Books Read in 2024

Books are listed in the 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
  • S = short story/short stories
  • TBR = book acquired before 1 Jan 2024
  • PR = Prime Reading (borrowed books)
  • RB = a review book from author/publisher/NetGalley
  • RR = re-read
  • B = book borrowed from family/friends
  • NF = non-fiction
  • AB = Audiobook
  1. You Are Dead by Peter James 3* CF, F, K, TBR
  2. Shakespeare: The Man who Pays the Rent by Judi Dench, Brendan O’Hea 5* K, NF, RB, TBR
  3. The Flower Arranger at All Saints by Lis Howell 5* F, K, TBR
  4. The Hog’s Back Mystery by Freeman Wills Crofts 5* CF, F, TBR
  5. Indefensible by James Woolf 3* CF, F, K, RB
  6. The Hunter by Tana French 4* CF, F, K, RB
  7. The Invisible Man by H G Wells 3* F, K
  8. The Fledgeling by Frances Faviell 4* F, K, TBR
  9. In the Springtime of the Year by Susan Hill 4* F, LB
  10. Everything is Everything by Clive Myrie 4.5* K, NF
  11. Past Lying by Val McDermid 4.5* CF, F, K
  12. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd 4* F, K, TBR
  13. I Let You Go by Clare Mackintosh 5* CF, F, K, TBR
  14. The Last Party by Clare Mackintosh 3.5* CF, K
  15. Maiden Voyages by Sian Evans 5* LB, NF
  16. Nero by Conn Iggulden 5* F, HF, K, RB, TBR
  17. The Road to Wigan Pier by George Orwell 4* NF, K, TBR
  18. The Death of Mrs Westaway by Ruth Ware 4* CF, F, K, TBR
  19. Road Ends by Mary Lawson 4* F, K
  20. The Cracked Mirror by Chris Brookmyre 3* CF, F, K, RB
  21. Hamlet, Revenge! by Michael Innes 4* CF, F, TBR
  22. A Murder of Crows by Sarah Yarwood-Lovett 4* CF, F, K
  23. The Black Tulip by Alexandre Dumas 4* F, HF, K
  24. Cut and Thirst by Margaret Attwood 4* F, K, S
  25. Great Meadow by Dirk Bogarde 5* NF, TBR
  26. Close to Death by Anthony Horowitz 4* CF, F, K
  27. Black Roses by Jane Thynne 3.5 * F, K, TBR
  28. The Innocent by M R Hall 5* F, K, N, TBR
  29. The Silence Between Breaths by Cath Staincliffe 5* F, TBR
  30. The Children’s Book by A S Byatt 4* F, HF TBR
  31. Unnatural Death by Dorothy L Sayers 3* CF, F, TBR
  32. Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney 1* CF, F, K, TBR
  33. The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker 5* F, HF, TBR
  34. Death at the Sign of the Rook by Kate Atkinson CF, F, K, RB
  35. The Women of Troy by Pat Barker 5* F, HF, K, TBR
  36. The Voyage Home by Pat Barker 4*, F, HF, K, RB
  37. Into the Tangled Bank by Lev Parikian 5* NF, TBR
  38. Beowulf by Michael Morpurgo 3* F,
  39. Where Water Lies by Hilary Tailor 4* F, K
  40. Hemlock Bay by Martin Edwards 4* CF, F, K, RB
  41. The Bunner Sisters by Edith Wharton 3* F, K
  42. The Tree of Hands by Ruth Rendell 5* CF, F, TBR
  43. Now You See Them by Elly Griffiths 3* CF, F, K, TBR
  44. The Grave Tattoo by Val McDermid 4* CF, F, K
  45. Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith 3* CF, F, TBR
  46. Now Everything Changes by Steve Maltz
  47. Regeneration by Pat Barker 4.5* F, HF, K, TBR
  48. Blackwater Lake by Maggie Jones 3* CF, F, K, N, TBR
  49. The Art of Laziness: Overcome Procrastination & Improve Your Productivity by Library Mindset 2* NF, K, PR
  50. Getting Better by Michael Rosen 5* K, NF
  51. Gladys Aylward: My Missionary Life in China by Gladys Aylward 3* N, NF, K
  52. The Girl Next Door by Ruth Rendell 5* CF, F, TBR
  53. I’m the King of the Castle by Susan Hill 4*k F, TBR
  54. Ten Myths about Israel by Ilan Pappé 4* NF, K
  55. Enemies and Neighbours by Ian Black 4* NF, K
  56. The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: What Everyone Needs to Know by Dov Waxman 4* NF, K
  57. The Stars Look Down by A.J. Cronin 5* F, K
  58. The Christmas Book Hunt by Jenny Colgan 3.5* rounded up to 4* F, K
  59. An Instance of the Fingerpost by Ian Pears 5* F, HF, K
  60. The Red Laquer Case by Patricia Wentworth 2* CF, F, K, TBR
  61. Who Pays the Piper? by Patricia Wentworth 3.5 rounded up to 4* CF, F, K, TBR
  62. The Answer is No by Fredrik Backman 4* F, K
  63. To Love and Be Wise by Josephine Tey 5* CF, F, K, TBR