At the beginning of the year I’m always looking to see what others have thought to be the best reads for 2010.  I thought I would share with you some of the lists that I have found:

• New York Times 100 Notable Books for 2010
• The Age and Sydney Morning Herald Best Books of 2010
• The Guardian newspaper’s list from UK personalities
• Goodreads Readers’ Choice 2010

My favourites have been (click the links to see my reviews):

• The Lotus Eaters – Tatjana Soli
• To the End of the Land, David Grossman
• Bereft by Chris Wormersley (April’s store book club title)

My favourites that don’t appear on these lists as they were not necessarily first released in 2010:

• Black Water Rising, Attica Locke
• The Redbreast by Jo Nesbo (as well as his other Harry Hole novels)
• Kindling, Darren Groth
• Let the Great World Spin, Colum MacCann 

On my “to-read” list, I still have:

• Hand Me Down World, Lloyd Jones (see author video on Bayside Reader blog)
• The Well at the End of the World, A. J. MacKinnon
• The Report, Jessica Francis Kane
•  So What If I’m Broken, Anna McPartlin

Hope these might give you all some inspiration.