Books read in 2022
December
238. Sunshine at the Comfort Food Café - Debbie Johnson
237. Educated - Tara Westover
236. Blue Dog - Louis de Bernieres
235. The Grand Finale - Janet Evanovich
234. Better Off Dead - Lee Child
233. The Sentinel - Lee Child
232. A Christmas Celebration - Heidi Swain
231. A Taste of Home - Heidi Swain
230. The Christmas Wish List - Heidi Swain
229. Festive Spirits - Kate Atkinson
228. Christmas - Helen Exley
227. Christmas on the Little Cornish Isles - Philippa Ashley
226. The Lion, the Unicorn and Me - Jeannette Winterson
225. Christmas Wishes - Sue Moorcroft
224. Brown Sauce - Pauline Lagan
223. Spring at Taigh Fallon - Kirsty Ferry
222. The Housing Lark - Sam Selvon
221. Buried Lies - Kristina Ohlsson
220. A Winter's Dream - Sophie Claire
219. All the Pretty Girls - JT Elisson
218. Coming Home to the Comfort Café - Debbie Johnson
217. The Secret Life of Cows - Rosamund Young
216. The Little Unicorn Gift Shop - Kellie Hailes
215. The Living Mountain - Nan Shepherd
214. The Descent of Man - Grayson Perry
213. The Cornish Cream Tea Wedding - Cressida McLaughlin
November
212. The Cyclist Who Went Out in the Cold - Tim Moore
211. Amongst Our Weapons - Ben Aaronovitch
210. The Little Village Christmas - Sue Moorcroft
209. The Corpse at Crystal Palace - Carola Dunn
208. Uprooted - Nina Lyon
207. Superfluous Women - Carola Dunn
206. The Merry Christmas Project - Cathy Bramley
205. A Winter Kiss on Rochester Mews - Annie Darling
204. Crazy in Love at the Lonely Hearts Bookshop - Annie Darling
203. The Pet Shop at Pennycombe Bay - Sheila Norton
202. Five Forget Mother’s Day - Bruno Vincent
201. Oh Boris!
200. How it Works: the Student - Jason Hazeley
199. Liar - KL Slater
198. Sunrise at Butterfly Cove - Sarah Bennett
197. Alan the Christmas Donkey - Tracy Garton
196. Shadow Ranch - Jo-Ann Mapson
195. Second Chances - Kitty Wilson
194. The Cornish Cream Tea Christmas - Cressida McLaughlin
193. The Fog Within - Nick Shamhart
192. The Cosy Teashop in the Castle - Caroline Roberts
191. Summer at Carrick Park - Kirsty Ferry
190. The Cottage of New Beginning - Suzanne Snow
189. Shakespeare’s Wife - Germaine Greer
188. Around the World in 80 Trains - Monisha Rajesh
187. Finding Love at Hedgehog Hollow - Jessica Redland
186. Vendetta in Death - JD Robb
October
185. The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches - Sandu Mandanna
184. The Village Shop for Lonely Hearts - Alison Sherlock
183. Ruin and Rising - Leigh Bardugo
182. Snowflakes and Cinnamon Swirls at the Winter Wonderland - Heidi Swain
181. Wilde Child - Eloisa James
180. Siege and Storm - Leigh Bardugo
179. Say Yes to the Duke - Eloisa James
178. Born to be Wilde - Eloisa James
177. Too Wilde to Wed - Eloisa James
176. Wilde in Love - Eloisa James
175. The Inheritance - Robin Hobb
174. The Last Duchess - Eloisa James
173. Storming the Castle - Eloisa James
172. Suddenly, a Knock at the Door - Etgar Keret
171. All the Little Liars - Charlaine Harris
170. Summer of Love - Katie Fforde
169. The Country Escape - Jane Lovering
168. Celebrating a Celtic Halloween - Gordon Jones
167. Station Eleven - Emily St. John Mandel
166. Breaking the Rules - Kitty Wilson
September
165. The Book of Longings - Sue Monk Kidd
164. Mince Pies and Mistletoe at the Christmas Market - Heidi Swain
163. The Designs of Lord Randolph Cavanaugh - Stephanie Laurens
