Books read 2024
1989 Val McDermid
The Outsider Jane Casey
None Of This Is True Lisa Jewell
The Last Devil to Die Richard Osman
Ultra-Processed People Chris van Tulleken
Dead Man’s Footsteps Peter James

Books Read 2023
Magna Carta: The Making and Legacy of the Great Charter Dan Jones
The Cuckoo’s Calling Robert Galbraith
If I Could Tell You Just One Thing Richard Reed
Someone Else’s Shoes Jojo Moyes
The Thirteen Problems Agatha Christie
Menopausing Davina McCall
Dead Simple Peter James
The Girls Who Disappeared Claire Douglas
everything I know about love dolly alderton
Around the World in Eighty Days Jules Verne
How to Listen Katie Colombus
1979 Val McDermid
Mudlarking Lara Maiklem
Slow AF Run Club Martinus Evans
Nightwalking John Lewis-Stempel
The Mermaid of Black Conch Monique Roffey
Reasons To Stay Alive Matt Haig
It Starts With Us Colleen Hoover
Looking Good Dead Peter James
Treasure Island Robert Louis Stevenson
I Will Find You Harlan Coben
Great-Uncle Harry: A Tale of War and Empire Michael Palin
Not Dead Enough Peter James
Wrong Place Wrong Time Gillian McAllister
On a Night Like This Lindsey Kelk
The Long Call Anne Cleves
The Close Jane Casey

Books Read 2022: 36
Coasting Elise Downing
The Hard Way Mark ‘Billy’ Billingham
Escape From The Rat Race Nicholas Corder
At Home: A Short History of Private Life Bill Bryson
The Vampyre John Polidori
1066 and all that W C Sellar & R J Yeatman
Always Remember Your Name Andra Bucci and Tatiana Bucci
Love People Use Things Joshua Fields Millburn & Ryan Nicodemus
The Trainable Cat John Bradshaw & Sarah Ellis
The Man Who Died Twice Richard Osman
Murder on the Orient Express Agatha Christie
The Match Harlan Coben
The Family Upstairs Lisa Jewell
Londoners: The Days and Nights of London Now Craig Taylor
The Uncomfortable Truth About Racism John Barnes
Four Thousand Weeks Oliver Burkeman
The Lamplighters Emma Stonex
In The Reign of King John Dan Jones
Around the World in 80 Trains Monisha Rajesh
The Stasi Poetry Circle Philip Oltermann
Dog Days: A Year with Olive & Mabel Andrew Cotter
Small Pleasures Clare Chambers
The Magus John Fowles
An Inspector Calls J.B. Priestley
How To Live When You Could Be Dead Deborah James
The Couple At No.9 Claire Douglas
Lily Rose Tremain
Born To Run Christopher McDougall
The Bullet That Missed Richard Osman
The Secret History of Christmas Bill Bryson
Living Better Alastair Campbell
The Satsuma Complex Bob Mortimer
Create Space Dilly Carter
You Are A Champion Marcus Rashford Running: Cheaper Than Therapy Chas Newkey-Burden

Books read 2021: 31
Banish Clutter Forever Sheila Chandra
Back to Nature: How to love life - and save it Chris Packham and Megan McCubbin
GCHQ: Centenary Edition Richard J Aldrich
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Lewis Carroll
Bossypants Tina Fey
The Peacock Emporium Jojo Moyes
Ayoade on Top Richard Ayoade
Winding Road Clare Sladden
A History Of Britain: Volume 2 1603-1776 The British Wars Simon Schama
Oh Dear Silvia Dawn French
The Other Bennet Sister Janice Hadlow
A Town Like Alice Nevil Shute
Why We Eat (Too Much) Andrew Jenkinson
How To Run A Marathon Vassos Alexander
American Dirt Jeanine Cummins
Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends On It Kamal Ravikant
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy John Le Carré
No Such Thing As Normal Bryony Gordon
The Flatshare Beth O’Leary
Allen Carr’s Easy Way To Quit Emotional Eating Allen Carr and John Dicey
Arthur and Adeline: A True Story of World War 1 Heroism and Romance Dennis Claridge
Perimenopause Power Maisie Hill
The Sisters Brothers Patrick deWitt
Jamaica Inn Daphne du Maurier
I, Regress Matt Berry
Period Power Maisie Hill
Don’t Laugh, It’ll Only Encourage Her Daisy May Cooper
Dare To Tri Louise Minchin
The Night She Disappeared Lisa Jewell
The Midnight Library Matt Haig
Quite Claudia Winkleman

