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The 60 books I read in 2015 year in books

Cover of Saturn Run.

Saturn Run

by John Sandford · published 2015 · read 2015-12-31
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

Cover of Alexander Hamilton.

Alexander Hamilton

by Ron Chernow · published 2004 · read 2015-12-29
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

Cover of Werewolf Cop.

Werewolf Cop

by Andrew Klavan · published 2015 · read 2015-12-22
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

Cover of The Speechwriter: A Brief Education in Politics.

The Speechwriter: A Brief Education in Politics

by Barton Swaim · published 2015 · read 2015-12-20
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

Cover of Dark Corners.

Dark Corners

by Ruth Rendell · published 2015 · read 2015-12-20
★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

Cover of Pacific: The Ocean of the Future.

Pacific: The Ocean of the Future

by Simon Winchester · published 2015 · read 2015-12-17
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

Cover of The Court and the World: American Law and the New Global Realities.

The Court and the World: American Law and the New Global Realities

by Stephen G. Breyer · published 2015 · read 2015-12-06
★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

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Tenacity

by J.S. Law · published 2015 · read 2015-12-03
★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

Cover of The Fellowship: The Literary Lives of the Inklings: J.R.R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, Owen Barfield, Charles Williams.

The Fellowship: The Literary Lives of the Inklings: J.R.R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, Owen Barfield, Charles Williams

by Philip Zaleski · published 2015 · read 2015-11-29
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

Cover of Zero World.

Zero World

by Jason M. Hough · published 2015 · read 2015-11-22
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

Cover of Neverwhere.

Neverwhere

by Neil Gaiman · published 2015 · read 2015-11-17
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

Cover of Without Remorse.

Without Remorse

by Tom Clancy · published 1994 · read 2015-11-01
★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Cover of My Struggle: Book 1.

My Struggle: Book 1

by Karl Ove Knausgård · published 2013 · read 2015-10-24
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

Cover of The Governor's Wife.

The Governor’s Wife

by Michael Harvey · published 2015 · read 2015-10-23
★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

Cover of The Library at Mount Char.

The Library at Mount Char

by Scott Hawkins · published 2015 · read 2015-10-21
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

Cover of The Water Knife.

The Water Knife

by Paolo Bacigalupi · published 2015 · read 2015-10-15
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

Cover of Showdown: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court Nomination That Changed America.

Showdown: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court Nomination That Changed America

by Wil Haygood · published 2015 · read 2015-10-01
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

Cover of Invasion of Privacy.

Invasion of Privacy

by Christopher Reich · published 2015 · read 2015-09-26
★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

Cover of The Name of the Wind.

The Name of the Wind

by Patrick Rothfuss · published 2007 · read 2015-09-24
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

Cover of The Martian.

The Martian

by Andy Weir · published 2014 · read 2015-09-16
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
Equal parts space thriller and science procedural, The Martian is an entertaining read.

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The Dark Forest

by Liu Cixin · published 2015 · read 2015-09-13
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
A follow up to The Three Body Problem that exceeds it in every way. Immense in scope and brilliantly plotted. Wonderful stuff.

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Leaders Ought to Know: 11 Ground Rules for Common Sense Leadership

by Phillip Van Hooser · published 2013 · read 2015-09-13
★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

Cover of Ghost Fleet: A Novel of the Next World War.

Ghost Fleet: A Novel of the Next World War

by P.W. Singer · published 2015 · read 2015-09-08
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
A modern take on the genre that Tom Clancy did best with Red Storm Rising. The authors here get the technology right but the various character threads are underdeveloped, as is the broader political picture.

An entertaining 400 pages, but it makes me nostalgic for the sort of thing Clancy and Larry Bond would do with the same scenario and 1000 pages.

Cover of Iron Wolf.

Iron Wolf

by Dale Brown · published 2015 · read 2015-09-03
★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

Cover of Tin Men.

Tin Men

by Christopher Golden · published 2015 · read 2015-09-01
★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

Cover of The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir.

The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir

by Bill Bryson · published 2007 · read 2015-08-29
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

Cover of The Three-Body Problem.

The Three-Body Problem

by Liu Cixin · published 2014 · last read 2023-02-19
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
On re-read: still one of the most inventive sci-fi books I've read. Liu explores what interaction with an alien race of immense technology might be like, working at the quantum level as well as the interstellar. The first half of the book struggles to get going, but once the reveal happens and the book includes the alien civilization, the story comes alive.

Cover of Spiritual Friendship: Finding Love in the Church as a Celibate Gay Christian.

Spiritual Friendship: Finding Love in the Church as a Celibate Gay Christian

by Wesley Hill · published 2015 · read 2015-08-22
★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Cover of Malestrom: Manhood Swept into the Currents of a Changing World.

