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
- N = novella
- 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 Queen’s Lady by Joanne Hickson 4* F, HF, K, RB, TBR
- Miss Austen by Gill Hornby 4* F, HF, K, TBR
- How To Catch a Mole by Marc Hamer 5* NF, B
- Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell 3* F, TBR
- The Chalet by Catherine Cooper 4* CF, F, K, RB, TBR
February
- David Copperfield by Charles Dickens 4* F, TBR
- Death in the Tunnel by Miles Burton 3* CF, F, K, TBR
- The Last Trial by Scott Turow 5* CF, F, K, LB
- The Man in the Bunker by Rory Clements 5* F, HF, K, RB, TBR
- Ashes by Christopher de Vinck 3* F, HF, K, RB, TBR
- Stamboul Train by Graham Greene 4* F, K
- The Storm Sister by Lucinda Riley 4* F, HF, K,TBR
March
- The Second Cut by Louise Welsh 3.5* CF, F, K, RB, TBR
- The Red Monarch by Bella Ellis 3* F, HF, K, RB, TBR
- The Homecoming by Anna Enquist 4* F, HF, K
- The Drowned City by K L Maitland 3* CF, F, HF, K, RB
April
- The Honourable Schoolboy by John le Carré 5* F, TBR
- Notre-Dame de Paris by Victor Hugo 3* F, HF, K, TBR
- A Room With a View by E M Forster 3.5* F, K, TBR
- Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad 3* F, K, N, TBR
- Rain: Four Walks in English Weather by Melissa Harrison 4* NF
- Moonlight and the Pearler’s Daughter by Lizzie Pook 3* F, HF, K, RB, TBR
- My Evil Mother: a short story by Margaret Atwood
- Holy Island by L J Ross 2* CF, F, TBR
- Cécile is Dead by Georges Simenon 4* CF, F, K, N (a reread)
May
- Traitor in the Ice by K J Maitland 2* F, HF, K, RB,
- Dead Like You by Peter James 4* CF, F, K, TBR
- The Chapel in the Woods by Dolores Gordon-Smith 3* CF, F, K, RB
- The Fellowship of the Ring by J R R Tolkein 5* F (a re-read)
- Smiley’s People by John le Carré 4* F, K,TBR
June
- State of Wonder by Ann Patchett 5*, F, K, TBR
- The Riddle of the Third Mile by Colin Dexter 5* CF, F, TBR
- The Hiding Place by Simon Lelic 5* CF, F, K, RB, TBR
- In Too Deep by Bea Davenport 3* CF, F, K, TBR
- A Tapping at My Door by David Jackson 4* CF, F, K, TBR
- The Key in the Lock by Beth Underdown 4* F, HF, K, RB, TBR
- Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens 4* CF, F, LB
- The Awakening by Kate Chopin 3* F, K, N, TBR
July
- Dead Man’s Grip by Peter James 4* CF, F, K, TBR
- The Second Sight of Zachery Cloudesley by Sean Lusk 4* F, K, RB, TBR
- White Forest, Black Rose by Eoin Dempsey 3* F, HK, K, TBR
- Death in Berlin by M M Kaye 3* CF, F, K, TBR
- The Night Hawks by Elly Griffiths 4* CF, F. K, TBR
- True Crime Story by Joseph Knox 2.5* rounded up to 3* CF, F, K
- A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute 4* F, K, TBR
- The Two Towers by J R R Tolkien 5* F (a re-read)
August
- Wednesday’s Child by Peter Robinson 4* CF, F, K, TBR
- Nucleus by Rory Clements 5* CF, F, HF
- Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson 2.5* F, HF, K, RB
- Innocent Graves by Peter Robinson 4* CF, F, K, TBR
September
- Undercurrent by Barney Norris 4* F, K, RB, TBR
- Ammonites and Leaping Fish by Penelope Lively 5* NF
- The Moving Finger by Agatha Christie (a re-read) 4* CF, F, K
- The Return of the King by J R R Tolkien 5* F (a re-read)
- Transcription by Kate Atkinson 3* F, HF, K, TBR
- Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan 5* F, K, N
- Godmersham Park by Gill Hornby 4* F, HF, LB
October
- Never Greater Slaughter by Michael Livingston 3.5* K, NF
- The Room in the Attic by Louise Douglas 4* F, K
- Mrs March by Virginia Feito K, NF, RB 3* F, K, RB
- Whispers Under Ground by Ben Aaronovitch 4* F, K, TBR
- Another Part of the Wood by Beryl Bainbridge 4.5* F, N, TBR
- The Night of the Mi’raj by Zoë Ferraris 4* CF, F, K
- The Island by Victoria Hislop 4* F, HF, TBR
November
- Lord of the Flies by William Golding 5* F, K, N
- The Darkness Manifesto by Johan Eklöf 3.5* NF, K, RB
- The Black Mountain by Kate Mosse 3* F, K
- Coffin Road by Peter May 5* CF, F, TBR
- Maigret’s Memoirs by Georges Simenon 4* CF, F, K, N
- Foster by Claire Keegan 5* F, K, N
- Talking About Detective Fiction by P D James 4* NF
- Last Man in Tower by Aravind Adiga 5* F, K, TBR
- The Wonder by Emma Donoghue 5* F, K
- Now and Forever by Ray Bradbury 4* F, K, N
- Nemesis by Rory Clements 5* CF, F, HF, K
December
- A Heart Full of Headstones by Ian Rankin 4* CF, F, K
- Bel Canto by Ann Patchett 5* F, TBR
- A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham 2* CF, F, K, RB, TBR
- In a Dry Season by Peter Robinson 5* CF, F, K, TBR
- The English Fuhrer by Rory Clements 5* CF, F, HF, K, RB
- Child’s Play by Reginald Hill 5* CF, F, TBR