The New Yorker’s Best Books of 2015

By Dianna Dilworth 

The New Yorker writers have selected their favorite books of 2015.

The list includes recommendations from Joshua Rothman, Jennifer Gonnerman, Ben Marcus, Rebecca Mead, Amanda Petrusic, Daniel Mendelsohn, Vinson Cunningham, Elif Batuman, Alexandra Schwartz, Rachel Kushner, Hua Hsu, Judith Thurman, Alexis Okeowo, Lauren Collins, Nick Paumgarten, Carrie Battan, and Ben Lerner.

The list includes 49 book recommendations ranging from fiction and nonfiction to memoirs and graphic novels.