Tips from big readers on the year’s best

SO WHAT does Mervyn Sloman, owner of city bookstore The Book Lounge, suggest for your shopping list this Christmas? Or authors like Lauren Beukes, Rachel Zadok, Yewande Omotoso and Tan Twan Eng?

Read on for their tips:

PICTURE: ADRIAN DE KOCK PAGE-TURNERS: Mervyn Sloman, the owner of the The Book Lounge, recommends The Blacks of Cape Town and Americanah, among others

THRILLS: Lauren Beukes enjoyed The Space Race by Alex Latimer.