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Books Read in 2015

This is a list of the books that I've read in 2015, broken up into Middle Grade Books, Young Adult Books, and Adult Books. I have not listed picture books, because I read so many of them (though I do review the ones that particularly strike me).

Early Reader to Middle Grade Books

  1. Kate Milford: The Greenglass House. Clarion Books. Middle Grade. Completed January 4, 2015, on Kindle.
  2. Jordan Stratford (ill. Kelly Murphy): The Wollstonecraft Detective Agency, Book 1: The Case of the Missing Moonstone. Knopf Books for Young Readers. Middle Grade. Completed January 8, 2015. My review.
  3. Jonathan Stroud: Lockwood & Co, Book 2: The Whispering Skull. Disney-Hyperion. Middle Grade Fiction. Completed January 14, 2015, on MP3.
  4. Jennifer A. Nielsen: Mark of the Thief (Praetor War, Book 1). Scholastic. Middle Grade/Middle School. Completed January 25, 2015. My review.
  5. John Christopher: The White Mountains (Tripods, Book 1). Aladdin. Middle Grade. Completed February 13, 2015, on MP3.
  6. S. S. Taylor: The Expeditioners and the Secret of King Triton's Lair. McSweeney's McMullens. Middle Grade/Middle School. Completed February 14, 2015. My review.
  7. Ransom Riggs: Hollow City: The Second Novel of Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children. Quirk Books. Middle Grade/Middle School. Completed February 20, 2015, on MP3.
  8. Jennifer L. Holm: The Fourteenth Goldfish. Random House Books for Young Readers. Middle Grade Fiction. Completed March 11, 2015, library download.
  9. Alexander Key: The Forgotten Door. Scholastic. Middle Grade Fiction. Completed March 18, 2015, on Kindle.
  10. Roald Dahl: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Puffin Books. Middle Grade Fiction. Completed March 23, 2015, on Kindle.
  11. Jeanne Birdsall: The Penderwicks in Spring. Knopf Books for Young Readers. Middle Grade Fiction. Completed March 31, 2015. My review.
  12. Sara Pennypacker (ill. Marla Frazee): Completely Clementine. Disney Hyperion. Middle Grade. Completed April 1, 2015. My review.
  13. Kate Hannigan: The Detective's Assistant. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. Middle Grade. Completed April 2, 2015. My review..
  14. Henry Clark: The Book That Proves Time Travel Happens. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. Middle Grade. Completed April 3, 2015. My review.
  15. Lee Bacon: Joshua Dread. Delacorte Press. Middle Grade Fiction. Completed April 8, 2015.
  16. Zilpha Keatley Snyder: The Changeling. Open Road Media. Middle Grade Fiction. Completed April 11, 2015, on Kindle.
  17. Megan Frazer Blakemore: The Friendship Riddle. Bloomsbury USA Children's Books. Middle Grade Fiction. Completed April 14, 2015. My review.
  18. Zilpha Keatley Snyder: Below the Root (Green Sky Trilogy, Book 1). Open Road Media. Middle Grade Fiction. Completed April 17, 2015, on Kindle.
  19. John Christopher: The City of Gold and Lead (Tripods Trilogy, Book 2). Aladdin Books. Middle Grade Fiction. Completed April 25, 2015, on MP3.
  20. John Christopher: The Pool of Fire (Tripods Trilogy, Book 3). Aladdin Books. Middle Grade Fiction. Completed April 28, 2015, on MP3.
  21. Jennifer L. Holm (ill. Matthew Holm): Babymouse: Queen of the World. Random House Books for Young Readers. Early Middle Grade Graphic Novel. Completed April 29, 2015 (read aloud to my daughter).
  22. John Stephens: The Black Reckoning (Books of Beginning, Book 3). Knopf Books for Young Readers. Middle Grade Fiction. Completed May 16, 2015. My review.
  23. Marc Brown: Buster's Dino Dilemma (An Arthur Chapter Book). Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. Early Chapter Book. Completed May 18, 2015 (read aloud to my daughter).
  24. Liz Garton Scanlon: The Great Good Summer. Beach Lane Books. Middle Grade Fiction. Completed May 21, 2015. My review.
  25. Jack Patton: Battle Bugs 1: The Lizard War. Scholastic. Illustrated Early Chapter Book. Completed May 25, 2015 (read aloud to my daughter).
  26. Todd H. Doodler: Super FLy: The World's Smallest Superhero. Bloomsbury. Illustrated Early Chapter Book. Completed June 3, 2015. My review.
