Steph’s List of the Best Genre Books of 2015

Okay – so the truth is I’ve only read about 37 books so far this year, and only some of them were published in 2015 (about 10 of them), but hear me out. Read to the end because I have an idea. After reading some of the vapid “Best of 2015” book lists from the New York Times, I found myself nodding off and thinking to myself — I wouldn’t have picked up any one of these books on my own. Who writes these lists? Anal retentive literary snobs?

Because I mostly read genre stuff (with some literatur...