2022

 

                                                   2022 Reading List

in alphabetical order

- : Unfinished 

Some I will give another go, some I won't

x : NO

Yuk! Really didn't like it! Can't recommend!

** :  OK

Nothing more, nothing less, not worth the effort

*** : LIKE

Enjoyed it, a worthwhile read.

**** : RECOMMEND

Entertaining or enriching; a praiseworthy read

***** : FAVOURITE

Books to be prized!

 **            After the Crash ~ Michel Bussi

****         The Amber Spyglass ~ Philip Pullman

***           The Anomaly ~ Herve Le Tellier

dnf            Anthem ~ Noah Hawley

***            Babel ~ R. F. Kuang

**              Beasts Of A Little Land ~ Juhea Kim

***            The Bullet That Missed ~ Richard Osman

****          The Candy House ~ Jennifer Egan

**              City On Fire ~ Don Winslow

***            Cold Enough For Snow ~ Jessica Au

*****          The Colony ~ Audrey Magee

*                Devotion ~ Hannah Kent

****          Disappearing Earth ~ Julia Phillips

**             The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye ~ A. S. Byatt

x               Dune Messiah ~ Frank Herbert

dnf            Fire And Blood ~ George R. R. Martin

**            The Furies ~ John Connolly

***          Golden Hill ~ Francis Spufford

x              Here Goes Nothing ~ Steve Toltz

****        Horse ~ Geraldine Brooks

dnf           The Island ~ Adrian McKinty

dnf            The Kraken Wakes ~ John Wyndham

****        Limberlost ~ Robbie Arnott

dnf           The Lincoln Highway ~ Amor Towles

x               Lucy By The Sea ~ Elizabeth Strout

x            The Maid ~ Nita Prose

****        The Man Who Fell To Earth ~ Walter Travis

**            Mercury Pictures Presents ~ Anthony Marra

****         Migrations ~ Charlotte McConaghy

****        Mockingbird ~ Walter Trevis

*****      Native Tongue ~ Suzette Haden Elgin

dnf           No One Is Talking About This ~ Patricia Lockwood

****        Of Saints and Miracles ~ Manuel Astur

****        Our Missing Hearts ~ Celeste Ng

***        Once There Were Wolves ~ Charlotte McConaghy

**            The Paris Apartment ~ Lucy Foley

****        Sea Of Tranquility ~ Emily St John Mandel

x              Shrines of Gaiety ~ Kate Atkinson

*****      Small Things Like These ~ Claire Keegan

**            The Swimmers ~ Julie Otsuka

**            Tomorrow, Tomorrow and Tomorrow ~ Gabrielle Zelvin

x            Treacle Walker ~ Alan Garner

*****      The Trees ~ Percival Everett

***        Trio ~ William Boyd

****        Trust ~ Hernan Diaz

**            The Twyford Code ~ Janice Hallett

*****      A Visit From The Goon Squad ~ Jennifer Egan

x            What Lies Between Us ~ John Marr

***        The White Rock ~ Anna Hope