This page is a log of some of the books and book-like things I’ve read. If you prefer it, here’s my Goodreads profile.
Key
| Outstanding ★★★★★ |
Good ★★★★☆ |
Neutral ★★★☆☆ |
| Poor ★★☆☆☆ |
Terrible ★☆☆☆☆ |
Unrated ☆☆☆☆☆ |
Read after 2016 (ratings and reviews)
| TITLE | AUTHOR | GENRE | READ | RATING |
| A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court | Twain, Mark | fiction; sci-fi; fantasy | Feb 2019 | ★★★☆☆ |
| A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire #3) | Martin, George R. R. | fiction; fantasy; epic | Oct 2018 | ★★★★☆ |
| The Phoenix Conspiracy | Sanders, Richard L. | fiction; scifi; mystery | Oct 2018 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| And Then There Were None | Christie, Agatha | fiction; horror; mystery; crime | Sep 2018 | ★★★☆☆ |
| UNSONG | Alexander, Scott | fiction; scifi; fantasy | Sep 2018 | ★★★★☆ |
| Ways of Seeing | Berger, John | nonfiction; art | Sep 2018 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| The Dark Net: Inside the Digital Underworld | Bartlett, Jamie | nonfiction; tech | Sep 2018 | ★★★☆☆ |
| The Internet of Garbage | Jeong, Sarah | nonfiction; tech | Aug 2018 | ★★★☆☆ |
| A Universal History of Infamy | Borges, Jorges Luis | fiction; magical realism | Aug 2018 | ★★★☆☆ |
| Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore – A Novel | Sloane, Robin | fiction; mystery; tech | July 2018 | ★★★★☆ |
| Ten Days in a Mad-House | Bly, Nellie | nonfiction; historical; memoirs | July 2018 | ★★★★☆ |
| A Short History of Rudeness: Manners, Morals, and Misbehavior in Modern America | Caldwell, Mark | nonfiction; historical; academia | July 2018 | ★★★☆☆ |
| Chicken Chicken (Goosebumps #53) | Stine, R. L. | fiction; YA; childrens; horror | June 2018 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Invisible (Ivy Malone Mysteries #1) | McCourtney, Lorena | fiction; Christian; crime | June 2018 | ★★★☆☆ |
| My Hairiest Adventure (Goosebumps #26) | Stine, R. L. | fiction; YA; childrens; horror | June 2018 | ★★★★☆ |
| As The Crow Flies (DI Nick Dixon #1) | Boyd, Damien | fiction; crime; mystery; thriller | June 2018 | ★★★☆☆ |
| The Linguistics of Lying & Other Essays | Weinrich, Harald (tr. J. K. Brown & M. Brown) | nonfiction; academia; deception | June 2018 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Independent People | Laxness, Halldor (tr. J. A. Thompson) | fiction; politics | June 2018 | ★★★☆☆ |
| The Code Book: The Secret History of Codes and Code-Breaking | Singh, Simon | nonfiction; history; tech | June 2018 | ★★★★☆ |
| So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed | Ronson, Jon | nonfiction; gonzo | May 2018 | ★★★★☆ |
| The History Man | Bradbury, Malcolm | fiction; satire | May 2018 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Inside Story: Politics, Intrigue and Treachery from Thatcher to Brexit | Webster, Philip | nonfiction; memoirs | Apr 2017 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Walden | Thoreau, David Henry | nonfiction; memoirs | Feb 2017 | ★★☆☆☆ |
Read before 2016 (ratings only)
| TITLE | AUTHOR | GENRE | READ | RATING |
| Rivers of London (Peter Grant, #1) | Aaronovitch, Ben | fiction; fantasy | <2016 | ★★★☆☆ |
| Things Fall Apart | Achebe, Chinua | fiction | <2016 | ★★★☆☆ |
| Traveller | Adams, Richard | fiction; fantasy | <2016 | ★★★☆☆ |
| Shardik (Beklan Empire #1) | Adams, Richard | fiction | <2016 | ★★★☆☆ |
| Eventer’s Dream (Eventing, #1) | Akrill, Caroline | fiction | <2016 | ★★★★☆ |
