Escape the Holiday chaos with our Week 4 challenge in our latest competition. Missed the previous weeks? click here to view all.
Dymocks – Best Books of 2016
Looking for reading inspiration over Christmas? Why not take a look at the best books of 2016 from Dymocks.
The Dry – Jane Harper
Commonwealth – Ann PatchettGoodwood – Holly Throsby
The Toymaker – Liam Pieper
Who’s that girl – Mhairi McFarlane
Talking to my country – Stan Grant
The Fireman – Joe Hill
Eligible – Curtis Sittenfeld
The Nest – Cynthia D’Apriz Sweeney
My sister Rosa – Justine Larbalestier
King’s Rising – C.S. Pacat
The girl with the lower back tattoo – Amy Schumer
Before the Fall – Noah Hawley
The Atomic Weight of Love – Elizabeth J. Church
Breathing Under Water – Sophie Hardcastle
The Mothers – Brit Bennett
The Chocolate Tin – Fiona McIntosh
A Kiss from Mr Fiztgerald – Natasha Lester
Lady Helen and the Dark Days Club – Alison Goodman
The Locksmith’s Daughter – Karen Brooks
The Star-Touched Queen – Roshani Chokshi
The Hatching – Ezekiel Boone
The Silence Between Breaths – Cath Staincliffe
Our Chemical Hearts – Krystal Sutherland
Hillbilly Elegy – J.D. Vance
The Things I Didn’t Say – Kylie Fornasier
You Know Me Well – David Levithan
Frankie – Shivaun Plozza
The High Places – Fiona McFarlane
The Summer That Melted Everything – Tiffany McDaniel
The Road to Ruin – Niki Savva
The View from the Cheap Seats – Neil Gaiman
The Hanging Tree – Ben Aaronovitch
Pig the Elf – Aaron Blabey
Ruby Red Shoes Goes to London – Kate Knapp
A Child of Books – Oliver Jeffers
The Tales of Mrs Mancini – Natalie Jane Prior
Oi Dog! Oi Dog! – Kes Gray
Information provided – https://www.dymocks.com.au/books/all/recommend-Best-Books-of-2016#
Good Reads – Best Books of 2016 Winners!
The winners of the Good Reads Best Books of 2016 have been announced – did your favourite win?
Categories included: Fiction, Mystery & Thriller, Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Romance, Science Fiction, Horror, Humour, Non Fiction, Memoir & Autobiography, History & Biography, Science & Technology, Food & Cookbooks, Graphic Novels & Comics, Poetry, Debut Goodreads Author, Young Adult Fiction, Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction, Middle Grade & Children’s, and Picturebook.
HINT – Click on the category below to see the winner and shortlisted books and click on the title to reserve your copy of the winner now. The Library has all of the winning books and many of the shortlisted ones. Continue reading
ABC National Radio Presenters – Best Reads of 2016
Ever wondered what the ABC National Radio presenters love to read? Why not check out their favourite reads of the year.
For the full review of the book from each presenter click here.
Click on the title below to reserve your copy to read over Summer.
- Cassie McCullagh: Before the Fall by Noah Hawley
- Richard Fidler: The Silk Roads by Peter Frankopan
- Scott Stephens: Anger and Forgiveness by Martha Nussbaum
- Paul Barclay: Talking to My Country by Stan Grant
- Natasha Mitchell: Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? by Jeannette Winterson and My Life on the Road by Gloria Steinem
- Andrew Ford: Keeping On Keeping On byAlan Bennett
- Sarah Kanowski: Everywhere I Look by Helen Garner
- Annabelle Quince: All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
- Kate Evans: The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
- Ann Jones: Grief is the Thing with Feathers by Max Porter
- Amanda Smith: Mothering Sunday by Graham Swift
- Michael Cathcart: The Return by Hisham Matar
- Antony Funnell: A World on Fire by Amanda Foreman
- Robyn Williams: The Noise of Time by Julian Barnes
- Patricia Karvelas: Hot Milk by Deborah Levy
- Lynne Malcolm: Nutshell by Ian McEwan
- Tom Switzer: The Populist Explosion by John B. Judis
Summer Reading Challenge for Adults is now open!
Looking for a Challenge over Summer?
Enter to win a Prize Pack!
Welcome to our Summer Reading Challenge Competition for Adults!
Complete at least 10 challenges over the weeks of Summer to go into the draw to win 1 of 3 fantastic major prize packs, each to the value of $150. Open to Library Members 18 years and over. Challenge starts 1 December 2016 and ends 28 February 2017.
There are also 2 bonus chances to enter the major prize draw and a ‘Find the image’ minor prize draw to be won.
Pick up your Answer Board, in our Summer 2016-17 events calendar and hand in your board to Library Staff by Wednesday 8 March 2017.
Can’t get to the Library to collect your Board? You can view and enter each challenge online here.
