2019 In Review: The Year’s Best Books (Award Winners)
Discover the year’s best books and award winners for 2019, focussing on the major literary and crime writing awards.
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The Bat by Jo Nesbo
The Bat has only just recently been published in Australia, but Australian readers have been introduced briefly to Harry’s experiences in Australia in Nesbo’s other…
Grey Nomad by Alison Ferguson
When seventy year old knitter Joyce Campbell steps onto an alien spaceship for the first time, her lifelong dream is fulfilled. But when the ship…
Belgravia by Julian Fellowes
Belgravia by Downton Abbey author, Julian Fellowes, is a classic English novel of love, loss and aristocracy, in the backdrop of a war.
Baumgartner by Paul Auster
Paul Auster, the highly acclaimed laureate of hip New York, author of The New York Trilogy and a lauded list of novels and memoirs (with…
Gideon’s Sword by Preston & Child
Gideon’s Sword by Preston & Child is the first in the Gideon Crew series, were hero Dr. Crew helps to steal nuclear secrets in exchange…
One For the Money By Janet Evanovich
One For the Money By Janet Evanovich is a story about a female bounty hunter obsessed with money, leading her on comedic adventures.
The Grapevine by Kate Kemp
I am always excited to find a new (to me) Australian author whose writing is stylish and clever. The Grapevine, new and Australian, is an…
The Department of Sensitive Crimes by Alexander McCall Smith
Reading a novel by Alexander McCall Smith feels as if a soothing balm is being applied to all the hurts and injuries inflicted by the…
Cast in Shadows by Michelle Sagara
Michelle Sagara’s Cast in Shadows is the first novel of fantasy series, Cast In, following magical officer and midwife Private Kaylin Neya.
New Members’ Group: Chess
Are you a Chess enthusiast? Answered yes to this question, we would like to hear from you! We are on the lookout for a volunteer…
Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee is the earlier draft of her Pulitzer Prize winning novel To Kill a Mockingbird.
