Thursday, 11 January 2024

Top 20 Reads for 2023 - Whoopee!!!


 

Nothing like a few exclamation marks to get the party started!  I have read some mighty books this year and praise our wonderful library and Community Centre - Te Takeretanga-o-Kurahaupo for the great reading choices they make for us all. 

There’s something for everyone here and, because my cat is trying to walk all over the keyboard, I’ll get right on it – the list, I mean, not the cat!

The Axeman’s Carnival,  Catherine Chidgey

Less is Lost, Andrew Sean Greer

Our Missing Hearts, Celeste Ng

Playing Under the Piano, Hugh Bonneville  (Memoir)

The Light in Hidden Places, Sharon Cameron (Young Adults)

Day’s End, Gary Disher

Scythe, Neal Shusterman (Young Adults)

Mrs Jewel and the wreck of the General Grant, Cristina Sanders

Like a Sister,  Kellye Garrett

My Darkest Prayer, S. A. Cosby

Duffy and Son, Damien Owens

Small Mercies, Dennis Lehane

The Sparrow,  Tessa Duder

Kala, Colin Walsh

The Great Swindle, Pierre LeMaitre

All Human Wisdom, Pierre LeMaitre

Night will Find You, Julia Heaberlin

Did I Ever Tell You This?, Sam Neill (Memoir)                     

A Better Place, Stephen Daisley

The Last Devil to Die, Richard Osman

The Bone Tree, Airana Ngarewa

What am I doing?? That’s 21, not 20!! Never mind, they are all fabulous reads and this list is a loving tribute to storytellers everywhere who work so hard to entertain and inspire us. 

Have the happiest and safest New Year that you can, and let us still believe in the old adage of Peace and Goodwill to All of us, Everywhere. 

Love and best wishes for 2024 from the staff, Friends of the Library and Volunteers of Te Takeretanga-o-Kurahaupo.

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