Books read in 2018
December
195. Emily Goes To Exeter - MC Beaton
194. The Year of the Virgins - Catherine Cookson
193. The Greengage Summer - Rumer Godden
192. A Lady of his Own - Stephanie Laurens
191. A Fine Passion - Stephanie Laurens
190. The Escape - Mary Balogh
189. Rivals in the Tudor Court - Darcey Bonnette
188. Paw Tracks in the Moonlight - Denis O'Connor
187. Eat Sweat Play - Anna Kessell
186. The Christmas Pony - Melody Carlson
185. Only a Kiss - Mary Balogh
184. Bridle Paths - A.F. Tschiffely
183. Look For Me - Lisa Gardner
182. A Candlelit Regency Christmas - Louise Allen
181. Right Behind You - Lisa Gardner
180. The Plague Charmer - Karen Maitland
179. See Jane Die - Erica Spindler
November
178. Two Kinds of Truth - Michael Connelly
177. Petra MacDonald and the Queen of the Fae - Shona Kinsella
176. Flight Behaviour - Barbara Kingsolver
175. Wildthorn - Jane Eagland
174. Day Four - Sarah Lotz
173. The Story of Saint Columba - David Ross
172. The Three - Sarah Lotz
171. Daisy's Back in Town - Rachel Gibson
170. Lady Fortescue Steps Out - MC Beaton
169. Prisoners of Geography - Tim Marshall
168. Heroine of the Desert - Donya Al-Nahi
167. Confessions of a Duchess - Nicola Cornick
166. A Midwife’s Tale - Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
165. Desired - Nicola Cornick
October
164. Matilda - Roald Dahl
163. Enders - Lissa Price
162. The Good Immigrant - Various
161. Starters - Lissa Price
160. Find Her - Lisa Gardner
159. The Lingering - SJI Holliday
158. Surrender my Love - Johanna Lindsey
157. Hearts Aflame - Johanna Lindsey
156. The Time-Traveller’s Guide to Medieval England - Ian Mortimer
155. The Corpse Bridge - Stephen Booth
154. Already Dead - Stephen Booth
153. Dead and Buried - Stephen Booth
152. The Devil’s Edge - Stephen Booth
151. Lost River - Stephen Booth
150. Perfect Princess - Elizabeth Thornton
149. Them - Jon Ronson
148. The Kill Call - Stephen Booth
147. Dying to Sin - Stephen Booth
September
146. Mistress in Training - Edwina Columbia
145. Round Ireland with a Fridge - Tony Marks
144. One Last Breath - Stephen Booth
143. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress - Sijie Dai
142. Blood of Flowers - Anita Amirrezvani
141. This Book Will Save Your Life - AM Homes
140. The Love Child - Meg Alexander
139. An Unsuitable Match - Claire Thornton
138. Blind to the Bones - Stephen Booth
137. When Breath Becomes Air - Paul Kalanathi
136. The Black Dog - Stephen Booth
135. Blood on the Tongue - Stephen Booth
134. The Tower of Moonville - Stephen Elboz
133. Dancing With The Virgins - Stephen Booth
132. Grave Secret - Charlaine Harris
131. Farm Boy - Michael Morpurgo
130. An Ice Cold Grave - Charlaine Harris
129. The Witch's Trinity - Erika Mailman
128. Gifford’s Lady - Claire Thornton
127. Miranda’s Masquerade - Meg Alexander
126. Go Your Own Way - Various
August
125. Notorious - Nicola Cornick
124. Fool’s Fate - Robin Hobb
123. No More Plastic - Martin Dorey
122. Golden Fool - Robin Hobb
121. Fool's Errand - Robin Hobb
120. Autumn Crush - Milly Johnson
119. Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine - Gail Honeyman
118. Where Women Are Kings - Christie Watson
117. Neon Rain - James Lee Burke
116. The King of a Rainy Day - Brigid Brophy
115. The Deaths of December - Susi Holliday
114. The Damsel Fly - SJI Holliday
113. Summer Nights - Allie Spencer
112. Reasons to Stay Alive - Matt Haig
July
111. A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini
110. Escape to Willow Cottage - Bella Osborne
109. The Ancient Paths - Graham Robb
108. Arthur and Friends - Mikael Lindnord
107. London's Perfect Scoundrel - Suzanne Enoch
106. Hot Feminist - Polly Vernon
105. Lean In - Sheryl Sanders
104. Arthur - Mikael Lindnord
103. The Midnight Line - Lee Child
102. Everywoman - Jess Phillips
101. Champagne and Polar Bears - Marie Tieche
