Susan Wyndham’s Books of the Year 2014

Susan Wyndham is an author, and the literary editor for The Sydney Morning Herald.

This year’s reading has been exactly as I would wish: treasures from some of my favourite authors, the discovery of young talent, and the reappearance of older writers who had vanished and reappeared with fresh offerings. While I love nothing more than a finely written novel with characters that lift off the page, I’ve read some excellent non-fiction this year, as well as poetry and even a cartoonist’s graphic memoir. In all – whether they make me laugh or cry or both – it’s the unique voice that keeps me reading.