Literary Hub asked nearly 150 booksellers from 20 bookstores across America to send them their favorite books of the year. The result: 750 suggestions. See if one of your favorites is on their list.

THE 25 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR, ACCORDING TO BOOKSELLERS

BOOKSTORES FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY TELL US WHAT THEY LOVED

December 15, 2015 By Literary Hub

Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

1.

Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates

2. (tie)

Fates and Furies, Lauren Groff · Our Souls at Night, Kent Haruf · The Argonauts, Maggie Nelson

3. (tie)

The Story of My Teeth, Valeria Luiselli · M Train, Patti Smith · A Little Life, Hanya Yanagihara

4.

Did You Ever Have a Family, Bill Clegg

5. (tie)

Counternarratives, John Keene · Uprooted, Naomi Novik

6. (tie)

The Sellout, Paul Beatty · Hold Still, Sally Mann

7. (tie)

The Fifth Season, N.K. Jemisin · Fortune Smiles, Adam Johnson · H is for Hawk, Helen Macdonald· Nimona, Noelle Stevenson · The Visiting Privilege, Joy Williams

8. (tie)

A Manual For Cleaning Women, Lucia Berlin · The Wake, Paul Kingsnorth · The Complete Stories, Clarice Lispector · The Tsar of Love and Techno, Anthony Marra · Eileen, Ottessa Moshfegh · The Hired Girl, Laura Amy Schlitz · The Sympathizer, Viet Thanh Nguyen · The Cartel, Don Winslow