Year’s Reads in Review – Top Picks for 2015

This year has been…very interesting to say the least when it comes to my reading habits. Never before have I focused so much on WHAT and am reading and WHEN! That was all thanks to the various challenges and TBR tackling I did to push myself to read smarter this year. All in all, I think it was a pretty successful 12 months of reading! I read more books than I expected and definitely crossed off some long TBR shelved series and books from my Kobo (I’m looking at you Grisha Trilogy).

Check out which books I read this past year HERE!

Like I did last year, I’ve decided to compile a list of my top picks from the various categories that I read this past year. Most categories deal with books published only this past year (2015) but there are some noted exceptions. Click on the cover to read my review of the book/series; though a good chunk of these reads will have reviews published in 2016 so no link is available!

Without further ado:

(Books are in no particular order; click on cover for review if available)

Top New New Adult Series Series that were first published in 2015

 

Top New Adult Series A series that I started in 2015, not based on its publishing date

 

Top New Adult Standalones Novels that I read in 2015, not necessarily their publication year

 

Top Adult Contemporary Series A series that I started in 2015, not based on its publishing date

 

Top New Young Adult Series Series that were first published in 2015

Honourable Mention: Passenger (Passenger isn’t released until 2016, thus I felt like it wasn’t right to put on this list directly despite how much I enjoyed it!)

 

Top Young Adult Series A series that I started in 2015, not based on its publishing date

 

Top Young Adult Standalone Series that were first published in 2015

 

 

Best Continuing Series A series that had a sequel book published in 2015

Sad to See Go Series Series that ended in 2015

 

Best of Colleen Hoover My Standout Author of this Year! I decided to give her her own category!

 

Best Standalone: Adult Fiction or Nonfiction Books that I read in 2015, not necessarily their publication year

   

 

Biggest Disappointments Novels that were first published in 2015

 

Biggest Disappointments Novels/Series that I read in 2015

 

 

Worst Reads Novels that I read in 2015 that I gave 2 Stars to

 

Pleasant Surprises Books I read in 2015 that I enjoyed more than I thought

 

Top Movie Adaptions Books that were made into movies in 2015

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Top Ten Tuesday Lists Specific to 2015

New to Me Authors of 2015

Authors I’ve Read the Most Of (As of Aug 2015)

Best Books I’ve Read So Far (Jan – Jun) In 2015

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What were your favourite reads of this past year?

Did you read more or less than you expected?

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