The Captive Reader

A reference point for books read and reviewed:

January:

1. For the Glory by Duncan Hamilton (2016)
2. Faking It by Jennifer Crusie (2002)
3. Tender at the Bone by Ruth Reichl (1998)
4. Reading Claudius by Caroline Heller (2015)
5. Tell Me Lies by Jennifer Crusie (1998)
6. Lab Girl by Hope Jahren (2016)
7. It’s Only the Himalayas by S. Bedford (2016)
8. Journey’s Eve by Elizabeth Cadell (1953)
9. Greensleeves by Eloisa Jarvis McGraw (1968)
10. Modern Lovers by Emma Straub (2016)
11. The Way of Wanderlust by Don George (2015)
12. The Other Half of Happiness by Ayisha Malik (2017)
13. Paris Letters by Janice MacLeod (2014)

February:

14. The Golden Son by Shilpi Somaya Gowda (2015)
15. The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey (2012)
16. The Girl from Venice by Martin Cruz Smith (2016)
17. Dear Mr Knightly by Katherine Reay (2013)
18. Excellent Daughters by Katherine Zoepf (2016)
19. A Year in the World by Frances Mayes (2006)
20. On Turpentine Lane by Elinor Lipman (2017)
21. Italy: True Stories of Life on the Road edited by Anne Calcagno (1998)
22. A Company of Swans by Eva Ibbotson (1985)

March:

23. An Italian Odyssey by Julie A. Burk & Neville J. Tencer (2010)
24. Moranifesto by Caitlin Moran (2016)
25. Born to Walk by Dan Rubinstein (2016)
26. The Corner Shop by Elizabeth Cadell (1966)
27. Mother Tongue by Christine Gilbert (2016)
28. A Song for Summer by Eva Ibbotson (1997)
29. The Secret Daughter by Shilpi Somaya Gowda (2010)
30. The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend by Katarina Bivald (2015)
31. The Politics of Washing by Polly Coles (2014)
32. Ali and Nino by Kurban Said (1937)
33. Head Over Heel by Chris Harrison (2008)
34. Language of the Heart by Elizabeth Cadell (1962)
35. The Fox from His Lair by Elizabeth Cadell (1965)

April:

36. The Green Empress by Elizabeth Cadell (1958)
37. Goddess of the Hunt by Tessa Dare (2009)
38. The Autobiography of a Turkish Girl by Reşat Nuri Güntekin (1922)
39. The Table of of Less Valued Knights by Marie Phillips (2015)
40. The Bertie Project by Alexander McCall Smith (2016)
41. The Cuckoo in Spring by Elizabeth Cadell (1954)

May:

42. Moon Tiger by Penelope Lively (1987)
43. Miss You by Kate Eberlen (2016)
44. Love by Degree by Debbie Macomber (1987)
45. Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay (1990)
46. The Hating Game by Sally Thorne (2016)
47. The Ice-Cream Makers by Ernest van der Kwast (2017)

June:

48. Hold Back the Stars by Katie Khan (2017)
49. The Girl with the Make-Believe Husband by Julia Quinn (2017)
50. Quartet by Richmal Crompton (1935)
51. The Gentlemen Go By by Elizabeth Cadell (1954)
52. Felicity – Stands By by Richmal Crompton (1928)
53. True Love at the Lonely Harts Bookshop by Annie Darling (2017)
54. Alice Where Art Thou? by Elizabeth Cadell (1959)
55. The Coast of Bohemia by Edith Pargeter (1950)
56. Tara Road by Maeve Binchy (1998)
57. Matty and the Dearingroydes by Richmal Crompton (1956)
58. Whitethorn Woods by Maeve Binchy (2006)
59. This is Where You Belong by Melody Warnick (2016)
60. Somewhere in France by Jennifer Robson (2014)

July:

61. After the War is Over by Jennifer Robson (2015)
62. Moonlight Over Paris by Jennifer Robson (2016)
63. The Gratitude Diaries by Janice Kaplan (2015)
64. The Pigeon Tunnel by John le Carré (2016)
65. My Italian Bulldozer by Alexander McCall Smith (2017)
66. Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman (2017)
67. The Austen Escape by Katherine Reay (2017)
68. The Cafe by the Sea by Jenny Colgan (2017)
69. Jane of Austin by Hillary Manton Lodge (2017)
70. In Praise of Slow by Carl Honoré (2004)
71. Mrs Frensham Describes a Circle by Richmal Crompton (1942)
72. All Over the Place by Geraldine DeRuiter (2017)
73. Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance (2016)
74. This Must Be the Place by Maggie O’Farrell (2016)
75. Juliet’s Answer by Glenn Dixon (2017)
76. The Jane Austen Project by Kathleen A. Flynn (2017)
77. Exit West by Mohsin Hamid (2017)

August:

