Last 1/2 July, August, September 2026
I'm judging a prize and reading many books. Can't list them, I'm afraid!
July 2026
Spanish Steps: Travels with My Donkey Tim Moore (reread)
The Deadly Inheritance of Everest Macdonald AJ West
June 2026
Life Out of Order Audrey Niffenegger
Winter Song Rebeca Lee Morales
May 2026
The Housekeeper Rose Tremain
Masterpiece Hannah Rothschild
Church Crawling Rachel Morley
April 2026
The Butterfly Beats Its Wings Angelita Bradney
The Mare Angharad Hampshire
Biography of X Catherine Lacey (read 1/3)
The Pretender Jo Harkin
Jean Madeleine Dunnigan
March 2026
Her Son's Wife Dorothy Canfield Fisher (reread)
Gloria Don't Speak Lucy Apps
A Room Above a Shop Anthony Shapland
Between the Chalk and the Sea Gail Simmons
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd Agatha Christie
February 2026
Green Dot Madeleine Cash
Three Days in June Anne Tyler
Time of the Child Niall Williams
The Gates of Gaza Amir Tibon
January 2026
Happy-Go-Lucky David Sedaris
John and Paul: A Love Story Ian Leslie
So Long, See You Tomorrow William Maxwell
The Land in Winter Andrew Miller
Heart the Lover Lily King
2025
December 2025
Seascraper Benjamin Wood
Vladimir Julia May Jonas
On the Calculation of Volume III Solvej Balle
Jazz June Clifford Thompson
Perfection Vincenzo Latronico
Flesh David Szalay
A Traveller in Time Alison Uttley
November 2025
The Rest of Our Lives Ben Markovitz
The Rose Field Philip Pullman
October 2025
Endling Maria Reva
Hop, Step and Jump Winifred Watson
Flashlight Susan Choi
Mr Loverman Bernadine Evaristo
Crooked Cross Sally Carson
September 2025
The Deepening Stream Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Understood Betsy Dorothy Canfield (reread for umpteenth time!)
A Wreath for the Enemy Paula Frankau
Earth and High Heaven Gwethalyn Graham
The Wedding People Alison Espach
Charlotte Bronte's Life Through Clothes Eleanor Houghton
August 2025
The Children's Bach Helen Garner
Craftland James Fox*
On the Calculation of Volume II Solvej Balle
The Artist Lucy Steed
The Black Moth Georgette Heyer
Honey Imani Thompson
The Wanton Road J.C. Harvey
July 2025
Her Son's Wife Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Family Drama Rebecca Fallon
Island Calling Francesca Segal
The Husbands Holly Gramazio
Consider Yourself Kissed Jessica Stanley
June 2025
Fundamentally Nussaibah Younis
This Is Happiness Niall Williams**
On the Calculation of Volume Solvej Balle
My Sister and Other Lovers Esther Freud (reread)
Hideous Kinky Esther Freud (reread)
May 2025
I Am Pilgrim Terry Hayes
The Safekeep Yael Van der Wouden (reread)
The Rachel Incident Caroline O'Donohue
Send Nudes Saba Sams
April 2025
Hard by a Great Forest Leo Vardiashvili
The Borrowed Hills Scott Preston
My Precious Madness Mark Bowles
Tiananmen Square Lai Wen
March 2025
Mansfield Park Jane Austen (reread)
Glorious Exploits Ferdia Lennon
The Ministry of Time Kaliane Bradley
Venice Jan Morris (reread)
The Elopement Gill Hornby
February 2025
Brotherless Night V V Ganeshananthan
Patchwork: A Sewist's Diary Maddie Ballard
Maurice and Maralyn Sophie Elmhirst
January 2025
Fathers and Fugitives SJ Naude
A Voyage Around the Queen Craig Brown
Days of Light Megan Hunter
*Favourite non-fiction of 2025
** Favourite fiction of 2025
December 2024
Tilt Emma Pattee
The Correspondent Karen Evans
My Sister and Other Lovers Esther Freud
Dear Committee Members Julie Schumacher
November 2024
The Light Years Elizabeth Jane Howard
The Names Florence Knapp
Raising Hare Chloe Dalton*
October 2024
Wellness Nathan Hill
Someone at a Distance Dorothy Whipple
Tom Lake Ann Patchett
33 Place Brugmann Alice Austen
Days at the Morisaki Bookshop Satoshi Yagisawa
September 2024
Sense and Sensibility (reread) Jane Austen
Enlightenment Sarah Perry
A Day in the Life of Abed Salama Nathan Thrall
August 2024
Miss Buncle's Book D.E. Stevenson
Headshot Rita Bullwinkel
The Trees Percival Everett
Orbital Samantha Harvey*
Cheerful Weather for the Wedding Julia Strachey
July 2024
Horse Geraldine Brooks
The God of the Woods Liz Moore
Tell Me Everything Elizabeth Strout
In Memoriam Alice Winn
June 2024
Long Island Colm Toibin
Venice Is a Fish Tiziano Scarpa (reread)
Venice: City of Pictures Martin Gayford
James Percival Everett
Ex-Wife Ursula Parrott
Clean Alia Trabuccio Zeran
May 2024
The Lover of No Fixed Abode Carlo Frutero &
Franco Lucentini
Dead Lagoon Michael Dibdin
There Are Rivers in the Sky Elif Shafak
The Silent Gondolier William Goldman
The Passion Jeanette Winterson (reread)
Ordinary Human Failings Megan Nolan
April 2024
The Far Cry Emma Smith
They Were Sisters Dorothy Whipple
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (reread) Winifred Watson
How to Read a Tree Tristan Gooley
March 2024
Soldier, Sailor Claire Kilroy
Forbidden Notebook Alba de Cespedes
The End of Drum-Time Hanna Pylvainen
Strong Female Character Fern Brady
February 2024
The Bee Sting Paul Murray
The Wren, the Wren Anne Enright
The Safekeep Yael van der Wouden*
Brother.Do.You.Love.Me Manni & Reuben Coe
January 2024
North Woods Daniel Mason
The Eight Mountains Paolo Cognetti
Doppelganger Naomi Klein
The Instrumentalist Harriet Constable
*my books of the year