  27. Shannon Hale and Dean Hale (ill. LeUyen Pham): The Princess in Black. Candlewick Press. Illustrated Early Chapter Book. Completed June 7, 2015 (read aloud to my daughter). My review.
  28. Lauren DeStefano: A Curious Tale of the In-Between. Bloomsbury USA Children's Books. Middle Grade / Middle School. Completed June 12, 2015 (ARC). My review.
  29. Shannon Hale and Dean Hale (ill. LeUyen Pham): The Princess in Black and the Perfect Princess Party. Candlewick Press. Illustrated Early Chapter Book. Completed June 18, 2015 (read aloud to my daughter). My review.
  30. Maryrose Wood: The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book 5: The Unmapped Sea. Balzer + Bray. Middle Grade Fiction. Completed July 10, 2015, on MP3.
  31. Linda Urban: Milo Speck, Accidental Agent. HMH Kids. Middle Grade Fiction. Completed July 19, 2015. My review.
  32. Annie Barrows: Magic in the Mix. Bloomsbury USA Children's Books. Middle Grade Fiction. Completed July 28, 2015. My review.
  33. Ellen Potter: Piper Green and the Fairy Tree. Yearling / Knopf Books for Young Readers. Illustrated Early Chapter Book. Completed July 29, 2015. My review.
  34. Ellen Potter: Piper Green and the Fairy Tree: Too Much Good Luck. Yearling / Knopf Books for Young Readers. Illustrated Early Chapter Book. Completed July 29, 2015. My review.
  35. Liam O'Donnell (ill. Aurelie Grand): West Meadows Detectives: The Case of the Snack Snatcher. Owl Kids. Illustrated Early Chapter Book. Completed August 24, 2015. My review.
  36. Bill Harley (ill. Adam Gustavson): Charlie Bumpers vs. the Perfect Little Turkey. Peachtree Publishing. Illustrated Early Chapter Book. Completed August 25, 2015. My review.
  37. Holly Black & Cassandra Clare: The Copper Gauntlet: Magisterium, Book 2. Scholastic. Middle Grade Fiction. Completed September 2, 2015. My review.
  38. Michelle Cuevas: Confessions of an Imaginary Friend: A Memoir by Jacques Papier. Dial Books. Middle Grade Fiction. Completed September 8, 2015. My review.
  39. Sarah Mlynowski, Lauren Myracle and Emily Jenkins: Upside-Down Magic. Scholastic. Middle Grade Fiction. Completed September 12, 2015. My review.
  40. Robert Beatty: Serafina and the Black Cloak. Disney-Hyperion. Middle Grade Fiction. Completed September 21, 2015, on MP3.
  41. Sophia McDougall: Mars Evacuees. HarperCollins. Middle Grade Science Fiction. Completed October 5, 2015, on Kindle.
  42. Kristen Kittscher: The Tiara on the Terrace. HarperCollins. Middle Grade Fiction (Mystery). Completed October 16, 2015, printed ARC. My review.
  43. Paul Tobin (ill. Thierry Lafontaine): How to Capture an Invisible Cat (The Genius Factor, Book 1). Bloomsbury USA Children's. Middle Grade Fiction. Completed October 17, 2015, printed ARC. My review.
  44. Donna Gephart: Death by Toilet Paper. Yearling. Middle Grade Fiction. Completed October 18, 2015. My review.
  45. Jonathan Stroud: The Hollow Boy: Lockwood and Co., Book 3. Disney-Hyperion. Middle Grade Fiction. Completed October 25, 2015, on MP3.
  46. Kekla Magoon: Shadows of Sherwood (Robyn Hoodlum). Bloomsbury USA Children's Books. Middle Grade Fiction. Completed October 30, 2015.
  47. Neal Shusterman and Eric Elfman: Tesla's Attic (Accelerati Trilogy, Book One). Disney-Hyperion. Middle Grade Fiction. Completed December 23, 2015, on MP3.

Young Adult Books

  1. Victoria Laurie: When. Hyperion Books. Young Adult. Completed January 22, 2015. My review.
  2. Tiffany Schmidt: Hold Me Like a Breath: Once Upon a Crime Family. Bloomsbury USA Children's Books. Young Adult. Completed January 24, 2015. My review.
