My top reads for 2014

The book that I'm currently reading looks like lasting me to the end of the year, and won't make it into my top reads, so I am pretty safe in displaying the top of my 2014 reading list here.

There is a good smattering of Australian authors ** amongst them, and for the most case those titles are recently published.
The list also includes some of those authors that I think of as my favourites - Michael Robotham, Jo Nesbo, Geoffrey McGeachin, Ann Cleeves, Louise Penny, Charles Todd, and Michael Stanley.

In reality there is probably not a lot of difference between top and bottom, and of course they are all crime fiction.

1. 5.0, LIFE OR DEATH, Michael Robotham **
2. 5.0, THE SON, Jo Nesbo
3. 5.0, SWIMMING IN THE DARK, Paddy Richardson 
4. 4.9, ST KILDA BLUES - Geoffrey McGeachin **
5. 4.9, IN THE MORNING I'LL BE GONE, Adrian McKinty **
6. 4.9, HARBOUR STREET, Ann Cleeves  
7. 4.9, A WHISPERED NAME, William Brodrick
8. 4.9, THE LONG WAY HOME, Louise Penny 
9. 4.8, PRESENT DARKNESS, Malla Nunn **
10. 4.8, FATAL IMPACT, Kathryn Fox **
11. 4.8, A FEARSOME DOUBT, Charles Todd
12. 4.8, DEAD CAT BOUNCE, Peter Cotton **
13. 4.8, THE SECOND DEATH OF GOODLUCK TINUBU, Michael Stanley
14. 4.8, DYING FALL, Elly Griffiths - audio book
15. 4.8, BITTER WATER, Gordon Ferris
16. 4.8, HOLY ORDERS, Benjamin Black
17. 4.8, CINDERELLA GIRL, Carin Gerhardsen  
18. 4.8, LIFE AFTER LIFE, Kate Atkinson
19. 4.8, THE WHITE CORRIDOR, Christopher Fowler  
20. 4.7, GETTING WARMER, Alan Carter -  **