| A Hoof in the Door (Eventing, #2) | Akrill, Caroline | fiction | <2016 | ★★★★☆ |
| Ticket To Ride (Eventing, #3) | Akrill, Caroline | fiction | <2016 | ★★★★☆ |
| Will to Win (Riders, #1) | Alexander, Samantha | fiction; YA | <2016 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Daughter of Fortune | Allende, Isabel | fiction; historical | <2016 | ★★★☆☆ |
| Sense and Sensibility | Austen, Jane | fiction; classic; romance | <2016 | ★★★★☆ |
| The Watsons, Sanditon | Austen, Jane | fiction; classic; romance | <2016 | ★★★★☆ |
| Northanger Abbey | Austen, Jane | fiction; classic; romance | <2016 | ★★★★☆ |
| Emma | Austen, Jane | fiction; classic; romance | <2016 | ★★★★☆ |
| Pride and Prejudice | Austen, Jane | fiction; classic; romance | <2016 | ★★★★★ |
| Lady Susan | Austen, Jane | fiction; classic; romance | <2016 | ★★★☆☆ |
| Mansfield Park | Austen, Jane | fiction; classic; romance | <2016 | ★★★★☆ |
| Persuasion | Austen, Jane | fiction; classic; romance | <2016 | ★★★★☆ |
| Time For Bed | Baddiel, David | fiction; humour | <2016 | ★★★☆☆ |
| National Velvet | Bagnold, Enid | fiction; classic | <2016 | ★★★★☆ |
| How to Live with a Neurotic Cat | Baker, Stephen | fiction; humour | <2016 | ★★★☆☆ |
| Doom Sword | Beere, Peter | fiction; fantasy | <2016 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Jane Eyre | Brontë, Charlotte | fiction; classic; romance | <2016 | ★★★☆☆ |
| Wuthering Heights | Brontë, Emily | fiction; classic; romance | <2016 | ★★★☆☆ |
| Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1) | Brown, Dan | fiction; adventure | <2016 | ★★★☆☆ |
| The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2) | Brown, Dan | fiction; adventure | <2016 | ★★★☆☆ |
| The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1) | Chandler, Raymond | fiction; classic | <2016 | ★★★★☆ |
| Heart of Darkness | Conrad, Joseph | fiction | <2016 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Over Sea, Under Stone (The Dark Is Rising, #1) | Cooper, Susan | fiction; fantasy | <2016 | ★★★★☆ |
| The Dark Is Rising (The Dark is Rising, #2) | Cooper, Susan | fiction; fantasy | <2016 | ★★★★☆ |
| Greenwitch (The Dark Is Rising, #3) | Cooper, Susan | fiction; fantasy | <2016 | ★★★☆☆ |
| The Grey King (The Dark Is Rising, #4) | Cooper, Susan | fiction; fantasy | <2016 | ★★★★☆ |
| Silver on the Tree (The Dark is Rising, #5) | Cooper, Susan | fiction; fantasy | <2016 | ★★★★☆ |
| The Alan Coren Omnibus | Coren, Alan | humour | <2016 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper – Case Closed | Cornwell, Patricia | nonfiction; crime | <2016 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Jurassic Park | Crichton, Michael | fiction; scifi | <2016 | ★★★★☆ |
| Boy: Tales of Childhood | Dahl, Roald | nonfiction; memoirs | <2016 | ★★★★☆ |
| Moll Flanders | Defoe, Daniel | fiction; classic | <2016 | ★★★☆☆ |
| David Copperfield | Dickens, Charles | fiction; classic | <2016 | ★★★★★ |
| The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes | Doyle, Arthur Conan | fiction; classic | <2016 | ★★★★☆ |
| The Hound of the Baskervilles | Doyle, Arthur Conan | fiction; classic | <2016 | ★★★★☆ |
| A Study in Scarlet | Doyle, Arthur Conan | fiction; classic | <2016 | ★★★★☆ |
| The Return of Sherlock Holmes | Doyle, Arthur Conan | fiction; classic | <2016 | ★★★☆☆ |
| The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | Doyle, Arthur Conan | fiction; classic | <2016 | ★★★★☆ |
| His Last Bow | Doyle, Arthur Conan | fiction; classic | <2016 | ★★★★☆ |
