The best books of 2015

From the New York Times, Goodreads, Brain Pickings and more. Browse the lists.

The Story of the Lost Child
Elena Ferrante
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A Little Life
Hanya Yanagihara
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Mislaid
Nell Zink
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Between the World and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates
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The Meursault Investigation
Kamel Daoud
On4lists
The Buried Giant
Kazuo Ishiguro
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The Light of the World
Elizabeth Alexander
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City on Fire
Garth Risk Hallberg
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A Brief History of Seven Killings
Marlon James
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Outline
Rachel Cusk
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H is for Hawk
Helen MacDonald
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The Argonauts
Maggie Nelson
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A God in Ruins
Kate Atkinson
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The Sellout
Paul Beatty
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The Girl on the Train
Paula Hawkins
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The Fishermen
Chigozie Obioma
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A Strangeness in My Mind
Orhan Pamuk
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M Train
Patti Smith
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Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words
Randall Munroe
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Negroland: A Memoir
Margo Jefferson
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