LibGuides: Best Books of 2015: Best Fiction Titles of 2015

A - F

A Banquet of Consequences by Elizabeth George
Call Number: Wilm Circulating Books PS 3557 .E478 B36 2015b
ISBN: 9780525954330
Publication Date: 2015-10-27
Washington Post
Bastards of the Reagan Era by Reginald Dwayne Betts
Call Number: Wilm Circulating Books PS 3602 .E826 B37 2015
ISBN: 9781935536659
Publication Date: 2015-09-29
Library Journal
Beauty Is a Wound by Eka Kurniawan; Annie Tucker
Call Number: Wilm Circulating Books PL 5089 .K78 C3613 2015
ISBN: 9780811223638
Publication Date: 2015-09-08
Publishers Weekly Top 10, New York Times Book Review, Booklist, Kirkus
Winner - World Readers Award
The Bourbon Kings by J. R. Ward
Call Number: Wilm Circulating Books PS 3623 .A73227 B68 2015
ISBN: 9780451475268
Publication Date: 2015-07-28
Amazon
The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro
Call Number: Wilm Circulating Books PR 6059 .S5 B87 2015
ISBN: 9780307271037
Publication Date: 2015-03-03
Washington Post, NPR, Huffington
The Cartel by Don Winslow
Call Number: Wilm Circulating Books PS 3573 .I5326 C37 2015
ISBN: 9781101874998
Publication Date: 2015-06-23
Publishers Weekly
Winner - LA Times Book Prize for Mystery
Circling the Sun: A Novel by Paula McLain
Call Number: Wilm Circulating Books PS 3563 .C383495 C57 2015
ISBN: 9780345534187
Publication Date: 2015-07-28
Amazon, NPR
Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine
Call Number: Wilm Circulating Books PS 3568 .A572 C58 2014
ISBN: 9781555976903
Publication Date: 2014-10-07
New York Times Book Review, Library Journal, NPR
Finalist - National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism
Winner - National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry
Winner - LA Times Book Prize for Poetry
Winner - PEN Open Book Award
The Crossing: A Novel by Michael Connelly
Call Number: Wilm Circulating Books PS 3553 .O51165 C76 2015
ISBN: 9780316225885
Publication Date: 2015-11-03
NPR
Descent: A Novel by Tim Johnston
Call Number: Wilm Circulating Books PS 3610 .O395 D47 2015
ISBN: 9781616203047
Publication Date: 2015-01-06
NPR
The Emperor of Water Clocks: Poems by Yusef Komunyakaa; Jeff Clark (Designed by)
Call Number: Wilm Circulating Books PS 3561 .O455 A6 2015
ISBN: 9780374147839
Publication Date: 2015-10-06
Washington Post, Library Journal
The English Spy by Daniel Silva
Call Number: Wilm Circulating Books PS 3619 .I5443 E59 2015
ISBN: 9780062320131
Publication Date: 2015-06-30
Amazon
Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff
Call Number: Wilm Circulating Books PS 3607 .R6344 F38 2015
ISBN: 9781594634475
Publication Date: 2015-09-15
Washington Post Top 10, Buzzfeed, New York Times Book Review, Amazon, NPR, Library Journal Top 10, Booklist, Kirkus
Finalist - Kirkus Prize
Finalist - National Book Award - Fiction
Finalist - National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction
Finders Keepers: A Novel by Stephen King
Call Number: Wilm Circulating Books PS 3561 .I483 F56 2015b
ISBN: 9781501100079
Publication Date: 2015-06-02
Washington Post, Amazon
Fortune Smiles: Stories by Adam Johnson
Call Number: Wilm Circulating Books PS 3610 .O3 A6 2015
ISBN: 9780812997477
Publication Date: 2015-08-18
NPR, Washington Post, Buzzfeed, New York Times Book Review, Kirkus
Winner - National Book Award - Fiction
Finalist - LA Times Book Prize for Fiction

