List of Books Read

LIST OF BOOKS READ

1998 / July / Scenes from Behind the Museum / Kate Atkinson
Aug. / Letters from Prague / Sue Gee
Sept. / Duncton Wood / William Howard
Oct. / The Scapegoat / Daphne du Maurier
Nov. / Talking Heads / Alan Bennet
Dec. / Evening Class / Maeve Binchey
1999 / Jan. / Birdsong / Sebastian Faulks
Feb. / Mother of Pearl / Mary Morrisey
Mar. / Furnace / Muriel Gray
Apl. / Captain Correlli’s Mandolin / Louis de Berniers
May/
June / The Sunne in Splendour / Sharon Penman
July / Kilvert’s Diary / Francis Kilvert
Aug. / Charlotte Gray / Sebastian Faulkes
Sept. / The Country Life / Rachel Cusk
Oct. / Island Madness / Tim Binding
Nov. / Possession / A.S. Byatt
Dec. / The Remains of the Day / Kazuo Ishiguro
2000 / Jan. / Video of The Remains of the Day
Feb. / The Nations Favourite Poems / BBC
Mar. / On the Black Hill / Bruce Chatwin
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May / Wild Swans / Jung Chang
June / The Ladies Maid / Margaret Forster
July / Carry on Jeaves / P.G. Wodehouse
Aug. / Next of Kin / Joanna Trollope
Sept. / Portrait of a Lady / Henry James
Oct. / Lambs of God / Marele Day
Nov. / Felicia’s Journey / William Trevor
Dec. / The Stone Diaries / Carol Shields
2001 / Jan. / Have The Men Had Enough / Margaret Forster
Feb. / Music and Silence / Rose Tremain
Mar. / Love in a Cold Climate / Nancy Mitford
Apl. / Galileo’s Daughter / Dava Sobel
May / Persuasion / Jane Austen
June / Alias Grace / Margaret Atwood
July / The Philosopher’s Stone / J..K.Rowling
Aug. / The Daughters of Britannia / Katie Hickman
Sept. / Miss Garnet’s Angel / Sally Vickers
Oct. / Sick Puppy / Carl Hiaasen
Nov. / Bad Blood / Lorna Sage
Dec. / High Wind in Jamaica / R. Hughes
2002 / Jan. / The Poisonwood Bible / Barbara Kingsolver
Feb. / The Bonesetter’s Daughter / Amy Tan
Mar. / The Pilot’s Wife / Anita Shr eve
Apr. / English Passengers / Matthew Kneale
May / The Physician / Noah Gordan
June / Mother Can You Hear Me / Margaret Forster
July / Your Blue Eyed Boy / Helen Dunmore
Aug / Dickens / Peter Ackroyd
Sep / The Girl with the Pearl Earing / Tracy Chevalier
Oct / Atonement / Ian Mckewan
Nov / The Soldier’s Return / Melvyn Bragg
Dec / Tulip Fever / Deborah Moggach
2003 / Jan / Shaman / Noah Gordon
Feb / Riddle of the Sands / Erskine Childers
Mar / The Silver Pigs / Lindsey Davies
Apr / Betty Boothroyd / Betty Boothroyd
May / Fallling Angels / Tracy Chevalier
Jun / The Corrections / Jonathan Franzen
Jul / Instance of the Finger Post / Ian Pears
Aug / Instances of the Number 3 / Sally Vickers
Sep / The Shaman’s Coat / Anna Reid
Oct / Good Wives? / Margaret Forster
Nov / Samuel Pepys / Claire Tomalin
Dec / The Dark Room / Rachel Sieffert
2004 / Jan / Brave New World / Aldous Huxley
Feb / Cranford / Mrs. Gaskell
Mar / The Lovely Bones / Alice Sebolt
Apl / Life of Pi / Yann Martel
May / Cold Mountain / Charles Frazier
June / Frankenstein / Mary Shelley
July / White Mogul / -Dalrymple
Aug / Star of the Sea / Joseph O’Connor
Sept / The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime / Mark Haddon
Oct / The No.1 Ladies Detective Agency / Alexander McCall Smith
Nov / Brick Lane / Monica Ali
Dec / Emma / Jane Austen
2005 / Jan / Video of Emma
Feb / The Reading Group / Elizabeth Noble
Mar / The Da Vinci Code / Dan Brown
Apl / Diary of a Nobody / G & W Grossmith
May / Cold Comfort Farm / Stella Gibbons
June / Small Island / Andrea Levy
July / The Red Tent / Anita Diamant
Aug / The House of Spirits / Isabelle Allente
Sept / The Kite Runner / Khaled Hosseini
Oct / Life After John / Sheila Hancock
Nov / White Gold / Giles Milton
Dec / Sense and Sensibility / Jane Austen
2006 / Jan / VIDEO of Sense and Sensibility / Jane Austen
Feb / To The Lighthouse / Virginia Wolfe
Mar / Alchemy / Maureen Duffy
Apr / A Short History of Tractors in Ukranian / Marina Lewycka
May / Anna Karenina / Leo Tolstoy
June / The Empress Orchid / Anchee Mai
July / The Oxford Murders / Guillerme Martinez
Aug. / Spies / Michael Frayne
Sept. / The Island / Victoria Hislop
Oct. / The Historian / Elizabeth Kostova
Nov. / Bertie, May and Mrs. Fish / Zandra Bingley
Dec. / Memoirs of a Geisha / Arthur Golden
2007 / Jan. / VIDEO of Memoirs of a Geisha / Arthur Golden
Feb. / Saturday / Ian McKewan
Mar. / The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox / Maggie O’Farrel
Apr. / Journey By Moonlight / Antel Szerb
May / The Driver’s Seat / Muriel Spark
