Books Read in 2015

I've neglected this blog lately in favor of (a) more writing than artmaking, and (b) more sharing on Instagram and Twitter. But it's a new year, and that means it's long past time to take a look back at the books I read in 2015.

Last year, I somehow (shockingly) only read 16 books all year long, so this year I stepped up my game. As usual, my favorites are in bold:

• The Crossover by Kwame Alexander
• Crenshaw by Katherine Applegate
• Pieces and Players by Blue Balliett
• The Truth According to Us by Annie Barrows
• Circus Mirandus by Cassie Beasley
• El Deafo by Cece Bell
• Book Scavenger by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
• Wild Things: Acts of Mischief in Children's Literature by Betsy Bird, Julie Danielson, and Peter D. Sieruta
• The Penderwicks in Spring by Jeanne Birdsall
• The Mirror Crack'd From Side to Side by Agatha Christie
• Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
• Room by Emma Donoghue
• Stella by Starlight by Sharon M. Draper
• Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert
• Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff
• A Tangle of Knots by Lisa Graff
• The Princess in Black by Shannon Hale and Dean Hale
• The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
• The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
• Sunny Side Up by Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm
• Emil and the Detectives by Erich Kastner
• Up, Up, & Away: The Kid, the Hawk, Rock, Vladi, Pedro, le Grand Orange, Youppi!, the Crazy Business of Baseball, & the Ill-Fated but Unforgettable Montreal Expos by Jonah Keri
• Imagine: How Creativity Works by Jonah Lehrer
• The Hundred-Year House by Rebecca Makai
• Echo by Pam Muñoz Ryan
• The True Meaning of Smekday by Adam Rex
• The Hired Girl by Laura Amy Schlitz
• The Meaning of Maggie by Megan Jean Severn
• Veronica Mars: Mr. Kiss and Tell by Rob Thomas and Jennifer Graham
• Once Upon a Time: A Short History of Fairy Tale by Marina Warner
• The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: The Unmapped Sea by Maryrose Wood
• Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson

p.s. If you're wondering about the inspiration behind the illustration above, you won't want to miss THIS.