It’s that time again …….!
When all the August
Publications and Flash Mags bring out their Best of the Best lists for the
year.
So here’s mine.
Well, why not, I say! I’ve read some pretty amazing titles this
year and while I can’t list a mighty Top Twenty, I have come up with
Seventeen Stunners (sorry, sorry!). These
are books that I have rated more than five stars; it’s not easy to award six stars out of five,
or even seven – so the quality of writing is stratospheric in my August
Opinion. Should you wish to read
individual reviews, please use the search drop box; for some mysterious reason I can’t provide a
title link.
The titles are in
chronological order, not in order of preference. Happy New Year, everyone, and keep
reading. As if we could ever stop!
1
Country, by Michael Hughes
2
The Rosie Result, by Graham Simsion
3
November Road, by Lou Berney
4
The Border, by Don Winslow
5
The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock, by Imogen Hermes Gowar
6
Necessary Secrets, by Greg McGee
7
The Hoarder, by Jess Kidd
8
Boy Swallows Universe, by Trent Dalton
9
The War that Saved my Life, by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley (Junior
fiction)
10
Flight of the Fantail, by Steph Matuku (Young Adults)
11
Good Girl, Bad Girl, by Michael Robotham
12
In the Shadow of Wolves, by Alvidas Slepikas
13
Auē,
by Becky Manawatu
14
Elephant secret, by Eric Walters (Junior fiction)
15
The River, by Peter Heller
16
Bridge of Clay, by Markus Zusak
17
Akin, by Emma Donoghue
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