  3. Nick Lake: There Will Be Lies. Bloomsbury USA Children's Books. Young Adult. Completed February 3, 2015. My review.
  4. Megan Miranda: Soulprint. Bloomsbury USA Children's Books. Young Adult. Completed February 8, 2015. My review.
  5. Dan Smith: Big Game. Scholastic. Young Adult Fiction. Completed February 16, 2015. My review.
  6. D. J. MacHale: Strike (SYLO Trilogy, Book 3). Razorbill. Young Adult Fiction. Completed February 22, 2015. While I quite liked the ending of this book, and the wrapping up of the questions posed through the trilogy, I found this title a bit didactic for my personal taste.
  7. Maureen Johnson: The Shadow Cabinet (Shades of London). Putnam. Young Adult Fiction. Completed March 8, 2015. My review.
  8. Harlan Coben: Found: A Mickey Bolitar Novel. G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers. Young Adult Fiction. Completed March 14, 2015, on Kindle.
  9. Demitria Lunetta: In the End (In the After). HarperTeen. Young Adult Fiction. Completed March 22, 2015, on Kindle.
  10. Allen Zadoff: I Am the Traitor (Unknown Assassin, Book 3). Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. Young Adult Fiction. Completed April 25, 2015, on digital ARC. My review.
  11. Laura Amy Schlitz: The Hired Girl. Candlewick. Young Adult Fiction. Completed April 26, 2015, on digital ARC. My review.
  12. Melissa E. Hurst: The Edge of Forever. Sky Pony Press. Young Adult Fiction. Completed May 14, 2015, on digital ARC. My review.
  13. Y. S. Lee: The Agency, Book 4: Rivals in the City. Candlewick. Completed May 23, 2015, on Kindle.
  14. Jane Casey: How To Fall (Jess Tannant Mysteries, No. 1). St. Martin's Griffin. Young Adult Mystery. Completed May 30, 2015, on Kindle.
  15. J.E. Anckom: Untaken. Curiosity Quills Press. Young Adult Fiction (post-apocalypse/science fiction). Completed June 1, 2015, on Kindle.
  17. Charlie Higson: The Hunted (an Enemy Novel) Disney-Hyperion. Young Adult Fiction. Completed June 6, 2015. My review.
  18. Sophie Kinsella: Finding Audrey. Delacorte Press. Young Adult Fiction. Completed June 7, 2015. My review.
  19. Gary D. Schmidt: Orbiting Jupiter. Clarion Books. Young Adult Fiction. Completed June 10, 2015. My review.
  20. Matt de la Pena: The Hunted. Delacorte Press. Young Adult Fiction. Completed June 14, 2015.
  21. Stephanie Oakes: The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly. Dial Books. Young Adult Fiction. Completed June 21, 2015, on Kindle.
  22. Julie Berry: The Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place. Roaring Brook Press. Middle School/Young Adult. Completed July 2, 2015, on MP3.
  23. Shari Becker: The Stellow Project. Skyscape (Amazon). Young Adult. Completed July 4, 2015, on Kindle.
  24. Carey Wallace: The Ghost in the Glass House. Clarion Books. Young Adult. Completed July 7, 2015. My review.
  25. Amanda Panitch: Damage Done. Random House Books for Young Readers. Young Adult. Completed July 11, 2015. My review.
  26. Jennifer Lynn Barnes: The Fixer. Bloomsbury USA Children's Books. Young Adult. Completed August 14, 2015, on MP3.
  27. Alan Gratz: Code of Honor. Scholastic Press. Young Adult. Completed August 16, 2015. My review.
  28. Katie Alender: The Dead Girls of Hysteria Hall. Point (Scholastic). Young Adult. Completed August 28, 2015, printed ARC. My review.
  29. Stephanie Tromly: Trouble Is A Friend of Mine. Kathy Dawson Books. Young Adult. Completed September 27, 2015, on Kindle.
  30. Gwenda Bond: Fallout (Lois Lane). Switch Press. Young Adult. Completed October 8, 2015, on Kindle.
  31. Michelle Painchaud: Pretending to Be Erica. Viking Books for Young Readers. Young Adult. Completed October 11, 2015, on Kindle.
  32. Jennifer Latham: Scarlett Undercover. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. Young Adult. Completed October 11, 2015, on Kindle.
  33. Ransom Riggs: Library of Souls: The Third Novel of Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children. Quirk Books. Middle School / Young Adult. Completed October 15, 2015, on MP3.
  34. Amber J. Keyser: The Way Back from Broken. Carolrhoda Lab. Young Adult Fiction. Completed October 18, 2015. My review.
  35. Jennifer Donnelly: These Shallow Graves. Delacorte Press. Young Adult Fiction. Completed November 10, 2015, on MP3. The historical details (including realistic constraints surrounding young women in the 1890s) were very well done. But the plot was quite predictable, with nary a revelation that I didn't see coming.
