Books are listed in the chronological order I read them. The links in this list are to my reviews – some ‘reviews’ are mini reviews/notes or as parts of composite posts (not all books will be reviewed).
Key:
- F = Fiction
- K = Kindle
- CF = Crime Fiction
- HF = Historical Fiction
- LB = library book
- TBR = book acquired before 1 Jan 2021
- RB = a review book from author/publisher/NetGalley
- B = book borrowed from family/friends
- NF = non-fiction
- AB = Audiobooks
January
- The Measure of Malice: Scientific Detection Stories edited by Martin Edwards 4* CF, F, K, RB, TBR
- Cruel Acts by Jane Casey 5* CF, F, K, TBR
- Exit by Belinda Bauer 4* CF, F, K, RB, TBR
- The One I Was by Eliza Graham 5* F, HF, K, TBR
- The Cutting Place by Jane Casey 3.5* CF, F, K, TBR
- English Pastoral by James Rebanks 5* K, NF, RB, TBR
- Orlando by Virginia Woolf 4* F, HF, TBR
February
- Murder in the Mill Race by E C R Lorac 4* CF, F, K
- Don’t Look Now and Other Short Stories by Daphne du Maurier 3* F, TBR
- The Marlow Murder Club by Robert Thorogood 3* CF, F, K, RB
- Invisible Girl by Lisa Jewell 3* CF, F, K, RB, TBR
- For the Record by David Cameron 3* NF, TBR
- The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman – audiobook 2.5* CF, F
March
- The Moon Sister by Lucinda Riley 4* F, K, RB, TBR
- Checkmate to Murder by E C R Lorac 4* CF, F, K
- Girl in the Walls by A J Gnuse 4* F, K, RB
- The Salt Path by Raynor Winn 4* NF, K, TBR
- Not Dark Yet by Peter Robinson 4* CF, F, K
- We Are Not in the World by Conor O’Callaghan 2* F, K, RB, TBR
April
- A Room Made of Leaves by Kate Grenville 4* F, K, RB, TBR
- The Royal Secret by Andrew Taylor 4* F, HF, K, RB
- A Life on Our Planet by David Attenborough 5* NF, K
- Ice Bound by Jerri Nielsen 5* NF, TBR
- Murder in Mesopotamia by Agatha Christie 4* CF, F, TBR
- The Mirror Dance by Catriona McPherson 3* CF, F, K, RB, TBR
- The Pact by Sharon Bolton 4* CF, F, K, RB
- The Lieutenant by Kate Grenville 5*, F, HF, TBR
- Circus of Wonders by Elizabeth Macneal 4* F, HF, K, RB
May
- A Town Called Solace by Mary Lawson 5* F, K, RB
- Inland by Téa Obreht 3* F, HF, K, TBR, RB
- Prophecy by S J Parris 4* F, HF, LB
June
- Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens F, TBR
- The Killing Kind by Jane Casey 5* CF, F, K, RB
- The Railway Children by E Nesbit 5* F, K
- Coming Up for Air by Sarah Leipciger 5* F, K, RB, TBR
- The Paris Library by Janet Skeslien Charles 3* F, HF, K, RB, TBR
- Six Tudor Queens:Katheryn the Tainted Queen by Alison Weir 2* F, HF, K, RB, TBR (29 June)
- An Officer and a Spy by Robert Harris 5* F, HF, TBR
July
- The Rose Code by Kate Quinn 3* F, HF, K, RB, TBR
- The Dressmaker by Beryl Bainbridge 4* F, TBR
- The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway 4* F, K
- Enigma by Robert Harris 5* F, HF, K, TBR
- The Yorkshire Shepherdess by Amanda Owen 5* K, NF
- A Line to Kill by Anthony Horowitz 4* CF, F, K, RB
- Above the Bay of Angels by Rhys Bowen 3* F, HF, K, RB, TBR
August
- Framley Parsonage by Anthony Trollope 4* F, K, TBR
- The Queen’s Spy by Clare Marchant 4* F, HF
- The Madness of Crowds by Douglas Murray 4*NF, K
- Dead Tomorrow by Peter James 3* CF, F, K, TBR
- Moon Over Soho by Ben Aaronvitch 4* F, K, TBR
September
- Second Place by Rachel Cusk 4* F, K
- Index, A History of the by Dennis Duncan 4* NF, K, RB
- A Corruption of Blood by Ambrose Parry 5* CF, F, K, RB
- Failures of State by Jonathan Calvert and George Arbuthnott 4* NF, K
- Whose Body? by Dorothy L Sayers 4* CF, F, K
- Another Journey Through Britain by Mark Probert 4* NF, K
October
- The Library of the Dead by T L Huchu 4* F, K
- I Love the Bones of You by Christopher Eccleston 5* AB
- The Way Home by Mark Boyle 4* NF, K
- The Dark Remains by William McIlvanney and Ian Rankin 4* CF, F, K
- The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman 1* CF, F, K, RB
- How Britain Ends by Gavin Esler NF
- And Away … by Bob Mortimer 5* NF, K
- Breathtaking by Rachel Clarke 4* NF, K
November
- Fludd by Hilary Mantel 4* F, K, TBR
- Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton – a reread
- Pietr the Latvian by Georges Simenon 3* CF, F, K, TBR
- Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay 5* F
- Country Dance by Margiad Evans 3* F, K, TBR
- Just Like the Other Girls by Claire Douglas 3* CF, F, K, RB, TBR
December
- The Descent of Man by Grayson Perry 4* LB, NF
- The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas 4* F, K, TBR
- The Quiet American by Graham Green 4* F, K, TBR
- The Mirror and the Light by Hilary Mantel 3.5* F HF, K, TBR
- The Grand Banks Cafe by Georges Simenon e.4* CF, F, K, TBR
- The Fell by Sarah Moss 3* F, K
- The Draycott Murder Mystery by Molly Thynne 3.5* CF, F, K
- The Night at the Crossroads by Georges Simenon 3* CF, F, K, TBR
- Fifty-Fifty by Steve Cavanagh 4* CF. F, K, TBR
- Right Said Fred by Andrew Flintoff 4* NF, K