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 2020
- RB = a review book from author/publisher/NetGalley
- B = book borrowed from family/friends
- NF = non-fiction
January
- Searching for Sylvie Lee by Jean Kwok 4* F, K, RB, TBR
- The Lady of the Ravens by Joan Hickson 4* F, HF, K, RB, TBR
- Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens 5* CF, F, TBR
- Hitler’s Secret by Rory Clements 4* CF, F, HF, K, RB, TBR
- Death Has Deep Roots by Michael Gilbert 4.5* CF, F, K, RB, TBR
- The Last Day by Andrew Hunter Murray 5* F, K, RB, TBR
February
- Remain Silent by Susie Steiner (5 Feb) 4* CF, F, K,RB, TBR
- The Winker by Andrew Martin 4* CF, F, K, RB, TBR
- Happy Old Me by Hunter Davies 5* LB, NF
- A Killing Kindness by Reginald Hill 5* CF, F, TBR
- Saving Missy by Beth Morrey 5* F, K, RB, TBR
- The Year Without Summer by Guinevere Glasfurd 5* F, HF, K, RB, TBR
- The Pale Horse by Agatha Christie 5* CF, F, K (a re-read – linked to my original review post)
March
- The Sleepwalker by Joseph Knox 5* CF, F, K, RB
- Sweet Little Lies by Caz Frear 3* CF, F, K, TBR
- Writing Wild by Kathryn Aalto 3.5* K, NF, RB
- Stone Cold Heart by Caz Frear 2* CF, F, K, RB, TBR
- The Animals at Lockwood Manor by Jane Healey 3* HF, F, K, RB, TBR
- Fresh Water for Flowers by Valérie Perrin 5* F, HF, K, RB, TBR
April
- Becoming Mrs Lewis by Patti Callahan 3* HR, F, K, RB, TBR
- The Dutch House by Ann Patchett 3* F, K
- Queen Lucia by E F Benson 3* F, K, TBR
- The Mystery of Princess Louise by Lucinda Hawksley 4* LB, NF
- The Last Protector by Andrew Taylor 4* F, HF, K, RB
May
- Blue Tits in My Nest Box by David Gains 5* K, NF
- An Air That Kills by Andrew Taylor 4* CF, F, K
- Looking Good Dead by Peter James 3.5* CF, F, K, TBR
- The Lost Lights of St Kilda by Elisabeth Gifford 3* F, HF, K, RB
- The Guardians by John Grisham 4* CF, F, TBR
- Sword by Bogdan Teodorescu 4* CF, F, K
June
- The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy 5* F, K, TBR
- The Deep by Alma Katsu 3* F, HF, K, RB
- Yesterday’s Papers by Martin Edwards 4*, CF, F, TBR
- The Mist by Ragnar Jonasson 4* CF, F, K, RB
- Deadheads by Reginald Hill 5* CF, F, TBR
- The Second Sleep by Robert Harris 4* F, K
July
- Moonflower Murders by Anthony Horowitz 5* CF, F, RB
- How to Disappear by Gillian McAllister 2* CF, F, K, RB
- Maigret’s Holiday by Georges Simenon 5* CF, F, TBR
- The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton CF, F, HF, K, TBR
- Smallbone Deceased by Michael Gilbert 4* CF, F, K, TBR
- Mortmain Hall by Martin Edwards 4* CF, F, K, RB
- Thin Air by Michelle Paver 4* F, HF, TBR
August
- The Power-House by John Buchan 5* F, K, TBR
- The Birdwatcher by William Shaw 5* CF, C, K
- His and Hers by Alice Feeney 4*, CF, F, K, RB
- A Thousand Moons by Sebastian Barry 5* F, HF, K. RB
- The Killings at Kingfisher Hill by Sophie Hannah CF, CF, F, K, RB
- Still Life by Val McDermid 5* CF, F, K
- Wycliffe and How To Kill a Cat by W J Burley 4* CF, F, TRB
September
- Dead Man’s Footsteps by Peter James 4* CF, F, K, TBR
- The Search Party by Simon Lelic 4.5* CF, F, K, RB
- Somebody at the Door by Raymond Postgate 4*, CF, F, K, TBR
- The Dry by Jane Harper 4.5* CF, F, TBR
- The Secret of High Eldersham by Miles Burton 4* CF, F, K, TBR
- The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
October
- A Song for the Dark Times by Ian Rankin 5* CF, F, K
- Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell 3* F, HF, K
- And Now For the Good News by Ruby Wax 3* K, NF, RB
- The Virus in an Age of Madness by Bernard-Henri Levy
- The Searcher by Tana French 5* CF, F, K, RB
- A Journal of the Plague Year by Daniel Defoe 3* F, K, TBR
- Last Bus to Woodstock by Colin Dexter 4* CF, F, K, TBR
- Maigret and the Reluctant Witnesses by Georges Simenon 4* CF, F, K, TBR
November
- The Guest Cat by Takashi Hiraide 4* F, K, TBR
- The Pandemic Century by Mark Honigsbaum 3.5* NF, K, RB
- The Man behind Narnia by A N Wilson 4* NF, K
- The Postscript Murders by Elly Griffiths 4* CF, F, K, RB
- V2 by Robert Harris 5* F, HF, K, RB,
- Animal Farm by George Orwell 4* F, K
- Private Moscow by James Patterson 4* F, K, RB
December
- The Darkest Evening by Ann Cleeves 5* CF, F, K
- The Survivors by Jane Harper 4* CF, F, K, RB
- Sherlock Holmes and the Yule-Tide Mystery by Val Andrews 2* CF, F, K, TBR
- The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler 3* CF, F, K, TBR
- The Stone Circle by Elly Griffiths 4.5* CF, F, K
- The Shortest Day by Colm Toibin 5* F, K
- The Diabolical Bones by Bella Ellis 4* F, K, HF, RB
- Jeeves and the Yule-tide Spirit by P G Wodehouse 3* F, K, TBR
- Theo: a Novella by Paul Torday 4* F, K
- Movalwar by Benjamin Cornelius 5* F, K
- Maigret Enjoys Himself by Georges Simenon 3.5* CF, F, K, TBR
- A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens – a re-read 5* F