Anagrams, by Lorrie Moore – 5/5
Crossed Wires, by Rosy Thornton – 4/5
The Big Sleep, by Raymond Chandler – 3/5
Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets, by David Simon – 5/5 (Absolutely fantastic. Probably the best non-fiction book I’ve ever read…and it spawned a wonderful television series too.)
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, by Jean-Dominique Bauby – 3/5
The Diary of a Provincial Lady, by E.M. Delafield – 4.5/5
Bel Canto, by Ann Patchett – 4/5
Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte – 5/5 (Don’t make the mistake I did, and leave it years before you read this. It’s fantastic!)
Blind Faith, by Ben Elton – 4/5
Over, by Margaret Forster – 5/5
The Eyre Affair, by Jasper Fforde – 5/5
Brideshead Revisited, by Evelyn Waugh – 2.5/5 (I appreciate that this was beautifully written, but it didn’t work for me. Saved it to read again in the future though.)
The Color Purple, by Alice Walker – 4/5
Autobiography of a Geisha, by Sayo Masuda – 4/5
Milk Glass Moon, by Adriana Trigiani – 4/5
Water for Elephants, by Sara Gruen – 5/5
The Harmony Silk Factory, by Tash Aw – 4/5
The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald – 5/5
The Unknown Terrorist, by Richard Flanagan – 3/5
Bad Dirt, by Annie Proulx – 4/5
Road to Paradise, by Paullina Simons – 4/5
A Partisan’s Daughter, by Louis de Bernieres – 3/5
Mother’s Milk, by Edward St. Aubyn – 2/5
The Handmaid’s Tale, by Margaret Atwood – 5/5 (Probably my all time favourite book. Disturbing, dark and worryingly believeable. Should be compulsory reading in school.)
Death at Dawn, by Caro Peacock – 5/5
Windows on the World, by Frederic Beigbeder – 2.5/5
Ferney, by James Long – 3/5
Un Lun Dun, by China Mieville – 4/5
Chocolat, by Joanne Harris – 5/5
Morality for Beautiful Girls, by Alexander McCall Smith – 4/5
Iris and Ruby, by Rosie Thomas – 5/5
A Clockwork Orange, by Anthony Burgess – 5/5
The Summer of Katya, by Trevanian – 3/5
Three Bags Full, by Leonie Swann – 4/5
The Painter of Shanghai, by Jennifer Cody Epstein – 4/5
The Road, by Cormac McCarthy – 5/5 (Haunting, sad, redemptive and highly recommended.)
Affinity, by Sarah Waters – 5/5 (Sarah Water’s best book – probably. Excellent.)
Biron’s Mercy, by Ben Gibbins – 2/5
Cold Comfort Farm, by Stella Gibbons – 4/5
The White Family, by Maggie Gee – 5/5
Absolute Beginners, by Colin McInnes – 3/5
Keeping Secrets, by Andrew Rosenheim – 3/5
According to the Rolling Stones, by the Rolling Stones – 3.5/5
Addition, by Toni Jordan – 4/5
The Other Boleyn Girl, by Philippa Gregory – 5/5
Born Bad, by Josephine Cox – 1/5 (Born bad? No, just written badly. Don’t waste your time.)
The Sixth Wife, by Suzannah Dunn – 3/5
The Master and Margarita, by Mikhail Bulgakov – 4.5/5
The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole, by Sue Townsend – 4/5
The Time Traveler’s Wife, by Audrey Niffenegger – 4.5/5
Misery, by Stephen King – 4.5/5
The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak – 5/5 (Fantastic WWII story, with a most unusual narrator. Will make you cry – but it’s worth it.)
The Resurrectionist, by James Bradley – 3/5
Fine Just the Way It Is, by Annie Proulx – 4/5
Anne Boleyn: A New Life of England’s Tragic Queen, by Joanna Denny – 3/5
The Bone Collector, by Jeffery Deaver – 4/5
Girl In a Red Tunic, by Alys Clare – 3/5
The Help, by Kathryn Stockett – 5/5 (Definite contender for best book read in 2009. There’s a reason why you might not have heard anything bad about this book – it’s brilliant!)
The Night Watch, by Sarah Waters – 5/5 (Sarah Waters does it yet again, with another fabulous tale.
The Rice Mother, by Rani Manicka – 4/5
Raven Black, by Ann Cleeves – 4/5
A Dog Named Christmas, by Greg Kincaid – 3.5/5
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