100. The Hunger Within - JM Hewitt
99. The Water Horse - Julia Gregson
June
98. Crow Boy - Philip Caveney
97. Sapiens - Yuval Noah Harari
96. The Late Show - Michael Connelly
95. Exclusion Zone - JM Hewitt
94. Festive in Death - JD Robb
93. Concealed in Death - JD Robb
92. Willow Walk - SJI Holliday
91 Thankless in Death - JD Robb
90. The Essex Serpent - Sarah Perry
89. Love Me Not - MJ Arlidge
88. The White Horse of Zennor - Michael Morpurgo
87. The World on Blood - Jonathan Nasaw
85. Born to Run - Michael Morpurgo
84. Black Wood - SJI Holliday
May
83. Ashael Rising - Shona Kinsella
82. Career of Evil - Robert Galbraith
81. The Silkworm - Robert Galbraith
80. The Cuckoo’s Calling - Robert Galbraith
79. Spilled Water - Sally Grindley
78. The White Queen - Philippa Gregory
77. Medicinemaker - Hank Wesselman
76 Spiritwalker - Hank Wesselman
75 Wicked Angel - Julia London
74 The Long Song - Andrea Levy
73 Shakespeare’s Counselor - Charlaine Harris
72 Shakespeare’s Trollop - Charlaine Harris
71 Jane Boleyn - Julia Fox
70 Gift from the Sea - Anne Morrow Lindbergh
69 Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name - Vendela Vida
68 Mr Mercedes - Stephen King
April
67 The Little Book of Hygge - Meik Wiking
66 A Woman’s Eye - various
65 The Hotel on the Roof of the World - Alec Le Sueur
64 Underworld - Catherine Macphail
63 The Liar - Nora Roberts
62. Gallows Curse - Karen Maitland
61. Smarter Than You Think - Clive Thompson
60 Mr Cavendish, I Presume - Julia Quinn
59. The Furthest Station - Ben Aaronovitch
58. Sky Burial - Xinran
57. A Place Beyond Courage - Elizabeth Chadwick
56. The Life-changing Magic of Tidying - Marie Kondo
55. The Restraint of Beasts - Magnus Mills
54. The Lost Duke of Wyndham - Julia Quinn
March
53. Shakespeare's Christmas - Charlaine Harris
52. Shakespeare's Champion - Charlaine Harris
51. The Edge of Darkness - Karen Rose
50. Shakespeare’s Landlord - Charlaine Harris
49. Behind Closed Doors - Elizabeth Haynes
48. The Power - Naomi Alderman
47. Autumn Killing - Mons Kallentoft
46. Mountain Calls - Mike King
45. Marrying Harriet - MC Beaton
44. Animating Maria - MC Beaton
43. Finessing Clarissa - MC Beaton
42. Enlightening Delilah - MC Beaton
41. Perfecting Fiona - MC Beaton
40. Five on Brexit Island - Bruno Vincent
39. What She Lost - Susan Elliott Wright
38. Refining Felicity - MC Beaton
37. How Not to be a Boy - Robert Webb
36. The Husband’s Secret - Liane Moriarty
35. Love and Devotion - Erica James
34. The Piano Teacher - Janice Y.K. Lee
February
33. The Greatest Knight - Elizabeth Chadwick
32. The Secret Lives of Hoarders - Matt Paxton
31 In My Dreams I Dance - Anne Wafula-Strike
30. Amy Snow - Tracy Rees
29. A Medal For Leroy - Michael Morpurgo
28. Pollyanne - Sarah Oliver
27. Queen’s Gambit - Elizabeth Fremantle
26. A Life in Football - Ian Wright
25. Lady Whistledown Strikes Back - Various
24. The Further Observations of Lady Whistledown - Various
23. Mrs Keppel and her Daughter - Diana Souhami
22. The Unpredictable Consequences of Love - Jill Mansell
21. The Good Women of China - Xinran
20. Plum Lucky - Janet Evanovich
19. The Glass Castle - Jeannette Walls
18. The Rising - Kelley Armstrong
January
17. The Calling - Kelley Armstrong
16. The Gathering - Kelley Armstrong
15. The Diving-Bell and the Butterfly - Jean-Dominique Bauby
14. The Reckoning - Kelley Armstrong
13. The Awakening - Kelley Armstrong
12. The Summoning - Kelley Armstrong
11. Innocent Traitor - Alison Weir
10. Blue Rodeo - Jo-Ann Mapson
9. Riding with Reindeer - Robert M Goldstein
8. Hank and Chloe - Jo-Ann Mapson
7 Sky Hawk - Gill Lewis
6. When time ran out - Frederic Zeller
5. When Christ and his Saints Slept - Sharon Penman
4. Secrets and Confessions - Various
3. Too Close to Home - Linwood Berkeley
2. Chosen by a Horse - Susan Richards
1. Elli: Coming of Age in the Holocaust - Livia E. Bitton Jackson