Well, another year has passed, and it was a massive reading year if I look back over all the colourful book covers I have on my trusty Kindle Fire.
Because of the writing journey I am on, I had decided to focus on non-fiction works in 2015, and I see that my goal was achieved. I did miss reading more great tales from authors I admire, but that will be rectified in 2016.
As ever, there were a few books which I did not finish, and I wouldn’t recommend these as they had major backstory dumps all over the books which slowed up the action dramatically. One of them could have done with a structural edit as it just fizzled out (and I waded through the treacle to chapter 10). Below is the full list of books I got through, with my Top 10 in bold
So, what was your favourite novel for 2015?
Fiction
- Natural Selection – Stephen Leather
- Pentecost – JF Penn
- Under fire – Rachel Amplett
- Nameless – Joe Conlan
- Amazonia – James Rollins
- The Lost Symbol – Dan Brown
- The Alchemist’s Secret – Scott Mariani
- The Skull Throne (demon cycle 4)- Peter V Brett
- Tipping point – Si Rosser
- When Eagles burn – Jack Hayes
- Dhungwana 2117: A captivating sci-fi novel: The Dhungwana Chronicles – Baibin Nighthawk, Dominick Fencer
- Uprising – Scott G. Mariani
- Riders of the Purple Sage – Zane Grey
- The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: The Trilogy of Five – Douglas Adams (re-read)
- The Lost Relic (Ben Hope, Book 6) – Scott G. Mariani
Non-Fiction
- Wrecked – Jeff Goins
- How to make a living as a Writer – James Scott Bell
- The Kick-ass wWiter – Chuck Wendig
- Reader Magnets – Nick Stephenson
- Supercharge your Kindle sales – Nick Stephenson
- Career Change – Joanna Penn
- Outlining your Book – KM Weiland
- How to achieve your Goals and Dreams – James Scott Bell
- The Success Principles – Jack Canfield – Paperback – latest version (re-read)
- How to market your book – Joanna Penn (again)
- Business for Authors – Joanna Penn
- Making a killing on Kindle – Michael Alvear
- How to make a living with your writing – Joanna Penn
- 21-day Publishing – Michelle Stimpson
- Structuring Your Novel: Essential Keys for Writing an Outstanding Story – KM Weiland
- Advertise Your Book For Pennies – Jeanette Cates
- Revision and Self-Editing for Publication – James Scott Bell
- microDomination: How to leverage social media and content marketing – Trevor Young
- The Success Principles(tm) – Jack Canfield
- How to Manage the Time of Your Life – James Scott Bell
- Orwell versus the Terrorists: A Digital Short – Jamie Bartlett
- The Dark Net – Jamie Bartlett
- Gotta Read It! – Five Simple Steps to a Fiction Pitch That Sells – Libbie Hawker
- APE: Author, Publisher, Entrepreneur-How to Publish a Book – Guy Kawasaki, Shawn Welch
- How to Make a Living with Your Writing: Books, Blogging and More – Joanna Penn
- Story: Style, Structure, Substance, and the Principles of Screenwriting – Robert McKee
- The Writer’s Guide to Weapons: A Practical Reference for Using Firearms and Knives in Fiction – Benjamin Sobieck, David Morrell
- One Summer, America 1927 – Bill Bryson
Did not like or finish
- The Lions of Lucerne – Brad Thor
- The Saladin Strategy (The Jack McDuff series Book 2) – Norm Clark
