FIVE OF THE BEST

The results of the Book Club's Five of the Best as voted by you are in. We had over 3000 votes, so thank you all for voting! Here are the Top 10:

1. Clementine Ford - Fight Like a Girl
2. Jane Harper - The Dry
3. Nathan Besser - The Man in the Corner
4. Hannah Kent - The Good People
5. Helen Garner - Everywhere I Look
6. Katherine Brabon - The Memory Artist
7. Holly Throsby - Goodwood
8. Liane Moriarty - Truly Madly Guilty
9. Ann Patchett - Commonwealth
10. Maxine Beneba Clarke - The Hate Race

Below is a shortlist of the best books published in 2016 - as nominated by writers, critics, festival directors, and other leading publishing figures.

Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life

Between a Wolf and a Dog

Bright, Precious Days

Commonwealth

Dying: A Memoir

Everywhere I Look

Fight Like a Girl

Ghost Empire

Jonathan Safran Foer

Modern Lovers

Music and Freedom

My Name is Lucy Barton

Talking to My Country

Tell the Truth, Shame the Devil

The 78th Storey Treehouse

Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton

The Best of Adam Sharp

The Boy Behind the Curtain

The Easy Way Out

The Gene: An Intimate History

The Good People

The Hate Race

Maxine Beneba Clarke

The Hidden Life of Trees

The High Mountains of Portugal

The Lesser Bohemians

The Man in the Corner

The Mandibles

The Memory Artist

The Mothers

Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney

The Noise of Time

The Pigeon Tunnel

The Salamanders

The Toymaker

The Wicked Boy

The Wonder

A Working Class Boy

Their Brilliant Careers

The Sport of Kings

Truly, Madly, Guilty

The Underground Railroad

Vinegar Girl

When Breath Becomes Air

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