Best Read of 2015?

[Kirsty, Jedi Master]

Doesn't have to be sci-fi or fantasy - what was the best book you read in 2015?

Got to be Words of Radiance for me!
Closely followed by Foundation.

[Paul, A wanderer in unknown realms]

Such a tough call. Wise Mans Fear or Way of Kings or Red Rising or A Darker Shade of Magic or Providence of Fire or Knights Shadow .
Non sff I think it was An Officer and a Spy by Robert Harris for me

[Kimonawhim]

Definately a difficult one, I read quite a few gems this year in my tiny collection of 2015 books.. but if I -really- have to pick, it would be A Monster Calls ... Or Uprooted.. xD I really can't decide! xD

[Kirsty, Jedi Master]

YES A monster calls! I've leant my copy to more people than I can remember. Easily one of the best books I've ever read. Though I'm still not ready to read it again.

[Kimonawhim]

It's only been in my possession briefly, but it's already being passed around my circle of friends and family ;P I know exactly what you mean. I'll re-read it one day, but not yet! I think I'll have it be my final decision of Best Read in 2015; it had so much impact.

[Susie]

I had seven 5-star books in 2015, but only five were really novels. I'm generally pretty particular about what I'm willing to rate that highly; it's been a great year of reading. I'd say that my very favorite would be The Islanders, but it's almost a tie with Slaughterhouse-Five.

[Mpauli, Bitten by a radioactive book]

For me it was definitely Miles Cameron's The Dread Wyrm. I love those really complex series and it is such an interesting mix of historical fiction elements and unique fantasy aspects.

[Lancer, Warden of the Slums]

Mpauli I have The Fell Sword on my shelf to read this year which will likely lead to the Dread Wyrm as well. I read the Red Knight and highly enjoyed it.

I had great year of reading this year with many high scoring books. For sci-fi Red Rising and Morning Star took it, I read so much great fantasy this year but Brian Stavelys books ranked high. Favourite Fantasy though was the first 3 books of John Gwynne's Faithful and the Fallen series (Malice, Valor, & Ruin)

For a non-SFF book it would be The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde or Stephen King's The Stand.

Hard to choose just one for each category because of such a great year!

[Roger, Knight Radiant]

I really enjoyed Tigana it was one of my favorite reads of the year, but my favorite would have to be Next of Kin: My Conversations with Chimpanzees. I'm not usually a big fan of non fiction but that book made me very emotional.

[Andreas]

I was more on the SF side: Aurora did it for me, but also Children of Time.

[Audrey, Queen of the Potato People]

My favorites were The Martian and Insomnia and, because I'm a physical sciences nerd, Molecules: The Elements and the Architecture of Everything.

[Wayland, Ernest Scribbler]

I just did a post about this, actually.

http://unleadedwriting.com/2015/12/31...

[Roger, Knight Radiant]

Audrey wrote: "My favorites were The Martian and Insomnia and, because I'm a physical sciences nerd, Molecules: The Elements and the Architecture of Everything."

I almost said The Martian as well, even though it was my best read of 2014 I re-read it twice this past year and loved it.

[Jeff]

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

[Melanie]

Legion, Ender's Game, and The Impossible Knife of Memory (not sff but I loved it).

[Scott]

I don't know if I can pick just one book. 2015 was my year of Malazan and it blew my mind. That whole series ties for my favorite read of the year.

[imyril]

My favourite was Station Eleven - I have a big soft spot for apocalypse fiction, and I loved the connections between the characters and the rose-tinted long view back on our modern day lives - it's not often you get a sense of regret for what's lost (so many apocalypse novels just focus on surviving the collapse).

[Paul, A wanderer in unknown realms]

I think we had that as one of our monthly reads.

[imyril]

I might have to fish out the thread. I know some people found it a bit slow and bloodless, but that was exactly why I liked it.

[Paul, A wanderer in unknown realms]

It wasn't quite my cup of tea but the writing was brilliant

[Bana AZ]

This topic looks interesting. I'll be adding to my TBR from this thread.

I can't choose one so my top three are:
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides (non sff)
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
The Young Elites by Marie Lu

[Jeff]

Flowers for Algernon and The Moon is a harsh mistress were my faves from last year.I did read quite a few Malazan novels last year,that would be third favorite ,rating the whole series not a particular book.

[Lancer, Warden of the Slums]

Currently read the final book in Brian Staveley's Chronicles of the Unhewn Throne trilogy. The first two (as a pair) were in my top 5 of 2015 and so far the last mortal bond has been great. If it keeps at the quality of the first third I believe it will be the best of the three.

[Jeff]

I am reading book 1 right now lancer,it is quite good.