| The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes | Doyle, Arthur Conan | fiction; classic | <2016 | ★★★★☆ |
| The Sign of Four | Doyle, Arthur Conan | fiction; classic | <2016 | ★★★★☆ |
| The Three Musketeers | Dumas, Alexandre | fiction; classic | <2016 | ★★★★☆ |
| Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters | Dunn, Mark | fiction | <2016 | ★★★★☆ |
| Demon Lord of Karanda (The Malloreon, #3) | Eddings, David | fiction; fantasy | <2016 | ★★★★☆ |
| Sorceress of Darshiva (The Malloreon, #4) | Eddings, David | fiction; fantasy | <2016 | ★★★★☆ |
| Queen of Sorcery (The Belgariad, #2) | Eddings, David | fiction; fantasy | <2016 | ★★★★☆ |
| Belgarath the Sorcerer | Eddings, David | fiction; fantasy | <2016 | ★★★☆☆ |
| Polgara the Sorceress | Eddings, David | fiction; fantasy | <2016 | ★★★☆☆ |
| King of the Murgos (The Malloreon, #2) | Eddings, David | fiction; fantasy | <2016 | ★★★★☆ |
| Pawn of Prophecy (The Belgariad, #1) | Eddings, David | fiction; fantasy | <2016 | ★★★★☆ |
| Enchanters’ End Game (The Belgariad, #5) | Eddings, David | fiction; fantasy | <2016 | ★★★★☆ |
| The Seeress of Kell (The Malloreon, #5) | Eddings, David | fiction; fantasy | <2016 | ★★★★☆ |
| Magician’s Gambit (The Belgariad, #3) | Eddings, David | fiction; fantasy | <2016 | ★★★★☆ |
| Guardians of the West (The Malloreon, #1) | Eddings, David | fiction; fantasy | <2016 | ★★★★☆ |
| Castle of Wizardry (The Belgariad, #4) | Eddings, David | fiction; fantasy | <2016 | ★★★★☆ |
| The Mill on the Floss | Eliot, George | fiction; classic | <2016 | ★★★★☆ |
| High Society | Elton, Ben | fiction | <2016 | ★★★☆☆ |
| Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (Bridget Jones, #2) | Fielding, Helen | fiction; humour | <2016 | ★★★☆☆ |
| Bridget Jones’s Diary (Bridget Jones, #1) | Fielding, Helen | fiction; humour | <2016 | ★★★★☆ |
| The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling | Fielding, Henry | fiction; classic | <2016 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| The Great Gatsby | Fitzgerald, F. Scott | fiction; classic | <2016 | ★★★★☆ |
| The Jane Austen Book Club | Fowler, Karen Joy | fiction | <2016 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| The Forsyte Saga (The Forsyte Chronicles, #1-3) | Galsworthy, John | fiction; classic; saga | <2016 | ★★★★☆ |
| North and South | Gaskell, Elizabeth | fiction; classic | <2016 | ★★★★★ |
| Cranford | Gaskell, Elizabeth | fiction; classic | <2016 | ★★★★☆ |
| Wives and Daughters | Gaskell, Elizabeth | fiction; classic | <2016 | ★★★★★ |
| Waylander (The Drenai Saga #3) | Gemmell, David | fiction; fantasy | <2016 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Cold Comfort Farm | Gibbons, Stella | fiction; classic; humour | <2016 | ★★★☆☆ |
| Memoirs of a Geisha | Golden, Arthur | fiction; memoirs | <2016 | ★★★☆☆ |
| The Other Boleyn Girl (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #9) | Gregory, Philippa | fiction; historical | <2016 | ★★★☆☆ |
| Dinotopia: A Land Apart from Time | Gurney, James | fiction; graphics | <2016 | ★★★★☆ |
| Dinotopia: The World Beneath | Gurney, James | fiction; graphics | <2016 | ★★★★☆ |
| Chocolat (Chocolat, #1) | Harris, Joanne | fiction; humour | <2016 | ★★★☆☆ |
| Life After Lunch | Harrison, Sarah | fiction | <2016 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Across the Nightingale Floor (Tales of the Otori, #1) | Hearn, Lian | fiction | <2016 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| The Remains of the Day | Ishiguro, Kazuo | fiction; historical | <2016 | ★★★★☆ |
