015 In Review: Lisa’s Picks For The 16 Worst Films of 2015
6. 2015 in Review: Lisa Marie’s 10 Favorite Songs of 2015
7. 2015 in Review: 16 Good Things Lisa Saw On TV
8. 2015 in Review: Lisa’s 10 Favorite Non-Fiction Books of 2015