As usual, I’ve listed below all the books I’ve read this year.
I choose books mainly based on recommendations from friends, followed by recommendations from reviews in the papers and on the radio, and then from suggestions on my Kindle and on sites like GoodReads.
Here’s the list in (reverse) chronological order. I’ve marked the ones that surpassed my expectations with *, and any that I thought were overrated with !
- The Secret Within, AnneMarie Postma
- The One, John Marrs
- Love Your Life, Sophie Kinsella
- House of Correction, Nicci French
- The Easy Way for Women to Lose Weight, Allen Carr
- The Casual Vacancy, J K Rowling
- Fracture, Andrés Neumann
- The Silent Patient, Alex Michaelides
- My Dark Vanessa, Kate Elizabeth Russell
- The 5 Love Languages: Singles Edition, Gary Chapman
- The Slap, Christos Tsiolkas
- The Artist’s Way, Julia Cameron*
- The Private Joys of Nnenna Maloney, Okechukwu Nzeiu
- Big Magic, Elizabeth Gilbert
- Burnt Shadows, Kamila Shamsie
- The Midnight Library, Matt Haig
- The Guest List, Lucy Foley
- The Hunting Party, Lucy Foley
- The Poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver
- The Unexpected Joy of the Ordinary, Catherine Gray
- Sofia Khan is Not Obliged, Ayesha Malik*
- The Unexpected Joy of being Sober, Catherine Gray*
- The Starless Sea, Erin Morgenstern !
- Boundaries, Henry Cloud and John Townsend
- The Panopticon, Jenni Flagan
- I Choose Elena, Lucia Osborne-Crawley
- Sharp Objects, Gillian Flynn
- Forbidden, Tabitha Suzuma
- Plague, Jean Ure
- Strange Weather in Tokyo, Hirami Kawakami
- Girl, Woman, Other, Bernardine Evaristo
- Haven’t They Grown? Sophie Hannah
- Unsheltered, Barbara Kingsolver
- Ask Again Yes, Mary Beth Keane
- Non-bullshit Innovation, David Rowan