I loved all but one of these stories, and the one I didn't love was still great.

Patrick White's first novel was out of print for many years but was reissued a couple of years ago. It's a very readable and rewarding modernist classic.

I really loved Orley Farm. It's a great story, really well plotted, and the characters are very well-drawn. I particularly like the way Trollope deals with moral ambiguity. Highly recommended (but only if Victorian lit is your thing).

I loved this very engaging and extremely well written biography of the Boyd family of artists and writers.

The first time I've read Salinger in awhile, and I really enjoyed it. I'm not quite sure what to make of the Glass family, but I'm looking forward to reading more about them in Nine Stories.

This brilliant but little known Australian classic deserves to be more widely read.