| Going The Distance | Jones, Christina | fiction | <2016 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| The Merlin Conspiracy (Magids, #2) | Jones, Diana Wynne | fiction; fantasy | <2016 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| The Lives of Christopher Chant (Chrestomanci, #2) | Jones, Diana Wynne | fiction; fantasy | <2016 | ★★★★☆ |
| Charmed Life (Chrestomanci, #1) | Jones, Diana Wynne | fiction; fantasy | <2016 | ★★★★☆ |
| The Jungle Book | Kipling, Rudyard | fiction; classic | <2016 | ★★★☆☆ |
| Carrie | King, Stephen | fiction; horror | <2016 | ★★★★☆ |
| The White Gryphon (Valdemar: Mage Wars, #2) | Lackey, Mercedes | fiction; fantasy | <2016 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| The Earthsea Quartet (Earthsea Cycle, #1-4) | Le Guin, Ursula K. | fiction; fantasy | <2016 | ★★★★☆ |
| Born Liars: Why We Can’t Live without Deceit | Leslie, Ian | nonfiction; pop-sci | <2016 | ★★★☆☆ |
| The Complete Chronicles of Narnia | Lewis, C.S. | fiction; fantasy | <2016 | ★★★★☆ |
| Jonah’s Mirror | Lillington, Kenneth | fiction; fantasy | <2016 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| The Call of the Wild | London, Jack | fiction; fantasy | <2016 | ★★★☆☆ |
| White Fang | London, Jack | fiction; fantasy | <2016 | ★★★★☆ |
| The Temp | Mackesy, Serena | fiction | <2016 | ★★★☆☆ |
| A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1) | Martin, George R. R. | fiction; fantasy; epic | <2016 | ★★★☆☆ |
| A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2) | Martin, George R. R. | fiction; fantasy; epic | <2016 | ★★★☆☆ |
| New Moon (Twilight, #2) | Meyer, Stephenie | fiction; fantasy | <2016 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Eclipse (Twilight, #3) | Meyer, Stephenie | fiction; fantasy | <2016 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Breaking Dawn (Twilight, #4) | Meyer, Stephenie | fiction; fantasy | <2016 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Twilight (Twilight, #1) | Meyer, Stephenie | fiction; fantasy | <2016 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Elric: The Sleeping Sorceress (Chronicles of the Last Emperor of Melniboné, #3) | Moorcock, Michael | fiction; fantasy | <2016 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Eragon (The Inheritance Cycle, #1) | Paolini, Christopher | fiction; fantasy | <2016 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| The Club Dumas | Pérez-Reverte, Arturo | fiction; fantasy; horror | <2016 | ★★★☆☆ |
| The Swallow Summer (High Horse, #2) | Peyton, K.M. | fiction; YA | <2016 | ★★★☆☆ |
| The Swallow Tale (High Horse, #1) | Peyton, K.M. | fiction; YA | <2016 | ★★★☆☆ |
| Poor Badger | Peyton, K.M. | fiction; YA | <2016 | ★★★☆☆ |
| Vernon God Little | Pierre, D.B.C. | fiction | <2016 | ★★★☆☆ |
| The Last Vampire (The Last Vampire, #1) | Pike, Christopher | fiction; fantasy | <2016 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Equal Rites (Discworld, #3; Witches, #1) | Pratchett, Terry | fiction; fantasy | <2016 | ★★★★☆ |
| Moving Pictures (Discworld, #10; Industrial Revolution, #1) | Pratchett, Terry | fiction; fantasy | <2016 | ★★★☆☆ |
| The Light Fantastic (Discworld, #2; Rincewind #2) | Pratchett, Terry | fiction; fantasy | <2016 | ★★★★☆ |
| Night Watch (Discworld, #29; City Watch, #6) | Pratchett, Terry | fiction; fantasy | <2016 | ★★★★☆ |
| The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials, #2) | Pullman, Philip | fiction; fantasy | <2016 | ★★★☆☆ |
| The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, #1) | Pullman, Philip | fiction; fantasy | <2016 | ★★★☆☆ |
