Room Tops Liveline Listeners Poll

Liveline listeners voted for their favourite books of 2010 from a shortlist of ten on Monday 20th December 2010. The shortlist was selected by Liveline production team and the show’s presenter Joe Duffy.

The show operated a text poll that eliminated shortlisted titles until only one remained standing.

Some of the results are a surprise with Ryan Tubridy’s successful title falling out of the running at the first hurdle and Poolbeg published, His Name Is Rebecca, making it to Number four.

10: Ryan Tubridy- JFK in Ireland: Four days that changed a president (HarperCollins)
9: Dave Fanning- The Thing Is (HarperCollins)
8: Christy O’Connor – The Club (Penguin Ireland)
7: John Giles – A Football Man (Hachette Books Ireland)
6: Ross O’Carroll Kelly – The Oh My God Delusion (Penguin Ireland)
5: John Lonergan – The Governor (Penguin Ireland)
4: Rebecca De Havalland- His name is Rebecca (Poolbeg Press)
3: Ken Foxe – Snouts In The Trough (Gill & Macmillan)
2: Paul Murray – Skippy Dies (Faber & Faber)
1: Emma Donoghue – Room (Picador)