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I thought with the new year, I would start a new topic of lists.

It seems that many of us love historical fiction and here is a list of books that are coming out this year. I plan on putting on my wish list.

I can see you choosing Minds of Winter as your 'snow' read for summer.

Storyheart wrote: "I can see you choosing Minds of Winter as your 'snow' read for summer."

That looks like a good one when temps are hitting 100.

Booknblues wrote: "Storyheart wrote: "I can see you choosing Minds of Winter as your 'snow' read for summer."

That looks like a good one when temps are hitting 100."

Like they are here, at the moment!! Might try that.

Lesley wrote: "Booknblues wrote: "Storyheart wrote: "I can see you choosing Minds of Winter as your 'snow' read for summer."

That looks like a good one when temps are hitting 100."

Like they are here, at the mo..."

I always like to read a wintertime book in the summer. It cools me down.

Some good ones here:

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I am slowly working my way through this list. So far I have put Idaho and Human Acts on my books-to-watch list.

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I had one on my TBR already [book:The Women in the Castle.

Others that look interesting are Idaho, The Second Mrs. Hockaday, We Were the Lucky Ones, The Dry, The Shadow Land, and Since We Fell

Booknblues wrote: "Denizen wrote: "I am slowly working my way through this list. So far I have put Ida..."
I had one on my TBR already [book:The Women in the Castle.

Others that look interesting are..."

Your TBR is growing!

Denizen wrote: "Your TBR is growing! ."

And I need it to shrink!

Booknblues wrote: "Denizen wrote: "Your TBR is growing! ."

And I need it to shrink!"

I sometimes feel a sense of relief when I go through a list and don't add tons of books. Like I dodged a bullet.

Nancy Pearl is a well known reviewer and reader. Here is a recent list of hers (short only 6, but she makes me want to read each)

Booknblues wrote: "Nancy Pearl is a well known reviewer and reader. Here is a recent list of hers (short only 6, but she makes me want to read each)

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I just logged on to post the same list. I put Broken Verses (Pakistani novel) and A Twist of the Knife (60 year old main character) on the TBR although several others looked quite good.

Denizen wrote: "Booknblues wrote: "Nancy Pearl is a well known reviewer and reader. Here is a recent list of hers (short only 6, but she makes me want to read each)

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Both of those look really good.

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I may just have discovered my new favourite literary prize. A new prize launched in the UK aimed specifically at innovative fiction from small presses and with a crowd-funded prize.

They are holding a literary raffle to help fund the prize which is well worth supporting, particularly for anyone UK based:


The shortlist was announced yesterday see article in The Guardian and looks impressive.

Two I've read and really enjoyed: the Goldsmiths winner Solar Bones, the Goldsmith and Giller shortlisted Martin John

and two new to me:
Born on a Tuesday and Forbidden Line

also a strong-looking short-story list.

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I may just have discovered my new favourite literary prize. A new prize launched in the UK aimed specifically at in..."

Nice list! I added Solar Bones and Martin John to the TBR (a little unsure about Martin John, however). I was surprised to see that Born on a Tuesday was already on my TBR but recognized the plot line once I started reading the description.

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I may just have discovered my new favourite literary prize. A new prize launched in the UK aimed spe..."

I really like the idea of an alternative to breaking through the 'paper' barrier or self-publishing, alone. This is truly an amazing era to be alive, in!!

We are stepping back to 2016, but I liked this list because it included some that I'd overlooked or hadn't heard of. I added 5 to my wish/radar list and if we end up with the quirky tag on PBT, I might actually read one of them.

The man has good taste

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He certainly does!

An Obama, but don't expect a Trump one any time soon list:

Booknblues wrote: "An Obama, but don't expect a Trump one any time soon list:
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Ha! I can't imagine having in similarities of taste if he even reads.

Our reading tastes seem to be quite similar. I've either read or plan to read all of them. I didn't have Song of Solomon on the TBR but did have 2 other Morrison books on my list and have already read a couple.

FYI just heard on our ABC RN Books and Arts :

Short list for (OZ) Victorian Premiers Literature Awards
The shortlist

Fiction

� Between a Wolf and a Dog by Georgia Blain (Scribe Publications)

� The Healing Party by Micheline Lee (Black Inc.)
� Wood Green by Sean Rabin (Giramondo)
� Waiting by Philip Salom (Puncher and Wattmann)
� The Rules of Backyard Cricket by Jock Serong (Text Publishing)
� The Love of a Bad Man by Laura Elizabeth Woollett (Scribe Publications)

I have only read the winner (previously) Between a Wolf and a Dog by Georgia Blain (late). Apparently she was told of the win, just before she died. A few weeks later her mother, Anne, also died. Also a famous writerAnne Deveson

Could any one pls describe me the end. ???