| The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials, #3) | Pullman, Philip | fiction; fantasy | <2016 | ★★★☆☆ |
| The Godfather | Puzo, Mario | fiction; saga | <2016 | ★★★☆☆ |
| Harry Potter Boxset (Harry Potter, #1-7) | Rowling, J.K. | fiction; fantasy | <2016 | ★★★★☆ |
| Educating Rita | Russell, Willy | fiction; play | <2016 | ★★★★☆ |
| The Lovely Bones | Sebold, Alice | fiction; fantasy | <2016 | ★★★☆☆ |
| Black Beauty | Sewell, Anna | fiction; fantasy | <2016 | ★★★★☆ |
| The Tempest | Shakespeare, William | fiction; classic; play | <2016 | ★★★★☆ |
| Measure for Measure | Shakespeare, William | fiction; classic; play | <2016 | ★★★★☆ |
| Frankenstein | Shelley, Mary | fiction; gothic; classic | <2016 | ★★★★☆ |
| Hardacre | Skelton, C.L. | fiction; saga | <2016 | ★★★☆☆ |
| I Capture the Castle | Smith, Dodie | fiction | <2016 | ★★★☆☆ |
| The Awakening (The Vampire Diaries, #1) | Smith, L.J. | fiction; fantasy | <2016 | ★★★☆☆ |
| The Struggle (The Vampire Diaries, #2) | Smith, L.J. | fiction; fantasy | <2016 | ★★★☆☆ |
| The Fury (The Vampire Diaries, #3) | Smith, L.J. | fiction; fantasy | <2016 | ★★★☆☆ |
| The Heavenly Horse from the Outermost West | Stanton, Mary | fiction; fantasy | <2016 | ★★★★☆ |
| Dracula | Stoker, Bram | fiction; gothic; classic; horror | <2016 | ★★★★☆ |
| Timesnatch | Swindells, Robert | fiction; fantasy | <2016 | ★★★☆☆ |
| Shadowmancer | Taylor, G.P. | fiction; fantasy | <2016 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| The Lord of the Rings Trilogy | Tolkien, J.R.R. | fiction; fantasy | <2016 | ★★★★☆ |
| The Hobbit | Tolkien, J.R.R. | fiction; fantasy | <2016 | ★★★☆☆ |
| Anna Karenina | Tolstoy, Leo | fiction; classic | <2016 | ★★★☆☆ |
| The Queen and I | Townsend, Sue | fiction | <2016 | ★★★☆☆ |
| Heidi Grows Up | Tritten, Charles | fiction | <2016 | ★★★☆☆ |
| The Adventures of Tom Sawyer | Twain, Mark | fiction; classic | <2016 | ★★★☆☆ |
| The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | Twain, Mark | fiction; classic | <2016 | ★★★★☆ |
| The Bronte Project | Vandever, Jennifer | fiction | <2016 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Around the World in Eighty Days | Verne, Jules | fiction; classic; adventure | <2016 | ★★★★☆ |
| The Color Purple | Walker, Alice | fiction; classic | <2016 | ★★★☆☆ |
| Fat: A Love Story | Wersba, Barbara | fiction; romance | <2016 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| The Practical Princess | Williams, Jay | fiction; feminism | <2016 | ★★★★☆ |
| Bogwoppit | Williams, Ursula Moray | fiction; fantasy | <2016 | ★★★★☆ |
| The Illustrated Mum | Wilson, Jacqueline | fiction; YA | <2016 | ★★★★☆ |
| One for Sorrow, Two for Joy | Woodall, Clive | fiction; fantasy | <2016 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Kitchen | Yoshimoto, Banana | fiction | <2016 | ★★★☆☆ |
| Animal Husbandry | Zigman, Laura | fiction | <2016 | ★★★☆☆ |
On-shelf (to read)
| TITLE | AUTHOR | GENRE |
| The Gods Themselves | Asimov, Isaac | fiction; scifi |
| The Complete Stories, Vol 1 | Asimov, Isaac | fiction; scifi |
| I, Robot | Asimov, Isaac | fiction; scifi |
| The Dark Net | Bartlett, Jamie | nonfiction |
| Digital Fortress | Brown, Dan | fiction; adventure |
| Air and Angels | Bullen, Annie | fiction |
| The Sum of All Fears (Jack Ryan Universe, #7) | Clancy, Tom | fiction; thriller |
| Executive Orders (Jack Ryan Universe, #9) | Clancy, Tom | fiction; thriller |
| Postmortem (Kay Scarpetta, #1) | Cornwell, Patricia | fiction; crime |
