TV personalities and writers share the best books they read in 2019

Does your bedside book stack desperately need some new additions for 2020?

Fear not. We asked TV personalities and writers to share their favourites reads of the last 12 months — be warned, your 'to read' list is about to swell.

Antonia Kidman, 9Honey columnist

"I've been burning through the books this year. My favourite genre is crime/mystery, but it cannot be anything too macabre. I've been loving Ann Cleeve's Vera and Jimmy Perez series. I also enjoyed Jane Harper's The Lost Man and Sujata Massey's The Widows of Malabar Hill, a great mystery set in colonial India. "

Jayne Azzopardi, Weekend Today presenter

"I love Trent Dalton's Boy Swallows Universe."

Amy Sheppard, singer

"My Thoughts Exactly — Lily Allen."

Sami Lukis, 9Honey columnist

"I'm mortified to admit that I haven't read one book this year (PS. thanks for reminding me.) I've actually had Three Women by Lisa Taddeo sitting on my bedside table for months, but I got sucked into the Nordic Noir vortex on Netflix instead. "

Allison Langdon, 60 Minutes reporter

"A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles. Best book I've read in a long time."

Victoria Arbiter, 9Honey royal columnist

"I lost my grandmother last year and I still miss her terribly, so this year I revisited a novel that was a favourite of both of ours. A Woman of Independent Means by Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey was just as wonderful as I remembered, and it reminded me of my grandmother's incredible strength and spirit."

Bec Judd, Postcards presenter

"The House of Brides — Jane Cockram."

Tracy Vo, 9News Perth presenter

"She Said by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey."

Sylvia Jeffreys, Nine journalist

"Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton, and Up The Duff by Kaz Cooke."

Shelly Horton, 9Honey presenter

"My best book of the year would be City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert. She is such a talented writer, and I love it when you have a novel where you just disappear into another world. It was my holiday treat when I was in Bali and I devoured it. I actually had to stop myself from reading it too quickly because I wanted to really savour it."

Livinia Nixon, 9 News Melbourne presenter

"Too many to choose from — Daisy Jones and The Six, Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, The Alice Network and Blue Moon."

Leila McKinnon, Nine journalist

"I loved The Lost Man by Jane Harper."

Scott Cam, The Block presenter

"Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari."