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Jun 18, 20211 min read
870. Ian Rankin - Westwind
This is rather overblown by the publishers ‘the iconic number one bestseller’, ‘the classic lost thriller’. In point of fact, as Rankin...
Aug 25, 20191 min read
705. Douglas Murray - The Strange Death Of Europe
Certainly non -fiction book of the year so far. I disliked it at first as I thought that he was writing from a right wing perspective, a...
Oct 21, 20171 min read
544. Ali Smith - Autumn
No 538 re-read before due back in the library. Brilliant, book of the year I think. No easier to follow 2nd time round, but brilliant...
Mar 27, 20161 min read
387. Henry James - The Ambassadors
Bought in February 1977 from the 2nd hand book store in the town where we then lived, but never as far as I can tell, read until now. One...
Jun 23, 20131 min read
122. Anthony Burgess - Earthly Powers
Wow, probably the read of the year. This is a huge book and possibly very underrated. The central character, whose name I forget, is a...
Jun 12, 20131 min read
115. David Lodge - Out Of The Shelter
Aeroplane reading en route for Spain. Haven't read a David Lodge for years. Coming of age novel, apparently quite autobiographical, set...
Sep 6, 20121 min read
38. Ford Madox Ford - The Good Soldier
Have tried reading this many times, but there is a big Ford Maddox Ford drama 'Parades End' on the TV which has encouraged me to give it...
Jun 11, 20121 min read
17. Henry James - The Portrait Of A Lady
This is a wonderful book. I expected to find it hard work (it was at times) but as a chronicle of American naivety, Puritanism and I...