2024 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!
A
Absolution ~ Alice McDermott ****
The Adversary ~ Michael Crummey ****
All Sinners Bleed ~ S. A. Cosby *****
All The Colours of the Dark ~ Chris Whitaker ***
Anita De Monte Laughs Last ~ Xochitl Gonzales ***
B
The Bandit Queens ~ Parini Shroff **
The Beloved Wild ~ Melissa Ostram **
The Bright Sword ~ Liv Grossman dnf
The Book of Sand ~ Theo Clare (Mo Hayder) dnf
Brooklyn ~ Colm Toibin ****
C
The Cliffs ~ J. Courtney Sullivan **
D
Devil Makes Three ~ Ben Fountain dnf
Down Cemetery Road ~ Mick Herron **
Dusk ~ Robbie Arnott ****
E
Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone ~ Benjamin Stevenson ***
Everyone This Christmas Has A Secret ~ Benjamin Stevenson ***
The Examiner ~ Janice Hallett ****
F
First Lie Wins ~ Ashley Elston ****
G
God of the Woods ~ Liz Moore **
Good Night Irene ~ Luis Alberto Urrea *
H
Happiness Falls ~ Angie Kim ****
The Hunter ~ Tana French ***
I
The Instruments of Darkness ~ John Connolly ***
Isolation Island ~ Louise Minchin *
J
James ~ Percival Everett ***
L
Lies And Weddings ~ Kevin Kwan **
Long Island ~ Colm Toibin ****
The Love Songs of W. E. B. DuBois ~ Honor Fannone Jeffers dnf
LuLa Dean's Little Library of Banned Books ~ Kirsten Miller ***
M
Martyr ~ Kaveh Akbar dnf
The Midnight Feast ~ Lucy Foley **
The Ministry of Time ~ Kaliane Bradley ****
The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels ~ Janice Hallett ****
N
The Night Tiger ~ Yangsze Choo dnf
O
Orbital ~ Samantha Harvey ****
P
Playground ~ Richard Powers ***
The Proof Of My Innocence ~ Jonathan Coe ***
S
Shanghai Girls ~ Lisa See **
The Silent Patient ~ Alex Michaelides **
Slow Horses ~ Mick Herron dnf
T
Tell Me Everything ~ Elizabeth Strout ***
The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane ~ Lisa See ****
Three Body Problem ~ Cixin Liu **
U
The Unwedding ~ Ally Condie *
W
We Solve Murders ~ Richard Osman **
Y
You Dreamed of Empires ~ Alvaro Enrique dnf
