Every year since 2000, we have been compiling the favourite reads of the year – from staff, customers and those great ‘best of’ lists that we spot.
Our Best reads of 2010 list has just been launched, and we’ll keep adding to it as we spot lists (The New York Times 100 notable books of 2010 has just been published) and we want YOU to have your say too via our short survey.
What’s on the list already? Here’s a wee tasty sampler to whet your appetite:
26 November 2010 at 10:04 am
Very cool to see “The Heir of Night” there–thank you!
I would definitely add Paolo Bacigalupi’s “The Windup Girl” (SF) and Emma Donahue’s “Room” from my 2010 list.
29 November 2010 at 3:44 pm
I’m looking forward to the next book in your quartet
And I would definitely rate Paolo Bacigalupi’s book too, I’m eagerly awaiting his other title Ship Breaker.
29 November 2010 at 5:45 pm
I have already read “Ship Breaker” (lucky me!) and blogged about it here: http://helenlowe.info/blog/2010/11/22/what-im-reading-ship-breaker-by-paolo-bacigalupi/
17 December 2010 at 9:35 am
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2 January 2011 at 12:57 pm
[...] It was also the year of seeing The Heir of Night published in the USA/Canada, Australia and New Zealand in October, with publication for the UK scheduled for this year, March 2011. Since publication, it’s been great to get some really nice pro and semi-pro reviews as well as positive reader feedback, some of which I’ve shared with you here on “…Anything, Really.” And it was a huge thrill to make the Christchurch City Librraies’ Simply the Best of 2010 list, here. [...]