Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish. As we are getting close to the end of the year, TTT is prompting us to recap our favourite books of 2015 with this week’s theme:
Top Ten Best Books I Read In 2015 (you can do it by only 2015 releases, overall , by genre (top ten fantasy books I read in 2015), etc. however you choose to make your BEST list)
It’s a tough one to narrow it down to only ten books I think, but I’ll try my best!
As always I just want to remind you that this is a list that is coincidentally numbered, but not a ranking per se.
1. The Martian by Andy Weir
There was no way on earth I wouldn’t put this book on the list! I love the Martian with all my heart and I was surprised by how quickly it grew on me. Read the full review here!
2. My Life Next Door by Huntley Fitzpatrick
Did I mention how much I love this book? I didn’t expect it to have so much depth and lovable characters. I would trade places with Samantha in a second if it meant I’d be able to live next to the Garretts.
3. Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
I heard a lot of mixed opinions about Red Queen, but I truly loved it. The twist! The betrayal! I cannot wait for Glass Sword to come out! Read the full review here!
4. The Infernal Devices by Cassandra Clare
Cassandra Clare is my queen for creating the Shadowhunter world!!! I’ve finished the Mortal Instruments this year as well, but The Infernal Devices are just a little better. Not everyone can create such an epic love triangle and end it that way too. Read my full review here!
5. My Heart and Other Black Holes by Jasmine Warga
My Heart and Other Black Holes tackles such a sensitive issue, but it does so in a tasteful way. I loved Jasmine Warga‘s debut and I am expecting great things from her in the future! Read the full review here!
6. A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
A fairy tale retelling with actual faes? What more could you want? No, but seriously, I loved those books and the release of A Court of Mist and Fury can’t come soon enough. I am in love with all the characters! Read the full review here!
7. Rebel Belle by Rachel Hawkins
Rebel Belle wasn’t what I expected at all! It was funny and bad-ass and had this Southern feel to it. I really enjoyed it and am still furious that the second book has been released for ages, but my country doesn’t get it until March 2016 …
8. The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart
I read this book during my stay in Wales and it definitely surprised me by not going the way I thought it would at all. I have to admit that I would have liked a different ending better, but I love the statement the book made!
9. The Magicians Trilogy by Lev Grossman
I’ve complained and changed my mind and kept mentioning those books. They are weirdly paced and not a grown-up Harry Potter at all, much more in the realm of Narnia. They are extreme and loud and with very unlikable characters, but somehow those books just stuck with me. That makes them important for this year! Read my review of Book 1 here!
10. A Thousand Pieces of You by Claudia Gray
Another book that wasn’t exactly the way I thought it would be. Still, the part in Russia still pulls at my heart-strings and I can’t wait to continue the series. Read the full review here!
What were some of your favourite reads this year? Go ahead and share a link to your TTT in the comments below!
I think we have 0 books in common this week 😀 great list!
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LOL! That is unusual, but okay. Can’t wait to check out your list!
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right? we usually have SOME in common… lol, it’s up now 😉
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Exactly! Well, I am heading over right now to see what made it onto your list!
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I read My Life Next Door this year too and afjdklasd it was so so adorable. I LOVE THE GARRETTS. They totally captured big-family-life. hehe And I seriously want to read The Martian. I see it everywhere and I’m always a sucker for hype.
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I haven’t read any of these yet but they’re all on my list! I’ll definitely give them a go now!
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I hope you’ll like them. I’ve obviously enjoyed them very much ahaha
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Ahh!! SO MUCH LOVE FOR THIS LIST. I also love lists, but this is EPIC! ^.^ Sorry for all my excitement, btw.
I loved TID series, the ending still gets me. I still wish I could forget the whole thing and reread as if I didn’t know what would hit me. And Red Queen!! I loved the book. I know there was a lot of back and forth, but I enjoyed it immensely. I really want to read A Thousand Pieces of You for the time travel element as well, that sort of thing just speaks to me. LOL.