162. Summer at Skylark Farm - Heidi Swain
161. A Special Cornish Christmas - Phillipa Ashley
160. The Dark Hours - Michael Connelly
159. No Rest for the Dead - Various
158. Rules of Attraction - Christina Dodd
157. Sweet and Deadly - Charlaine Harris
156. The Cherry Tree Café - Heidi Swain
155. The Librarian of Auschwitz - Antonio Hurbe
154. One Night with the Duke - Jodi Ellen Malpas
153. Poppy Sone to Death - Charlaine Harris
152. On the Map - Simon Garfield
151. Last Scene Alive - Charlaine Harris
150. A Fool and his Honey - Charlaine Harris
149. American Dirt - Jeanine Cummins
148. Dead Over Heels - Charlaine Harris
147. The World of Jane Austen - Nigel Nicolson
146. The Julius House - Charlaine Harris
145. Three Bedrooms - Charlaine Harris
144. Twelve Days of Christmas - Trisha Ashley
August
143. While Paris Slept - Ruth Druart
142. Celebrations at the Chateau
141. Three Sisters - Heather Morris
140. The Cosy Cottage in Ireland - Julie Caplin
139. Black and British - David Olusoga
138. It's all about Treo - Dave Heyhoe
137. A Bone to Pick - Charlaine Harris
136. The Bluebell Bunting Society - Poppy Dolan
135. A Stolen Life - Jaycee Dugard
134. The Making of a Marchioness - Frances Hodgson Burnett
133. Real Murders - Charlaine Harris
132. The Eighty Dollar Horse - Elizabeth Letts
131. The Twelfth Card - Jeffery Deaver
130. The Lying Life of Adults - Elena Ferrante
129. Meadowland - John Lewis-Stempel
128. The Conjurer's Bird - Martin Davies
127. The Vanished Man - Jeffrey Deaver
126. The Cornish Cream Tea Summer - Cressida McLaughlin
125. Five Lose Dad in the Garden Centre - Bruno Vincent
124. Eleanor Rigby - Douglas Coupland
123. The Christmas Invitation - Trisha Ashley
July
122. They Both Die at the End - Adam Silvers
121. A Single Thread - Tracy Chevalier
120. One Way Street - Trevor Wood
119. The Christmas Promise - Sue Moorcroft
118. Concerning my Daughter - Kim Hye-Jin
117. Flatland - Edwin A Abbott
116. The Cosy Christmas Shop - Caroline Roberts
115. India Black and the Gentleman Thief - Carol K Carr
114. Life in Strangeways - Alan Lord
113. The Colditz Story - PR Reid
112. Christmas at the Comfort Food Café - Debbie Johnson
111. Fighting on the Home Front - Kate Adie
110. Underneath the Christmas Tree - Heidi Swain
109. Prince of Dreams - Lisa Kleypas
108. Open Grave - AM Peacock
June
107. What Falls Between the Cracks - Robert Scragg
106. Stories of Hope - Heather Morris
105. Piranesi - Susanna Clarke
104. The Summer Seekers - Sarah Morgan
103. Moominland Winter - Tove Jansson
102. I Give it a Year - Helen Whitaker
101. Christ Stopped at Eboli - Carlo Levi
100. The Secret Seaside Escape - Heidi Swain
99. You Are Awful (But I Like You) - Tim Moore
98. Poppy's Recipe for Life - Heidi Swain
97. My Name is Why? - Lemn Sissay
96. Where's My Hero? - Lisa Kleypas
95. Christmas at Mistletoe Cove - Holly Martin
May
94. A Notorious Love - Sabrina Jeffries
93. One Night With a Prince - Sabrina Jeffries
92. Now You See Me - Chris McGeorge
91. Yolk - Mary HK Choi
90. Surrender to a Scoundrel - Julianne MacLean
89. Map Addict - Mike Parker
88. An Unwilling Conquest - Stephanie Laurens
87. Because You're Mine - Lisa Kleypas
86. Love According to Lily - Julianne MacLean
85. Summer at Buttercup Beach - Holly Martin
84. A Rogue's Proposal - Stephanie Laurens
83. The Chemical Detective - Fiona Erskine
