My Favorite Books Read in 2015

Took a while, but here it is, my 23rd annual recommended reading list. In no particular order, my favorite books read in 2015.

• West of Sunset (2015) Stewart O’Nan
• East of Eden (1952) John Steinbeck
• American Talleyrand: The Career and Contemporaries of Martin Van Buren (1935) Holmes Alexander
• Batavia’s Graveyard: The True Story of the Mad Heretic Who Lead History’s Bloodiest Mutiny (2002) Mike Dash
• Wedding of the Waters: The Erie Canal and the Making of a Great Nation (2006) Peter L. Bernstein
• The Martian (2014) Andy Weir
• Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania (2015) Erik Larson
• The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up (2014) Marie Kondo
• Without You, There Is No Us: My Time With the Sons of North Korea’s Elite (2014) Suki Kim
• Henry Clay: The Essential American (2010) David S. Heidler & Jeanne T. Heidler
• The Paying Guests (2015) Sarah Waters
• Bel Canto (2005) Ann Patchett