(*denotes a re-read)
51. The grand tour by Patricia C.Wrede and Caroline Stevermer, 2004
50. Having cried wolf by Gretchen Shirm, 2010
49. Shopgirl by Steve Martin, 2000
48. Something I’ve been meaning to tell you by Alice Munro, 1974
47. Elizabeth and her German garden by Elizabeth von Arnim, 1898
46. Firmin by Sam Savage, 2007
45. Reading Madame Bovary by Amanda Lohrey, 2010
44. Started early, took my dog by Kate Atkinson, 2010
43. The charming quirks of others by Alexander McCall Smith, 2010
42. Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levethian, 2010
41. Written on the body by Jeanette Winterson, 1992
40. Exit music by Ian Rankin, 2007
39. The anthologist by Nicholson Baker, 2009
38. Venetia by Georgette Heyer, 1958
37. The spy who came in from the cold by John Le Carre, 1963*
36. A murder of quality by John Le Carre, 1962
35. Call for the dead by John Le Carre, 1961
34. I capture the castle by Dodie Smith, 1949*
33. A homemade life: stories and recipes from my kitchen table by Molly Wizenberg , 2009
32. The importance of being seven by Alexander McCall Smith, 2010
31. Can you forgive her? by Anthony Trollope, 1865
30. The possessed: adventures with Russian books and the people who read them by Elif Batuman, 2010
29. Charity girl by Georgette Heyer, 1970
28. The god of the hive by Laurie R. King, 2010
27. The entomological tales of Augustus T. Percival: Petronella saves nearly everyone by Dene Low, 2009
26. The hand that first held mine by Maggie O’Farrell, 2010
25. Reading by moonlight by Brenda Walker, 2010
24. Rumpole and the Primrose Path by John Mortimer, 2002
23. The foundling by Georgette Heyer, 1948
22. Faro’s daughter by Georgette Heyer, 1941
21. Cliffs of fall by Shirley Hazzard, 1963
20. Rumpole for the defence by John Mortimer, 1981
19. Careless by Deborah Robertson, 2006*
18. Proudflesh by Deborah Robertson, 1997*
17. Consolation by Anna Gavalda, 2008, translated from French by Alison Anderson, 2010
16.12 Edmondstone Street by David Malouf, 1985
15. The love of a good woman by Alice Munro, 1998
14. The Paris Review interviews volume IV, edited by Philip Gourevitch, 2009
13. Sorcery and Cecelia by Patrica C.Wrede and Caroline Stevermer, 1988
12. The naming of the dead by Ian Rankin, 2006
11. The piper’s son by Melina Marchetta, 2010
10. Rumpole’s return by John Mortimer, 1980
9. The trials of Rumpole by John Mortimer, 1979
8. The last chronicle of Barset by Anthony Trollope, 1867*
7. Changing my mind: occasional essays by Zadie Smith, 2009
6. The wings of the sphinx by Andrea Camilleri, 2006, translated from Italian by Stephen Sartarelli, 2009
5. The disreputable history of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart, 2008
4. Fleshmarket close by Ian Rankin, 2004
3. A question of blood by Ian Rankin, 2003
2. Too much happiness by Alice Munro, 2009
1. Shirley by Charlotte Bronte, 1849










