Index: Books Read/ Reviewed 2014

A list of books read and reviewed since starting this blog. Click on the title to take you to the review. (F) = fiction, (NF) = Non-fiction ***= ‘star’ rating

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Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi Americanah (F) *****

Atkinson, Kate Life After Life (F) ***

Angelou, Maya I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (NF) *****

                          Mom & Me & Mom (NF) ***

Austen, Jane Persuasion (F) *****

B

Burton, Jessie The Miniaturist (F) ****

C

Catton, Eleanor The Luminaries (F) *****

D

DeWitt, Patrick The Sisters Brothers (F) ****

Donoghue, Emma Room (F) ****

Du Maurier, Daphne Jamaica Inn (F) ****

Dunmore, Helen The Lie (F) ****

E

Eliot, George Middlemarch (F) ***

F

Faulks, Sebastian A Possible Life (F) ****

G

Galbraith, Robert A Cuckoo’s Calling (F) ****

                               The Silkworm (F) ****

Gibbons, Stella Cold Comfort Farm (F) ****

Green, John The Fault in Our Stars (F) **

Greene, Graham The End of the Affair (F) ***

Guo, Xialou I Am China (F) ****

H

Hadfield, Chris An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth (NF) **

Harris, Robert An Officer and a Spy (F) *****

Healey, Elizabeth Elizabeth is Missing (F) *****

Henderson, Smith Fourth of July Creek (F) *****

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J

Jefferies, Dinah The Separation (F) ****

K

Kelman, Stephen Pigeon English (F) *****

Kent, Hannah Burial Rites (F) *****

King, Stephen 11/22/63 (F) **

Kingsolver, Barbara Flight Behaviour (F) ****

Knowles, John A Separate Peace (F) ****

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Lawrence, DH Sons and Lovers (F) **

Lee, Laurie A Moment of War (NF) ****

                    As I Walked Out one Midsummer Morning (NF) ****

Leonard, Elmore The Hot Kid (F) ****

Lewis, Gwyneth Advantages of the Older Man (F) ***

M

Macintyre, Ben Operation Mincemeat (NF) ****

McEwan, Ian Solar (F) ****

Michael, Livi Succession (F) ****

Michaels, Barbara Houses of Stone (F) **

Mitchell, David Black Swan Green (F) ***

                          The Bone Clocks (F) ***

Mosse, Kate Winter Ghosts (F) ***

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Nesbo, Jo The Snowman (F) ***

O

Obreht, Tea The Tiger’s Wife (F) ****

Ozeki, Ruth A Tale for the Time Being (F) ***

P

Plath, Sylvia The Bell Jar (F) **

Penney, Stef The Tenderness of Wolves (F) *****

Powers, Kevin The Yellow Birds (F) *****

Preston, Alex In Love and War (F) ***

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R

Rodriguez, Deborah The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul (F) ***

S

Safran, John Murder in Mississippi (NF) ***

Sillitoe, Alan Saturday Night & Sunday Morning (F) ****

Simmonds, Kathryn Love and Fallout (F) ****

Simsion, Graeme The Rosie Project (F) ***

Smith, Dodie I Capture the Castle (F) ****

St. John Mandel, Emily Station Eleven (F) ****

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Tartt, Donna The Goldfinch (F) *****

Tolkien, JRR The Hobbit (F) ****

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Vaye Watkins, Claire Battleborn (F) ****

Vonnegut, Kurt Slaughterhouse Five (F) ****

W

Weir, Andy The Martian (F) ***

Williams, John Stoner (F) ****

Winterson, Jeanette Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (F) ****

                                     Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? (NF) ****

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