Don’t you love the smell of new paper? Specifically, the crisp, untouched scent that a just-cracked novel brings to the quiet moments you’ve found to read. We know they’re rare, so here are ten books that made waves with each turn of the page last year. Start with these, and you may be forced to make your new reading resolution a serious habit.
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- A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara was a National Book Award finalist, meaning the gurus of getting deep into pages recommend reading this dramatic Big City story of brotherhood before cracking anything else.
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- At the Water’s Edge by Sara Gruen (appropriately) picks up after New Year’s Eve in 1942 Philadelphia, as a war colonel’s outcast son sets out to hunt The Loch Ness Monster and regain his father’s admiration.
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- Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates is named one of the best books of 2015 by every site that holds the contest. So, as if you add one more serious-subject-matter nonfiction read to your list, pull this one off the shelves.
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- Go Set A Watchman by Harper Lee was greatly debated as a forgotten classic last year. Be your own judge and read this treasured author’s lost work, no matter on what side of the literary fence you sit.
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- M Train by Patti Smith is a memoir that The New York Times calls “achingly beautiful.” When great words are used to describe other great words … well, that’s something worth reading, don’t you think?
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- If you haven’t already furiously flipped through The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins, now is the time to catch up … before its onscreen adaptation hits theaters later this year.
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- The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah was voted Goodreads Best Historical Fiction Novel last year and earns it with a riveting tale from 1939 France about the perils and passions in love and war.
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- The Price of Salt, by Patricia Highsmith isn’t a new book, or written by a newcomer, but its daring tale of a dangerous love is worthy of your lamplight, and maybe the Oscar or two its film adaptation is nominated for.
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- Why Not Me? By Mindy Kaling gives your fiction feasting eyes a break from the make-believe to make you remember how funny real life actually is … especially when it’s from Kaling’s quirky and candid point of view.
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- Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff feeds our romance novel needs and finds truth in a 24-year-marriage coming to terms with both sides to its time-tested tale … one that’s as fascinating as it is surprisingly complicated.
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