A Walk to Remember, by Nicholas Sparks – 2/5
The Stepford Wives, by Ira Levin – 3.5/5
The Woman in Black, by Susan Hill – 3/5
The Best a Man Can Get, by John O’Farrell – 5/5
The Scent of the Night, by Andrea Camilleri – 4.5/5
Dissolution, by C.J. Sansom – 5/5 (Riveting stuff. Looking forward to the next installment in the Shardlake series – this is the first.)
Black Like Me, by John Howard Griffin – 3.5/5 (Somewhat outdated now, but still should be compulsory reading.)
The Glass Painter’s Daughter, by Rachel Hore – 3/5
Cherry, by Matt Thorne – 3/5
Divisadero, by Michael Ondaatje (2.5/5)
Carrie, by Stephen King – 3.5/5
Dead Simple, by Peter James – 3.5/5
God is Dead, by Ron Currie – 5/5 (Fantastic. Not sure what genre this fits into – but it definitely has a dystopian air. Recommended.)
Dear Fatty, by Dawn French – 3/5
True Confessions of Adrian Albert Mole, by Sue Townsend – 2.5/5
The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets, by Eva Rice – 4.5/5
Property, by Valerie Martin – 4/5
Adrian Mole: The Wilderness Years, by Sue Townsend – 4/5
The Kalahari Typing School for Men, by Alexander McCall Smith – 4.5/5
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, by F. Scott Fitzgerald – 4.5/5
Gringa in a Strange Land, by Linda Dahl – 4/5
Incendiary, by Chris Cleave – 4.5/5
The Vesuvius Club, by Mark Gatiss – 4/5 (Very satisfying first outing for the inimitable Lucifer Box.)
Ford County, by John Grisham – 4/5
Miss Pettigrew Lives For a Day, by Winifred Watson – 4/5
1989 The Berlin Wall: My Part In It’s Downfall, by Peter Millar – 4/5 (An interesting inside view of life in the Eastern Bloc and the events that led up to the fall of the Berlin Wall.)
The Ice Queen, by Alice Hoffman – 2.5/5
Rounding the Mark, by Andrea Camilleri – 4.5/5
Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen – 4/5
Lucy’s Child, by Shaun Hutson – 1.5/5
The Vanishing, by Tim Krabbe – 3/5
Nineteen Minutes, by Jodi Picoult – 5/5
Hawk, by Brian Neary – 3/5
Home to Big Stone Gap, by Adriana Trigiani – 5/5 (The final book in the Big Stone Gap series – I was sorry to say goodbye to the wonderful characters.)
Slights, by Kaaron Warren – 3/5
84 Charing Cross Road, by Helene Hanff – 5/5 (Very quick and entertaining read – worth a few hours of anybody’s time.)
Country Pursuits, by Jo Carnegie – 3/5
Tricks of the Mind, by Derren Brown – 4/5 (Fascinating book, with memory tips and Derren’s theory on psychics and mediums – he doesn’t believe in their abilities.)
Excellent Women, by Barbara Pym – 3.5/5
The Patience of the Spider, by Andrea Camilleri – 3.5/5
The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger – 4/5
The Good Thief, by Hannah Tinti – 3.5/5
Traitors of the Tower, by Alison Weir – 3/5
The Pursuit of Love, by Nancy Mitford 2/5
After You’d Gone, by Maggie O’Farrell – 4.5/5
Heart Shaped Box, by Joe Hill – 3.5/5
The Dare, by John Boyne – 3/5
The Equivoque Principle, by Darren Craske – 3.5/5
Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott – 4/5
The Eleventh Plague, by Darren Craske – 3.5/5
Like Bees to Honey, by Caroline Smailes – 4.5/5
Carnevale, by M.R. Lovric – 3.5/5
The Ballroom on Magnolia Street, by Sharon Owens – 2/5
e squared, by Matt Beaumont – 4/5
The Interpretation of Murder, by Jed Rubenfeld – 3.5/5
If I Stay, by Gayle Forman – 5/5 (Very highly recommended – beautifully written, with excellent characterisation; this moved me to tears)
Disobedience, by Naomi Alderman – 3.5/5
Bone by Bone by Bone, by Tony Johnston – 3.5/5
After You, by Julie Buxbaum – 4/5 (Recommended to anyone who is a fan of Jodi Picoult, Diane Chamberlain)
Dracula, by Bram Stoker – 1.5/5
Second Hand Heart, by Catherine Ryan Hyde – 2.5/5
The Birthing House, by Christopher Ransom – 0.5/5
A Fine Balance, by Rohinton Mistry – 5/5 (Absolutely wonderful book – one of the best I’ve read this year. Sad, wonderful, eloquent, and needless to say – highly recommended!)
Can’t Wait to Get to Heaven, by Fannie Flagg – 3.5/5
American Wife, by Curtis Sittenfeld – 5/5 (Absolutely gripping book, which drew me in from the very first page)
Undead on Arrival, by Nick Smith – 1/5
The Bronze Horseman, by Paullina Simons – 3.5/5
Mr Chartwell, by Rebecca Hunt – 5/5 (One of the most original books I have read in a long time. Fantastic – highly recommended!)
War On the Margins, by Libby Cone – 4/5
A Tiny Bit Marvellous, by Dawn French – 3.75/5
The One I Love, by Anna McPartlin – 3.75/5
Micka, by Frances Kay – 4.25/5
Soul Catcher, by Michael White – 3.75/5
Few Are Chosen, by M. T. McGuire – 3.5/5
Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen – 5/5
What Was Lost, by Catherine O’Flynn – 4.5/5
Blacklands, by Belinda Bauer – 3.5/5
By Fire By Water, by Mitchell James Kaplan – 4/5
The Tapestry of Love, by Rosy Thornton – 4/5
Continent, by Jim Crace – 2/5
Completely Unexpected Tales, by Roald Dahl – 3.5/5
The Shining, by Stephen King – 3.25/5
The Revenge of Captain Paine, by Andrew Pepper – 3.5/5
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