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2015 Books


This list of books I've read this year contains some literature and some junk.  Don't judge me; I loved them all!

 1.  The Kite Runner   by Khaled Hosseini
2.  The Quilter's Daughter by Wanda E.  Brunstetter
3.  Dead Sleep by Greg Iles
4.  A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
5.  Angel Sister by Ann H. Gabhart
6.  Secrets of the Grave by Tami Hoag
7.  Thale's Folly by Dorothy Gilman
8.  To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
9.  Dicey's Song by Cynthia Voight
10. Saint by Ted Dekker
11. My Antonia by Willa Cather
12. No Second Chances by Harlan Coben
13. Homecoming by Cynthia Voight
14. Daddy's Gone a Hunting by Mary Higgins Clark
15. The Weight of Blood by Laura McHugh
16. Battle of King's Mountain by Sharon McCrumb
17. Running Blind by Lee Child
18. King of the Wind by Marquerite Henry
19. A Hundred Flowers by Gail Tsukiyama
20. High Heat by Lee Child
21. The Color Purple by Alice Walker
22. The Optimist's Daughter by Endora Welty
23. City of Orphans by AVI
24. Breakwater by Carla Neggers
25. Neither Here Nor There: Travels in Europe by Bill Bryson
26. The Schooling of Claybird Catts by Janis Owens
27. What Stands in the Storm by Kim Cross
28. At Home in Mitford by Jan Karon
29. A Lantern in Her Hand by Bess Streeter Aldrich
30. Heart Wide Open by Shellie Rushing Tomlinson
31. Criminal Intent by Laurie Breton
32. One of Those Malibu Nights by Elizabeth Adler
33. Shadow of A Bull by Maia Wojciechowska
34. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
35. A Heartbeat Away by Michael Palmer
36. Off Season by Anne Rivers Siddons
37. The Stranger by Harlan Coben
38. Close to the Broken Hearted by Michael Hiebert
39. Gray Mountain by John Grisham
40. Blue Labyrinth by Preston and Child
41. Personal by Lee Child
42. The Burning Room by Michael Connelly
43. Burnt Mountain by Anne Rivers Siddons
44. Doll-Baby by Laura Lane McNeal
45. Beloved by Toni Morrison
46. Oath of Office by Michael Palmer
47. The Death of Pie by Tamar Myers
48. The Lost Island by Preston and Child
49. The Girls of August by Anne Rivers Siddons
50. Water From My Heart by Charles Martin
51. The Bone Orchard by Paul Doidon
52. Reunion by Hannah Pittard
53. Season of the Dragonflies by Sarah Creech
54. Gone Missing by Linda Castillo
55. As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
56. Murder in Murray Hill by Victoria Thompson
57. Mobile Library by David Whitehouse
58. The Darling Ladies of Lowell by Kate Alcott
59. Deadline by John Sandford
60. Death Wears A Beauty Mask by Mary Higgins Clark
61. Saving Amelie by Cathy Gohlke
62. Burnt River by Karen Salvalaggio
63. Gathering Prey by John Sandford
64. The Forsaken by Ace Atkins
65. You Don't Cry Out Loud by Lily Isaacs
66. Five Miles South of Peculiar by Angela Hunt
67. Older by Wilder by Effie Leland Wilder
68. Partner in Crime by J.A. Jance
69. The Killing Floor by Lee Child
70. The Apple Orchard by Susan Wiggs
71. Breaking Her Fall by Stephen Goodwin
72. The Winners Game by Kevin All Milne
73. Wicked Ways by Lisa Jackson and Nancy Bush
74. Twisted Innocence by Terri Blackstock
75. Bloody River Blues by Jeffery Deaver
76. Molokai by Alan Brennert
77. Our Town by Thornton Wilder
78. Hawaii by James Mitchner
79. Long Lost by Harlan Coben
80. The Orchard by Theresa Weir
81. Gone for Good by Harlan Coben
82.  The Hard Way by Lee Child
83. Memory Man by David Baldacci
84. Bitterroot by James Lee Burke
85. Dark of the Moon by John Stanford
86. The Devil's Code by John Stanford
87. Stormy Weather by Paulette Jiles
88. What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty
89. The Old Buzzard Had it Coming by Donis Casey
90. Night Road by Kristin Hannah
91. Skeleton Canyon by J.A. Jance
92.The Christmas Shoes by Donna Van Liere
93. The Quiet Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
94. The Official Guide to Christmas in the South by David C.                  Barnette
95. Christmas at Harrington's by Melody Carlson
96. Mount Vernon Love Story by Mary Higgins Clark
97. A Covington Christmas by Joan Medlicott
98. Cold Blood by Lisa Jackson
99. A Redbird Christmas by Fannie Flagg
100. Midnight Voices by John Saul
101. Now You See Her by James Patterson
102. Dark Harbor by David Hosp
103. Tombstone Courage by J.A. Jance
104. My Southern Journey by Rick Bragg
105. Desert Heat by J.A. Jance
106. One Shot by Lee Child
107. Private: #1 Suspect by James Patterson
108. Just Take My Heart by Mary Higgins Clark
109. Devil's Claw by J.A. Jance

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