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Reader’s Choice 2024

We invite you to join us in celebrating the wonder of storytelling!

Nominate the book you found the most exciting, gripping or powerful this year. You could win a prize just for voting!

Everything is eligible

Fiction or nonfiction
Adult or junior
Physical or digital
Print or audio
New or old

No matter what or how you choose to read – if one book stood above all others this year, let us know using the form below.

Voting runs 1 Dec 2024 – 31 Jan 2025

You can only vote once – so make it count!

Vote to enter the prize draw

Every voter can choose to enter our prize draw to win a fabulous book voucher prize.

Winners to be announced 14 February 2025

We will announce the winner of Reader’s Choice 2024 – and which lucky voter has won the prize draw! – on Library Lovers’ Day, 14 February 2025.

Browse the 2024 Reader’s Choice collection

Nominated titles

Richard Osman	We solve murders
Kristin Hannah	The women
Garry Disher	Sanctuary
Jessie Tu	The honeyeater
Evie Wyld	The echoes
Kate Atkinson	Death at the sign of the rook
Tim Winton	Juice
Paul Murray	The bee sting
Ann Liang	I hope this doesn’t find you
Emily Henry	Funny story
Lisa Millar	Muster dogs
Shankari Chandran	Safe haven
Asako Yuzuki	Butter
Alan Hollinghurst	Our evenings
Percival Everett	James
Kaliane Bradley	Ministry of time
Coco Mellors	Blue sisters
Liane Moriarty	Here one moment

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Warm Winter Read

Winter is here! It’s time to get cosy and make time for yourself with some amazing reads.

Reading is vital to a healthier, happier, more connected nation. The significant benefits of reading for pleasure include reducing depression, loneliness and dementia, and increasing empathy, self-esteem and awareness of other cultures.

The Warm Winter Read aims to encourage adult readers (16+) across Victoria to create healthy reading habits by tracking the days participants read over June, July, and August 2024. As the temperature drops, we want you to make time for yourself and your chosen story every day.

It’s easier to find time to read than you think. Listen to an audiobook on your commute to work, walking the dog, or while completing household chores; swap scrolling time for reading time; or simply replace one episode of a binge-watch with a chapter (or two) of a great book.

We’ll even help you find your next great read by celebrating fantastic books recommended by authors you love!

While reading is its own reward, you’ll also be in the running to win some great bookish prizes!

The Warm Winter Read campaign will run between 1 June and 31 August 2024.

Track your reading

To get started in this challenge, register for an account through the Vic Reads website or by using the paper tracking logs available at all branches of Your Library. Ages 16+

Not sure what to read next?

We’re here to help you find a story to snuggle up with as the temperature drops. So stay warm and get reading this winter!

Reading Challenges

Cosy up with a good book in your very own reading nook! ☕

Start a new series, or read the next book in your current series. 📚

Listen to an audiobook while doing something else – running, cleaning, driving – it’s up to you!

Whether you’ve whipped up a recipe straight from the pages of a book or paired a meal or drink with your latest read, we want to see it all. Share your culinary creations and literary adventures with us and let’s inspire each other to sink our teeth into the world of literature and gastronomy

Embark on a journey beyond imagination – read a book that transports your mind!

Return your recommendation slip to Your Library’! Whether you’ve been swept away by a captivating novel, delved into a thrilling mystery, or explored the depths of fantasy, we want to hear all about it!