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)
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.