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My book reviews are listed alphabetically, by author. Hope you find your next great read here!

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FICTION REVIEWS A-Z

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The Murder Game by Rachel Abbott

Dangerous Women by Hope Adams

The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams

Stay With Me by Ayobami Adebayo

The Three of Us by Ore Agbaje-Williams

Freckles by Cecelia Ahern

Lyrebird by Cecelia Ahern

Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam

Good Intentions by Kasim Ali

The Stranger in the Lifeboat by Mitch Albom

The Power by Naomi Alderman

Ghosts by Dolly Alderton

Her Name Was Rose by Claire Allan

The Crime at Black Dudley by Margery Allingham

The Leviathan by Rosie Andrews

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

The Testaments by Margaret Atwood

Grown Ups by Marie Aubert

The Push by Ashley Audrain

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

B

Tall Bones by Anna Bailey

Sewing the Shadows Together by Alison Baillie

The Body Lies by Jo Baker

The Other Side of Mrs. Wood by Lucy Barker

The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker

Snap by Belinda Bauer

New Animal by Ella Baxter

Beyond Reasonable Doubt by Gary Bell

The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett

The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

Lie With Me by Philippe Besson

The Flats by Kate Birdsall

The Craftsman by Sharon Bolton

How Do You Like Me Now? by Holly Bourne

Pretending by Holly Bourne

A Ladder to the Sky by John Boyne

A Traveller at the Gates of Wisdom by John Boyne

The Echo Chamber by John Boyne

My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

The Baby is Mine by Oyinkan Braithwaite

The Lemon Tree Cafe by Cathy Bramley

The Cut by Chris Brookmyre

Call of the Curlew by Elizabeth Brooks

Assembly by Natasha Brown

Insatiable by Daisy Buchanan

WAKE by Shelley Burr

The Muse by Jessie Burton

The House of Fortune by Jessie Burton

C

Everything is Lies by Helen Callaghan

Three Things About Elsie by Joanna Cannon

A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote

One Little Lie by Sam Carrington

Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams

People Person by Candice Carty-Williams

The Close by Jane Casey

Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers

The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan

The Vanishing of Audrey Wilde by Eve Chase

The Glass House by Eve Chase

4:50 from Paddington by Agatha Christie

A Murder is Announced by Agatha Christie

And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

Cards on the Table by Agatha Christie

Dead Man’s Folly by Agatha Christie

Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie

Endless Night by Agatha Christie

Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie

Five Little Pigs by Agatha Christie

Hallowe’en Party by Agatha Christie

Hercule Poirot’s Christmas by Agatha Christie

Lord Edgware Dies by Agatha Christie

Murder in Mesopotamia by Agatha Christie

Nemesis by Agatha Christie

Sleeping Murder by Agatha Christie

The ABC Murders by Agatha Christie

The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie

The Clocks by Agatha Christie

The Hollow by Agatha Christie

The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side by Agatha Christie

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie

The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie

The Pale Horse by Agatha Christie

Towards Zero by Agatha Christie

Peril at End House by Agatha Christie

The Castaways by Lucy Clarke

The Hike by Lucy Clarke

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

The Flower Girls by Alice Clark-Platts

The Girls by Emma Cline

The Guest by Emma Cline

The Lighthouse Witches by C. J. Cooke

The Ghost Woods by C.J. Cooke

The Chalet by Catherine Cooper

Through the Wall by Caroline Corcoran

Scoundrels by Major Victor Cornwall & Major Arthur St. John Trevelyan

The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller

Here is the Beehive by Sarah Crossan

D

Vox by Christina Dalcher

In at the Deep End by Kate Davies

Last Ones Left Alive by Sarah Davis-Goff

Clean by Juno Dawson

Magpie by Elizabeth Day

The Christie Affair by Nina de Gramont

Girl A by Abigail Dean

Believe Me by JP Delaney

Time in my Pocket by Gina Dewink

The Biographies of Ordinary People by Nicole Dieker

No Life for a Lady by Hannah Dolby

The Go-Away Bird by Julia Donaldson

The Beauty of Impossible Things by Rachel Donohue

The Girls Who Disappeared by Claire Douglas

My Lovely Wife by Samantha Downing

