The Richard and Judy Best Read of the Year
Best Book Awards
2008
Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones
Notes from an Exhibition by Patrick Gale
A Quiet Belief In Angels by R J Ellory
Random Acts of Heroic Love by Danny Scheinmann
The Rose of Sebastopol by Katharine McMahon
Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
The Visible World by Mark Slouka
The Welsh Girl by Peter Ho Davies
Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones
Notes from an Exhibition by Patrick Gale
A Quiet Belief In Angels by R J Ellory
Random Acts of Heroic Love by Danny Scheinmann
The Rose of Sebastopol by Katharine McMahon
Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
The Visible World by Mark Slouka
The Welsh Girl by Peter Ho Davies
2007
The Girls by Lori Lansens
Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Interpretation of Murder by Jed Rubenfeld
Love in the Present Tense by Catherine Ryan Hyde
Restless by William Boyd
The Testament of Gideon Mack by James Robertson
This Book Will Save Your Life by A M Homes
The Girls by Lori Lansens
Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Interpretation of Murder by Jed Rubenfeld
Love in the Present Tense by Catherine Ryan Hyde
Restless by William Boyd
The Testament of Gideon Mack by James Robertson
This Book Will Save Your Life by A M Homes
2006
Arthur and George by Julian Barnes
The Conjuror's Bird by Martin Davies
Empress Orchid by Anchee Min
The History of Love by Nicole Krauss
Labyrinth by Kate Mosse
The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly
The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets by Eva Rice
March by Geraldine Brooks
Moondust by Andrew Smith
Arthur and George by Julian Barnes
The Conjuror's Bird by Martin Davies
Empress Orchid by Anchee Min
The History of Love by Nicole Krauss
Labyrinth by Kate Mosse
The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly
The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets by Eva Rice
March by Geraldine Brooks
Moondust by Andrew Smith
2005
The Sixth Lamentation by William Brodrick
The American Boy by Andrew Taylor
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell (winner)
The Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
The Promise of Happiness by Justin Cartwright
The Shadow Of The Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
The Sixth Lamentation by William Brodrick
The American Boy by Andrew Taylor
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell (winner)
The Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
The Promise of Happiness by Justin Cartwright
The Shadow Of The Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger