Pageturners had a wonderful discussion at the December meeting about their favourite reads for 2017. There was lots to talk about with everyone listing a couple of favourite books rather than choosing just one. Here is the list of favourites with everything from crime novels to classics, biographies and fantasy novels:
The Scarecrow by Michael Connelly
The Crossing by Michael Connelly
The Bat by Jo Nesbo
The Snowman by Jo Nesbo
Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward
Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
The Choke by Sofie Laguna
Fall of Giants by Ken Follett
Force of Nature by Jane Harper
Spilling the Beans: The Autobiography of One of Television’s Two Fat Ladies by Clarissa Dickson Wright
Rudyard Kipling by Andrew Lycett
The Man Who Mistook his Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks
Insomniac City by Bill Hayes (about his friendship with Oliver Sacks)
Road to Coorain – Jill Ker Conway
True North – Jill Ker Conway
Top 10 Lists Books by Fid Backhouse
The Debacle by Emile Zola
Travels with Herodocus by Ryszard Kapuscinki
The North Water by Ian McGuire
Gormenghast by Mervyn Peake
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Perdido Street Station by China Mieville
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
Last Painting of Sara de Vos – by Dominic Smith
A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler
The Twentieth Man by Tony Jones
The Good People by Hannah Kent
The Life to Come Michelle de Kretser
Here are links to other Summer Holiday Reading Lists that also generated lots of discussion:
Book Suggestions for Malcolm Turnbull’s Summer Break
Radio National Suggested Reads:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-12-03/your-summer-reading-guide-for-2017/9176512
Prime Minister’s Literary Awards:
http://www.goodreadingmagazine.com.au/articles/article/view/id/828
Better Reading Top 100 2017:
http://www.betterreading.com.au/wp/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/BR-Top-100-A4-Quick-Reference-2017.pdf
