Book List

Books read in 2023

• Babes in the Wood – Mark Stay (Audible)
• Available Dark – Elizabeth Hand (Audible)
• Hard Light – Elizabeth Hand (Audible)
• Midnight Crossroad – Charlaine Harris (Audible)
• Piranesi – Susanna Clarke (Audible)
• 21st Century Yokel – Tom Cox (Kindle)
• The Signalman – Charles Dickens (Audible)
• The Ghost of Ivy Barn – Mark Stay (Audible)
• Day Shift – Charlaine Harris (Audible)
• The Wordhord – Hana Videen
• The Wall – Marlen Haushofer (Audible)
• Quiet Pine Trees – T. R. Darling
• Joe Country – Mick Herron (Kindle)
• The Greenhollow Duology – Emily Tesh (Audible)
• Delio (The Hive book 1) – RR Haywood (Audible)
• The Catch – Mick Herron (Kindle)
• Bryony and Roses – T Kingfisher (Audible)
• Hold Back the Tide – Melinda Salisbury (Kindle)
• Night Shift – Charlaine Harris (Audible)
• Dark Pines – Will Dean (Audible)
• The Contortionist (Harrow Faire book 1) – Kathryn Ann Kingsley (Audible)
• The Copper Peacock and other stories – Ruth Rendell (Audible)
• Titanium Noir – Nick Harkaway (Audible)
• Walking to Aldebaran – Adrian Tchaikovsky (Audible)(R)
• Nobody Walks – Mick Herron (Kindle)(R)
• Islands of Abandonment – Cal Flyn (R)
• Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows – John Koenig (R)
• Light Rains Sometimes Fall – Lev Parikian (R)
• Drawn to Stitch – Gwen Hedley (R)
• Days Like These – Brian Bilston (R)

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Books read in 2022 (37)

• The Owl Service – Alan Garner (Audible)
• What Are You Looking At? – Will Gompertz
• A Closed and Common Orbit – Becky Chambers (Kindle)
• Lies Sleeping – Ben Aaronovitch (Kindle)
• Broken – Jenny Lawson (Audible)
• The Kill Room – Jeffery Deaver (Kindle)
• All of a Winter’s Night – Phil Rickman (Audible)
• Spook Street – Mick Herron (Kindle)
• Thursday Murder Club – Richard Osman (Audible)
• Apocalypso – Robert Rankin (Audible)
• Random Shit Flying through the Air – Jackson Ford (Audible)
• The Fifth Season – NK Jemisin (Kindle)
• British Ice – Owen D Pomery
• Snow Glass Apples – Neil Gaiman & Colleen Doran
• Red Sixty Seven – Kit Jewitt
• The Resistance volume 1 – JM Straczynski
• Geopedia – Marcia Bjornerud
• The Gone-Away World – Nick Harkaway (Audible)
• Moths volume 1 – JM Straczynski
• The Resistance: Uprising – JM Straczynski
• A Man of Shadows – Jeff Noon (Audible)
• The Fever of the World – Phil Rickman (Audible)
• Magpie Murders – Anthony Horowitz (Audible)
• The Plague Stones – James Brogden (Audible)
• Wylding Hall – Elizabeth Hand (Audible)
• The Crow Folk – Mark Stay (Audible)
• Sabrina – Nick Drnaso
• Generation Loss – Elizabeth Hand (Audible)
• The Book of Koli – M R Carey (Audible)
• London Rules – Mick Herron (Kindle)
• Mixed Media Textile Art in three dimensions – Ann Goddard
• The Katharina Code – Jorn Lier Horst (Kindle)
• The Trials of Koli – M R Carey (Audible)
• Colour Theory – Patti Mollica
• Tate Introductions: Rauschenberg – Ed Krcma
• The Fall of Koli – M R Carey (Audible)
• The Drop – Mick Herron (Kindle)

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Books read in 2021 (13)

• Apocrypha Now – Mark Russell
• Word Perfect – Susie Dent
• English Pastoral – James Rebanks
• Dead Lions – Mick Herron (Kindle)
• Into the Tangled Bank – Lev Parikian
• Ordeal – Jorn Lier Horst (Kindle)
• The Alchemist – Paul Coelho (Kindle)
• The Collage Ideas Book – Alannah Moore
• The Hanging Tree – Ben Aaronovitch (Kindle)
• The List – Mick Herron (Kindle)
• The Phantom Atlas – Edward Brooke-Hitching
• Pandemonium – Armando Iannucci
• Real Tigers – Mick Herron (Kindle)

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Books read in 2020 (17)

