books to read: fiction, 2015

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A - D

1. Atkins, Linda Y.: Absence of Reason, 259p (challenge3, KY)
2. Bailey, Frankie Y: Death's Favorite Child, 228p (challenge3, KY?)
3. Bailey, Frankie Y: A Dead Man's Honor, ??p (challenge3, KY?/VA)
4. Baker, Nicholson: The Anthologist, 256p (rec)
5. Beyer, Kat: The Halcyon Bird, 334p (challenge2),
6. Bujold, Lois McMaster: Falling Free, 320pp (challenge2)
7. >>Carriger, Gail: Soulless, 373pp (rec, ebook, challenge2)
8. Cole, Teju: Every Day Is for the Thief, 160p (challenge1)
9. Danticat, Edwidge: Claire of the Sea Light, 238p (challenge1)
10. Davis, Lydia: The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis, 733p (shorts)
11. Díaz, Junot: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, 339p (challenge1)
12. Díaz, Junot: This is How You Lose Her, 213p (shorts, NYT100 2012, challenge1)
13. Donoghue, Emma: Slammerkin, 336p (like, ebook)
14. Dufresne, John: Johnny Too Bad: Stories, 247p (shorts)
15. Durrow, Heidi W.: The Girl Who Fell from the Sky, 264p (challenge1)

E - K

1. >>Erian, Alicia: Towelhead, 321p (NYT)
2. Farmer, Philip José: To Your Scattered Bodies Go, 220p (Hugo)
3. George, Elizabeth: Just One Evil Act, 723p challenge3+, England
4. George, Elizabeth: A Banquet of Consequences, ??p (released October, 2015, challenge3+, England, Italy)
5. Grossman, Lev: The Magicians, 424p (rec, ebook)
6. Harris, Charlaine: Dead until Dark, 304p (rec, challenge2)
7. Harris, Charlaine: Living Dead in Dallas, 196p (on request, challenge2)
8. Herbert, Frank: Dune, 517p (Hugo)
9. Heyer, Georgette: The Grand Sophy, 386p (rec)
10. >>Homes, A. M.: Jack, 220p (like)
11. Hornby, Nick: Slam, 309p (rec, like, ebook)
12. Hunter, Maddy: Top O' the Mournin', ??p (challenge3+, Ireland)
13. Hunter, Maddy: Pasta Imperfect, ??p (not in LFPL, challenge3+, Italy)
14. Hunter, Maddy: Hula Done It, ??p (challenge3, Hawaii)
15. >>Julavits, Heidi: The Uses of Enchantment, 356p (NYT100 2006)

K - Pa

1. Kadare, Ismail: Chronicle in Stone, 320p (NYT, challenge1)
2. >>Kay, Guy Gavriel: Tigana, 673p (rec, like)
3. Leckie, Ann: Ancillary Justice, 409p (rec, challenge2)
4. Leger, Dimitry Elias: God Loves Haiti, 272p (NPR, challenge1)
5. Lightman, Alan: Einstein's Dreams, 179p (rec)
6. Maio, Juliana: City of the Sun, 371p (challenge1)
7. >>McDermott, Alice: Child of my Heart, 242p (Powell's)
8. McIntyre, Vonda N.: The Moon and the Sun, 421p (challenge2)
9. Moon, Elizabeth: The Speed of Dark, 340p (rec, challenge2)
10. Nesbo, Jo: The Bat, 331p (challenge1, challenge3+)
11. Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o: Wizard of the Crow, 768p (challenge1)
12. >>Noel, Katharine: Halfway House, 365p (NYT)
13. >>Pamuk, Orhan: Snow, 425p (NYT, challenge1)
14. Patchett, Ann: Run, 320p (like)

Pe - Pz

1. Penny, Louise: Bury Your Dead, 488p (re-read, ebook, challenge3+, Quebec)
2. Penny, Louise: A Trick of the Light, 339p (ebook, challenge3+, Quebec)
3. Penny, Louise: The Beautiful Mystery, 373p (ebook, challenge3+, Quebec)
4. Penny, Louise: How the Light Gets In, 405p (submitted ebook for purchase - they bought it!, challenge3+, Quebec)
5. Penny, Louise: The Long Way Home, 373p (ebook, challenge3+, Quebec)
6. Phillips, Arthur: The Tragedy of Arthur, 380p (NPR, NYT)
7. Pohl, Frederik: Gateway, 288p (Hugo, Nebula)
8. Pratchett, Terry: The Last Hero, 184p
9. Pratchett, Terry: Unseen Academicals, 406p (ebook)
10. Pratchett, Terry: Dodger, 360p (ebook)
11. Pratchett, Terry: Nation, 384p (ebook)
12. Pratchett, Terry: The Long Earth, 336p (ebook)
13. Prince, Liz: Tomboy: A Graphic Memoir, 256p (submitted for purchase-they bought it!)

Q - Z

1. Rich, Lani Diane: Wish You Were Here, 288p
2. Riordan, Rick: The Lightning Thief, 400p (rec, ebook))
3. >>Robinson, Marilynne: Gilead, 247p (NYT100 2004, Pulitzer 2005)
4. Russell, Karen: Swamplandia!, 410p (Powell's)
5. >>Russo, Richard: The Risk Pool, 479p (ebook, like)
6. >>Saramago, José: The Elephant's Journey, 224p (ebook, challenge1)
7. Scalzi, John: Lock In, 336p (recommended)
8. Shakespeare, William: King Lear, 224p
9. >>Stegner, Wallace: Angle of Repose, 569p (Pulitzer)
10. Tiptree, Jr., James: Her Smoke Rose up Forever, 532p (rec, challenge2)
11. Tóibín, Colm: The Testament of Mary, 81p
12. >>Trevor, William: Cheating at Canasta, 240p (shorts, ebook)
13. >>Tyler, Anne: Digging to America, 277p (Powell's, NYT)
14. >>Valente, Catherynne: Palimpsest, 371p (rec, challenge2)
15. Verghese, Abraham: Cutting for Stone, 667p (NYT, challenge1)
16. Wahlöö, Per & Sjöwall, Maj: Roseanna: A Martin Beck Police Mystery (challenge1, challenge3+)
17. Walton, Jo: Among Others, 302p (ebook, challenge2)
18. Waters, Sarah: The Paying Guests, 566p (like, NYT100, ebook)
19. Williams, Tad: The Dirty Streets of Heaven, 406p
20. >>Winton, Tim: Dirt Music, 411p (like, challenge1)

Titles in black are unread, I'm actively reading titles in green, titles in any other color have been read.

shorts = short stories
NYT100 = NYT 100 Notable Books of the year
NPR = heard author on National Public Radio
Powell's = recommended by Powell's staff
>> = it's been years, get to it
like = liked other title(s) by author
rec = recommended
challenge1 = personal challenge to read authors from non-Anglo countries
challenge2 = personal challenge to read speculative fiction by female authors
challenge3 = goodreads challenge to read mystery set in each US state
challenge3+ = challenge to read mystery set in every country

Out of 77 titles, so far in 2015 I've:
read: 4
reread: 1
am reading: 1

Above list subject to change due to the reading of reviews, the receiving of recommendations, and random whims. The list for 2014.