Goodreads Choice Best Books of 2015

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Goodreads announced the voting for their Best Books of 2015 across all categories. The top vote-getter by a margin of more than two to one -- with over 100,000 reader votes -- was The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins, topping their mystery & thriller category. Readers also picked:

Historical Fiction: The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
Fiction: Go Set A Watchman by Harper Lee
Young Adult: All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven
Romance: Confess by Colleen Hoover
Science Fiction: Golden Son by Pierce Brown
Fantasy: Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances by Neil Gaiman
Horror: Saint Odd by Dean Koontz
Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction: Queen of Shadows by Sarah J. Maas
Middle Grade & Children's: The Sword of Summer by Rick Riordan
Picture Books: The Day the Crayons Came Home by Drew Daywalt and Oliver Jeffers (illustrations)


Memoir & Autobiography: A Work in Progress by Connor Franta
Poetry: The Dogs I Have Kissed by Trista Mateer
Humor: Why Not Me? By Mindy Kaling
Nonfiction: Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari
History & Biography: Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson
Science & Technology: Beneath the Surface: Killer Whales, SeaWorld, and the Truth Beyond Blackfish by John Hargrove
Graphic Novels & Comics: Saga, Volume 4 by Brian K. Vaughan (writer) and Fiona Staples (artist)
Food & Cookbooks: The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Dinnertime by Ree Drummond
Debut Goodreads Author: Victoria Aveyard (author of Red Queen)