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Bookreporter.com Reviewers Pick Their Favorite Books of 2015

Recently we asked our reviewers to provide us with a list of some of their favorite books from 2015. Included is a mix of fiction and nonfiction titles, all published this year. Take a moment to read these varied lists of titles and see if you agree with their selections! Please note that due to personal and professional commitments, some reviewers were not able to participate in this feature.

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December 16, 2015

Camilla Läckberg on the Thrill of the Holidays

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Camilla Läckberg is on a roll. Her taut thrillers are can’t-miss reading; each one is a #1 bestseller in her native Sweden and internationally acclaimed. She wasn’t always an author, though; she worked as an economist in Stockholm until a creative writing course triggered a career change. Camilla may not have started writing until later in her life, but --- as she explains here --- her love of a great story was fostered by her father very early on. Christmas is a time for family and peace, and --- most especially, if you’re anything like Camilla --- uninterrupted true crime reading. Her most recent book, THE DROWNING, released in September.

December 16, 2015

This Bookreporter.com Special Newsletter spotlights a book that is perfect for holiday giving and that you may want to include on your “to me/from me” list. Read more about it, and enter our Holiday Cheer Contest by Thursday, December 17th at 11:59am ET for a chance to win one of five copies of LIGHTEN UP, Y'ALL: Classic Southern Recipes Made Healthy and Wholesome by Virginia Willis. Please note that each contest is only open for 24 hours, so you will need to act quickly!

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Brady vs. Manning: The Untold Story of the Rivalry That Transformed the NFL by Gary Myers

December 2015

Tom Brady and Peyton Manning are perhaps the two greatest quarterbacks of all time. But what do they actually think of each other? What are they like behind closed doors and in the locker room, and how does that influence their careers? Veteran NFL correspondent Gary Myers tackles this subject from every angle and with unprecedented access and insight, drawing on a huge number of never-before-heard interviews with Brady and Manning, their coaches, their families, and those who have played with them and against them.

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Hostage Taker

Links to http://stefaniepintoff.com/thrillers.php.

Susan Crawford, author of The Pocket Wife

Dana Catrell is shocked when her neighbor, Celia, is brutally murdered. To Dana’s horror, she was the last person to see Celia alive. Suffering from mania, the result of her bipolar disorder, she has troubling holes in her memory, including what happened on the afternoon of Celia’s death. The closer she comes to piecing together the shards of her broken memory, the more she falls apart. Is there a murderer lurking inside of Dana...or is there one out there in the shadows of reality, waiting to strike again?

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—Lori Roy, Edgar Award-winning author of BENT ROAD and LET ME DIE IN HIS FOOTSTEPS

—Booklist

—RT Book Reviews (4 1/2 stars)

—Library Journal