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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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Don't Look Too Tasty
Adventure: 9- to 12-year-olds:
twists & suspense!
by P G H Hannaford


Jemma and the Raven
A luminous adventure in
this epic YA fantasy debut
Amazon


The Shadow and the Scream
Stranger Things meets
Alice in Wonderland.
Amazon


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





AT RECEPTION
Will Sally fall for the charms
of a guest? ADULT FICTION
by Galahad Porter


GOING TO MEET DAD
A playful and sensitive tale
about braving the unknown
by Kathleen Nord Heinz


The Gemini Connection
An intriguing thriller that
will keep you hooked.
Amazon


Lines in the Sand
Edgy and isolating. A perfect
memoir of loss and endurance.
F. Scott Service