A reference point for books read and reviewed:
January:
1. Business as Usual by Jane Oliver and Ann Stafford (1933)
2. Walking to Samarkand by Bernard Ollivier (2001)
3. A Promise of Ankles by Alexander McCall Smith (2020)
4. This Time Next Year by Sophie Cousens (2020)
5. Father by Elizabeth von Arnim (1931)
6. The Unquiet Dead by Ausma Zehanat Khan (2015)
7. A Chip Shop in Poznań by Ben Aitken (2019)
8. Us Against You by Fredrik Backman (2018)
9. The Last by Hanna Jameson (2019)
10. The Dutch House by Ann Patchett (2020)
11. The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4 by Sue Townsend (1982)
12. Secrets and Suitors by Joanna Barker (2019)
13. We Germans by Alexander Starritt (2020)
14. The Language of Secrets by Ausma Zehanat Khan (2016)
15. Pied Piper by Nevil Shute (1942)
16. Masha by Mara Kay (1968)
17. Well Played by Jen DeLuca (2020)
18. Joy in the Morning by P.G. Wodehouse (1946)
19. Among the Ruins by Ausma Zehanat Khan (2017)
20. Ten Things I Hate About the Duke by Loretta Chase (2020)
21. A Dangerous Crossing by Ausma Zehanat Khan (2018)
22. Swiss Watching by Diccon Bewes (2010)
23. When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr (1971)
24. A Deadly Divide by Ausma Zehanat Khan (2019)
25. The Family Tree by Sairish Hussain (2020)
26. Possession by A.S. Byatt (1990)
27. Bombs on Aunt Dainty by Judith Kerr (1975)
28. A Rage for Rock Gardening by Nicola Shulman (2002)
29. The Youngest Lady in Waiting by Mara Kay (1969)
30. A House in Flanders by Michael Jenkins (1992)
February:
31. A Little Folly by Jude Morgan (2010)
32. A Small Person Far Away by Judith Kerr (1978)
33. Dashbury Park by Susan Tweedsmuir (1959)
34. Rest and Be Thankful by Helen MacInnes (1949)
35. How to Fail at Flirting by Denise Williams (2020)
36. Our Darkest Night by Jennifer Robson (2021)
37. That Can Be Arranged by Huda Fahmy (2020)
38. Love and War in the Apennines by Eric Newby (1971)
39. Under a Dancing Star by Laura Wood (2019)
40. Illyrian Spring by Ann Bridge (1935)
41. A Duke in Shining Armor by Loretta Chase (2017)
42. Rescue Me by Sarra Manning (2021)
43. A Stone in the Pool by Susan Tweedsmuir (1961)
44. Chasing Cassandra by Lisa Kleypas (2020)
45. Journeys of a German in England by Carl Philip Mortiz (1783)
46. Shipped by Angie Hockman (2021)
47. A Company of Swans by Eva Ibbotson (1985)
48. She Wore Red Trainers by Na’ima B. Roberts (2014)
49. The Piper on the Mountain by Ellis Peters (1966)
50. A Sky Painted Gold by Laura Wood (2018)
51. All the Young Men by Ruth Coker Burks and Kevin Carr O’Leary (2020)
52. The Ex Talk by Rachel Lynn Solomon (2021)
53. The Sakura Obsession by Naoko Abe (2019)
54. Twilight of Democracy by Anne Applebaum (2020)
55. Ten Rules for Faking It by Sophie Sullivan (2021)
March
56. Pomfret Towers by Angela Thirkell (1938)
57. The Firebird by Susanna Kearsley (2013)
58. Near Neighbours by Molly Clavering (1956)
59. Band of Sisters by Lauren Willig (2021)
60. Coming Up Roses by Rachael Lucas (2015)
61. The Jewel Garden by Monty and Sarah Don (2004)
62. Ghosting by Jennie Erdal (2004)
63. Austen Years by Rachel Cohen (2020)
64. Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert (2021)
65. Our Trip Around the World by Renate Belczyk (2020)
66. Ladies of the House by Lauren Edmondson (2021)
67. Dancing in the Mosque by Homeira Qaderi (2020)
68. Accidentally Engaged by Farah Heron (2021)
69. Frontier Wolf by Rosemary Sutcliff (1980)
70. The Man Who Was Greenmantle by Margaret FitzHerbert (1983)
71. Things a Bright Girl Can Do by Sally Nicholls (2017)
72. The Bell in the Lake by Lars Mytting (2018)
73. A Town Called Solace by Mary Lawson (2021)
74. Love at First by Kate Clayborn (2021)
75. Harlequin House by Margery Sharp (1939)
76. Walking Away by Simon Armitage (2015)
77. Prisoners of History by Keith Lowe (2020)
78. Cotillion by Georgette Heyer (1953)
79. Cuttings by Christopher Lloyd (2007)
80. The Corinthian by Georgette Heyer (1940)
April:
81. The Walker Within by the editors of Walking Magazine (2000)
82. These for Remembrance by John Buchan (1919)
83. The Tall Stranger by D.E. Stevenson (1957)
84. The Olive Farm by Carol Drinkwater (2001)