Books read 2020: 41
East of Croydon Sue Perkins
Pompeii Mary Beard
Break Point Ollie Ollerton
The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper Hallie Rubenhold
A Gentleman In Moscow Amor Towles
Wham! George & Me Andrew Ridgeley
Holding Graham Norton
A Day Like Today John Humphrys
How To Break Up With Fast Fashion Lauren Bravo
First Man In Ant Middleton
Love In A Cold Climate Nancy Mitford
Between the Stops Sandi Toksvig
The Tales of Beedle the Bard J.K. Rowling
One Summer: America, 1927 Bill Bryson
Bravo Two Zero (20th Anniversary Edition) Andy McNab
Becoming Michelle Obama
I Heart Paris Lindsey Kelk
The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses and The Rise of The Tudors Dan Jones
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone J K Rowling
A History of Britain: Volume 1 At The Edge of the World 3000BC to 1603AD Simon Schama
Toast on Toast: Cautionary tales and candid advice Steven Toast
Gone Fishing Mortimer & Whitehouse
Rivers of London Ben Aaronovitch
That’s Another Story Julie Walters
The Bone Collector Jeffery Deaver
The Murders at White House Farm Carol Ann Lee
The Battle for the Falklands Max Hastings
Nomad Alan Partridge
The Shepherd's Life James Rebanks
Moon Over Soho Ben Aaronovitch
SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome Mary Beard
Battle Scars Jason Fox
Where The Crawdads Sing Delia Owens
Confidence: The Secret Katie Piper
Hamnet Maggie O’Farrell
Greenlights Matthew McConaughey
The Thursday Murder Club Richard Osman
Everybody Died, So I Got a Dog Emily Dean
Over The Top Jonathan Van Ness
Penmarric Susan Howatch

Books read 2019: 20
The Salt Path Raynor Winn
The Glass Lake Maeve Binchy
If You Could Go Anywhere Paige Toon
Eat, Drink, Run Bryony Gordon
Lost London Richard Guard
Still Me Jojo Moyes
A Tiny Bit Marvellous Dawn French
Running Like A Girl Alexandra Heminsley
Missing You Harlan Coben
Shakespeare: The World As A Stage Bill Bryson
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running Haruki Murakami
I Heart New York Lindsey Kelk
Wishful Drinking Carrie Fisher
Farewell, My Lovely Raymond Chandler
Parky Michael Parkinson
I Heart Hollywood Lindsey Kelk
Around the World in 80 Days Michael Palin
Midnight in Chernobyl Adam Higginbotham
A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens
The Kiss Quotient Helen Hoang

Books read 2018: 20
The Longest Summer Paige Toon
New York Stories (Everyman’s Pocket Classics) Diana Secker Tesdell (Editor)
The Girls Lisa Jewell
A Spool Of Blue Thread Anne Tyler
How To Fall In Love Cecelia Ahern
The Travelling Cat Chronicles Hiro Arikawa
Footsteps In The Dark Georgette Heyer
The Sun In Her Eyes Paige Toon
James Acaster’s Classic Scrapes James Acaster
The Murder at the Vicarage Agatha Christie
Shoe Dog Phil Knight
Evernight Claudia Gray
Five Years From Now Paige Toon
To Kill A Mockingbird Harper Lee
Beginner's Half-Marathon Trainer: The 14-Week Program to Completing a Half-Marathon in Your Best Time Jon Ackland
Chance Michael Brooks (Editor)
The 39 Steps John Buchan
This Is Going To Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor Adam Kay
Think Like An Artist Will Gompertz
401 Ben Smith
It Ends With Us Colleen Hoover

Books read 2017: 17
Lucy In The Sky Paige Toon
Persuasion Jane Austen
Golden Hill Francis Spufford
Paris for One and other stories Jojo Moyes
The One We Fell In Love With Paige Toon
After You Jojo Moyes
Coaching Skills Jenny Rogers
The Descent of Man Grayson Perry
Mindset Carol Dweck
Lincoln in the Bardo George Saunders
The Last Piece of My Heart Paige Toon
Billy and Me Giovanna Fletcher
Johnny Be Good Paige Toon
Christmas with Billy and Me Giovanna Fletcher
Women & Power Mary Beard
Pictures of Lily Paige Toon
Baby Be Mine Paige Toon

Books read 2016: 6
Modern Romance Aziz Ansari
The Big Sleep Raymond Chandler
The Road to Little Dribbling Bill Bryson
A Very British Murder Lucy Worsley
Grief Is The Thing With Feathers Max Porter
Hôtel du Lac Anita Brookner