Life Without Children by Roddy Doyle

Cuckoo by Sophie Draper

Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier

E

The Roanoke Girls by Amy Engel

Ordinary People by Diana Evans

Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo

F

Hex by Jenni Fagan

Greenwich Park by Katherine Faulkner

Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney

Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney

Mrs March by Virginia Feito

Space Hopper by Helen Fisher

The House Swap by Rebecca Fleet

The Second Wife by Rebecca Fleet

The Mystery of Henri Pick by David Foenkinos 

The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley

The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley

Hold My Hand by M.J. Ford

The Lost Ones by Anita Frank

Black Mamba by William Friend

G

An American Cage by Ted Galdi

Olive by Emma Gannon

Caraval by Stephanie Garber

The Snow Song by Sally Gardner

Peach by Emma Glass

Little Darlings by Melanie Golding

The Replacement by Melanie Golding

Brighton Rock by Graham Greene

The Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory

The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory

The Queen’s Fool by Philippa Gregory

The Virgin’s Lover by Philippa Gregory

The Glittering Hour by Iona Grey

The Postscript Murders by Elly Griffiths

The Stranger Diaries by Elly Griffiths

The Zig Zag Girl by Elly Griffiths

Smoke and Mirrors by Elly Griffiths

The Blood Card by Elly Griffiths

The Vanishing Box by Elly Griffiths

Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi

H

Free Love by Tessa Hadley

How to Stop Time by Matt Haig

The Truth Pixie by Matt Haig

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

A Boy Called Christmas by Matt Haig

The Twyford Code by Janice Hallett

The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels by Janice Hallett

The Familiars by Stacey Halls

The Foundling by Stacey Halls

Mrs England by Stacey Halls

Closed Casket by Sophie Hannah

The Mystery of Three-Quarters by Sophie Hannah

This Lovely City by Louise Hare

The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris

One Ordinary Day at a Time by Sarah J. Harris

The Colour of Bee Larkham’s Murder by Sarah J. Harris

Cackle by Rachel Harrison

Take Me Home by Alex Hart

Weyward by Emilia Hart

The Villa by Rachel Hawkins

The Cactus by Sarah Haywood

The Rules of Seeing by Joe Heap

Really Good, Actually by Monica Heisey 

Notes On A Scandal by Zoë Heller

Fragile by Sarah Hilary

The Travelling Bag by Susan Hill

The Museum of Extraordinary Things by Alice Hoffman

The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman

The Keeper of Lost Things by Ruth Hogan

The Wisdom of Sally Red Shoes by Ruth Hogan

Madame Burova by Ruth Hogan

Motherthing by Ainslie Hogarth

A Little Bird Told Me by Marianne Holmes

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

The Harpy by Megan Hunter

Letters from the Dead by Sam Hurcom

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

I

The Woman in the Purple Skirt by Natsuko Imamura

The Lies Within by Jane Isaac

Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

J

The Mistletoe Murder and other stories by P.D. James

Little Ruffle and the World Beyond by Jodie Jackson

We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

The Missing Girl by Shirley Jackson

Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Codename Villanelle by Luke Jennings

The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell

The Family Remains by Lisa Jewell

Sisters by Daisy Johnson

Mirrorland by Carole Johnstone

How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House by Cherie Jones

Never Greener by Ruth Jones

Us Three by Ruth Jones

Dubliners by James Joyce

K

The Vegetarian by Han Kang

Not Safe For Work by Isabel Kaplan

Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

Before the Coffee Gets Cold: Tales from the Café by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

Watch Her Fall by Erin Kelly

Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan

Again, Rachel by Marian Keyes

Rachel’s Holiday by Marian Keyes

The Break by Marian Keyes

Grown Ups by Marian Keyes

Himself by Jess Kidd

The Hoarder by Jess Kidd

Things in Jars by Jess Kidd

Soldier Sailor by Claire Kilroy

Bad Fruit by Ella King

Five Tuesdays in Winter by Lily King

Summer House with Swimming Pool by Herman Koch

I Know What You’ve Done by Dorothy Koomson

The Brighton Mermaid by Dorothy Koomson

My Other Husband by Dorothy Koomson

Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

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The Ice Princess by Camilla Lackberg

