Read 2008

(*denotes a re-read)

86. The sharper your knife, the less you cry: love, laughter and tears at the world’s most famous cooking school by Kathleen Flinn, 2007

85. The princess diaries: to the nines by Meg Cabot, 2007

84. The rip by Robert Drewe, 2008

83. Things without a name by Joanne Fedler, 2008

82. The goose girl by Shannon Hale, 2003

81. 84 Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff, 1971

80. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, 1847*

79. The moons of Jupiter by Alice Munro, 1982

78. Old school by Tobias Wolff, 2004

77. Other stories and other stories by Ali Smith, 1999

76. The history boys by Alan Bennett, 2004

75. The Paris Review interviews volume II edited by Philip Gourevitch, 2007

74. The private patient by P. D. James, 2008

73. The comfort of Saturdays by Alexander McCall Smith, 2008

72. Framed by Frank Cottrell Boyce, 2005

71. To kill a mockingbird by Harper Lee, 1960*

70. Friend of my youth by Alice Munro, 1987

69. Serendipity by Melanie La’Brooy, 2007

68. Brat Farrar by Josephine Tey, 1949

67. The ode less travelled by Stephen Fry, 2005

66. The mysterious affair at Styles by Agatha Christie, 1920*

65. Tess of the d’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy, 1891*

64. The wish list by Melanie La’Brooy, 2005

63. The Franchise affair by Josephine Tey, 1949

62. The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy, 1886*

61. The babymoon by Melanie La’Brooy, 2008

60. Love struck by Melanie La’Brooy, 2003

59. Her father’s daughter by John Clanchy, 2008

58. Northhanger abbey by Jane Austen, 1818*

57. Angels and insects by A.S.Byatt, 1992

56. When will there be good news? by Kate Atkinson, 2008

55. Breath by Tim Winton, 2008

54. Far from the madding crowd by Thomas Hardy, 1874*

53. Breaking dawn by Stephanie Meyer, 2008

52. The unbearable lightness of scones by Alexander McCall Smith, 2008

51. The Guernsey literary and potato peel pie society by Mary Ann Shaffer, 2008

50. Sugar and other stories by A. S. Byatt, 1987

49. The railway children by E. Nesbit, 1906*

48. A fatal waltz by Tasha Alexander, 2008

47. Mansfield park by Jane Austen, 1814*

46. In a glass darkly by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, 1872

45. Sense and sensibility by Jane Austen, 1811*

44. An imaginative experience by Mary Wesley, 1994

43. My reading life by Bob Carr, 2008

42. Harnessing peacocks by Mary Wesley, 1985

41. Quiet, please: dispatches from a public librarian by Scott Douglas, 2008

40. Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri,2008

39. The Matisse stories by A. S. Byatt, 1993

38. Miss Pettigrew lives for a day by Winifred Watson, 1938

37. The vacillations of Poppy Carew by Mary Wesley, 1986

36. Interpreter of maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri, 1999

35. A poisoned season by Tasha Alexander, 2007

34. And only to deceive by Tasha Alexander, 2006

33. The paper moon by Andrea Camilleri, 2005, translated from Italian by Stephen Sartarelli, 2008

32. Behind the scenes at the museum by Kate Atkinson, 1995

31. How fiction works by James Wood, 2008

30. Dead souls by Ian Rankin, 1999

29. Pistache: a collection of fanciful, satirical and surprising parodies, squibs and pastiches by Sebastian Faulks, 2006

28. Difficulties with girls by Kingsley Amis, 1988

27. Imagined London: a tour of the world’s greatest fictional city by Anna Quindlen, 2004

26. Silent in the sanctuary by Deanna Raybourn, 2008

25. Silent in the grave by Deanna Raybourn, 2007

24. Persuasion by Jane Austen, 1817*

23. One good turn by Kate Atkinson, 2006

22. Lives of girls and women by Alice Munro, 1971

21. Emma by Jane Austen, 1815*

20. A cure for all diseases by Reginald Hill, 2008

19. The beggar maid: stories of Flo and Rose by Alice Munro, 1978

18. Remember me? by Sophie Kinsella, 2008

17. First among sequels by Jasper Fforde, 2007

16. Dance of the happy shades and other stories by Alice Munro, 1968

15. Four stories by Alan Bennett, 2006

14. The silver swan by Benjamin Black, 2007

13. Something rotten by Jasper Fforde, 2004

12. Christine Falls by Benjamin Black, 2006

11. The Iris trilogy by John Bayley, 2003

10. The well of lost plots by Jasper Fforde, 2003

9. The careful use of compliments by Alexander McCall Smith, 2007

8. The right attitude to rain by Alexander McCall Smith, 2006

7. Friends, lovers, chocolate by Alexander McCall Smith, 2005

6. The Sunday philosophy club by Alexander McCall Smith, 2004

5. A pair of blue eyes by Thomas Hardy, 1873

4. Lost in a good book by Jasper Fforde, 2002

3. Elementals: stories of fire and ice by A. S. Byatt, 1998

2. Pride and prejudice by Jane Austen, 1813*

1. A study in scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle, 1887*