HERE are the fiction and non-fiction titles nominated for this year’s Popular-The Star Readers’ Choice Awards. For instructions on how to text in your vote for your top three fiction and top three non-fiction titles, see the form on the right; you can also vote online at popular.com.my or bookfestmalaysia.com. The deadline for all votes is July 1, 2012.

Fiction

1.        Hotel Tales by Hanley Chew

2.        4...5...6 by Kuan Guat Choo

3.        Malaysian Tales: Retold & Remixed by Daphne Lee

4.        Bitter-Sweet Harvest by Chan Ling Yap

5.        Melody Of Love & Other Stories by Yeoh Gim Suan

6.        The Dulang Washer by Paul Callan

7.        The Female Cell by Rumaizah Abu Bakar

8.        DUKE: Inspector Misla & The DUKExpressway Murders by Rozlan Mohd Noor

9.        Malacca: A Romance by Kamsiah M. Bostock

10.       The Amok Of Mat Solo by Salleh Ben Joned

Non-fiction

1.        A Doctor In The House by Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad

2.        Teohlogy by Patrick Teoh

3.        Notes To The Prime Minister by Wong Sulong

4.        Kopitiam Chit Chat by Peggy Tan Pek Tao

5.        Unmistakably Chinese, Genuinely Malaysian by Rita Sim

6.        Patriots & Pretenders: The Malayan Peoples’ Independence Struggle by Kua Kia Soong

7.        A Map Of Trengganu by Awang Goneng

8.        Found In Malaysia (Vol. 2) by The Nut Graph

9.        Coming Of Age: A Decade Of Essays 2001-2011 by Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad

10.       Growing Up With Ghosts by Bernice Chauly

• Understanding blood pressure
• Invisible enemy
• Classifying hypertension
• Self-monitoring
• Highs and lows of diabetes
• Celebrities who pole-dance
• Caring for your premature baby
• Family planning saves lives
• Pole survivor
• You left too soon