Eggshells by Caitriona Lally

Good Me Bad Me by Ali Land

The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena

Talent by Juliet Lapidos

Passing by Nella Larsen

The Glass Woman by Caroline Lea

The Metal Heart by Caroline Lea

Arsène Lupin, Gentleman Thief by Maurice Leblanc

When Houses Burn by Laurèn Lee

Cranberry Lane by Laurèn Lee

The House by Simon Lelic

Rosemary’s Baby by Ira Levin

Double Booked by Lily Lindon

Rosewater by Liv Little

People Like Her by Ellery Lloyd

We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

Impossible by Sarah Lotz

The Murder of Graham Catton by Katie Lowe

M

The Doll Factory by Elizabeth Macneal

Circus of Wonders by Elizabeth Macneal

The Rise and Fall of Becky Sharp by Sarra Manning

It Started With A Secret by Jill Mansell

The Hiding Place by Amanda Mason

Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason

Echo Valley by JC Matheson

Vladimir by Julia May Jonas

Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister

Last Night by Mhairi McFarlane

The Rapture by Claire McGlasson

The Wardrobe Mistress by Patrick McGrath

Oh My God, What a Complete Aisling by Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen

The Importance of Being Aisling by Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen

Once, Twice, Three Times an Aisling by Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen

Aisling and the City by Emer McLysaught and Sarah Breen

One Year of Ugly by Caroline Mackenzie

How to Kill Your Family by Bella Mackie

His Only Wife by Peace Adzo Medie

The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

The Girl of Ink and Stars by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

The Dance Tree by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

Circe by Madeline Miller

Rizzio by Denise Mina

Christmas Pudding by Nancy Mitford

Slade House by David Mitchell

The Carer by Deborah Moggach

What Happens Now? by Sophia Money-Coutts

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh

Death in Her Hands by Ottessa Moshfegh

The Strange Library by Haruki Murakami

Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata

Earthlings by Sayaka Murata

N

Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-Joo

The Cat Who Saved Books by Sōsuke Natsukawa

Snowflake by Louise Nealon

The Betrayals by Fiona Neill

The Snowman by Jo Nesbo

A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness

Release by Patrick Ness

The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness

The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness

Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng

After Dark by Dominic Nolan

A Keeper by Graham Norton

Holding by Graham Norton

Home Stretch by Graham Norton

The Swimmer by Graham Norton

Forever Home by Graham Norton

Our Little Cruelties by Liz Nugent

Skin Deep by Liz Nugent

Strange Sally Diamond by Liz Nugent

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Scenes of a Graphic Nature by Caroline O’Donoghue

