It’s hard to believe another year has already passed! It’s crazy to look back at what I’ve read
this year and see how many different books I’ve read and also how many there
are that I have been wanting to read but still haven’t got to yet! I’ll never get to all the books I want to
read since there are so many already released books I want to read and then
there are constantly new books being published that I want to read as well!
Once again audiobooks were a huge help in allowing me to
read so many books since I listen to audiobooks while I clean, cook, do
laundry, etc.
I read a variety of genres this year but my most read genre was
definitely historical fiction.
As always, I do not necessarily recommend all the books on
this list. It’s my list of all the books
I read and while I really enjoyed most of them, there were some that I didn’t.
My favorite books that I read for the first time this year
are marked with a star.
Books Read in 2015:
January:
1. Freefall by Traci
Hunter Abramson (audiobook)
2. Lady Emma's
Campaign by Jennifer Moore
3. The Greatest Gift
by Philip Van Doren Stern
4. The Other Side of
Heaven by John H. Groberg (audiobook)
5. A Generation
Rising by Gerald N. Lund
6. Gift from the Sea
by Anne Morrow Lindbergh (audiobook) (for book club)
7. Paige by Annette
Lyon
February
8. The Undaunted: The
Miracle of the Hole in the Rock Pioneers by Gerald N. Lund (audiobook)
(reread/finished as I had read most of it several years ago)
9. The Writing on the
Wall by Dean Hughes
10. When Books Went
to War: the Stories that Helped us Win World War II by Molly Guptill Manning
(audiobook)
11. The Mistletoe
Promise by Richard Paul Evans (audiobook)
12. All Fall Down by
Ally Carter
13. Wedding Cake by
Josi Kilpack
14. Atlantia by Ally
Condie (audiobook)
March
*15. Troubled Waters
by Dean Hughes
16. George
Washington's Secret Six: The Spy Ring That Saved the American Revolution by
Brian Kilmeade (audiobook)
17. Esther the Queen
by H.B. Moore (audiobook)
18. Through the
Looking Glass and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll (for book club)
19. Seeking
Persephone by Sarah M. Eden
20. What is Lost by
Lauren Skidmore
21. Little Men by
Lousia May Alcott (audiobook)
April
*22. A Heart Revealed
by Josi Kilpack
23. The Survivor's
Club: The Secrets and Science That Could Save Your Life by Ben Sherwood
(audiobook) (for book club)
24. How Many Roads?
by Dean Hughes
25. Friends and Foes
by Sarah M. Eden
May
26. Take Me Home by
Dean Hughes
*27. So Much of Life
Ahead by Dean Hughes
28. Mark of the Thief
by Jennifer Nielsen (audiobook)
29. An Ember in the
Ashes by Sabaa Tahir (audiobook)
30. Miss Burton
Unmasks a Prince by Jennifer Moore
June
31. Treasure Island
by Robert Louis Stevenson (audiobook)
32. The Fill-In
Boyfriend by Kasie West
33. Esperanza Rising
by Pam Munoz Ryan (audiobook)
34. Ben-Hur: A Tale
of Christ by Lew Wallace (audiobook)
July
35. Only the Brave:
the Continuing Saga of the San Juan Pioneers by Gerald N. Lund
36. Promises to Keep:
Diane's Story by Dean Hughes
August
37. Life, Animated by
Ron Suskind (audiobook)
38. I Capture the
Castle by Dodie Smith (audiobook)
39. Our Only May
Amelia by Jennifer Holm (audiobook) (reread)
40. The Entitlement
Trap by Richard and Linda Eyre (audiobook) (for book club)
41. Matilda by Roald
Dahl (audiobook)
*42. A Little
Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett (audiobook) (I ended up hosting this book
for book club in October)
43. The Book of
Mormon (reread)
September
44. Royal Target by
Traci Hunter Abrahamson (audiobook)
45. Tiger Rising by
Kate DiCamillo (audiobook)
46. The Goose Girl by
Shannon Hale (audiobook)
47. The Story of King
Arthur and His Knights by Howard Pyle
48. The Magician's
Nephew by C.S. Lewis (audiobook) (reread) (for book club)
49. The Sign of Four
by Arthur Conan Doyle (audiobook)
50. The Secret Garden
by Frances Hodgson Burnnett (audiobook)
October
51. Go Set a Watchman
by Harper Lee (audiobook)
52. Book of a
Thousand Days by Shannon Hale (audiobook)
53. Timepiece by
Richard Paul Evans (audiobook)
54. The Letter by
Richard Paul Evans (audiobook)
*55. Fishers of Men
by Gerald N. Lund
56. The Cross
Gardener by Jason F. Wright (audiobook)
57. The Invention of
Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
*58. Lord Fenton's
Folly by Josi Kilpack
November
59. Shadows of Self
by Brandon Sanderson (audiobook)
60. Jane Eyre by
Charlotte Bronte (audiobook)
61. Roll of Thunder,
Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor (audiobook)
62. Faith of Our
Fathers: A House Divided by N.C. Allen
63. My True Love Gave
to Me: 12 Holiday Stories edited by Stephanie Perkins (audiobook) (just
listened to the ones I was most interested in)
December
64. Teachings of the
Presidents of the Church: Ezra Taft Benson
65. Autumn Masquerade
anthology by Josi Kilpack, Donna Hatch, and Nancy Campbell Allen
66. The Christmas
Wish by Richard Siddoway
67. When You Reach Me
by Rebecca Stead (audiobook)
68. The Mistletoe Inn
by Richard Paul Evans
69. Home and Away: a
World War II Christmas Story by Dean Hughes
70. The Christmas
Quest by Richard Siddoway
71. Firefight by
Brandon Sanderson (audiobook)
*72. The New
Testament: King James Version (first time reading it cover to cover)
I usually include Samuel's list of books read in the year as well. He has been in the middle of about 6 different books, but hasn't finished any this year. He has been doing lots of reading for med school though!
