I find lists of books fascinating and when I saw this way of discovering patterns in their to-be-read books on Kerrie’s, Maxine’s,  Bernadette’s, and Dorte’s blogs I had to have a go too, as if I haven’t got anything else to do! …

These are all fiction, but not all crime fiction:

1. Death

• The Brief History of the Dead, Kevin Brockmeier
• The Cause of Death, Patricia Cornwell
• Death on the Nile, Agatha Christie
• Dead Souls, Ian Rankin
• The Death Maze, Ariana Franklin
• Faithful Unto Death, Caroline Mortimer
• The Secret Hangman, Peter Lovesey

2. Ghosts

• The Ghost, Richard Harris
• The Ghost Road, Pat Barker
• Great Ghost Stories, Aldous Huxley et al
• The House of the Spirits, Isobel Allende 

3. Names

• Iris and Ruby, Rosie Thomas
• Julius, Daphne Du Maurier
• Molly Fox’s Birthday, Deirdre Madden
• Mrs Jordan’s Profession, Claire Tomalin
• Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana, Umberto Eco
• Ripley Under Water, Patricia Highsmith 

4. Snow

• The Snow Tiger, Desmond Bagley
• Storm Island, Ken Follet
• Snowbound Six, R M Stern
• Snow Orhan Pamuk
• The Snow Geese, William Fiennes

5. Time

• The Meaning of Night, Michael Cox
• At the Going Down of the Sun, Elizabeth Darrell
• No Moon Tonight, Don Charlwood
• The Friday Night Knitting Club, Kate Jacobs
• Sands of Time, Barbara Erskine

6. Colours

• The Dark Horse, Rumer Godden
• Home Before Dark, Sue Ellen Bridgers
• Set in Darkness, Ian Rankin
• The Black Rubber Dress, Lauren Henderson
• Blonde, Joyce Carol Oates
• Purple Hibiscus, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 

7. Girls

• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Steig Larsson
• The Girl who played with Fire, Steig Larsson
• Goldengirl, Peter Lovesey
• The Intimate Adventures of a London Call Girl, Belle de Jour
• The Welsh Girl, Peter Ho Davies
• The Girl of the Sea of Cortez, Peter Benchley

8. Murder

• The Interpretation of Murder, Jed Rubenfield
• A Murder is Announced, Agatha Christie
• The ABC Murders, Agatha Christie