38 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 fishermen, Obioma, Chigozie 1990s. Nigeria.
Asia
- HISTORICAL FICTION
- The secret chord, Brooks, Geraldine Iron Age (1000 BCE). Israel.
- MAGIC REALISM
- The strange library, Haruki Murakami Contemporary. Tokyo, Japan.
Australia
- HISTORICAL FICTION
- Shame and the captives, Keneally, Thomas 1943. Fictional town of Gawell, New South Wales (based on Cowra NSW).
- NON-FICTION
Europe
- HISTORICAL FICTION
- The nightingale, Hannah, Kristin. 1939. France.
- The anchoress, Cadwallader, Robyn. 13th Century. England.
- Wolf winter : a novel (Svartasen #1), Ekback, Cecilia (Translated from Swedish) 1717. Swedish Lapland.
- Leaving Berlin, Joseph Kanon 1948. Berlin, Germany.
- The buried giant, Ishiguro, Kazuo Ancient Britain.
- CONTEMPORARY FICTION
- A week in winter, Binchy, Maeve. Contemporary. Ireland.
- History of the rain, Williams, Niall Contemporary. Ireland.
- The illuminations, Andrew O’Hagan Contemporary. Scotland and Ireland.
- Elizabeth is missing, Healey, Emma Post-war to the present day. England.
- MYSTERY/ CRIME FICTION
- I’m travelling alone (Munch & Kruger #1), Bjørk, Samuel (Translated from Swedish) Contemporary. Sweden.
- Into the labyrinth, Eklund, Sigge (Translated from Swedish) Contemporary. Sweden.
- What she left, T.R. Richmond Contemporary. London, England.
- PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER
- The girl on the train, Hawkins, Paula 2012-2013. Ashbury, Witney, and London, England.
- NON-FICTION
Multicontinents
- HISTORICAL FICTION
- The narrow road to the deep north, Flanagan, Richard 20th Century. Australia and Burma.
- The green road, Enright, Anne Second half of the 20th Century. Ireland; New York USA; Mali
- NON-FICTION
North America
- HISTORICAL FICTION
- Early warning : a novel (The last hundred years: a family saga #3), Smiley, Jane. 60s 70s early 80s. Washington DC, California, San Francisco, Iowa, (USA).
- Mudwoman, Oates, Joyce Carol 1965 to early 2000s. Upstate New York, USA.
- MYSTERY/ CRIME FICTION
- Everything I never told you, Celeste Ng 1970s. Ohio, USA.
- PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER
- You, (You #1) Caroline Kepne Contemporary. New York City.
- Room, Donoghue, Emma Contemporary. Canada.
- Pretty baby, Kubica, Mary Contemporary. Chicago, USA.
- APOCOLYPTIC FICTION
- Station Eleven, Emily St John Mandel Future. Canada and USA.
South America
- HISTORICAL FICTION
- The sound of things falling, Juan Gabriel Vásquez Retrospective to 1960s. Bogotá, Colombia.
- CONTEMPORARY FICTION
- The discreet hero, Vargas Llosa, Mario Contemporary. Peru.
Unknown place/time
- J, Howard Jacobson Future. Fictional place.