June / Suite Francais / Irene Nemirovsky
July / The Water Melon / Marion Keys
Aug. / Pompei / Robert Harris
Sept. / The Night Watch / Sara Waters
Oct. / The Bookseller of Kabul / Asne Seierstad
Nov. / One Good Turn / Kate Atkinson
Dec. / The African Queen / C.S. Forester
2008 / Jan. / VIDEO The African Queen
Feb. / Miss Smilla’s Feeling For Snow / Peter Hoegs
Mar. / The Tenderness of Wolves / Stef Penny
Apr. / A Thousand Splendid Suns / Khaled Housini
May / This Thing of Darkness / Harry Thompson
June / The Grass is Singing / Doris Lessing
July / The Secret River / Kate Grenville
Aug. / Never Let Me Go / Ishiguro Kazuo
Sept, / The Time Traveller’s Wife / Audrey Niffenegger
Oct. / Resistance / Owen Shears
Nov. / Penelopiad / Margaret Atwood
Dec. / The Painted Veil / Somerset Maughan
2009 / Jan. / VIDEO The Painted Veil / Somerset Maughan
Feb. / Arthur and George / Julian Barnes
Mar. / Ghost / Robert Barnes
Apr. / Aberystwyth Mon Amour / Malcolm Pryce
May / The Welsh Girl / Peter Ho Davies
June / The Blood of Flowers / Anita Anirrezvani
July / Hector’s Talent for Miracles / Kitty Harri
Aug. / Eve Green / Susan Fletcher
Sept. / No Time for Goodbye / Linwood Barclay
Oct. / The Nineteenth Wife / David Ebershoff
Nov. / Restless / William Boyd
Dec. / The Constant Gardener / John Le Carre
2010 / Jan. / DVD / “
Feb. / Winter in Madrid / W. J. Sansom
Mar. / Mary Barton / Mrs. Gaskell
Apr. / Wolfe Hall / Hilary Mantel
May / We Need to Talk About Kevin / Lionel Shriver
June / The Interpretation of Murder / Jed Rubenfield
July / Fleshmarket Close / Ian Rankin
Aug. / The White Queen / Philipa Gregory
Sept. / The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society / Mary Ann Shaeffer
Oct. / The Professor / Charlotte Bronte
Nov. / The Blind Assassin / Margaret Attwood
Dec. / The Day of the Triffids / John Wyndham
2011 / Jan. / DVD Rwanda Hotel (The Triffid DVD didn’t work)
Feb / Light on Snow / Anita Shreve
Mar. / The House of Orphans / Helen Dunmore
Apr. / The Song Before it is Sung / Justin Cartright
May / The American Wife / Curtis Sittenfeld
June / The Lacuna / Barbara Kingsolver
July / Stone’s Fall / Iain Pears
Aug / The Shadow of the Wind / Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Sept / The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
Also a “Chicklit” supplied by Library / Carson McCullers
Oct. / The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets / Eva Rice
Nov. / The Spire / William Golding
Dec. / The Help / Kathryn Stockett
2012 / Jan. / DVD of The Help
Feb. / The Secret Intensity of Everyday Life / William Nicholson
Mar. / The Hare with the Amber Eyes / De Waal
Apr. / Trespass / Rose Tremaine
May. / Heat of the Day / Elizabeth Bowen
June / The Brutal Art / Jesse Kellerman
July / Love in the Time of Cholera / Gabriel Garcia Marg?
Aug. / Revelation / C.J. Sansom
Sept. / The Sisters’ Brothers / Patrick de Witt
Oct. / Girl Reading / Katie Ward
Nov. / Restoration / Rose Tremain
Dec. / Salmon Fishing in the Yemen / Paul Torday
2013 / Jan. / DVD of Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Feb. / Dark Fire / C.J. Sansom
Mar. / The Thread / Victoria Hislop
Apr. / The Kashmir Shawl / Rosie Thomas
May / The Seamstress / Maria Duenas
Jun / The House of the Mosque / Kadar Abdolah
Jul / The Lady of Hay / Barbara Erskine
Aug / The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry / Rachel Joyce
Sep / The Pillow Book of the Flower Samurai / Barbara Lazar
Oct / The Girl Who Fell From The Sky / Simon Mawer
Nov / The Lone Girl / Gillian Flynn
Dec / The Name of the Rose / Umberto Eco
2014 / Jan / DVD The Name of the Rose
Feb / The Night Circus / M.L. Morgenstern
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Aug / Phantom Prey
The Water Horse
Flight Behaviour
The Dead of Mametz
Any Book of Reader’s Choice
The Hundred Year Old Man who Climbed out of a Bedroom Window and Disappeared / John Sandford
Julia Gregson
Barbara Kingsolver
Jonathan Hicks
Jonas Jonasson
Sep / The Daughters of Mars / Thomas Keneally
2015 / Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar / The Pure Gold Bab
The Earth Hums in B flat
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
DVD The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Talking to the Dead
Mango and Mimosa / Margaret Drabble
Mari Strachan
Harry Bingham
Suzanne StAlbans

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