| Congo | Crichton, Michael | fiction |
| Corelli’s Mandolin | de Bernières, Louis | fiction |
| Escape Velocity: Cyberculture at the End of the Century | Dery, Mark | nonfiction; tech; dystopian |
| The Man in the Iron Mask | Dumas, Alexandre | fiction; classic |
| A Journey to the Center of the Mind Book III: The (First Ten) FBI Years | Fitzgerald, James R. | nonfiction; memoirs |
| A Journey to the Center of the Mind: Book I | Fitzgerald, James R. | fiction; memoirs |
| A Journey to the Center of the Mind: Book II | Fitzgerald, James R. | fiction; memoirs |
| Madame Bovary | Flaubert, Gustave | fiction; classic |
| The Magus | Fowles, John | fiction |
| I Think You’ll Find it’s a Bit More Complicated Than That | Goldacre, Ben | nonfiction |
| Brighton Rock | Greene, Graham | fiction; classic |
| The Pelican Brief | Grisham, John | fiction; thriller |
| The Runaway Jury | Grisham, John | fiction; crime; thriller |
| The Rainmaker | Grisham, John | fiction; thriller |
| Can’t Swim, Can’t Ride, Can’t Run: From Common Man to Ironman | Holgate, Andy | nonfiction; sport |
| High Fidelity | Hornby, Nick | fiction |
| Brave New World | Huxley, Aldous | fiction |
| The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1) | Larsson, Stieg | fiction; crime |
| The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium, #2) | Larsson, Stieg | fiction; crime |
| The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest (Millennium, #3) | Larsson, Stieg | fiction; crime |
| A Most Wanted Man | le Carré, John | fiction; thriller |
| The Phantom of the Opera | Leroux, Gaston | fiction; classic |
| A David Lodge Trilogy | Lodge, David | fiction; humour |
| Lizzie Jordan’s Secret Life | Manby, Chris | fiction; humour |
| A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire, #4) | Martin, George R. R. | fiction; fantasy; epic |
| A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire, #5) | Martin, George R. R. | fiction; fantasy; epic |
| Empires of the Word: A Language History of the World | Ostler, Nicholas | nonfiction |
| The Vampyre; A Tale | Polidori, John William | fiction; gothic; classic |
| The Fifth Elephant (Discworld, #24; City Watch, #5) | Pratchett, Terry | fiction; humour |
| Going Postal (Discworld, #33; Moist von Lipwig, #1) | Pratchett, Terry | fiction; humour |
| Hogfather (Discworld, #20; Death, #4) | Pratchett, Terry | fiction; humour |
| Thud! (Discworld, #34; City Watch #7) | Pratchett, Terry | fiction; humour |
| Mortal Causes (Inspector Rebus, #6) | Rankin, Ian | fiction; humour |
| Let It Bleed (Inspector Rebus, #7) | Rankin, Ian | fiction; humour |
| The Last Room | Reah, Danuta | fiction; crime; thriller |
| The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry | Ronson, Jon | nonfiction; gonzo |
| Them: Adventures with Extremists | Ronson, Jon | nonfiction; gonzo |
| The Interpretation of Murder (Freud, #1) | Rubenfeld, Jed | nonfiction |
| Midnight’s Children | Rushdie, Salman | fiction; fantasy |
| The Catcher in the Rye | Salinger, J. D. | fiction |
| Rob Roy | Scott, Walter | fiction; classic |
| The Initiation (The Secret Circle, #1) | Smith, L. J. | fiction; YA |
| The Power (The Secret Circle, #3) | Smith, L. J. | fiction; YA |
| Gulliver’s Travels | Swift, Jonathan | fiction; classic |
| The Picture of Dorian Gray | Wilde, Oscar | fiction; classic |
| Call the Midwife | Worth, Jennifer | nonfiction; memoirs |
(NB. I heavily plagiarise this system and method from this book-reviewing legend.)