Top Ten Tuesday (TTT) brought to you by The Broke and the Bookish.
I can’t believe we are already halfway through 2015! Great time to check in with my favorite books of the year (so far). Good thing this week’s TTT topic is…
Top Ten Books I’ve Read (so far) in 2015
According to Goodreads, I’ve read 47 books so far this year. Nice start! But how to narrow it down to the top ten? That’s not as easy as it sounds…(Don’t even ask me to get these in an order within the top ten! That’s like picking your favorite son. I just can’t do it.) I give the following books…
Thrillers
I love a page turning thriller. One that keeps you reading past your bedtime because you just can’t put it down. These three books have really hit the spot.
Traditional (Classic) Crime
Terrific examples of traditional crime, these books had twists and great characters.
Cozy/Fun Mysteries
Sometimes nothing hits the spot like a good cozy. Here are my three favorite fun mysteries that I’ve read so far this year.
Non-Mysteries
Yes, I read these too. 😉
There. My Top Ten. I did it. Just ten books. Top Ten. Ten only.
Oh, who am I kidding?
Okay, okay. I can’t keep it to just ten. I tried! Here’s my honorable mentions.
Honorable Mentions
What about you? What great books have you read this year? Comment with your fabulous recommendations below, or feel free to link up to your own Top Ten list!
Murder in Court Three came “this close” for me too!
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Such a great traditional crime mystery!
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Great list. I love Rainbow Rowell. Her books always make me happy.
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Great choices! I loved The Girl on the Train and Landline! Rainbow Rowell is one of my favorites!
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Great picks! The Girl on the Train made my list too and Landline was this close to it.
Check out my TTT.
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It’s so hard to cut the list down to just 10 when there are so many great books out there!
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The only one of these I’ve read is Landline. I enjoyed it, but I didn’t love it like Attachments. The gifs are perfect! Clueless, Veronica Mars, Sherlock, AND The Doctor? that’s a whole lot of awesome!
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The Girl on the Train was amazing and made my list too. So did Landline – love Rainbow Rowell – Wonderful list!
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Thanks! I really liked your list too!
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I expect Girl on the Train will be on a few lists today. It was really quite good.
I also see some books on your list that I want to try.
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I agree! The GIrl on the Train was such a page turner. Thanks!
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I’ve only read two of these — “The Girl on the Train” and “Landline.” But the covers of “The Harvest Man” and “A Master Plan for Rescue” have me intrigued! I think it’s funny that you had a hard time narrowing it down to 10. I actually only did 5 and it was easy-peasy! (Although maybe 5 is a little more clear cut, since obviously it’s going to be the cream of the crop, the 5-star reads!)
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At first i thought, 10 books? No problem. But as I started going through the list of the ones I’d read it got longer and longer. 🙂 LOL
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P.S. Just looked up “The Harvest Man” on Goodreads, and apparently I already have the first book in The Murder Squad series on my to-read list! Guess I better get on that!
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I’ve read the first and then Harvest Man is the fourth. I would read them in order, there were total spoilers on book three. But it was amazing! i loved the first book too. Great characters, great setting.
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I’m not a big fan of mystery & inc, but some of these have such cute covers!! As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust – even the name is adorable!
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That series – Flavia de Luce – is wonderful! Chimney Sweepers is the latest installment. She’s an 11 year old chemist in 1950s England. (well, except this one is in Canada.) The characters and setting are wonderful!
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Oh, that sounds intriguing! Now I kind of want to check it out!
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I love the Flavia De Luce books – I really need to read more of them. The Harvest Man is new to me, looms gooood!
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I loved Sussex Downs and Louise Penny is on my TBR as is of course The Girl on the Train. I actually just listened to the first Flavia de Luce and really liked it and am looking forward to continuing the series. Oh yeah and Landline! I keep picking it up at the library and reading bits but have yet to actually bring it home and read it. I love was I’ve read so far though. Needless to say, great list!
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Several of those are on my “To be purchased and read” List! Especially The Girl on the Train, The Sussex Down Murders, Landline and Master Plan for Rescue! 🙂
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I love that you separated it by genre!! Other than Landline, I’ve never heard of these books lol but they sound interesting and I’ve added some to my TBR haha
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I really liked Landline… and my book group is reading The Girl on the Train this fall! I see a few here that I should probably check out. Glad to see you’ve had a great time reading so far this year!
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Loved your list! And your awesome use of gifs! And trimming the list down to 10 is so hard, isn’t it. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for visiting my TTT earlier 🙂
Obsessive Compulsive Reader
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Whoa. I only recognize two (2!) titles on your list, Kristi. One is Rowell’s Landline which I read this year, too, and really liked. The other is The Girl on the Train which is on my TBR.
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Yeah, I read a lot of mysteries. 😉 and they always end up being my favorite. BUT I love these top ten lists because I find so many great sounding non-mysteries too. Which I will get to, but this year I keep requesting mystery/thriller ARCs which are keeping me busy!
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I wasn’t a fan of Dotty Dowager, I found the character of Annie very annoying, to the point where I don’t know if I’ll try another. I have Chimney Sweepers coming up at the library, I’m 6 on the list to get it on my Kindle. You should link your mystery reviews in to the Cloak and Dagger challenge at my blog. We put a new one up each month and it brings a little more traffic. It’s onthe main menu.
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Thanks Elizabeth!!
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Love your gifs! (And your list, but I was distracted by the Sherlock and Doctor gif)
I can’t wait to read “Girl on the Train,” it seems like such a “me” book.
And man is it hard to limit yourself to 10!! Always.
Thanks for stopping by my blog 🙂
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Sherlock and the Doctor are always distracting. 🙂
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I really need to read The Girl on The Train! Agh, too many books, not enough time!
My TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2015/06/30/top-ten-tuesday-11/
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