Jenny Crwys-Williams has chosen her books of the year for 2014, in the categories fiction, non-fiction and cookbook.
The winners this year are An Imperfect Blessing by Nadia Davids, A Man of Good Hope by Jonny Steinberg, Star Fish: Top 10 Sustainable Fish by Daisy Jones.
The other cookbooks on Crwys-Williams’ shortlist were Strandveldfood by Kobus van der Merwe and Jac de Villiers; Retreat: The Joy of Conscious Eating by Daniel Jardim; Secrets of a French Cooking Class by Marlene van der Westhuizen and The Essence of French Cooking by Michel Roux.
The fiction shortlist was completed by Wake by Anna Hope; The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters; The Keeper by Marguerite Poland; The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton and Broken Monsters by Lauren Beukes.
The non-fiction list included: Wallop! An Advertising Phenonemon called Rightford, Searle-Tripp & Makin by Toni Younghusband; The Search for the Rarest Bird in the World by Vernon RL Head; Askari by Jacob Dlamini; The War that Ended the Peace: How Europe Abandoned Peace For the First World War by Margaret Macmillan and Lost and Found in Johannesburg by Mark Gevisser.
Talk Radio 702 announced the winners on Twitter:
[WINNER] @jcwLIFE's best #cookbook of 2014: "Star Fish: Top Ten Sustainable Fish" by Daisy Jones. #BooksofTheYear pic.twitter.com/Za0MEV8Ifp
— 702 (@Radio702) December 10, 2014
[WINNER] @jcwLIFE's pick for #NonFiction Work of 2014 is Johnny Steinberg's "A Man of Good Hope". #BooksOfTheYear pic.twitter.com/dghffLymjM
— 702 (@Radio702) December 10, 2014
[WINNER]@jcwLIFE's choice for Best Fiction Book of the year is @Nadia_Davids1 "An Imperfect Blessing" #BooksOfTheYear pic.twitter.com/FWmuwHjvx7
— 702 (@Radio702) December 10, 2014
Listen to Crwys-Williams discussing her shortlists:
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- An Imperfect Blessing by Nadia Davids
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- A Man of Good Hope by Jonny Steinberg
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- Star Fish: Top 10 Sustainable Fish by Daisy Jones
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- Strandveldfood by Kobus van der Merwe, Jac de Villiers
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- Retreat: The Joy of Conscious Eating by Daniel Jardim
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- Secrets of a French Cooking Class by Marlene van der Westhuizen
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- The Essence of French Cooking by Michel Roux
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- Wake by Anna Hope
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- The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters
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- The Keeper by Marguerite Poland
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- The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton
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- Broken Monsters by Lauren Beukes
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- The War That Ended Peace by Margaret Macmillan
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- Wallop!: An Advertising Phenonemon called Rightford, Searle-Tripp and Makin by Toni Younghusband
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- The Search for the Rarest Bird in the World by Vernon RL Head
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- Askari: A story of collaboration and betrayal in the anti-apartheid struggle by Jacob Dlamini
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