• The Honours – Tim Clare (Kindle)
• 50 Things that made the Modern Economy – Tim Harford
• Obscura – Joe Hart
• The Wind-up Bird Chronicle – Haruki Murakami (Kindle)
• The Little Prince –  Antoine De Saint-Exupery 
• The Story of Rats – S Anthony Barnett
• Scooby Apocalypse vol 1, vol 2, vol 3, vol 4, vol 5, vol 6
• The Umbrella Academy vol 1, vol 2
• God is Disappointed in You – Mark Russell
• The Girl Who Could Move Shit With Her Mind – Jackson Ford (Kindle)
• Skin Game – Jim Butcher (Kindle)

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Books read in 2019 (21)

• The Caveman – Jørn Lier Horst (Kindle)
• A Short Book about Drawing – Andrew Marr
• The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a Fuck – Sarah Knight
• Ensouling Language – Stephen Harrod Buhner (abandoned)
• Hansel and Gretel – Neil Gaiman & Lorenzo Mattotti
• The Wonder Engine – T Kingfisher (Kindle)
• Unf*ck your Habitat – Rachel Hoffman
• A Short Book about Painting – Andrew Marr
• Life Support – Tess Gerritsen (Kindle)
• The Wild Remedy – Emma Mitchell
• Good Omens – Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman
• The Secret Lives of Colour – Kassia St Clair
• Every Dead Thing – John Connolly (Kindle)
• Messy – Tim Harford
• NOS4A2 – Joe Hill (Kindle)
• Humble Pi – Matt Parker
• Slow Horses – Mick Herron (Kindle)
• Friends of the Dusk – Phil Rickman (Kindle)
• Don’t Believe a Word – David Shariatmadari
• Fingers in the Sparkle Jar – Chris Packham (Kindle)
• Swordheart – T Kingfisher (Kindle)
• Strange Planet – Nathan Pyle

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Books read in 2018 (19)

• The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet – Becky Chambers (Kindle)
• The Identical Boy – Matthew Stott (Kindle)
• The Kill Room – Jeffery Deaver (Kindle)
• Norse Mythology – Neil Gaiman
• Barnaby Smith – Daniel Martin Eckhart (Kindle)
• The Book – Keith Houston
• Horns – Joe Hill (Kindle)
• How to Survive the End of the World – Aaron Gillies
• Zero-G (Outer Earth) – Rob Boffard (Kindle)
• Impact (Outer Earth) – Rob Boffard (Kindle)
• The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ – Philip Pullman (Kindle)
• Clockwork Boys – T Kingfisher (Kindle)
• The Darkest Secret – Alex Marwood (Kindle)
• Artemis – Andy Weir (Kindle)
• Baking with Kafka – Tom Gauld
• The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage – Sydney Padua
• The Boy on the Bridge – M R Carey (Kindle)
• Bird Box – Josh Malerman (Kindle)
• Art Matters – Neil Gaiman

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Books read in 2017 (14+shorts)

• London: The Biography – Peter Ackroyd
• Walking on Custard – Neil Hughes
• Fellside – M. R. Carey
• The First Church on the Moon – JMR Higgs
• The House of Susan Lulham – Phil Rickman
• The Seventh Bride – T. Kingfisher
• Roadside Crosses – Jeffery Deaver
• Maker Space – K. B. Spangler
• Burial Rites – Hannah Kent
• Tales of Wychwood – Daniel Martin Eckhart
• Dust – Rob Boffard (short stories)
• Fiber – Seanan McGuire (short story, online)
• Kino – Haruki Murakami (short story, online)
• State Machine – KB Spangler
• A Time for Silence – Thorne Moore
• Ready Player One – Ernest Cline
• Stardust – Neil Gaiman

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Books read in 2016 (17)

• The Guest Cat – Takashi Hiraide
• Furiously Happy – Jenny Lawson
• The Illustrated Herdwick Shepherd – James Rebanks
• Anansi Boys – Neil Gaiman
• The Three – Sarah Lotz
• Whispers Under Ground – Ben Aaronovitch
• The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments – George Johnson
• The Golem and the Djinni – Helene Wecker
• Daily Afflictions – Andrew Boyd
• Fishing in Utopia – Andrew Brown
• The Last Days of Jack Sparks – Jason Arnopp
• Tracer (Outer Earth) – Rob Boffard
• Broken Homes – Ben Aaronovitch
• Harry Potter and the Cursed Child – JK Rowling
• Laser Moose and Rabbit Boy – Doug Savage
• Heart-shaped Box – Joe Hill
• Digital Divide – K. B. Spangler

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Books read in 2015 (21)

