Favorite Books of the Year: Porter Square Books
What the Booksellers Loved in 2015
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PORTER SQUARE BOOKS (CAMBRIDGE)
Josh Cook: The Story of My Teeth, Valeria Luiselli · The Conquering Tide, Ian Toll · Signs Preceding the End of the World, Yuri Herrera · The Argonauts, Maggie Nelson · The Art of Flight, Sergio Pitol
MacKenzie Lee: The Game of Love and Death, Martha Brockenbrough · The Weight of Feathers, Anna-Marie McLemore · Conviction, Kelly Loy Gilbert · Zeroboxer, Fonda Lee · Romantic Outlaws, Charlotte Gordon
Rebecca Wells: Drift & Dagger, Kendall Kulper · The Fifth Season, N.K. Jemisin · Uprooted, Naomi Novik · Conviction, Emily Loy Gilbert · A Darker Shade of Magic, V.E. Schwab
Dale Szczeblowski: The Soul of an Octopus, Sy Montgomery · Sapiens, Yuval Noah Harari · Nagasaki, Susan Southard · The Narrow Edge, Deborah Cramer · SPQR, Mary Beard
Megan Sampson: Did You Ever Have a Family, Bill Clegg · Orbiting Jupiter, Gary Schmidt · Stories From The Shadows, James O’Connell · The Third Wife, Lisa Jewell · Our Souls At Night, Kent Haruf
Dina Mardell: Our Souls At Night, Kent Haruf · Did You Ever Have a Family, Bill Clegg · Hired Girl, Laura Amy Schlitz · Baking with Less Sugar, Joanne Chang · Baba Yaga’s Assistant, Marika Mccoola
Gary Cowan: Deep South, Paul Theroux · Conquering Tide, Ian Toll · The Cartel, Don Winslow · The Last Bookaneer, Matthew Pearl · Burning Down George Orwell’s House, Andrew Ervin
Robin Sung: The Crocodile Who Didn’t Like Water, Gemma Merino · The War That Saved My Life, Kimberly Brubaker Bradley · A History of Loneliness, John Boyne · The Murdstone Trilogy, Mal Peet · The Emperor of Any Place, Tim Wynne-Jones
Chris Abouzeid: The War That Saved My Life, Kimberly Brubaker Bradley · The Wrath & The Dawn, Renee Adieh · The Doldrums, Nicholas Gannon · The Hired Girl, Laura Amy Schmitz · Nimona, Noelle Stevenson