Books read 2015: 16
The Last Letter From Your Lover JoJo Moyes
The Happiness Project Gretchen Rubin
Looking for Alaska John Green
daughter Jane Shemilt
Eat. Nourish. Glow. Amelia Freer
The Understudy David Nicholls
The Other Hand Chris Cleave
Sane New World Ruby Wax
Yes Please Amy Poehler
Gone Girl Gillian Flynn
Chasing Daisy Paige Toon
The Third Wife Lisa Jewell
A History of London in 100 Places David Long
Spectacles Sue Perkins
Mindfulness Gill Hasson
Wide Sargasso Sea Jean Rhys

Books read 2014: 5
Love Letters of the Great War Mandy Kirkby, ed.,
The Body Book Cameron Diaz with Sandra Bark
The House We Grew Up In Lisa Jewell
And The Mountains Echoed Khaled Hosseini
White Teeth Zadie Smith

Books read 2013: 6
The Journey Josephine Cox
Will & Me Dominic Dromgoole
Twelfth Night, or What You Will William Shakespeare
How To Be A Woman Caitlin Moran
The Spy Who Came In From The Cold John Le Carre
Wolf Hall Hilary Mantell

Books read 2012: 11
Dead in the Family Charlaine Harris
The Darcys and The Bingleys Marsha Altman
When God Was A Rabbit Sarah Winman
Me Before You Jojo Moyes
Successful Time Management in a Week: Teach Yourself Robert Ashton
How Not To Worry Paul McGee
The Making of Us Lisa Jewell
Gangsters, Guns & Me Jamie Foreman
Love...From Both Sides Nick Spalding
Sweet Tooth Ian McEwan

Books read 2011: 14
Club Dead Charlaine Harris
One Day David Nicholls
Dead To The World Charlaine Harris
Room Emma Donoghue
Dead As A Doornail Charlaine Harris
War Horse Michael Morpugo
Definitely Dead Charlaine Harris
All Together Dead Charlaine Harris
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Rebecca Skloot
From Dead To Worse Charlaine Harris
The Help Kathryn Stockett
The Tempest William Shakespeare
Dead and Gone Charlaine Harris
The Moon's A Balloon David Niven

Books read 2010: 9
Living Dead In Dallas Charlaine Harris
Love Hurts Freya North
De Niro's Game Rawi Hage
Brooklyn Colm Toibin
Wiseguy Nicholas Pileggi
The Truth About Melody Browne Lisa Jewell
The Book Thief Markus Zusak
Dead Until Dark Charlaine Harris
Living Dead In Dallas Charlaine Harris

Books read 2009: 11
New Moon Stephenie Meyer
The Grown Up Gap Year Diaries Laura Bloom
The Art of Travel Alain de Botton
They Called It Passchendaele Lyn Macdonald
Hunt For The Southern Continent James Cook
Are You Experienced ? William Sutcliffe
The Call Of The Weird Louis Theroux
A Tale Of Two Cities Charles Dickens
Dead Until Dark Charlaine Harris
The Last Fighting Tommy Harry Patch with Richard van Emden
The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas John Boyne

Books read 2008: 12
On Chesil Beach Ian McEwan
How To Be A Better Decision Maker Alan Barker
A Drink Before The War Dennis Lehane
31 Dream Street Lisa Jewell
Pillow Talk Freya North
Talking With Serial Killers Christopher Berry-Dee
A Thousand Splendid Suns Khaled Hosseini
A Quiet Belief In Angels R J Ellory
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee Rebecca Miller
Wild Boy Andy Taylor
East of the Sun Julia Gregson
Twilight Stephenie Meyer

Books read 2007: 7
Last Chance Saloon Marian Keyes
The New York Dolls: Too Much Too Soon Nina Antonia
Anybody Out There ? Marian Keyes
A Spot of Bother Mark Haddon
Sacred Dennis Lehane
Prayers for Rain Dennis Lehane
Slash Slash with Anthony Bozza

Books read 2006: 19
Scar Tissue Anthony Kiedis
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil John Berendt
The L.A. Diaries James Brown
Saturday Ian McEwan
Vince & Joy Lisa Jewell
Sophie's World Jostein Gaarder
One Hit Wonder Lisa Jewell
Looking for Andrew McCarthy Jenny Colgan
The Five People You Meet In Heaven Mitch Albom
Valley of the Casbahs (a journey across the Moroccan Sahara) Jeffrey Tayler
A Friend of the Family Lisa Jewell
Thirtynothing Lisa Jewell
Who Moved My BlackBerry ? Lucy Kellaway
The Kite Runner Khaled Hosseini
Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married Marian Keyes
White Line Fever Lemmy Kilmister
The Bonfire of the Vanities Tom Wolfe
Ralph's Party Lisa Jewell
A Pirate of Exquisite Mind: The Life of William Dampier Diana and Michael Preston