  36. Scott Sigler: Alive (Generations Trilogy, Book 1). Del Rey. Young Adult Fiction. Completed December 17, 2015, on MP3.

Adult Books

  1. Rhys Bowen: Her Royal Spyness: The Twelve Clues of Christmas. Berkley. Adult Mystery. Completed January 5, 2015, on MP3.
  2. Susan Cain: Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking. Broadway Books. Adult Nonfiction. Completed January 11, 2015 (Kindle and print).
  3. Rhys Bowen: Her Royal Spyness: Heirs and Graces. Berkley. Adult Mystery. Completed January 17, 2015, on MP3.
  4. Charles Duhigg: The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business. Random House. Adult Nonfiction. Completed January 19, 2015, on Kindle.
  5. Rhys Bowen: Her Royal Spyness: Queen of Hearts. Berkley. Adult Mystery. Completed January 24, 2015, on MP3.
  6. Orson Scott Card: Ender's Shadow. Tor Books. Teen/Adult Science Fiction. Completed February 2, 2015, on MP3.
  7. Orson Scott Card: Shadow of the Hegeon. Tor Books. Adult Science Fiction. Completed February 9, 2015, on MP3.
  8. Christine Carter: The Sweet Spot: How to Find Your Groove at Home and Work. Ballantine Books. Adult Nonfiction. Completed February 11, 2015, on Kindle.
  9. Ron Lieber: The Opposite of Spoiled: Raising Kids Who Are Grounded, Generous, and Smart About Money. Harper. Adult Nonfiction. Completed February 16, 2015, on Kindle.
  10. Nancy Newman: Raising Passionate Readers: 5 Easy Steps to Success in School and Life. Tribeca View Press. Adult Nonfiction. Completed February 27, 2015. My review.
  11. D. E. Stevenson: Listening Valley. Sourcebooks Landmark. Adult Fiction. Completed March 3, 2015, on MP3.
  12. D. E. Stevenson: Celia's House. Sourcebooks. Adult Fiction. Completed March 8, 2015, on MP3.
  13. Laura Lippman: Hush Hush: A Tess Monaghan Novel. William Morrow. Adult Mystery. Completed March 13, 2015, on MP3.
  14. D. E. Stevenson: The Four Graces. Sourcebooks. Adult Fiction. Completed March 15, 2015, on Kindle.
  15. Stephen King: The Shining. Anchor. Adult Fiction. Completed March 28, 2015, on Kindle.
  16. Orson Scott Card: Shadow Puppets. Tor Books. Adult Science Fiction. Completed April 3, 2015, on MP3.
  17. Orson Scott Card: Shadow of the Giant. Tor Books. Adult Science Fiction. Completed April 22, 2015, on MP3.
  18. Kazuo Ishiguro: The Buried Giant. Knopf Books. Adult Fiction. Completed May 5, 2015, on MP3.
  19. Daniel T. Willingham: Raising Kids Who Read. Jossey-Bass. Adult Nonfiction. Completed May 7, 2015.
  20. Katherine Neville: The Eight. Ballantine Books. Adult Fiction. Completed May 19, 2015, on MP3.
  21. Craig Johnson: Dry Bones: A Walt Longmire Novel. Viking. Adult Mystery. Completed May 23, 2015, on MP3.
  22. Dorothy Gilman: The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax. Fawcett. Adult Mystery. Completed June 2, 2015, on MP3.
  23. Daniel T. Willingham: Why Don't Students Like School: A Cognitive Scientist Answers Questions About How the Mind Works and What it Means for the Classroom. Jossey-Bass. Adult Nonfiction. Completed June 3, 2015.
  24. Carol Dweck: Mindset. Ballantine Books. Adult Nonfiction. Completed June 10, 2015.
  25. Katherine Neville: The Fire. Ballantine Books. Adult Fiction. Completed June 11, 2015, on MP3.
  26. Julie Lythcott-Haims: How to Raise an Adult: Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid for Success. Henry Holt and Co. Adult Nonfiction. Completed June 15, 2015, on Kindle.
  27. Tana French: The Likeness. Penguin Books. Adult Mystery. Completed June 22, 2015, on MP3.
  28. Charlaine Harris: Day Shift (Midnight, Texas: Book 2). Ace. Adult Mystery. Completed June 27, 2015, on MP3.
  29. Tana French: In the Woods. Penguin Books. Adult Mystery. Completed July 24, 2015, on MP3.
  30. Suzanne Chazin: The Land of Careful Shadows. Kensington. Adult Mystery. Completed July 31, 2015, on MP3.
  31. Ingrid Thoft: Loyalty. Berkley. Adult Mystery. Completed August 5, 2015, on Kindle.
  32. Thomas Perry: A String of Beads (Jane Whitefield). Mysterious Press. Adult Mystery. Completed August 6, 2015, on MP3.
