Books of 2015

2015 was a pretty successful year for reading. Despite once again living in a non-English speaking country, I was able to reach my goal. I brought a few books with me to Korea and asked my mom to bring over a few more when she visited. The rest of the books I read through my home library's ebook collection on my Kindle. The selection is not great, but nonetheless, I was able to find plenty to read.

My goal for the year was to read 53 books. However, I made a puzzling discovery that caused me to revise my goal to 54. I was recording a back up copy of my book lists into Excel when I realized that at some point during the last few years I failed to record Skippy Dies by Paul Murray. I felt it only right to account for it now.

So, it was close. I completed my 54th book on December 31, but I made it. Another fulfilling year of reading. Here are the books:

1. The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty (416)

2. Without You, There is No Us: My Time with the Sons of North Korea's Elite by Suki Kim (291)

3. Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali (350)

4. For Bread Alone by Mohamed Choukri (169)

5. Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson (176)

6. Why Be Happy When You Can Be Normal? by Jeanette Winterson (240)

7. Living the Secular Life: New Answers to Old Questions by Phil Zuckerman (288)

8. Dark Places by Gillian Flynn (345)

9. Margaret Fuller: A New American Life by Megan Marshall (390)

10. Looking for Alaska by John Green (221)

11. Just Kids by Patti Smith (320)

12. So You've Been Publicly Shamed by Jon Ronson (290)

13. A New Year by Pearl S. Buck (255)

14. The Leftovers by Tom Perotta (355)

15. Heart Burn by Nora Ephron (176)

16. Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill (180)

17. Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn (393)

18. The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes (150)

19. The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie (207)

20. Not That Kind of Girl by Lena Dunham (290)

21. Fresh Off the Boat by Eddie Huang (277)

22. Girl in a Band by Kim Gordon (273)

23. The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins (326)

24. Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town by Jon Krakauer (368)

25. This Child Will Be Great: Memoir of a Remarkable Life by Africa's First Female President by Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

26. If You're Not Yet Like Me by Edan Lepucki (55)

27. American Rose: A Nation Laid Bare - The Life and Times of Gypsy Rose Lee by Karen Abbott (448)

28. Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari and Eric Klinenberg (320)

29. Please Look After Mom by Kyung-Sook Shin (272)

30. Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune by Bill Dedman (432)

31. Amsterdam: A Novel by Ian McEwan (193)

32. The Eternal Wonder by Pearl S. Buck (364)

33. Iran Awakening by Shirin Ebadi (256)

34. Lakota Woman by Mary Crow Dog (263)

35. I Have the Right to Destroy Myself by Young-Ha Kim (119)

36. Dracula by Bram Stoker (406)

37. Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman (306)

38. The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector's Story by Hyeonseo Lee (320)

39. M Train by Patti Smith (272)

40. And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie (264)

41. Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling (240)

42. Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl by Carrie Brownstein (256)

43. Clementine and the Spring Trip by Sara Pennypacker (150)

44. You and Me and Him by Kris Dennison (288)

45. Blackout: Remember the Things I Drank to Forget by Sarah Hepola (231)

46. Goodbye Stranger by Rebecca Stead (304)

47. Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbit (160)

48. The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith (275)

49. The Silent Wife by A.S.A. Harrison (326)

50. Beezus and Ramona by Beverly Cleary (176)

51. We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (65)

52. Mary McGrory: The First Queen of Journalism by John Norris (328)

53. Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson (198)

54. The Fever by Megan Abbot (314)

I'm already three books in for the new year. 52 more to go. Let's do it!