Top Ten reads this year (2015)

[Fried Egg]

Some great reads there kythe, I say that because I've read and liked almost all of the books you've listed (including the ones you didn't like).

 

[Paul_Ohio]

10 novels
The Water Knife: Paolo Bacigalupi (2015)
Long Black Curl: Alex Bledsoe (2015)
Time Salvager: Wesley Chu (2015)
Wylding Hall: Elizabeth Hand (2015)
Unbound: Jim C. Hines (2015)
Station Eleven: Emily St. John Mandel (2014)
Shadowshaper by Daniel José Older (2015)
Lock In: John Scalzi (2014)
A Head Full of Ghosts: Paul Tremblay (2015)
The Martian: Andy Weir (2014)

5 Novellas
Please Do Not Taunt the Octopus: Mira Grant (2015)
We Are All Completely Fine: Daryl Gregory (2014)
Binti: Nnedi Okorafor (2015)
Unlocked: An Oral History of Haden's Syndrome: John Scalzi (2014)
Gypsy: Carter Scholz (2015)

 

[Extollager]

Welcome, Paul_Ohio!

 

[Bick]

10 novels
The Water Knife: Paolo Bacigalupi (2015)
Long Black Curl: Alex Bledsoe (2015)
Time Salvager: Wesley Chu (2015)
Wylding Hall: Elizabeth Hand (2015)
Unbound: Jim C. Hines (2015)
Station Eleven: Emily St. John Mandel (2014)
Shadowshaper by Daniel José Older (2015)
Lock In: John Scalzi (2014)
A Head Full of Ghosts: Paul Tremblay (2015)
The Martian: Andy Weir (2014)

5 Novellas
Please Do Not Taunt the Octopus: Mira Grant (2015)
We Are All Completely Fine: Daryl Gregory (2014)
Binti: Nnedi Okorafor (2015)
Unlocked: An Oral History of Haden's Syndrome: John Scalzi (2014)
Gypsy: Carter Scholz (2015)

Nice lists - and welcome to the forums - hope you stick around through 2016.