  33. Ingrid Thoft: Identify. Berkley. Adult Mystery. Completed August 15, 2015, on Kindle.
  34. Helen Simonson: Major Pettigrew's Last Stand. Random House. Adult Fiction. Completed August 22, 2015, on MP3.
  35. Simone St. James: An Inquiry into Love and Death. NAL. Adult Mystery. Completed August 29, 2015, on MP3.
  36. Louise Penny: The Nature of the Beast (A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel). Minotaur Books. Adult Mystery. Completed September 5, 2015, on MP3.
  37. Ingrid Thoft: Brutality. G. P. Putnam's Sons. Adult Mystery. Completed September 7, 2015, on Kindle.
  38. Simone St. James: Silence for the Dead. NAL Books. Adult Mystery. Completed September 11, 2015, on MP3.
  39. Lee Child: Make Me (A Reacher Novel). Delacorte Press. Adult Mystery. Completed September 15, 2015.
  40. Amy McCready: The Me, Me, Me Epidemic: A Step-by-Step Guide to Raising Capable, Grateful Kids in an Over-Entitled World. Tarcher. Adult Nonfiction (Parenting). Completed September 22, 2015.
  41. Emily St. John Mandel: Station Eleven. Vintage. Adult Fiction. Completed October 1, 2015, on MP3.
  42. Gretchen Rubin: Better than Before: Mastering the Habits of Our Everyday Lives. Crown. Adult Nonfiction. Completed October 24, 2015, on Kindle.
  43. Gary Taubes: Why We Get Fat: And What To Do About It. Anchor. Adult Nonfiction. Completed October 27, 2015, on Kindle.
  44. Stefanie Pintoff: Hostage Taker. Bantam. Adult Mystery/Thriller. Completed November 15, 2015, on Kindle.
  45. Jason Gay: Little Victories: Perfect Rules for Imperfect Living. Doubleday. Adult Nonfiction. Completed November 21, 2015, on Kindle.
  46. Elizabeth George: A Banquet of Consequences. Viking. Adult Mystery. Completed November 21, 2015, on MP3.
  47. William R. Forstchen: One Second After. Tor Books. Adult Speculative Fiction. Completed November 22, 2015, on Kindle.
  48. Michael Connelly: The Crossing (Harry Bosch). Little, Brown. Adult Mystery. Completed November 27, 2015, on MP3.
  49. Janet Evanovich: Tricky Twenty-Two (Stephanie Plum). Bantam. Adult Mystery. Completed December 1, 2015, on MP3.
  50. C. J. Box: Open Season (Joe Pickett, Book 1). Berkley. Adult Mystery. Completed December 5, on MP3.
  51. Brett Battles: Sick: Project Eden Thrillers, Book 1. Amazon Digital Services. Adult Science Fiction. Completed December 5, 2015, on Kindle.
  52. Brett Battles: Exit 9: Project Eden Thrillers, Book 2. Amazon Digital Services. Adult Science Fiction. Completed December 9, 2015, on Kindle.
  53. C. J. Box: Savage Run (Joe Pickett, Book 2). Berkley. Adult Mystery. Completed December 12, 2015, on MP3.
  54. Brett Battles: Pale Horse: Project Eden Thrillers, Book 3. Amazon Digital Services. Adult Science Fiction. Completed December 13, 2015, on Kindle.
  55. Brett Battles: Ashes: Project Eden Thrillers, Book 4. Amazon Digital Services. Adult Science Fiction. Completed December 15, 2015, on Kindle.
  56. Brett Battles: Eden Rising: Project Eden Thrillers, Book 5. Amazon Digital Services. Adult Science Fiction. Completed December 20, 2015, on Kindle.
  57. Brett Battles: Dream Sky: Project Eden Thrillers, Book 6. Amazon Digital Services. Adult Science Fiction. Completed December 25, 2015, on Kindle.
  58. Brett Battles: Down: Project Eden Thrillers, Book 7. Amazon Digital Services. Adult Science Fiction. Completed December 28, 2015, on Kindle.
  59. C. J. Box: Winterkill (Joe Pickett, Book 3). Berkley. Adult Mystery. Completed December 30, 2015, on MP3.

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