• The Well-tuned Body – Penny Ingham & Colin Shelbourn
• The Creative Habit – Twyla Tharp
• Rivers of London – Ben Aaronovitch
• We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves – Karen Joy Fowler
• Blue Labyrinth – Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
• The Knot – Mark Watson
• Discovering Scarfolk – Richard Littler
• Dregs – Jørn Lier Horst
• The Shepherd’s Life – James Rebanks
• Steal Like an Artist – Austin Kleon
• The Curse of the House of Foskett – M R C Kasasian
• The Sketchnote Handbook – Mike Rohde
• Stone Mattress: Nine Tales – Margaret Atwood
• Fugitives and Refugees – Chuck Palahniuk
• An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments – Ali Almossawi
• The Sleeping Doll – Jeffery Deaver
• The Martian – Andy Weir
• Night after Night – Phil Rickman
• The Life-changing Magic of Tidying – Marie Kondo
• Moon over Soho – Ben Aaronovitch
• Show Your Work – Austin Kleon

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Books read in 2014 (30)

• The Magus of Hay – Phil Rickman
• Is That a Fish in your Ear – David Bellos
• The Ocean at the End of the Lane – Neil Gaiman
• The Girl with All the Gifts – M.R. Carey
• The Shock of the Fall – Nathan Filer
• Closed for Winter – Jørn Lier Horst
• The Hunger Games – Suzanne Collins
• The Hunger Games: Catching Fire – Suzanne Collins
• The Poisoner’s Handbook – Deborah Blum
• The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Suzanne Collins
• The King in Yellow – Robert W Chambers
• Changes – Jim Butcher
• The End of Mr Y – Scarlett Thomas
• Me Talk Pretty One Day – David Sedaris
• The Body Has a Mind of Its Own – Sandra Blakeslee & Matthew Blakeslee
• Ghost Story – Jim Butcher
• White Fire – Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
• How to be Dead – Dave Turner
• The Little Friend – Donna Tartt
• Richard Castle’s Deadly Storm – Brian Michael Bendis & Kelly Sue DeConnick
• Birdman – Mo Hayder
• Cold Days – Jim Butcher
• The Happiness Project – Gretchen Rubin
• The Mangle Street Murders – M R C Kasasian
• American Gods – Neil Gaiman
• Shady Characters – Keith Houston
• The Apologist – Jay Rayner
• The Hunting Dogs – Jørn Lier Horst
• The Crane Wife – Patrick Ness
• Zen Pencils – Gavin Aung Than

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Books read in 2013 (19)

• 1Q84: Books 1 & 2 – Haruki Murakami
• Thinking, Fast and Slow – Daniel Kahneman
• Bloodstream – Tess Gerritsen
• Red Shirts – John Scalzi
• Keith: A Novel – Simon Dunn
• It’s Not Me, It’s You! – Jon Richardson
• Turn Coat – Jim Butcher
• London Calling – James Craig
• Let’s Pretend This Never Happened – Jenny Lawson
• The Dog Stars – Peter Heller
• The Cuckoo’s Calling – Robert Galbraith
• A Sincere Warning About The Entity In Your Home – Jason Arnopp
• Eleven – Mark Watson
• Bleeker Hill – Russell Mardell
• Secrets to the Grave – Tami Hoag
• The Burning Wire – Jeffery Deaver
• The Small Hand – Susan Hill
• 1Q84: Book 3 – Haruki Murakami
• The Redbreast – Jo Nesbo

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Books read in 2012 (6)

• The Graveyard Book – Neil Gaiman
• Where the Shadows Lie – Michael Ridpath
• Body, Breath & Being – Carolyn Nicholls
• Roseanna – Maj Sjowall & Per Wahloo
• Small Favour – Jim Butcher
• The Secrets of Pain – Phil Rickman

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Books read in 2011 (7)

• Room – Emma Donoghue
• The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest – Stieg Larsson
• To Dream of the Dead – Phil Rickman
• The Happiness Project – Gretchen Rubin
• White Night – Jim Butcher
• Machine of Death – short story compilation
• The Well-tuned Body – Penny Ingham & Colin Shelbourn

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Books read in 2010 (11)

• The Grammar Devotional – Mignon Fogarty
• The Cold Moon – Jeffery Deaver
• Dead Beat – Jim Butcher
• Still Life with Crows – Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
• Shutter Island – Dennis Lehane
• FlashForward – Robert J Sawyer
• Rapture in Death – JD Robb
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Stieg Larsson
• Proven Guilty – Jim Butcher
• The Broken Window – Jeffery Deaver
• The Girl who Played with Fire – Stieg Larsson

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Books read in 2009 (13)

