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The best art & design books of 2016
Every year our staff vote for their favourite books, albums, films and TV shows of the past 12 months. Here are our top 10 art and design books of the year, voted for by Readings’ staff, and displayed in no particular order.
(You can find all our best picks for books, CDs & DVDs of 2016 here.)
Art+Climate=Change edited by Guy Abrahams, Kelly Gellatly and Bronwyn Johnson
This is the first book by Climarte, a fascinating new arts organisation…
The best middle fiction books of 2016
Every year our staff vote for their favourite books, albums, films and TV shows of the past 12 months. Here are our top 10 middle fiction books (for ages 8 - 12) of the year, voted for by Readings’ staff, and displayed in no particular order.
(You can find all our best picks for books, CDs & DVDs of 2016 here.)
Pax by Sara Pennypacker and Jon Klassen
Pax is an enthralling story of love between a boy and…
The best fiction books of 2016
Every year our staff vote for their favourite books, albums, films and TV shows of the past twelve months. Here are our top ten fiction books of the year, voted for by Readings’ staff, and displayed in no particular order.
(You can find all our best picks for books, CDs & DVDs of 2016 here.)
The Mothers by Brit Bennett
Set within a black community in Southern California, this extraordinary debut novel follows three characters – Nadia, Aubrey and…
The best non-fiction books of 2016
Every year our staff vote for their favourite books, albums, films and TV shows of the past 12 months. Here are our top 10 non-fiction books of the year, voted for by Readings’ staff, and displayed in no particular order.
(You can find all our best picks for books, CDs & DVDs of 2016 here.)
Position Doubtful by Kim Mahood
Position Doubtful is an astonishing, sprawling memoir of place. Returning annually to the area where she lived as a…
The best classical CDs of 2016
Every year our staff vote for their favourite books, albums, films and TV shows of the past 12 months. Here are our top 10 classical CDs of the year, voted for by Readings’ staff, and displayed in no particular order.
(You can find all our best picks for books, CDs & DVDs of 2016 here.)
Arias by Pumeza Matshikiza
South African soprano Pumeza Matshikiza is one to watch. Her first album Voice of Hope provided only a taster of…
The best pop CDs of 2016
Every year our staff vote for their favourite books, albums, films and TV shows of the past 12 months. Here are our top 10 pop CDs of the year, voted for by Readings’ staff, and displayed in no particular order.
(You can find all our best picks for books, CDs & DVDs of 2016 here.)
Lemonade by Beyoncé
Lemonade, another visual concept album, is as fierce and sexy as we’ve come to expect from the queen of pop/the…
The best DVDs of 2016
Every year our staff vote for their favourite books, albums, films and TV shows of the past 12 months. Here are our top 10 DVDs of the year, voted for by Readings’ staff, and displayed in no particular order.
(You can find all our best picks for books, CDs & DVDs of 2016 here.)
Taika Waititi’s latest and greatest is a must see for laughs and tears. It follows young Ricky Baker and his unwilling…
The best picture books of 2016
Every year our staff vote for their favourite books, albums, films and TV shows of the past 12 months. Here are our top 10 picture books of the year, voted for by Readings’ staff, and displayed in no particular order.
(You can find all our best picks for books, CDs & DVDs of 2016 here.)
Ada Twist, Scientist by Andrea Beaty and David Roberts
Ada does not speak until she is three, but once she starts she makes up…
The best crime books of 2016
Every year our staff vote for their favourite books, albums, films and TV shows of the past twelve months. Here are our top ten crime books of the year, voted for by Readings’ staff, and displayed in no particular order.
(You can find all our best picks for books, CDs & DVDs of 2016 here.)
The Dry by Jane Harper
When a city cop returns to his rural Victorian hometown after an old friend dies, he is forced to…
The best junior fiction books of 2016
Every year our staff vote for their favourite books, albums, films and TV shows of the past 12 months. Here are our top 10 junior fiction books (for ages 5 - 9) of the year, voted for by Readings’ staff, and displayed in no particular order.
(You can find all our best picks for books, CDs & DVDs of 2016 here.)
Dog Man (Book 1) by Dav Pilkey
Dav Pilkey, the mind that brought us the wacky Captain Underpants…
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