The Best Books Lists are being published fast and furious now, and it’s getting harder to keep up with them, so I’m going to be tracking them in this ongoing post for the next few weeks.
My goal — 30 Best Books lists from diverse and reputable sources across media — journals, magazines, newspapers, libraries, blogs, book sites, etc. Challenge: accepted!
Over the holiday break I will be aggregating them into my final best books lists, similar to this post from January 2015: Best YA Books of 2014.
School Library Journal – Best Books 2015
Library Journal – Best Books 2015: Top 10 (Adult Fiction / Nonfiction)
Booklist – Editors’ Choice 2015: Adult Books / Adult Books for Young Adults / Books For Youth
Kirkus Reviews – Best of 2015: Fiction / Nonfiction / Teen
Horn Book – Horn Book Fanfare
Publishers Weekly – Best Books 2015
New York Public Library – Best Books for Teens 2015
Chicago Public Library – CPL Best of the Best Books 2015
Time – Top 10 YA and Children’s Books / Top 10 Fiction / Top 10 Nonfiction
Entertainment Weekly – 10 Best (And 5 Worst!) Books of 2015 / 7 Amazing Books For Teens
New York Times – The 10 Best Books of 2015, 100 Notable Books of 2015 and Notable Children’s Books of 2015
The Boston Globe – The Best Books of 2015 (Adult Fiction / Nonfiction, YA)
The Washington Post – The 10 Best Books of 2015 and Best Children’s Books of 2015
The Wall Street Journal – Best Books Compilation
The Seattle Times – Critics’ Best Books of 2015 (Adult Fiction / Nonfiction)
The Los Angeles Times – Holiday books: 56 fabulous works of fiction and poetry
The Guardian – Best Books of 2015 (Not a list, but a discussion of adult titles)
The Telegraph – The Best YA Books of 2015 (44+ titles!)
Amazon – The Best Books of 2015
Barnes & Noble – Best Books of 2015 / Books That Started A Conversation / Best Teen Books
BNTeen Blog – The Best Young Adult Books of 2015
NPR’s Book Concierge – Best Books of 2015
Goodreads – Best Books of 2015 (Goodreads Choice Awards)
The Slate Book Review – Laura Miller’s 10 Favorite Books of 2015 and Katy Waldman’s 10 Favorite Books of 2015
Forever Young Adult – FYA Faves: Best Books of 2015 (29 Titles)
Book Riot – Best of 2015 (Biography / Comics / Fantasy / Fiction / Nonfiction / Romance / Science Fiction / Short Stories / Thriller / Young Adult)
BookPage – Best Children’s and Teens Books 2015
Buzzfeed – 24 Best Fiction Books of 2015 | 16 Of The Best YA Books of 2015
The Huffington Post – The 18 Best Fiction Books of 2015 | Top 10 YA Books of 2015
PopCrush – 10 Best YA Books of 2015 (plus 4 honorable mentions)
Brooklyn Magazine – Best of the Best Books Lists