{"id":67356,"date":"2017-01-20T16:34:41","date_gmt":"2017-01-20T05:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.booktopia.com.au\/?p=67356"},"modified":"2017-09-13T16:54:52","modified_gmt":"2017-09-13T05:54:52","slug":"best-books-2016-definitive-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/2017\/01\/20\/best-books-2016-definitive-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Books of 2016: The Definitive Collection"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Here at Booktopia we\u2019ve done the hard work for you. We\u2019re read countless books this year, flicked over thousands of pages, and forgone sleep, all in search of the very<\/em> best books published this year.<\/p>\n

Below, you\u2019ll find all the books we haven\u2019t stopped talking about. The books we can\u2019t stop re-reading, can\u2019t stop bragging about. Buy, borrow or steal yourself a copy. Either way, these stories need to be read and shared.<\/p>\n

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Best Book of 2016
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<\/a>The Good People<\/strong>
\nby Hannah Kent
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N\u00f3ra Leahy has lost her daughter and her husband in the same year, and is now burdened with the care of her four-year-old grandson, Miche\u00e1l. The boy cannot walk, or speak, and Nora, mistrustful of the tongues of gossips, has kept the child hidden from those who might see in his deformity evidence of otherworldly interference.<\/p>\n

Unable to care for the child alone, N\u00f3ra hires a fourteen-year-old servant girl, Mary, who soon hears the whispers in the valley about the blasted creature causing grief to fall upon the widow’s house.<\/p>\n

Alone, hedged in by rumour, Mary and her mistress seek out the only person in the valley who might be able to help Miche\u00e1l. For although her neighbours are wary of her, it is said that old Nance Roche has the knowledge. That she consorts with Them, the Good People. And that only she can return those whom they have taken… Learn more.<\/a><\/p>\n

PODCAST: Hannah Kent chats about her latest book<\/a><\/p>\n

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Popular Fiction: Winner <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Four Legendary Kingdoms<\/strong>
\nJack West Jr. Series: Book 4<\/strong>
\nby Matthew Reilly <\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n

Jack West Jr and his family are living happily on their remote farm… when Jack is brutally kidnapped and he awakes in an underground cell to find a masked attacker with a knife charging at him. Jack, it seems, has been chosen – along with a dozen other elite soldiers – to compete in a series of deadly challenges designed to fulfil an ancient ritual.<\/p>\n

With the fate of the Earth at stake, he will have to traverse diabolical mazes, fight cruel assassins and face unimaginable horrors that will test him like he has never been tested before. In the process, he will discover the mysterious and powerful group of individuals behind it all: the four legendary kingdoms… Learn more. <\/a><\/p>\n

PODCAST: Bestselling author Matthew Reilly chats about his latest book. <\/a><\/p>\n

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Popular Fiction: The Shortlist <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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