Aussie Readers discussion

With another year almost over here at Aussie Readers it's that time again to list your top 5 - 10 International author titles. The books don't have to be released this year but only to be read.

Here's the link to the mid-year top 5-10 where you chose the first half of the year's favourites. See how much, and if, they change :)
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...



Here is my list:

Penric’s Demon by Lois McMaster Bujold
The Night House by Jo Nesbø
Red Side Story by Jasper Fforde
The Raging Storm by Ann Cleeves
The Stellar Debut of Galactica MacFee by Alexander McCall Smith
The Story of a Marriage by Andrew Sean Greer
Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout
The Phoenix Ballroom by Ruth Hogan
Ushers by Joe Hill
We Solve Murders by Richard Osman

My top 10 International in no particular order

The Hidden Storyteller by Mandy Robotham

36 Hours by Angela Marsons

A Midwinter Murder by Verity Bright

Blood Runs Cold by Neil Lancaster

Murder in New York by Helena Dixon

Christmas with the Queen by Hazel Gaynor

Rolling Toward Clear Skies by Catherine Ryan Hyde

The Grey Wolf by Louise Penny

Bad Liar by Tami Hoag

The Waiting by Michael Connelly

My top ten international books by authors n order of reading.

- Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton

- Code Name Hélène by Ariel Lawhon

- The House of Doors by Tan Twan Eng

- The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon

- Blackout by Connie Willis

- All Clear by Connie Willis

- The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years by Shubnum Khan

- The Briar Club by Kate Quinn

- The Twist of a Knife by Anthony Horowitz

- None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell

My top ten international books read this year (not including classics)

Reports from the Deep End: Stories Inspired by J. G. Ballard ed by Maxim Jakubowski
Swing Time by Zadie Smith
Against the Loveless World by Susan Abulhawa
Loving Sylvia Plath: A Reclamation by Emily Van Duyne
Grey Dog by Elliott Gish
The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich
Cured: The Tale of Two Imaginary Boys by Lol Tolhurst
The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler-Colonial Conquest and Resistance, 1917-2017 by Rashid Khalidi
The Book of Elsewhere by Keanu Reeves and China Miéville
The Women Behind the Door by Roddy Doyle

Know My Name Chanel Miller

The Red Tent by Anita Diamant

The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw

The Library of the Dead by T.L. Huchu

My top 10 from international authors this year:


World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks

Want To Play? by P.J. Tracy

Heir to the Empire by Timothy Zahn

One for the Money by Janet Evanovich

Triptych by Karin Slaughter

Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters

This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel

Blood and Blade by Matthew Harffy

All Systems Red by Martha Wells

None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell

My top reads:-

Rizzio by Denise Mina
None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell
The Mirror & the Light by Hilary Mantel
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman
The Oyster Diver's Secret by Caroline Säfstrand
The Sky Beneath Us by Fiona Valpy
The Players by Minette Walters
Death at the Sign of the Rook by Kate Atkinson

My top 10 books by International authors for 2024

Haunting and Homicide by Ava Burke
A Sky Full of Stars by Kristen Painter
Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree
The North Wind by Alexandria Warwick
The Witch Squad by M.Z. Andrews
by Ahren by Torsten Weitze
Happy Harbor by Rachel Hanna
The Last Cherry Blossom by Kathleen Burkinshaw
A Trinket for the Taking by Victoria Laurie
Nixed in New Orleans by Kristen Painter

It' so hard to choose this year, but here are my top 10 international reads of 2024:

The Hunter by Tana French
The Queen of Dirt Island by Donal Ryan
Northern Boy by Iqbal Hussain
The River We Remember by William Kent Krueger
Time of the Child by Niall Williams
Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout
The Black Loch by Peter May
What Cannot Be Said by C.S. Harris
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann

And for my final choice I couldn't decide between two books both by the Robert Dugoni: the first a historical fiction based on a true WW2 event I hadn't heard of and the second an excellent courtroom drama. I recommend them both!
Hold Strong by Robert Dugoni
Beyond Reasonable Doubt by Robert Dugoni

Carolyn I'm glad to see The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder on your list. I have it to read sometime this year :)

Brenda wrote: "Carolyn I'm glad to see The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder on your list. I have it to read sometime this year :)"

I really enjoyed it Brenda. I love well written historical events and this is quite a tale and one I didn't know about.

That's good to know. I'm looking forward to it as I thought it sounded pretty good when I bought it :)

Here are a few my international reads from last year

Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll
Bride by Ali Hazelwood
The Woods by Harlan Coben
Another Life by Kristin Hannah
From Here to the Great Unknown by Lisa Marie Presley
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

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My Top 10 International books were (in order of reading):-

In the Dark - Cara Hunter
These Dividing Walls - Fran Cooper
The Women - Kristin Hannah - BOOK OF YEAR!
Nine Lives - Peter Swanson
A History of Loneliness - John Boyne
Long Island - Colm Tóibín
Earth - John Boyne
The Little Liar - Mitch Albom
The Blue Hour - Paula Hawkins
The Stranding - Kate Sawyer