Malestrom: Manhood Swept into the Currents of a Changing World

by Carolyn Custis James · published 2015 · read 2015-08-19
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

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Edge of Eternity

by Ken Follett · published 2014 · read 2015-08-17
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

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Between the World and Me

by Ta-Nehisi Coates · published 2015 · read 2015-08-15
★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Cover of The Goblin Emperor.

The Goblin Emperor

by Katherine Addison · published 2014 · read 2015-08-12
★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Cover placeholder for Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA.

Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA

by Tim Weiner · published 2007 · read 2015-08-07
★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Cover of Seveneves.

Seveneves

by Neal Stephenson · published 2015 · read 2015-07-24
★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Cover of The Enneagram: A Christian Perspective.

The Enneagram: A Christian Perspective

by Richard Rohr · published 2001 · read 2015-07-05
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

Cover of Mightier Than the Sword.

Mightier Than the Sword

by Jeffrey Archer · published 2015 · read 2015-06-27
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

Cover of Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life.

Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life

by Richard Rohr · published 2011 · read 2015-06-23
★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Cover of No Fortunate Son.

No Fortunate Son

by Brad Taylor · published 2014 · read 2015-06-14
★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

Cover of Winter of the World.

Winter of the World

by Ken Follett · published 2012 · read 2015-06-12
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

Cover of The Great Zoo of China.

The Great Zoo of China

by Matthew Reilly · published 2015 · read 2015-05-26
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
Can't give the book 5 stars - reserved for truly great books - but neither can I penalize Reilly. He knows what he doing in this genre and brings us another semi-plausible page-turner.

As usual, it feels like a fast bloody action movie transcribed down into a book, which gets tiring as a steady diet, but is fun from time to time.

Easy, quick, fluffy reading.

Cover of City of Savages.

City of Savages

by Lee Kelly · published 2015 · read 2015-05-25
★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

Cover of Einstein's Dice and Schrödinger's Cat: How Two Great Minds Battled Quantum Randomness to Create a Unified Theory of Physics.

Einstein’s Dice and Schrödinger’s Cat: How Two Great Minds Battled Quantum Randomness to Create a Unified Theory of Physics

by Paul Halpern · published 2015 · read 2015-05-23
★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

Cover placeholder for Desiring the Kingdom: Worship, Worldview, and Cultural Formation.

Desiring the Kingdom: Worship, Worldview, and Cultural Formation

by James K.A. Smith · published 2009 · read 2015-05-20
★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Cover of 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus.

1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus

by Charles C. Mann · published 2006 · read 2015-05-09
★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Cover of Secondhand Jesus: Trading Rumors of God for a Firsthand Faith.

Secondhand Jesus: Trading Rumors of God for a Firsthand Faith

by Glenn Packiam · published 2009 · read 2015-05-09
★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

Cover of The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine.

The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine

by Michael Lewis · published 2010 · read 2015-05-03
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

Cover of Words Without Music: A Memoir.

Words Without Music: A Memoir

by Philip Glass · published 2015 · read 2015-04-25
★ ★ ★ ★ ★

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The Lion’s World: A journey into the heart of Narnia

by Rowan Williams · published 2012 · read 2015-04-19
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

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Fall of Giants

by Ken Follett · published 2010 · read 2015-04-17
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

Cover of Everything Belongs: The Gift of Contemplative Prayer.

Everything Belongs: The Gift of Contemplative Prayer

by Richard Rohr · published 2003 · read 2015-04-09
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Gonna be chewing on this one for a while. I can understand both why people love Rohr so much and also why he gives people the heebie jeebies.

Cover of Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation.

Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation

by Parker J. Palmer · published 2000 · read 2015-04-01
★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Cover of Satin Island.

Satin Island

by Tom McCarthy · published 2015 · read 2015-03-29
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

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Empire

by John Connolly · published 2015 · read 2015-03-28
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

Cover of Fields of Blood: Religion and the History of Violence.

Fields of Blood: Religion and the History of Violence

by Karen Armstrong · published 2014 · read 2015-03-25
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

Cover placeholder for Alan Turing: The Enigma.

Alan Turing: The Enigma

by Andrew Hodges · published 2000 · read 2015-03-15
★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

Cover of Spark.

Spark

by John Twelve Hawks · published 2014 · read 2015-03-07
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
A little hit man thriller set in a dystopian future that very creatively explores the question of what it means to be alive. Well written and paced, with a narrator unlike any you've read before.

Cover of Free of Charge: Giving and Forgiving in a Culture Stripped of Grace.

Free of Charge: Giving and Forgiving in a Culture Stripped of Grace

by Miroslav Volf · published 2006 · read 2015-02-21
★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

Cover of Station Eleven.

Station Eleven

by Emily St. John Mandel · published 2014 · read 2015-02-20
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

Cover of The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution.

The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution

by Francis Fukuyama · published 2011 · read 2015-02-07
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

Cover of Kristin Lavransdatter.

Kristin Lavransdatter

by Sigrid Undset · published 2022 · read 2015-01-13
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