85. The Dating Plan by Sara Desai (2021)
86. Little G by E.M. Channon (1936)
87. Cards on the Table by Agatha Christie (1936)
88. The Intimacy Experiment by Rosie Danan (2021)
89. Live Alone and Like It by Marjorie Hillis (1936)
90. Sunset Over the Cherry Orchard by Jo Thomas (2018)
91. Thinking on My Feet by Kate Humble (2018)
92. The New House by Lettice Cooper (1936)
93. House of Glass by Hadley Freeman (2020)
94. Paris is Always a Good Idea by Jenn McKinlay (2020)
95. The Sense and Sensibility Screenplay and Diaries by Emma Thompson (1995)
96. Hana Khan Carries On by Uzma Jalaluddin (2021)
97. Life and Fate by Vasily Grossman (1980)
98. Second First Impressions by Sally Thorne (2021)
99. To Love and to Loathe by Martha Waters (2021)
100. Meet Me in Paradise by Libby Hubscher (2021)
101. Michigan: On the Trail of a War Bride by Julien Frey and Lucas Varela (2017)
102. The Butterfly Summer by Harriet Evans (2016)
103. Eat the Buddha by Barbara Demick (2020)
104. The Little Bookshop of Lonely Hearts by Annie Darling (2016)
105. Wilde Child by Eloisa James (2021)
May:
106. Green Money by D.E. Stevenson (1939)
107. Courting Samira by Amal Awad (2011)
108. The Gown of Glory by Agnes Sligh Turnbull (1951)
109. Pine Island Home by Polly Horvath (2020)
110. A Wedding in the Country by Katie Fforde (2021)
111. The Heiress Hunt by Joanna Shupe (2021)
112. Just Last Night by Mhairi McFarlane (2021)
113. Born to Be Wilde by Eloisa James (2018)
114. Waterlog by Roger Deakin (1999)
115. People We Meet On Vacation by Emily Henry (2021)
116. Crazy in Love at the Lonely Hearts Bookshop by Annie Darling (2018)
117. A Winter’s Kiss on Rochester Mews by Annie Darling (2018)
118. The Olive Season by Carol Drinkwater (2003)
119. The Bad Muslim Discount by Syed M. Masood (2021)
120. Promised to the Crown by Aimie K. Runyan (2016)
121. Amberwell by D.E. Stevenson (1955)
122. Summerhills by D.E. Stevenson (1956)
123. A Hopeless Romantic by Harriet Evans (2006)
124. The Ivington Diaries by Monty Don (2010)
125. More Than Just a Pretty Face by Syed M. Masood (2020)
126. Pretty Face by Lucy Parker (2017)
127. Revolt – and Virginia by Essie Summers (1969)
June:
128. So Comes Tomorrow by Essie Summers (1995)
129. The Authenticity Project by Clare Pooley (2020)
130. Act Like It by Lucy Parker (2015)
131. Saints and Misfits by S.K. Ali (2017)
132. V for Victory by Lissa Evans (2020)
133. Misfits in Love by S.K. Ali (2021)
134. The Garden of Lost and Found by Harriet Evans (2019)
135. The Last Garden in England by Julia Kelly (2021)
136. A Useful Woman by Darcie Wilde (2016)
137. A Swim in a Pond in the Rain by George Saunders (2021)
138. Confessions from the Quilting Circle by Maisey Yates (2021)
139. Things I Learned from Falling by Claire Nelson (2021)
140. A Lion in the Way by Elizabeth Cadell (1982)
141. A Purely Private Matter by Darcie Wilde (2017)
142. And Dangerous to Know by Darcie Wilde (2019)
143. Any Two Can Play by Elizabeth Cadell (1981)
144. Coming Up for Air by Miranda Kenneally (2017)
145. The Marrying Kind by Elizabeth Cadell (1981)
146. Come Fly the World by Julia Cooke (2021)
147. Bad News Cowboy by Maisey Yates (2015)
148. Pretending by Holly Bourne (2020)
149. The Lucky Escape by Laura Jane Williams (2021)
150. Winds of the Steppe by Bernard Ollivier (2003)
151. Pack Up the Moon by Kristan Higgins (2021)
152. Sunrise by the Sea by Jenny Colgan (2021)
July:
153. Holiday with Violence by Ellis Peters (1952)
154. Just Friends by Holly McCulloch (2020)
155. British Summer Time by Ysenda Maxtone Graham (2020)
156. Magic Flutes by Eva Ibbotson (1982)
157. Heart and Seoul by Jen Frederick (2021)
158. Café Europa Revisited by Slavenka Drakulić (2021)
159. The Wildflowers by Harriet Evans (2018)
160. Dear Hugo by Molly Clavering (1955)
161. The Way of the Gardener by Lyndon Penner (2021)
162. To Sir, With Love by Lauren Layne (2021)
163. The Heartbreaker of Echo Pass by Maisey Yates (2021)
164. Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade (2021)
165. Beginners by Tom Vanderbilt (2021)
166. Someone to Cherish by Mary Balogh (2021)
167. A Lady Compromised by Darcie Wilde (2020)
168. Covent Garden in the Snow by Jules Wake (2017)