The Rachel Incident by Caroline O’Donoghue

Her Husband’s Mistake by Sheila O’Flanagan

The Flatshare by Beth O’Leary

The No-Show by Beth O’Leary

The Lonely Hearts Hotel by Heather O’Neill

After the Silence by Louise O’Neill

Idol by Louise O’Neill

So Lucky by Dawn O’Porter

The Cows by Dawn O’Porter

Cat Lady by Dawn O’Porter

The Black Painting by Neil Olsen

Asking for a Friend by Andi Osho

The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman

The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman

That Green Eyed Girl by Julie Owen Moylan

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

Not Working by Lisa Owens

P

Lost Property by Helen Paris

The Bees by Laline Paull

Wakenhyrst by Michelle Paver

Eight Detectives by Alex Pavesi

Dear Mrs Bird by AJ Pearce

The Sanatorium by Sarah Pearse

The Retreat by Sarah Pearse 

The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry

Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters

Trying by Emily Phillips

Insomnia by Sarah Pinborough

We Are Not Like Them by Christine Pride and Jo Piazza

None of This is Serious by Catherine Prasifka

Bone China by Laura Purcell

The Corset by Laura Purcell

The Shape of Darkness by Laura Purcell

The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell

The Whispering Muse by Laura Purcell

R

The Golden Orphans by Gary Raymond

Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid

Happiness for Humans by P.Z. Reizin

First Love by Gwendoline Riley

Demi-Gods by Eliza Robertson

Normal People by Sally Rooney

What the World Needs Now: Bees by Cheryl Rosebush

Track 9 by Sue Rovens

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by J.K. Rowling

The Wolf Wilder by Katherine Rundell

Strungballs by Mike Russell

S

Send Nudes by Saba Sams

A Theatre for Dreamers by Polly Samson

Everything You Ever Wanted By Luiza Sauma

Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers

See What I Have Done by Sarah Schmidt

People Like Them by Samira Sedira

The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield

Why Mummy Swears by Gill Sims

Why Mummy Doesn’t Give a ****! by Gill Sims

The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion

Rodham by Curtis Sittenfeld

Death of a Bookseller by Alice Slater

The Good Daughter by Karin Slaughter

Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan

White Teeth by Zadie Smith

Dirty Little Secrets by Jo Spain

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

The Lamplighters by Emma Stonex

Memphis by Tara M. Stringfellow

Anything is Possible by Elizabeth Strout

My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout

Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel

Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

Perfume by Patrick Suskind

Overkill by Vanda Symon

T

Animal by Lisa Taddeo

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

The Fear by C.L. Taylor

Sleep by C.L. Taylor

Pine by Francine Toon

There’s No Such Thing as an Easy Job by Kikuko Tsumura

The Chalk Man by C J Tudor

The Taking of Annie Thorn by CJ Tudor

The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

Blood Orange by Harriet Tyce

Vinegar Girl by Anne Tyler

U

Confessions on the 7:45 by Lisa Unger

Adults by Emma Jane Unsworth

V

Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

The Bone Keeper by Luca Veste

W

The Mummy Bloggers by Holly Wainwright

Who is Tom Ditto? by Danny Wallace

A Version of the Truth by BP Walter

The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware

The It Girl by Ruth Ware

The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman

Come Again by Robert Webb

The Truants by Kate Weinberg

Beast by Matt Wesolowski

Changeling by Matt Wesolowski

Six Stories by Matt Wesolowski

Underbelly by Anna Whitehouse

People of Abandoned Character by Claire Whitfield

Little Bandaged Days by Kyra Wilder

Speak of the Devil by Rose Wilding

Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson

Our Stop by Laura Jane Williams

The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams

Seven Days in June by Tia Williams

Tin Man by Sarah Winman

The American Agent by Jacqueline Winspear

The Weekend by Charlotte Wood

This Might Hurt by Stephanie Wrobel

Madam by Phoebe Wynne

Y

Lemon by Kwon Yeo-Sun

The Lake by Banana Yoshimoto

Z

Young Jane Young by Gabrielle Zevin

Separation Anxiety by Laura Zigman

NON-FICTION REVIEWS A-Z

A

Everything I Know About Love by Dolly Alderton

My Thoughts Exactly by Lily Allen

No Shame by Tom Allen

The Soul of a Woman by Isabel Allende

B

The Diving-Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby

I Am Not Your Baby Mother by Candice Brathwaite

Brando’s Bride by Sarah Broughton

Shakespeare by Bill Bryson

Seven Kinds of People You Find in Bookshops by Shaun Bythell

C

Pirate Queen of Ireland: the Adventures of Grace O’Malley by Anne Chambers

Inferno by Catherine Cho

Misfits: A Personal Manifesto by Michaela Coel

D

Boy by Roald Dahl

I Don’t Take Requests by DJ Fat Tony

E

Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge

Manifesto: On Never Giving Up by Bernardine Evaristo

F

The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher

Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher

I Found My Tribe by Ruth Fitzmaurice

Divorced, Beheaded, Died… by Kevin Flude

G

Lady in Waiting by Anne Glenconner

Mad Girl by Bryony Gordon

Eat, Drink, Run by Bryony Gordon

The Storyteller by Dave Grohl

H

An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth by Chris Hadfield

Our Rainbow Queen by Sali Hughes

J

You Are What You Read by Jodie Jackson

Odd Girl Out by Laura James

K

This is Going to Hurt by Adam Kay

Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas by Adam Kay

Undoctored by Adam Kay

Hurrah for Gin by Katie Kirby

The Trauma Cleaner by Sarah Krasnostein

L

The Mitford Girls by Mary S. Lovell

M

Bookworm by Lucy Mangan

What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami

N

We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

O

Life in Pieces by Dawn O’Porter

Becoming by Michelle Obama

Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell

P

The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read (and Your Children Will Be Glad That You Did) by Philippa Perry

Rhubarb Rhubarb by Mary Jane Peterson and Jo Thompson

Spare by Prince Harry

R

Dear Reader by Cathy Rentzenbrink

Happier Thinking by Lana Grace Riva

S

Inside Vogue by Alexandra Schulman

T

The Chiffon Trenches by André Leon Talley

The Last Landlady by Laura Thompson

 The Kindness Journal by Jaime Thurston

W

How Not to be a Boy by Robert Webb

Educated by Tara Westover

Money: A User’s Guide by Laura Whateley

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