• After Dark – Haruki Murakami
• Blood Rites – Jim Butcher
• Rant – Chuck Palahniuk
• The Fabric of Sin – Phil Rickman
• Relic – Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
• Death Masks – Jim Butcher
• The Pocket Book of Proofreading – William Critchley
• After the Quake – Haruki Murakami
• The Android’s Dream – John Scalzi
• The Tales of Beedle the Bard – J K Rowling
• Summer Knight – Jim Butcher
• Immortal in Death – J.D. Robb
• The Day Watch – Sergei Lukyanenko

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Books read in 2008 (12)

• Haunted – Chuck Palahniuk
• Night of the Toxic Ostrich – Nick Revell
• The Night Watch – Sergei Lukyanenko
• Daily Afflictions – A Boyd
• Diary – Chuck Palahniuk
• Real Life – The Greg’s Notes Edition – Greg Dean
• Grave Peril – Jim Butcher
• Dawn of the Dumb – Charlie Brooker
• Remains of an Altar – Phil Rickman
• Fool Moon – Jim Butcher
• The Lincoln Lawyer – Michael Connelly
• The Ghost Brigades – John Scalzi

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Books read in 2007 (12)

• Monday Mourning – Kathy Reichs
• Iron Man: Extremis – Warren Ellis
• The Twelth Card – Jeffery Deaver
• Nextwave: Agents of H.A.T.E vol 1 – Warren Ellis
• Cross Bones – Kathy Reichs
• Shaggy Blog Stories – Mike Atkinson
• Between You and I – James Cochrane
• The Cabinet of Curiosities – Douglas Preston/Lincoln Child
• Lost for Words – John Humphrys
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – J K Rowling
• Storm Front – Jim Butcher
• Crooked Little Vein – Warren Ellis

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Books read in 2006 (11)

• Kafka on the Shore – Haruki Murakami
• Adobe Photoshop CS2 one-on-one – Deke McClelland
• Old Man’s War – John Scalzi
• Agile Web Development with Rails – Dave Thomas, David Heinemeier Hansson
• Stiff – Mary Roach
• Third Degree – James Patterson
• The Closers – Michael Connelly
• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time – Mark Haddon
• The Smile of a Ghost – Phil Rickman
• The First Victim – Ridley Pearson
• Naked in Death – J.D. Robb

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Books read in 2005 (19)

• The Man in the Moss – Phil Rickman
• Transmetropolitan: Dirge – Warren Ellis
• Rising Stars Vol 1: Born in Fire – J M Straczynski
• Rising Stars Vol 2: Power – J M Straczynski
• The Narrows – Michael Connelly
• Transmetropolitan: The Cure – Warren Ellis
• Transmetropolitan: Tales of Human Waste – Warren Ellis
• Supreme Power: Contact – J M Straczynski
• Prayer of the Night Shepherd – Phil Rickman
• Supreme Power 2: Powers & Principalities – J M Straczynski
• Global Frequency 1: Planet Ablaze – Warren Ellis
• Global Frequency 2: Detonation Radio – Warren Ellis
• Ministry of Space – Warren Ellis
• Chasing the Dime – Michael Connelly
• Midnight Nation – J M Straczynski
• Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates – Tom Robbins
• Revolution in the Valley – Andy Hertzfeld
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – J K Rowling
• Only in America – Dominic Holland

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Books read in 2004 (28)

• Eragon: Inheritance – Christopher Paolini
• The Wind-up Bird Chronicle – Haruki Murakami
• Photoshop Restoration & Retouching – Katrin Eisman
• Exploitation Now Vol 1 – Michael Poe
• Exploitation Now Vol 2 – Michael Poe
• Interview with a Vampire – Anne Rice
• The Vanished Man – Jeffery Deaver
• Megatokyo Volume 1 – Fred Gallagher
• A Drink before the War – Dennis Lehane
• The Art of Deception – Ridley Pearson
• The Lamp of the Wicked – Phil Rickman
• Mouth to Mouth – Michael Kimball
• Fight Club – Chuck Palahniuk
• Shadow Prey – John Sandford
• Eyes of Prey – John Sandford
• Candlenight – Phil Rickman
• Lost Light – Michael Connelly
• Transmetropolitan: Back on the Street – Warren Ellis
• Demon Night – J Michael Straczynski
• Transmetropolitan: Lust for Life – Warren Ellis
• Straczynski Unplugged – J Michael Straczynski
• Transmetropolitan: Year of the Bastard – Warren Ellis
• Transmetropolitan: The New Scum – Warren Ellis
• Big Bad Wolf – James Patterson
• Transmetropolitan: Lonely City – Warren Ellis
• Crybbe – Phil Rickman
• Transmetropolitan: Gouge Away – Warren Ellis
• Winter Moon – Dean Koontz

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