Amazon has released their annual package of the year’s bestselling, newly-published books for 2015, across multiple categories. Note in particular that, as usual, the publicized lists cover books published during 2015 only. So if you are interested in the titles that sold the best at Amazon during the year, you want to refer to their product bestseller lists that show the most popular print books and ebooks. In the lists released today, these are their top 20 new books for 2015, with combined print and ebook sales: 1. The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins 2. Grey: Fifty Shades […]
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More Best Books of the Year
There has been an abundance of new “best books” over the past few days, among them: Time magazine’s top 10 works of fiction and nonfiction, as well as: Huffington Post Best Fiction Seattle Times critics’ picks Boston Globe St. Louis Post Dispatch Globe and Mail Among retailers, lists were issued by: Kobo Amazon Canada And Canada’s National Post finished their countdown, naming Ta-Nehisi Coates‘ Between the World and Me as their number one pick for the year.
The Best Books of 2015 — From the NYT, and Overall
The NYT Book Review announced their top 10 books of the year, a mix of critics’ favorites (Ferrante and Coates) and less expected outliers (Szabo and Seierstad): Fiction The Door, by Magda Szabo (translated by Len Rix) A Manual for Cleaning Women, by Lucia Berlin Outline, by Rachel Cusk The Sellout, by Paul Beatty The Story of the Lost Child, by Elena Ferrante (translated by Ann Goldstein) Nonfiction Between the World and Me, by Ta-Nehisi Coates Empire of Cotton, by Sven Beckert H Is for Hawk, by Helen Macdonald The Invention of Nature, by Andrea Wulf One of Us: The […]
Goodreads Choice, LibraryReads’ Favorites, Amazon December, and Other Picks
Goodreads announced the voting for their Best Books of 2015 across all categories. The top vote-getter by a margin of more than two to one — with over 100,000 reader votes — was The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins, topping their mystery & thriller category. Readers also picked: Historical Fiction: The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah Fiction: Go Set A Watchman by Harper Lee Young Adult: All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven Romance: Confess by Colleen Hoover Science Fiction: Golden Son by Pierce Brown Fantasy: Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances by Neil Gaiman Horror: Saint Odd by Dean Koontz […]
Barnes & Noble 2015 Fiction Picks, and More
End of year lists will heat up after the holiday, but there are already a few picks of note to catch up on. Most recently, embedded in their new multi-category “gift guide” Barnes & Noble appears to pick their favorite fiction for 2015, leaning heavily towards what they are selling: Armada, by Ernest Cline After Alice, by Gregory Maguire The Bazaar of Bad Dreams, by Stephen King City on Fire, by Garth Risk Hallberg Come Rain or Come Shine, by Jan Karon Fates and Furies, by Lauren Groff The Girl on the Train, by Paula Hawkins Go Set a Watchman, […]
Three NBA Nominees On Washington Post’s 10 Best of 2015
Before the awards were handed out Wednesday, the Washington Post issued their picks for the 10 best books of the year, including National Book Award nominees Ta-Nehisi Coates, Lauren Groff and Hanya Yanagihara. (Indeed, these three are already the clear leaders in our annual aggregation of the Best of the Best of Lists.) The full package includes the Post’s traditional larger lists of notable fiction and nonfiction, along with a number of category lists. The full top 10 are: Nonfiction Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS, Joby Warrick Future Crimes, Marc Goodman Negroland, Margo Jefferson Destiny […]