As nominated by our writers, here are the books published in 2015 we cant recommend highly enough…
Closing the final page on the very best books leaves you with a single urge: to share it.
If it has, then it probably wasnt done as engagingly as this.
Theyre the extras in the cafeteria queues and graduation ceremonies about whom there are no ancient prophesies.
A clever take on high school-set fiction thats a must-read for anyBuffyfan.
Why has Nora been invited after all this time?
The answer is revealed in a drip-fed web of lies that unfolds over the course of a harrowing weekend.
He also gained a lot of enemies.
ZeroZeroZerois about the global cocaine trade.
He sketches stories about notorious criminals, and youre not sure what to believe.
He reflects upon his life, his exile from his home, and his new obsession.
Or, yknow, if youre just after a fun read.
Cogmans world is one in which you cant help but immerse yourself, full to the brim with ideas.
It was a sad day when Power Slam magazine breathed its last in summer 2014.
Its not always easy going.
I love a good autobiography and Sue Perkins really delivers with her first book.
Louise ONeillsAsking for Itarrived in September already earmarked as a book to watch out for.
Yes, and more than anyone could have predicted.
One night in her uncomfortably close-knit Irish town, Emma ODonovan undergoes a truly horrific experience.
ONeill delivers her book with brutal truth about rape culture that will stay with you for long after reading.
Emmas story is not a rarity andAsking For Itconstantly reminds us of this.
The disgust and upset I felt after readingAsking For Itwill never go away.
Its a hard book, naturally, but an essential one for not just teenagers.
You wont be able to stop thinking about the warningAsking For Itcomes with.
Eventually I gave in and found myself blazing through the entire trilogy in a few days.
His characters human, simian and, uh, other!
are beautifully crafted and written with a depth and sincerity that gives them life.
This grounding keeps the story tight even when Powell plays fast and very loose with reality.
These books have brightened my year.
What really appeals is the fact that Stanlys super-life doesnt happen in a vacuum.
He knows all about geek culture and how superheroism usually pans out.
Is he up to the task of being a Bruce Wayne or a Clark Kent?
Thats what breathes new life into the format, and makesBitter Sixteenhuge amounts of fun for the reader.
It is, appropriately, a book about death and about change, about new beginnings and moving on.
Its a book about saying goodbye and carrying those weve lost with us into a new world.
Also witches, fairies and the Discs own Dads Army.