82. War Doctor - David Nott
81. Persons of Rank - Anna Jacobs
80. Confetti at the Cornish Cafe - Phillipa Ashley
79. Cellar Girl - Josefina Rivera
April
78. Reservation Blues - Sherman Alexie
77. A Rake's Vow - Stephanie Laurens
76. The Proposal - Mary Balogh
75. The Prison Doctor - Amanda Brown
74. Only Beloved - Mary Balogh
73. The Coming of the Wolf - Elizabeth Chadwick
72. The Five - Hallie Rubenhold
71 How to Catch a Duke - Grace Burrows
70. The Arrangement - Mary Balogh
69. The Fast 800 - Michael Mosley
68. Migrations - Charlotte McConaghy
67. The Private Life of the Hare - John Stempel-Lewis
66. Christmas at the Cornish Cafe - Phillipa Ashley
65. A Nurse's Story - Louise Curtis
64. The Captain's Kidnapped Beauty - Mary Nichols
63. A Country Escape - Katie Fforde
62. Circle Line - Steffan Meyric Hughes
61. First Comes Marriage - Mary Balogh
60. Summer at the Cornish Cafe - Phillipa Ashley
59. Mrs England - Stacey Halls
58. False Witness - Karin Slaughter
57. The Secret Shopper Unwrapped - Kate Harrison
56. Klara and the Sun - Kazuo Ishiguro
55. Only a Promise - Mary Balogh
March
54. Someone to Care - Mary Balogh
53. The Wise Woman - Philippa Gregory
52. Someone to Wed - Mary Balogh
51. Someone to Hold - Mary Balogh
50. The Little Shop of Hidden Treasures - Holly Hepburn
49. Killers of the Flower Moon - David Grann
48. The Country Village Summer Fete - Cathy Lake
47. Sowing Secrets - Trisha Ashley
46. Meet Me at Wisteria Cottage - Teresa Morgan
45. Other Minds - Peter Godfrey-Smith
44. What Abigail Did That Summer - Ben Aaronovitch
43. The Help - Kathryn Stockett
42. The Wilder Sisters - Jo-Ann Mapson
41. The Hate You Give - Angie Thomas
40. Sea of Lost Love - Santa Montefiore
39. The Year of Less - Cait Flanders
38. My Fake Rake - Eva Leigh
37. A Scurry of Squirrels - Polly Pullar
February
36. The Pursuits of Lord Kit - Stephanie Laurens
35. Counterfeit Earl / The Captain’s Return - Anne Herries, Elizabeth Bailey
34. Making Rounds with Oscar - David Dosa
33. The Wild Silence - Raynor Winn
32. Sunrise by the Sea - Jenny Colgan
31. Christmas at Little Beach Bakery - Jenny Colgan
30. Summer at Little Beach Bakery - Jenny Colgan
29. The Secret Commonwealth - Phillip Pullman
28. The Singular Pilgrim - Rosemary Mahoney
27. Let's Meet on Platform 8 - Carole Matthews
26. The Book of Trespass - Nick Hayes
25. An Endless Cornish Summer - Phillipa Ashley
24. The Cornish Hotel by the Sea - Karen King
23. A Cornish Affair - Liz Fenwick
22. Tripwire - Lee Child
21. The Holiday Cottage by the Sea - Holly Martin
20. A Christmas Cracker - Trisha Ashley
19. Christmas at the Island Hotel - Jenny Colgan
January
18. Fight or Flight - Samantha Young
17. Interior Chinatown - Charles Yu
16. Motive for Marriage - Linda Markowiak
15. Temporary Wife - Joan Kilby
14. The Offing - Benjamin Myers
13. Dying in the Wool by Frances Brody
12. The Bridgertons Happily Ever After - Julia Quinn
11. Beloved - Toni Morrison.
10. Regency Surrender - Janice Preston
9. Owl Feathers - Robin Payton
8. Devil's Bride - Stephanie Laurens
7. Silhouette Christmas Stories - various
6. Bloody Brilliant Women - Cathy Newman
5. The Marriage Wager - Candace Camp
4. To Love and to Loathe - Martha Waters
3. Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey - Fiona Carnarvon
2. Kicking the Bucket List - Cathy Hopkins
1. Brightstorm - Vashti Hardy