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The Sinister Booksellers of Bath by Garth Nix
Birds in Flight by Anni Taylor
Missing by Catherine Lee
Look Closer by Rachel Amphlett
Mystery at the Asylum by Helen Goltz
The Bookbinder of Jericho by Pip Williams
Wild Card by Simon Rowell
The Detective Up Late by Adrian McKinty
Terror in Topaz by A.M. Stuart
Cover the Bones by Rachel Amphlett
Such a good year of reading!Invented Lives by Andrea Goldsmith
Return to Valetto by Dominic Smith
The Unearthed by Lenny Bartulin
Smokehouse by Melissa Manning
Peace by Garry Disher
The Bookbinder of Jericho by Pip Williams
Headcase by Jack Heath
The Long Game/Wild Card by Simon Rowell
The House of Now and Then by Jo Dixon
I had 9 5* Australian books this year
Estella by Kathy George
Tall Man: The Death of Doomadgee by Chloe Hooper
Homecoming by Kate Morton
Restless Dolly Maunder by Kate Grenville
The Hummingbird Effect by Kate Mildenhall
Return to Valetto by Dominic Smith
The Palestine Laboratory: How Israel Exports the Technology of Occupation Around the World by Antony Loewenstein
Nina Simone's Gum by Warren Ellis
Diary of a Bad Year by J.M. Coetzee
Brenda wrote: "Your end of year top 5-10 titles of 2023 - AUSTRALIAN Authors only!Fabulous list Brenda, I have not read Wild Card and No Trace but the other eight would be on my list as well :)
With another year almost over here at Aussie Readers it's that time again to list your top 5 - 10 Aussie author ti..."
I've enjoyed a lot of excellent Aussie reads this year, so it's hard to pick just a few but here goes:
The Detective Up Late by Adrian McKinty
Lola in the Mirror by Trent Dalton
The Tilt by Chris Hammer
Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy
Fire with Fire: A Novel by Candice Fox
Killer Traitor Spy by Tim Ayliffe
Return to Valetto by Dominic Smith
Vendetta by Sarah Barrie
Missing by Catherine Lee
The Bookbinder of Jericho by Pip Williams
Lola in the Mirror by Trent DaltonCherry Beach by Laura Mcphee Brown
Limberlost by Robbie Arnott
The crying room by Gretchen Shirm
Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens by Shankari Chandran
The hummingbird effect by Kate mildenhall
Providence by Max Barry
The good wife of bath by Karen Brooks
My top 2 by my own ratings were The Woman in the Library - Sulari Gentill
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The Tilt - Chris Hammer
I also finished an older series of 4 books, which I had started the previous year, and enjoyed for its setting and themes
Silent Valley - Malla Nunn A.A #3
Present Darkness - Malla Nunn A.A #4
And special mention to YA book that I read to fill in a gap in one of my challenges, but ended up making me think
The Year the Maps Changed - Danielle Binks
I had a great year of reading but did not read that many Aussie books. Here are the ones I liked the best.My top ten books by Aussie authors. in no particular order:
- Homecoming by Kate Morton
- Stone Town by Margaret Hickey
- The Long Game by Simon Rowell
- Exiles by Jane Harper
- Return to Valetto by Dominic Smith
- The Tilt by Chris Hammer
- The Mother by Jane Caro
- Fire with Fire by Candice Fox
- Birds in Flight by Anni Taylor
- Dead Horse Gap by Lee Christine
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With another year almost over here at Aussie Readers it's that time again to list your top 5 - 10 Aussie author titles. The books don't have to be released this year (2023) but only to be read.
Here's the link to the mid-year top 5-10 where you chose the first half of the year's favourites. See how much, and if, they change :)
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
My top 10 AAs for 2023 in no particular order...