G - O

The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
Call Number: Wilm Circulating Books PR 6108 .A963 G57 2015
ISBN: 9781594633669
Publication Date: 2015-01-13
Publishers Weekly, Amazon, NPR, Kirkus
God Help the Child by Toni Morrison
Call Number: North Circulating Books PS 3563 .O8749 G63 2015
ISBN: 9780307594174
Publication Date: 2015-04-21
New York Times Book Review, Kirkus
Golden Age: A Novel by Jane Smiley
Call Number: Wilm Circulating Books PS 3569 .M39 G65 2015
ISBN: 9780307700346
Publication Date: 2015-10-20
Washington Post, NPR
Heaven: Poems by Rowan Ricardo Phillips
Call Number: Wilm Circulating Books PS 3616 .H467 A6 2015
ISBN: 9780374168520
Publication Date: 2015-06-16
Washington Post, NPR
Winner - Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Poetry
In the Country: Stories by Mia Alvar
Call Number: Wilm Circulating Books PS 3601 .L863 A6 2015
ISBN: 9780385352819
Publication Date: 2015-06-16
Buzzfeed, Publishers Weekly, Amazon, NPR, Kirkus
Winner - PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Fiction
The Japanese Lover by Isabel Allende
Call Number: Wilm Circulating Books PQ 8098.1 .L54 A67513 2015
ISBN: 9781501116971
Publication Date: 2015-11-03
Publishers Weekly
Last Bus to Wisdom: A Novel by Ivan Doig
Call Number: Wilm Circulating Books PS 3554 .O415 L37 2015
ISBN: 9781594632020
Publication Date: 2015-08-18
Amazon, Kirkus
A Manual for Cleaning Women: Selected Stories by Lucia Berlin; Stephen Emerson (Editor); Lydia Davis (Foreword by)
Call Number: Wilm Circulating Books PS 3552 .E72485 A6 2015
ISBN: 9780374202392
Publication Date: 2015-08-18
Buzzfeed, New York Times Book Review, Publishers Weekly, Washington Post, NPR, Kirkus
Finalist - Kirkus Prize
The Marriage of Opposites by Alice Hoffman
Call Number: Wilm Circulating Books PS 3558 .O3447 M37 2015
ISBN: 9781451693591
Publication Date: 2015-08-04
Washington Post, NPR
The Meursault Investigation by Kamel Daoud; John Cullen (Translator)
Call Number: Wilm Circulating Books PQ 3989.3 .D365 M4813 2015
ISBN: 9781590517512
Publication Date: 2015-06-02
New York Times Book Review, Publishers Weekly, Amazon, Library Journal, NPR
Mothers, Tell Your Daughters: Stories by Bonnie Jo Campbell
Call Number: Wilm Circulating Books PS 3553 .A43956 A6 2015
ISBN: 9780393248456
Publication Date: 2015-10-05
NPR, Booklist Top 10
The Nature of the Beast by Louise Penny
Call Number: Wilm Circulating Books PR 9199.4 .P464 N38 2015
ISBN: 9781250022080
Publication Date: 2015-08-25
Amazon, Kirkus
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
Call Number: Wilm Circulating Books PS 3558 .A4763 N55 2015
ISBN: 9780312577223
Publication Date: 2015-02-03
Library Journal, Amazon
Notes on the Assemblage by Juan Felipe Herrera
Call Number: Wilm Circulating Books PS 3558 .E74 N68 2015
ISBN: 9780872866973
Publication Date: 2015-09-15
Washington Post, Library Journal, NPR
Ozone Journal by Peter Balakian
Call Number: Wilm Circulating Books PS 3552 .A443 O97 2015
ISBN: 9780226207032
Publication Date: 2015-03-26
Winner - Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

P - Z

Purity: A Novel by Jonathan Franzen
Call Number: Wilm Circulating Books PS 3556 .R352 P87 2015
ISBN: 9780374239213
Publication Date: 2015-09-01
Washington Post Top 10, New York Times Book Review, Amazon, NPR, Booklist, Kirkus
Rogue Lawyer by John Grisham
Call Number: Wilm Circulating Books PS 3557 .R5355 R64 2015
ISBN: 9780385539432
Publication Date: 2015-10-20
Washington Post, NPR
The Sandman: Overture by Neil Gaiman; J. H. Williams (Illustrator)
Call Number: Wilm Young Adult Books PN 6728 .S26 G4 2015
ISBN: 9781401248963
Publication Date: 2015-11-10
Booklist Best Graphic Books 2015 Washington Post, NPR
Winner - Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story
The Secret Chord by Geraldine Brooks
Call Number: Wilm Circulating Books PR 9619.3 .B7153 S43 2015
ISBN: 9780670025770
Publication Date: 2015-10-06
Washington Post, NPR, Booklist
A Spool of Blue Thread: A Novel by Anne Tyler
Call Number: Wilm Circulating Books PS 3570 .Y45 S68 2015
ISBN: 9781101874271
Publication Date: 2015-02-10
Washington Post, Amazon, Library Journal, NPR
SuperMutant Magic Academy by Jillian Tamaki
Call Number: Wilm Young Adult Books PN 6733 .T35 S87 2015
ISBN: 9781770461987
Publication Date: 2015-04-28
Booklist Best Graphic Books of 2015
Publishers Weekly, NPR
The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen
Call Number: Wilm Circulating Books PS 3614 .G97 S96 2015
ISBN: 9780802123459
Publication Date: 2015-04-07
Buzzfeed, New York Times Book Review, Publishers Weekly, Washington Post, Amazon, Library Journal Top 10, Booklist, Kirkus
Winner - Carnegie Medal of Excellence for Fiction
Winner - Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
Winner - Edgar Award for Best First Novel
Winner - Center for Fiction First Novel Prize
Winner - Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature in Fiction
Winner - Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize
Finalist - PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
Finalist - PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Fiction
Finalist - LA Times Book Prize for Mystery
Thirteen Ways of Looking; Fiction by Colum McCann
Call Number: Wilm Circulating Books PR 6063 .C335 A6 2015
ISBN: 9780812996722
Publication Date: 2015-10-13
New York Times Book Review, Amazon, NPR
The Tsar of Love and Techno: Stories by Anthony Marra
Call Number: Wilm Circulating Books PS 3613 .A768726 A6 2015
ISBN: 9780770436438
Publication Date: 2015-10-06
New York Times Book Review, Publishers Weekly, Washington Post, NPR, Booklist, Kirkus
Finalist - National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction
Voyage of the Sable Venus and Other Poems by Robin Coste Lewis
Call Number: Wilm Circulating Books PS 3612 .E98 A6 2015
ISBN: 9781101875438
Publication Date: 2015-09-29
Winner - National Book Award - Poetry
Finalist - LA Times Book Prize for Poetry