Reading list 2016 onwards
Books for 2024
February - Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
March - Still LIfe by Sarah Winman
April - The Woman in the White Kimono by Ana Johns
May - Midnight at Malabar House by Vaseem Khan
June - Prophet Song by Paul Lynch
Books read in 2023
January - The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty
February - Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
March - My Husband’s Wife by Jane Cory
April - The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri
May - The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
June - The Dinner Guest by B P Walker
July - The Thirteen Tale by Diane Setterfield
August - Vanity Fair
September - The Cat who saved Books by Sosuke Natsukawa
October - The Magician by Colm Toibin
November - Burning Bright by Tracey Chevalier
Books read in 2022
January - Girl Unknown by Karen Perry
February - The Doll Factory by Elizabeth Macneal
March - Engleby by Sebastian Faulks
April - The Four Winds by Kristen Hannah
May - Anxious People by Fredrik Bachman
June - Five Dead Canaries by Edward Marston
July - Sea Glass by Anita Shrive
October - A Slow Fire Burning - Paula Hawkins
November - The Couple at Number 9 - Claire Douglas
Books read in 2021
June - The Ice Twins by S K Tremayne
July - A Separate Peace by John Knowles
August - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
September - Benedict’s Brother by Tricia Walker
October - Mr Clarinet by Nick Stone
November - Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell
Books read in 2020
January: The Western Wind by Samantha Harvey
February: The thirteenth coffin by Nigel McCrery
Books read in 2019
January: The tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
February: A dictionary of mutual understanding by Jackie Coppleton
March: The President is missing by Bill Clinton and James Paterson
April: The Water Babies by Charles Kingsley
May: A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
June: The Last Photograph by Emma Chapman
July: Eyes of a child by Richard North Paterson
September: Carriers by Patrick Lynch
October: The Essex Serpent by Sarah Penny
November: The Power by Naomi Alderman
Books read in 2018
January: The boy made of blocks by Keith Stuart
February: Arthur by Mikael Lindnord
March: Lord of the flies by William Golding
April: The trouble with goats and sheep by Joanna Cannon
May: The Seagull by Anne Cleeves
June: Trumpet by Jackie Kay
July: The anchoress by Robyn Cadwallader
August: All the light we cannot see by Anthony Doerr
September: Hemingway's chair by Michael Palin
October: Home fires by Kamila Shamsie
November: The little girl in the radiator by Martin Slevin
Books read in 2017
January: Dominion by C J Samson
February: No place to hide by Susan Lewis
March: The girl from the Savoy by Hazel Gaynor
April: Mother's milk by Edward St Aubyn
May: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
June: The Piano Teacher by Janice Y K Lee
July: King & Maxwell by David Baldacci
August: Girl Unknown by Karen Perry
September: The Bookman's Tale by Charlie Lovatt
October: Lion: A long Way Home by Saroo Brierly
November: The hen who dreamed she could fly by Sun-mi Hwang
Books read in 2016
January: The loveliest chocolate shop in Paris, by Jenny Colgan
February: On the beach, by Neville Shute
March: The importance of being Kennedy, by Laurie Graham
April: Us, by David Nicholls
May: The Planter's Wife, by Dinah Jefferies
June: Don't let him know, by Sandip Roy
July: The girl on the train, by Paula Hawkins
September: Breaking light, by Karin Altenberg
October: H is for Hawk, by Helen McDonald
November: Sky Burial, by Xinran