THE STORY OF THE LOST CHILD won the Australian Book Industry Awards Readers Choice award for International Book of the Year
READER’S CHOICE AWARD WINNERS!
Presenting the winners of the Australian Book Industry Awards, Reader’s Choice 2016. The Reader’s Choice Awards are a chance for you, the public, to have your say on which books you enjoyed reading. Thank you to everyone who voted!
Biography Book of the Year, Reader’s Choice:
Flesh Wounds (Richard Glover, ABC Books, HarperCollins)
General Fiction Book of the Year, Reader’s Choice:
Close Your Eyes (Michael Robotham, Sphere, Hachette Australia Books)
General Non-fiction Book of the Year, Reader’s Choice:
The Dismissal (Paul Kelly and Troy Bramston, Viking, Penguin Books Australia)
Illustrated Book of the Year, Reader’s Choice:
Cornersmith (Alex Elliott-Howery and James Grant, Murdoch Books,Murdoch Books)
International Book of the Year, Reader’s Choice:
The Story of the Lost Child (Elena Ferrante, Text Publishing)
Literary Fiction Book of the Year, Reader’s Choice:
The Natural Way of Things (Charlotte Wood, Allen & Unwin, Allen & Unwin Books)
Matt Richell Award for New Writer of the Year, Reader’s Choice:
The Anti-Cool Girl ( Rosie Waterland , 4th Estate, HarperCollins Books Australia)
Book of the Year Older Children, Reader’s Choice:
Illuminae (Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff, Allen & Unwin, Allen & Unwin Books)
Book of the Year for Younger Children, Reader’s Choice:
The 65-Storey Treehouse ( Andy Griffiths , illusrated by Terry Denton, Pan Australia, Pan Macmillan Australia)
Small Publishers’ Children’s Book of the Year, Reader’s Choice:
Kookoo Kookaburra (Gregg Dreise, Magabala Books)
Small Publishers’ Adult Book of the Year, Reader’s Choice:
Body Lengths (Leisel Jones with Felicity McLean, Nero, Black Inc.)