26 Books organised by setting and genre.

Books read 2014   |  Books read 2015 |   Books read 2016   |  Books read 2017  |   Books read 2018 | Books read 2019  | Past reads (pre-2014)

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Africa

• HISTORICAL FICTION
  • The poisonwood Bible, Kingsolver, Barbara. 1950s onwards. Belgian Congo.

Australia

• CONTEMPORARY FICTION
  • Barracuda, Tsiolkas, Christos Contemporary. Melbourne.

Europe

• HISTORICAL FICTION
  • All the light we cannot see : a novel, Doerr, Anthony World War Two. France.
  • Burial rites, Kent, Hannah 1829. Iceland.
  • Longbourn, Baker, Jo Early 19th Century. England.
  • The innocent, McEwan, Ian 1950s. Berlin, Germany.
  • The visitors, Mascull, Rebecca. Victorian England.
• CONTEMPORARY FICTION
  • My revolutions, Hari Kunzru. Contemporary/ retrospective to 1960s and 70s. London and France.
  • Nora Webster, Toibin, Colm  Contemporary. Wexford, Ireland.
  • The children act, McEwan, Ian Contemporary. England.
• CLASSIC
  • Jude the obscure, Hardy, Thomas 19th Century, England.
  • The Mayor of Casterbridge, Hardy, Thomas 19th Century. England.
• SPY THRILLER
  • A most wanted man, John Le Carré Contemporary. Germany.

Multicontinents

• HISTORICAL FICTION
  • The daughters of Mars, Keneally, Thomas World War 1. Macleay Valley NSW; Lemnos Greece; the Western Front France.
  • The signature of all things, Gilbert, Elizabeth 18th and 19th Century. London; Peru; Philadelphia; Tahiti; Amsterdam.
• CONTEMPORARY FICTION
  • Americanah, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. 1980s to early 21st Century. Nigeria; USA; London.
• SPY THRILLER
  • Triple, Follett, Ken. 1968. Egypt, Israel, Russia.

North America

• HISTORICAL FICTION
  • Some luck (The last hundred years: A family saga #1), Smiley, Jane 1920s to 1950s. Iowa, USA.
  • The kept, Scott, James 1897. Upstate New York
• CONTEMPORARY FICTION
  • We are all completely beside ourselves, Karen Joy Fowler. 1970s. Indiana, USA.
• APOCOLYPTIC FICTION
  • The Office of Mercy : a novel, Ariel Djanikian Post-apocalyptic America.

Oceania

• HISTORICAL FICTION
  •  The Luminaries, Catton, Eleanor 1866. New Zealand.

South America

• HISTORICAL FICTION
  • Chronicle of a death foretold, Gabriel Garcia Márquez. (Translated from the Spanish) 1950s. Sucre, Colombia.
  • In evil hour, Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Translated from the Spanish) 1950s. Colombia.
  • Love in the time of cholera, Gabriel García Márquez (Translated from the Spanish) Early 20th Century. Colombia.
  •  One hundred years of solitude, Gabriel García Márquez (Translated from the Spanish) 1850s to the 1950s. Fictional town of Macondo, Colombia.

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