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Schedule 2008

ANZLL 2006 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     Heather    Jenny    Kate     Lisa     Lurline     Narelle     Sally

Margaret    Cathy    Julie

Narelle's Top Ten

Title Author
Suite Francaise Irene Nemirovsky
 Black Swan Green David Mitchell
A War Against Truth Paul William Roberts
The Testament of Gideon Mack James Robertson
The Secret River Kate Grenville
Arthur and George  Julian Barnes
 A Thread of Grace Mary Doria Russell
Notes on a Scandal Zoe Heller
The Age of Innocence Edith Wharton
If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things Jon McGregor

Lisa's Top Ten

Title Author
 The Secret River Kate Grenville
The Heart of the Matter Graham Greene
A Woman in Berlin Anonymous
Self Yann Martel
Slow Water Anna Marie Jagose
The Tree of Man Patrick White
The Age of Innocence Edith Wharton
The Rules of Perspective Adam Thorpe
A Fringe of Leaves Patrick White
Astonishing Splashes of Colour Clare Morrall

Chris's Top 10

Title Author
Fingersmith Sara Waters
The Life of Pi  Yann Martel
Salvation Creek Susan Duncan
The Travelling Hornplayer  Barbara Trapido
 The Turning Tim Winton
 The Secret River Kate Grenville
In the Country of Men Hisham Matar
 Old Filth  Jane Gardam
We Need to Talk about Kevin Lionel Shriver
Candy   Luke Davies

Jenny's Top Ten

Title Author
Geography Sophie Cunningham
Judgement Rock Joanna Murray Smith
A Woman in Berlin Anonymous
In My Skin Kate Holden
Candy Luke Davies
How the Light Gets In  M.J. Hyland
Black Swan Green David Mitchell
 Eve Green Susan Fletcher
The Line of Beauty Allan Hollinghurst
A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian Marina Lewycka

Heather's Top Ten

Title Author
The Line of Beauty Alan Hollinghurst
Fly Away Peter  David Malouf
Close change: Brokeback Mountain and other stories Annie Proulx
The Secret River Kate Grenville
March  Geraldine Brooks
The Other side of You Sally Vickers
The Shadow of the Wind  Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Arthur and George Julian Barnes
Cloud Atlas  David Mitchell
Girl with a Pearl Earring  Tracey Chevalier

Lurline's Top Ten

Title Author
Black Swan Green David Mitchell
Arthur and George Julian Barnes
The Turning Tim Winton
The Secret River Kate Grenville
Gallipoli Les Carlyon
Old Filth Jane Gardam
The Blind Assassin Margaret Atwood
Such a Long Journey Rohinton Mistry
Judy Cassab Brenda Niall
Night Watch Sarah Waters

Kate's Top Ten

Title Author
In the Line of Beauty Hollinghurst, Alan
The Boy Who Loved Anne Frank Feldman, Ellen
On Beauty Smith, Zadie
The Human Season  Dean, Louise
Fingersmith Waters, Sarah
The Space Between Us Umrigar, Thrity
Such a Long Journey Mistry, Rohinton
Joe Cinque's Consolation Garner, Helen
If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things  McGregor, Jon
The Secret River  Grenville, Kate

Sally's Top Ten

Title Author
A Long, Long Way Sebastian Barry
The Turning Tim Winton
The Mindless Ferocity of Sharks Brett D'Arcy
Furies John Charalambous
Old School Tobias Wolff
On Beauty Zadie Smith
A Short History of Nearly Everything Bill Bryson
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas John Boyne
Summer at Mt Hope Rosalie Ham
My Name is Asher Lev Chaim Potok

Margaret's Top Ten

If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable things Jon McGregor
The Dark Room Rachel Seiffert
Arthur and George Julian Barnes
Don't Lets Go to the Dogs Tonight Alexandra Fuller
Secret River Kate Grenville
Spectator Bird Walter Stegner
Fingersmith Sarah Waters
Secret Life of Bees Sue Monk Kidd
Black Swan Green David Mitchell
Prodigal Summer Barbara Kingsolver

Cathy's Top Ten

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime John Hadden
The Secret Life of Bees  Sue Monk Kidd
The Broken Book  Susan Johnson
The Dark Room Rachael Seiffert
The Secret River Kate Grenville
The Turning Tim Winton
The Life of Pi Yann Martel
Such a Long Journey  Rohinton Mistry
Tuesdays with Morrie  Mitch Albom
Night Watch  Sarah Waters

Julie's Top Ten

The Sea John Banville
The Secret River  Kate Grenville
Cloud Atlas David Mitchell
Prodigal Summer  Barbara Kingsolver
The Grave at Thu Le  Catherine Cole
What I Loved Siri Hustvedt
The Great Fire Shirley Hazzard
Buddhism for Mothers (non fiction) Sarah Napthali
The Corner of Your Eye Kate Lyons
Black Swan Green David Mitchell

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