April ’13
March ’13
- Consumer.ology – Philip Graves – business
- Rubicon – Tom Holland – History (re-read)
- Blue Ocean Strategy – W. Chan Kim & Renée Mauborgne – business
- The Arsenic Century – James C. Whorton – History (second half)
February ’13
- 18C & 19C poetry – Donne/Blake/Byron – poetry
- The Illustrated Man – Ray Bradbury – Spec Fic short stories (re-read)
- Persuation – Jane Austen – 19th C literature (re-read)
January ’13
- My Brother Michael – Mary Stewart – 60s Crime
- This Rough Magic – Mary Stewart – 60s Crime
- Airs Above the Ground – Mary Stewart – 60s Crime
- E=mc2: A Biography of the World’s Most Famous Equation – David Bodanis
- Run – Jeff Abbott – thriller
- Dark Flight – Lin Anderson – crime
- Black Lung Captain – Chris Wooding – Sci Fi
December ’12
- Crash Deluxe – Marianne Pierres – Sci Fi
- The Road – Cormac McCarthy – Literary sci fi
- Pheonix Rising – Philipa Ballantine & Tee Morris – alt history urban fantasy
- Scavengers – Bill Knox – Crime
- Starwars: A New Hope – George Lucas – Sci Fi
- Empire Strikes Back – Donald F Glut – Sci Fi
- Return of the Jedi – James Kahn – Sci Fi
November ’12
- The Keeper of Lost Causes – Jussi Adler-Olsen – Crime
- Fight Club – Chuck Palahnuik – Fiction (re-read)
- On Writing – Stephen King – non-fiction
- The Little Red Writing Book – Mark Tredinnik – non-fiction
- The Writing Book – Kate Grenville – non-fiction
- Kraken – China Mieville – Urban fantasy
October ’12
- Flowers for the Judge – Margery Allingham – Crime
- Bleak House – Charles Dickens – 19C literature
- The Mystery Mile – Margery Allingham – Crime
- Spell Bound – Kelly Armstrong – Urban fantasy
- Tiger in the Smoke – Margery Allingham – Crime
- Dickens – Peter Ackroyd – biography
- Beneath the bleeding – Val McDermid – Crime
- Cards on the table – Agatha Christie – Crime
- Not in the flesh – Ruth Rendell – Crime
- Wire in the blood – Val McDermid – Crime
- P is for Peril – Sue Grafton – Crime
September ’12
- The Mermaid Singing – Val McDermid – Crime (re-read)
- Northanger Abbey – Jane Austen – 19C literature (re-read)
- The Hammer an the Cross – Robert Ferguson – History
August ’12
various re-reads
May ’12
- Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic – Tom Holland – History
April ’12
- The Arsenic Century – James C. Whorton – History (first half)
- Cold Meat and How to Disguise it – Hunter Davis – History
- The Story of England – Michael Wood – History
March ’12
- Lonely Planet guide to Britain – Travel Guide
- The Templars: History and Myth – Michael Haag – History
January ’12
- Madam Bovary – Gustav Flaubert – 19C literature
- Jane Eyre – Charlotte Bronte – 19C literature (a re-read)
December ’11
- North and South – Elizabeth Gaskill – 19C literature (a re-read)
- The Invention of the Jewish People – Shlomo Sand – history
November ’11
- Soulless – Gail Carriger – alt history urban fantasy (a re-read)
October ’11
- Quicksilver Rising – Stan Nicholls – fantasy
September ’11
- Spycraft – Bruce Wallace & H. Keith Melton – history
August ’11
- The Magnificent Splisbury – Jane Robins – historical true crime
- Bright Young People – D.J. Taylor – history
July ’11
- Emma – Jane Austen – literature (a re-read)
- A Brief History of Secret Societies – David V. Barrett – history
June ’11
- Northanger Abby – Jane Austen – literature
- Mansfield Park – Jane Austen – literature (a re-read)
- Sense and Sensibility – Jane Austen – literature (a re-read)
- Persuasion – Jane Austen – literature (a re-read)
May ’11
- Hitler and Stalin: Parallel Lives – Allen Bullock – history
- The Red Flag – David Priestland – history
- The Three Emperors – Miranda Carter – history
Aprill ’11
- The Gone-Away World – Nick Harkaway – post-apocalyptic sci-fi
- The Stolen – Jason Pinter – crime
- Death of an Ordinary Man – Glen Duncan – literature
January ’11
- Death most Definite – Trent Jamieson – urban fantasy
- Deception – Johnathan Kellerman – crime
- Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Stieg Larsson – crime
December ’10
- Conquistadors – Michael Wood – history
November ’10
- Tigana – Guy Gavriel Kay – fantasy
October ’10
- An Ice Cold Grave – Charlaine Harris – spec-fic crime
- Burning Echo – Lee Childs – crime
- Bone by Bone – Carrol O’Conner – crime
- The Night Watch – Sergei Lukyanenko – Russian uban fantasy
- Death of a Wine Merchant – David Dickinson – period set crime
September ’10
- Soulless- Gail Carriger – alt history urban fantasy
August ’10
- 1968 – Mark Kurlansky – history
July ’10
- The Broken Shore – Peter Temple – crime
June ’10
- The Maiden’s Tale – Margaret Frazer – period set crime
- 87 Tips for Practical Selling – David Yule – business book
May ’10
- Penalty Shot – Bill Knox – 70s Crime
- Medieval Lives – Terry Jones & Alan Ereira – History
- The Dressmaker – Rosalie Ham – Literature / Satire
- Paris, The Secret History – Andrew Hussey – History
- Unclean Spirits – MLN Hanover – Urban Fantasy
April ’10
- White Tiger – Kylie Chan – Urban fantasy
- The Scar – China Mieville – Fantasy
- Wire – Dick Francis – Crime
- The Suspicions of Mr Whicher – 19th C True Crime / History
- A Pinch of Snuff – Reginald Hill – Crime
- The Queen of Flowers – Kerry Greenwood – Crime set in 1920s
- The Tallyman – Bill Knox – 70s Crime
March ’10
- A Rare Interest in Corpses – Ann Granger – period set crime
- Worldshaker – Richard Harlan – YA steampunk
- Cover Her Face – PD James – ’60s crime
- Cool Nights Hot Dragons – Matt Zarbo – YA urban fantasy / magic realism