Thought this NY Times list would be of interest to several of our members, Great Books By Rufugees in America:



@Lesley - I'll have to take a closer look later. As usual, the OZ books aren't familiar to me.

Roopokar wrote: "Could any one pls describe me the end. ???"

Which book are you asking about?

Denizen wrote: "Thought this NY Times list would be of interest to several of our members, Great Books By Rufugees in America:

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Nor me, this list!! Must look them up..

A list of Historical Fiction books being released in US in February:

Cormac McCarthy's list of 5 best climate change novels:

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Interesting. I have The Wind-up Girl but haven't read it yet.

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I was thinking of tackling The Windup Girl for quirky but don't think I'll get around to it. I enjoyed The Water Knife last year and want to read more Bacigalupi.

A short ny Times list

Bailey's long list



I'm going to comeback tomorrow for a closer look.

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I'm going..."

I've only checked out the first half.

The Mare has been on my TBR for a few years so wondering if it was just released in England? Also of interest to me is Stay With Me, and possibly Midwinter. It doesn't look like any Crossroaders have read them.

The Mare is one that has been on my radar.

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Someone on PBT gave a good review to The Lesser Bohemians. I thought Stay With Me sounded good to me, as well.

The Power was another one that I thought I mentioned before but must not have added correctly.

McBride's last book - A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing - sounded awful to me so have formed a totally uninformed bias against her. I'll wait for more feedback;-)

It fits with my experiences of OZ books. Only No 1 and No 10 did I enjoy.



Records of book sales in Australia have only been collected by Nielsen BookScan since 2002.

These are the bestselling Australian novels since 2002:

1. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak - Picador
2. The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty - Pan
3. Whitethorn by Bryce Courtenay - Viking
4. Brother Fish by Bryce Courtenay - Viking
5. The Persimmon Tree by Bryce Courtenay - Viking
6. The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan - Vintage
7. Jack of Diamonds by Bryce Courtenay - Viking
8. Sylvia by Bryce Courtenay - Viking
9. Matthew Flinders' Cat by Bryce Courtenay - Viking
10. The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion - Text Publishing

Lesley wrote: "It fits with my experiences of OZ books. Only No 1 and No 10 did I enjoy.



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I'm with you on 1 and 10 but also loved The Narrow Road to the Deep North. I liked The Husband's Secret - thought it was an enjoyable lighter read.

I'm really surprised at how many books by Bryce Courtenay are on the list. I don't recall hearing anything about him since The Power of One.

Denizen wrote: "Lesley wrote: "It fits with my experiences of OZ books. Only No 1 and No 10 did I enjoy.



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I read the one about his son out of a kind of ex-pat 'duty'. Heartwrenching, but repetitious. April Fool's Day.

I found the others too 'airport' , for me. However, those readers must also be book buyers, given the results.

Lesley wrote: "Denizen wrote: "Lesley wrote: "It fits with my experiences of OZ books. Only No 1 and No 10 did I enjoy.

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HAAA!! This must only be what THEY have sold, given that ABC Book Club said Lianne Moriaty had sold 6,000,000 books. Will research this info.

Want to know about Ireland now? Here are the books to read

by The Irish Times.

New historical fiction:

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Nothing looked particularly good to me but I am more than willing to have a rave review change my mind;-)

An interesting list, I thought I might have posted it already, but didn't find it so sorry if it is already there. I've read 2 already.

Denizen wrote: "Booknblues wrote: "New historical fiction:

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Nothing looked particularly good to me but I am more than willing to ..."

I didn't see anything compelling either.

Booknblues wrote: "An interesting list, I thought I might have posted it already, but didn't find it so sorry if it is already there. I've read 2 already.

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The only two that piqued my interest were Celine which is already on my TBR and Exit West. I still have Hamad's last book How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia on my TBR so might try to read that intstead of Exit West since it currently has holds at the library. A few interested me enough that I read a few reviews which dissuaded me from adding them.

BnB, you've read both the Heller and Hamad?

Denizen wrote: "Booknblues wrote: "An interesting list, I thought I might have posted it already, but didn't find it so sorry if it is already there. I've read 2 already.

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Yes those are the two, I've read.

An interesting 10 book list 2 made it to my radar list:



A Place to Stand
Consider This, Senora

Good list. Thanks BnB.