78. Roman Crazy by Alice Clayton and Nina Bocci (2016)
79. The Worrier’s Guide to the End of the World by Torre DeRoche (2017)
80. Regency Buck by Georgette Heyer (1935)
81. Swimming Home by Mary-Rose MacColl (
82. The Reluctant Widow by Georgette Heyer (1946)
83. The Radleys by Matt Haig (2010)
84. At Home in the World by Tsh Oxenreider (2017)
85. When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon (2017)
86. The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden (2017)

September:

87. Gather the Daughters by Jennie Melamed (2017)
88. I’ll Have What She’s Having by Erin Carlson (2017)
89. Come Out of the Kitchen! by Alice Duer Miller (1916)
90. The Secret Lives of the Amir Sisters by Nadiya Hussain (2017)
91. Home for the Wedding by Elizabeth Cadell (1971)
92. Past Tense of Love by Elizabeth Cadell (1970)
93. Goodnight from London by Jennifer Robson (2017)
94. Chasing Slow by Erin Loechner (2017)
95. The Benefactress by Elizabeth von Arnim (1901)
96. My God, What a Complete Aisling! by Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen (2017)
97. Young Jane Young by Gabrielle Zevin (2017)
98. The Corinthian by Georgette Heyer (1940)
99. The Break by Marian Keyes (2017)
100. Chalice by Robin McKinley (2008)
101. Sprig Muslin by Georgette Heyer (1956)
102. Crazy Thing Called Love by Molly O’Keefe (2013)
103. The Thing About Love by Julie James (2017)
104. The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley (1984)

October:

105. A Little Folly by Jude Morgan (2010)
106. Iris in Winter by Elizabeth Cadell (1949)
107. Spindle’s End by Robin McKinley (2000)
108. Frost at Morning by Richmal Crompton (1950)
109. Beauty by Robin McKinley (1978)
110. My Dear Aunt Flora by Elizabeth Cadell (1946)
111. My One and Only by Kristan Higgins (2011)
112. All Stories Are Love Stories by Elizabeth Percer (2016)
113. The Half-Drowned King by Linnea Hartsuyker (2017)
114. Now That You Mention It by Kristan Higgins (2017)
115. The Duchess Deal by Tessa Dare (2017)
116. A Conspiracy in Belgravia by Sherry Thomas (2017)
117. P.G. Wodehouse: A Life in Letters edited by Sophie Ratcliffe (2011)
118. The Heart of a Goof by P.G. Wodehouse (1926)
119. The Marriage Bureau (also known as: Marriages Are Made in Bond Street) by Penrose Halson (2016)
120. Wildflower Bay by Rachael Lucas (2016)

November:

121. Autumn by Ali Smith (2017)
122. Devil’s Cub by Georgette Heyer (1932)
123. The Weekend Effect by Katrina Onstad (2017)
124. The Shepherd’s View by James Rebanks (2016)
125. A House Full of Daughters by Juliet Nicolson (2016)
126. The Women in the Castle by Jessica Shattuck (2017)
127. A Real Life by Ferenc Máté (2011)
128. Schadenfreude: A Love Story by Rebecca Schuman (2017)
129. My Not-So Perfect Life by Sophie Kinsella (2017)
130. How to Hygge by Signe Johansen (2016)
131. Crazy Little Thing Called Love by Charlotte Butterfield (2017)
132. Browsings by Michael Dirda (2015)
133. Dinner with Edward by Isabel Vincent (2016)
134. The Hygge Holiday by Rosie Blake (2017)
135. Fire and Fury by Randall Hansen (2008)
136. Christmas at Little Beach Street Bakery by Jenny Colgan (2017)
137. The Debs of Bletchley Park by Michael Smith (2015)
138. The Purple Swamp Hen and Other Stories by Penelope Lively (2017)
139. A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler (2015)
140. It Had to Be You by Keris Stainton (2017)
141. The Marches by Rory Stewart (2016)
142. Rogue Heroes by Ben Macintyre (2016)
143. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Annie Barrows and Mary Ann Shaffer (2008)

December:

144. Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman (1990)
145. Listening Valley by D.E. Stevenson (1944)
146. Bleaker House by Nell Stevens (2017)
147. Last Hope Island by Lynne Olson (2017)
148. The Runaway Princess by Hester Browne (2012)
149. Roaming Alone: Inspiring Tales by Reluctant Solo Travellers edited by Jennifer Barclay and Hilary Bradt (2017)
150. Taking the Heat by Victoria Dahl (2015)
151. Enthusiasms by Mark Girouard (2011)
152. The Language of Baklava by Diana Abu-Jaber (2005)
153. Jacob’s Room is Full of Books by Susan Hill (2017)
154. The Girl in the Tower by Katherine Arden (2017)
155. Dead Now of Course by Phyllida Law (2017)
156. Where Have All the Boys Gone? by Jenny Colgan (2005)