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NEVER APOLOGIZE FOR YOUR ENTHUSIASM!!! That’s a great quality and I love list too by the way hahaha
I often wish I could forget about books just to experience them for the first them again. A Thousand Pieces of You doesn’t actually have time travel in it, but it feels that way because some parallel universes are less developed haha
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Ah, my bad! Now that you’re talking about ATPoY, I do recall someone else saying the same thing and I keep calling it time travel, lol! *smh* >.<
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Don’t worry about it! Those are easy to confuse in my opinion!
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If I get The Martian for Christmas (which I told my family as soon as I came home from seeing the movie, so they should have gotten the hint *wink*), that’s going to be the first book I read after the holidays. 😀
I’m still hoping to fit in two more books before year’s end, so I think I’m going to wait until January to post my year-end favorites lists.
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I so hope you’ll love the Martian as much as me. I found the book way funnier and better at explaining what was going on than the movie. Which doesn’t mean that I didn’t love the movie.
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SO many great books on your list, Kat! My Life Next Door, LOVED THIS. The Disreputable History was quite great, too! I’m very curious about the next installment in the A Thousand Pieces of You series. I liked the first one, but I hope the second won’t disappoint! 🙂
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Thank you, Marie! 🙂 I hope Ten Thousand Skies Above You will have more action and more switching between the universes. I was a little disappointed that we visited so few worlds.
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I hope so, too! I loved the whole idea of different worlds, but I really want to see MORE and more of those! 😀
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I had Red Queen on my list as well! It was so so good! I really want to read My Heart and Other Black Holes. I really enjoyed A Court of Thorns and Roses. Great list! 😀
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Thank you! I obviously enjoyed all books on the list, so I can only recommend My Heart and Other Black Holes 😉
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I LOVED My Heart & Other Black Holes. It was SO GOOD! I still need to read Rebel Belle. It has just been sitting on my shelf. 😐
Great List! 😀
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Thank you! And I loved Rebel Belle, especially because I really imagined it with everyone having a very Southern accent.
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I keep hearing how incredible My Heart and Other Black Holes is AND I STILL. HAVEN’T. READ IT. I guess it is waiting for me at the library, but still, it’s been months of meaning to read it and yet I haven’t. AND IT’S HORRIBLE.
Red Queen was good…I’m excited for Glass Sword, though I still think it should be Golden Sword or something and stick with the color theme. Good cover, though.
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I agree on the title. I was rooting for Silver Sword because of the Silver blood .. but yeah, we’ll see what’s up with the title in a couple of months.
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I guess we will. And Silver Sword makes more sense than Golden Sword or whatever else I said.
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I loved The Disreputable History book! So good!
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Glad you enjoyed that one as well 🙂
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Great post! I’m actually reading Red Queen at the moment and enjoying it so far 🙂
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Oh, then brace yourself for what’s to come and stay away from people who could spoil you about what it might be! I love that book!
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ahh I’m gonna run and hide now!! I don’t want to be spoiled!!
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I would never!!! At least not on purpose hahaha
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Oh my goodness, love your list! So many books on my TBR pile–and near the top! The Martain, Cassandra Clare’s books, Sarah J Maas’s books, A Thousand Pieces of You. Ah, I need to read them in 2016!
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And thanks for stopping by my TTT earlier 🙂
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Sure 🙂 any time!
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So glad you like the list :D! Obviously I can only encourage you to read all those books hahaha
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Basically, we all need unlimited amount of reading time in our lives, right? 🙂
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You got that right!
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Love “The Martian!” And I hae been wanting to read “Red Queen” for so long now…
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I love both those books 😀 I hope you’ll enjoy “Red Queen” once you get to it too!
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I actually thought I liked TID better bc I read it before TMI. But as you said, even when you read the latter first, TIDs still better so I guess it’s really Will and Jem’s compelling story 🙂 *fingers crossed for Lady Midnight*
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I am so incredibly impatient to get my hands on Lady Midnight!!! Another parabatai centered story should be interesting.
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Emma and Julian as parabatais can’t become couples, right? I’m excited on how CC will twist the story!
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I have no idea, that’s why I’m excited!
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