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Books of the Decade

The Wishing Shelf Book Award has now been running for TEN YEARS. To celebrate this, we have announced SIX Best Books of the Decade from our PAST Gold, Silver and Bronze Medal Winners. You will find the books listed below. The readers in our Reading Groups think they are WONDERFUL!

Best Book from the Last Ten Years

Category 1

The Snark, Justin Davis, ill. by Stephanie Jayne

Category 2


Baby Worries, Frances Mackay, ill by Dotti Colvin

Category 3


Shadow Jumper, J M Forster

Category 4


Ben Archer and the Cosmic Fall, Rae Knightly

Category 5


The Poison Keeper, Deborah Swift

Category 6


Henry: A Polish Swimmer's True Story of Friendship from Auschwitz to America, Katrina Shawver

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The Ghost of Neil Diamond
A tribute artist scales
the Great Wall of China.
by David Milnes


THE PHILOSOPHER & THE ASSASSIN
campus novel, moral
philosophy, and murder mystery
Amazon


DRAGONDAH
The Secret Legacy
of Ottillee Bottomly
Amazon


Rooted and Remembered
An orphaned boy wonders if
home is a place or a feeling.
Goodreads





More Future Dreams/Nightmares
Award-winning SF short
stories of AIs and robots.
Donald Firesmith


A First Book of Microbiology
A fun learning journey
down the microscope lens.
Amazon


CAME A GENTLE WHISPER
A bittersweet, richly
layered historical romance.
by Rebecca A. Cathey


Escape From Peconic Bay
A fast-paced, historical novel
set during the run up to WW2
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