21 for 2021
- They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us (Hanif Abdurraqib)
- Flames (Robbie Arnott)
- Don Casmurro (Machado de Assis)
The Flowers of Evil (Charles Baudelaire)– read: April 21 (7*)- A Small Town in Germany (John le Carre)
Chronicles (Bob Dylan)– read: Feb 21 (4*)- The Border (Diarmaid Ferriter)
- Moonwalking With Einstein (Joshua Foer)
The Midnight Library (Matt Haig)– read: Jan 21 (6*)The Stationery Shop (Marjan Kamali)– read: Jan 21 (7*)- The Middle East: A Brief History of the Last 2000 Years (Bernard Lewis)
- Quell (Clare Littlemore)
Palace Walk (Naguib Mahfouz)– read: Jan 21 (6*)Johannesburg (Fiona Melrose)– read: March 21 (6*)- The Sport of Kings ( C E Morgan)
- Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage (Haruki Murakami)
Hamnet (Maggie O’Farrell)– read: Feb 21 (7*)- The Essex Serpent (Sarah Perry)
- A Sweet, Wild Note (Richard Smyth)
In The Days of Rain (Rebecca Stott)– read: April 21 (6*)The Secret History (Donna Tartt)– read: March 21 (6*)
20 for 2020 (standalones):
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Life After Life (Kate Atkinson)– read: Mar 20 ★★★★★★☆Wolf Hall (Hillary Mantel)– read: July 20 ★★★★☆☆☆The History of Bees (Maja Lunde)– read: Mar 20 ★★★★★☆☆How To Stop Time (Matt Haig)– read: June 20 ★★★★★★★Imagine Me Gone (Adam Haslett)– read: Jan 20 ★★★★☆☆☆The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart(Holly Ringland) – read: July 20 ★★★★★★★Home Fire (Kamila Shamsie)– read: Feb 20 ★★★★★☆☆All The Crooked Saints (Maggie Stiefvater)– read: Apr 20 ★★★★★★☆To The Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)– read: Dec 20 ★★★★★☆☆The Book of Lost Things (John Connolly)read: Feb 20 ★★★★☆☆☆The Dinner (Herman Koch)– read: July 20 ★★★★☆☆☆Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (Benjamin Alire Saenz)– read: Jan 20 ★★★★★☆☆English Animals (Laura Kaye)– read: June 20 ★★★★★☆☆Good Omens (Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman)– read: Oct 20 ★★★★★★☆The Power (Naomi Alderman) – read: Nov 20 ★★★☆☆☆☆Lab Girl (Hope Jahren)– read: Dec 20 ★★★★★☆☆Feathers (Thor Hanson)– read: August 20 ★★★★★☆☆Wilding (Isabella Tree)– read: May 20 ★★★★★★★H is for Hawk (Helen McDonald)– read: Feb 20 ★★★★★★☆Meet Me in the Bathroom (Lizzy Goodman)– read: May 20 ★★★★★★☆
