2015-2016 Texas Library Association Lariat Adult Fiction Reading List Committee
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 16, 2015
CONTACT: Monica Garza Bustillo (San Antonio Public Library)
monica.garza@sanantonio.gov
TITLE: The short list of Books for the winter 2015 Lariat Adult Fiction Reading List.
November 2015
The Texas Library Association announces the short list for the winter 2015 Lariat List. This
annual list calls attention to outstanding fiction published during 2014 and 2015 that merits
special attention from readers. The titles listed below are under consideration for the final list
which will be announced at the 2016 Annual Conference of the Texas Library Association in
Austin. Please join us at http://www.txla.org/Lariat for lists from previous years and other Lariat
materials.
1. A Man Called Ove ~ Backman, Fredrik (Simon & Schuster)
2. Armada~Cline, Ernest (Penguin Random House)
3. Black-Eyed Susans~Heaberlin, Julia (Penguin Random House)
4. The Book of Speculation~Swyler, Erika (Macmillan)
5. The Bookseller~Swanson, Cynthia (HarperCollins)
6. The Buried Giant~Ishiguro, Kazuo (Penguin Random House)
7. Burning Down George Orwell’s House~Ervin, Andrew (Penguin Random House)
8. City on Fire~Hallberg, Garth Risk (Penguin Random House)
9. The Daughter~Shemilt, Jane (HarperCollins)
10. Descent~Johnston, Tim (Workman)
11. Fates and Furies~Groff, Lauren (Penguin Random House)
12. The Fifth Heart~Simmons, Dan (Hachette Book Group)
13. The Fishermen~Obioma, Chigozie (Hachette Book Group)
14. Gene Mapper~Fujii, Taiyo (Simon & Schuster)
15. The Girl on the Train~Hawkins, Paula (Penguin Random House)
16. Girl Underwater~Kells, Claire (Penguin Random House)
17. God Help the Child~Morrison, Toni (Penguin Random House)
18. The Gods of Tango~De Robertis, Carolina (Penguin Random House)
19. The Good Neighbor~ Banner, A.J. (Amazon Publishing)
20. The Hand that Feeds You~ Rich A.J. (Simon & Schuster)
21. Jam on the Vine~Barnett, LaShonda Katrice (Grove)
22. The Last Bookaneer~Pearl, Matthew (Penguin Random House)
23. The Library at Mount Char~Hawkins, Scott (Penguin Random House)
24. The Marauders~Cooper, Tom (Penguin Random House)
25. My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry~Backman, Fredrik (Simon &
Schuster)
26. My Sunshine Away~Walsh, M.O. (Penguin Random House)
27. The Nightingale~Hannah, Kristin (Macmillan)
28. Paradise Sky~Lansdale Joe R. (Hachette Book Group)
29. The Peripheral~Gibson, William (Penguin Random House)
30. Pleasantville~Locke, Attica (HarperCollins)
31. The Scribe~Guinn, Matthew (W.W. Norton & Company)
32. The Secret Wisdom of the Earth~Scotton, Christopher (Hachette Book Group)
33. Seveneves~Stephenson, Neal (HarperCollins)
34. Sofrito~Diederich, Phillippe (Cinco Puntos Press)
35. Sorcerer to the Crown~Cho, Zen (Penguin Random House)
36. The Star Side of Bird Hill~Jackson, Naomi (Penguin Random House)
37. The Stranger~Coben, Harlan (Penguin Random House)
38. Sweet Damage~James, Rebecca (Penguin Random House)
39. The Truth According to Us~Barrows, Annie (Penguin Random House)
40. The Turner House~Flournoy, Angela (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
41. Unpaid Debts~Barca, Antonio Jiménez (Hispabooks)
42. Uprooted~Novik, Naomi (Penguin Random House)
43. The Water Knife~Bacigalupi, Paolo (Penguin Random House)
44. When the Night Comes~Parrett, Favel (Simon & Schuster)
45. Wolf in White Van~Darnielle, John (Macmillan)
2015-2016 Texas Library Association Lariat Adult Fiction Reading List Committee
Monica Garza Bustillo, Chair San Antonio Public Library
Reka Reynolds, Vice Chair Flower Mound Public Library
Sharon Castleberry, Retired
Arletha Ford, Houston Community College System
Jessica Jones, Bryan and College Station Public Library
Troy Lawrence, San Antonio Public Library
Lina Rinh, Dallas Public Library
Lisa Youngblood, Harker Heights Public Library
Gail Woodward, McLennan Community College Library