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Schedule 2008

ANZLL 2005 Top Tens for the Year

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Recommendations are not in any particular order, and can include international as well as ANZ authors.

Chris     Julie    Jenny    Kate     Lisa     Lurline     Narelle     Sally

Narelle's Top Ten

Title Author
Triage Scott Anderson
   The Sea John Banville
A Long Long Way Sebastian Barry
 March Geraldine Brooks
A Million Little Pieces James Frey
 The Clearing Tim Gautreaux
 My Brother Jack George Johnston
My Traitor's Heart Rian Malan
We Need to Talk About Kevin Lionel Shriver
Angle of Repose Wallace Stegner

Lisa's Top Ten

Title Author
The Great Fire Shirley Hazzard
The Polished Hoe Austin Clark
Small Island Andrea Levy
Cloud Atlas David Mitchell
My Brother Jack George Johnson
March Geraldine Brooks
The Sea John Banville
Heat and Dust Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
The Parasites Daphne Du Maurier
Triage Scott Anderson
Seven Types of Ambiguity Eliot Perlman

Chris's Top 15

Title Author
A Fine Balance Rohinton Mistry
The Broken Book Susan Johnson
An Amateur Marriage Anne Tyler
 Double Vision Pat Barker
Let's Not Go to the Dogs Tonight Alexandra Fuller
Seven Types of Ambiguity Eliot Perlman
Clara Callan Richard B Wright
Altered Land Jules Hardy
Small Island Andrea Levy
Remembering Laughter Wallace Stegner
Drop City TC Boyle
NF Searching for Charmian Suzanne Chick
A Change of Climate Hilary Mantel
Heat Wave Penelope Lively
Schindler's List Thomas Kenneally

Jenny's Top Ten

Title Author
My Brother Jack George Johnston
The Turning Tim Winton
Altered Land Jules Hardy
Behind the Scenes at the Museum Kate Atkinson
The Cutting Room Louise Welsh
Seven Types of Ambiguity Elliot Perlman
The Island Walkers John Bemrose
Middlesex Jeffrey Eugenides
Camille's Bread Amanda Lohrey
Notes on a Scandal Zoe Heller

Julie's Top Ten

Title Author
Blood Songs Penelope Rowe
Peel Me A Lotus_ Charmian Clift
The Courage Consort Michel Faber
Grace Robert Drewe
Bad Dirt Annie Proulx
We Need to Talk About Kevin Lionel Shriver
My Traitor's Heart (Non Fiction) Rian Malan
The White Earth Andrew McGahan
The Book Thief Markus Zusak
Triage Scott Anderson

Lurline's Top Ten

Title Author
 March Geraldine Brooks
Twilight of Love Robert Dessaix
The Lost Thoughts of Soldiers Delia Falconer
Stasiland Anna Funder
The Great Fire Shirley Hazzard
A Fine Balance Robinton Mistry
Cloud Atlas David Mitchell
Seven Types of Ambiguity Eliott Perlman
The Master Colm Toibin
The Turning Tim Winton

Kate's Top Ten

Title Author
My Traitor's Heart Rian Malan
Small Island Andrea Levy
Angle of Repose Wallace Stegner
Human Capital Stephen Amidon
Altered Land Jules Hardy
Crossing to Safety Wallace Stegner
The Laments George Hagen
Middlesex Jeffrey Euginides
Time Traveller's Wife Audrey Niffenegger
We Need to Talk about Kevin Lionel Shriver

Sally's Top Ten

Title Author
Double Vision Pat Barker
Cloud Atlas David Mitchell
Polysyllabic Spree Nick Hornby (N/F)
We Need To Talk About Kevin Lionel Shriver
Triage Scott Anderson
Crossing To Safety Wallace Stegner
The Mammoth Cheese Sheri Holman
The Hamilton Case Michelle de Kretser
Vernon God Little DBC Pierre
The Dream of Scipio  Iain Pears

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