The Captive Reader

A reference point for books read and reviewed:

January:

1. How To Be A Heroine by Samantha Ellis (2014)
2. Ruined City by Nevil Shute (1938)
3. Knight Crusader by Ronald Welch (1954)
4. It Started with Paris by Cathy Kelly (2014)
5. The Woman Who Stole My Life by Marian Keyes (2014)
6. His at Night by Sherry Thomas (2010)
7. Bubbly on Your Budget by Marjorie Hillis (1937)
8. Not That Kind of Girl by Lena Dunham (2014)
9. Letters from Italy by Karel Čapek (1923)
10. Leftovers by Stella Newman (2013)
11. Here’s Looking at You by Mhairi McFarlane (2013)
12. You Had Me At Hello by Mhairi McFarlane (2012)
13. Pear Shaped by Stella Newman (2012)

February:

14. Last Chance Saloon by Marian Keyes (1999)
15. Overwhelmed by Brigid Schulte (2014)
16. It’s Not Me, It’s You by Mhairi McFarlane (2014)
17. Ms. Marvel Volume 1: No Normal by G. Willow Wilson (2014)
18. The Unfinished Symphony of You and Me by Lucy Robinson (2014)
19. Age of License by Lucy Knisley (2014)
20. Funny Girl by Nick Hornby (2014)
21. Sailing to Sarantium by Guy Gavriel Kay (1998)
22. The Summer of the Great-Grandmother by Madeleine L’Engle (1974)
23. Europe on Five Wrong Turns a Day by Doug Mack (2012)
24. All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr (2014)
25. Lord of Emperors by Guy Gavriel Kay (2000)

March:

26. Five Windows by D.E. Stevenson (1953)
27. The Brightest Star in the Sky by Marian Keyes (2009)
28. Saturday’s Child by Kathleen Thompson Norris (1914)
29. The Mystery of Mercy Close by Marian Keyes (2012)
30. Mother by Kathleen Thompson Norris (1911)
31. Gifted and Talented by Wendy Holden (2012)
32. The Evening Chorus by Helen Humphreys (2015)
33. Until There Was You by Kristan Higgins (2011)
34. In Your Dreams by Kristan Higgins (2014)

April:

35. Nine Uses for an Ex-Boyfriend by Sarra Manning (2012)
36. The Secrets of Sir Richard Kenworthy by Julia Quinn (2015)
37. A Vintage Wedding by Katie Fforde (2015)
38. Iris Origo by Caroline Moorehead (2000)
39. Catch of the Day by Kristan Higgins (2007)
40. Too Good to be True by Kristan Higgins (2009)
41. Somebody to Love by Kristan Higgins (2012)
42. Picnic in Provence by Elizabeth Bard (2015)

May:

43. The Other Daughter by Lauren Willig (2015)
44. The Little Beach Street Bakery by Jenny Colgan (2015)
45. Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter (2012)
46. My History by Antonia Fraser (2015)

June:

47. A God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson (2015)
48. Anthony Trollope by Victoria Glendinning (1992)
49. Little G by E.M. Channon (1936)
50. Near Neighbours by Molly Clavering (1956)
51. A Desperate Fortune by Susanna Kearsley (2015)
52. The Blue Zones by Dan Buettner (2008)
53. From Italy with Love by Jules Wake (2015)
54. If You Only Knew by Kristan Higgins (2015)
55. Vivien’s Heavenly Ice Cream Shop by Abby Clements (2013)

July:

56. The Vintage Guide to Love and Romance by Kirsty Greenwood (2015)
57. An Old Captivity by Nevil Shute (1940)
58. The Road to the Harbour by Susan Pleydell (1966)
59. Honeymoon Hotel by Hester Browne (2014)
60. A Place for Us by Harriet Evans (2015)
61. Swept Off Her Feet by Hester Browne (2011)
62. For Once In My Life by Marianne Kavanagh (2014)
63. Merlin Bay by Richmal Crompton (1939)
64. The Bollywood Bride by Sonali Dev (2015)
65. Letters by Sylvia Townsend Warner edited by William Maxwell (1982)

August:

66. Under Heaven by Guy Gavriel Kay (2010)
67. Don’t Get Me Wrong by Marianne Kavanagh (2015)
68. Girl at War by Sara Nović (2015)
69. Sofia Khan is Not Obliged by Ayisha Malik (2015)
70. A Thousand Nights by E.K. Johnston (2015)
71. Uprooted by Naomi Novik (2015)
72. A Girl Like You by Maria Geraci (2012)
73. The Boyfriend of the Month Club by Maria Geraci (2010)
74. Packing Up by Brigid Keenan (2014)
75. The Lure of the Moonflower by Lauren Willig (2015)
76. Man Overboard by Monica Dickens (1958)

September:

77. The Firebird by Susanna Kearsley (2013)
78. The Luckiest Lady in London by Sherry Thomas (2013)

October:

79. Tempting the Bride by Sherry Thomas (2012)
80. The Viscount Who Loved Me by Julia Quinn (2000)
81. On the Way to the Wedding by Julia Quinn (2006)
82. Dear Enemy by Jean Webster (1915)
83. When a Scot Ties the Knot by Tessa Dare (2015)
84. The Road to Little Dribbling by Bill Bryson (2015)
85. Ravishing the Heiress by Sherry Thomas (2010)
86. His at Night by Sherry Thomas (2012)
87. Bath Tangle by Georgette Heyer (1955)
88. A Small Death in the Great Glen by A.D. Scott (2010)

November:

89. The Last Chronicle of Barset by Anthony Trollope (1867)
90. Venetia by Georgette Heyer (1958)
91. A Double Death on the Black Isle by A.D. Scott (2011)
92. An Accomplished Woman by Jude Morgan (2008)
93. Step Aside, Pops by Kate Beaton (2015)
94. Beneath the Abbey Wall by A.D. Scott (2012)
95. North Sea Requiem by A.D. Scott (2013)
96. The Low Road by A.D. Scott (2014)
97. Next Year I’ll Be Perfect by Laura Kilmartin (2012)
98. Ten Days of Christmas by G.B. Stern (1950)
99. Babbacombe’s by Susan Scarlett (1941)
100. Summer Pudding by Susan Scarlett (1943)
101. The Song Collector by Natasha Solomons (2015)
102. The Road to Character by David Brooks (2015)

December:

103. Under the Rainbow by Susan Scarlett (1942)
104. Latest Readings by Clive James (2015)
105. What Happened to the Corbetts by Nevil Shute (1939)
106. In a French Kitchen by Susan Herrmann Loomis (2015)
107. Here’s Looking at You by Mhairi McFarlane (2014)
108. Crooked Heart by Lissa Evans (2015)
109. History’s People by Margaret MacMillan (2015)
110. Their Finest Hour and a Half by Lissa Evans (2009)
111. Perfect Wives in Ideal Homes by Virginia Nicholson (2015)
112. Summer’s Day by Mary Bell (1951)