Books 2008
Waiting for Coyote's Call by
Greenery Street by Denis McKail
The Comfort of Saturdays by Alexander McCall Smith
Making Money by Terry Pratchett
Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear
The Needle in the Blood by Sarah Bower
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
The Harper's Quine by Pat McIntosh
Anne's House of Dreams by L.M. Montgomery
The Tiger in the Smoke by Margery Allingham - re-read
Dancers in Mourning by Margery Allingham - re-read
The Winds of Heaven by Monica Dickens
The Case of the Late Pig by Margery Allingham – re-read
Ten-Second Staircase by Christopher Fowler
Skeleton Man by Tony Hillerman
The Chorister at the Abbey by Lis Howell
Death in Practice by Hazel Holt
Death of a Ghost by Margery Allingham - reread
Anne of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery
St Mungo's Robin by Pat McIntosh
The Silent Killer by Hazel Holt
Chorister's Cake by William Mayne - reread
The Coffin Trail by Martin Edwards
Street of the Five Moons by Elizabeth Peters
Mistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin
What Katy Did Next by Susan Coolidge
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Scuba Dancing by Nicola Slade
Opening Night by Ngaio Marsh
Anne of Windy Willows by L.M. Montgomery
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
Sweet Danger by Margery Allingham – reread
Anne of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery
St Mungo's Robin by Pat McIntosh
The Silent Killer by Hazel Holt
Chorister's Cake by William Mayne - reread
The Coffin Trail by Martin Edwards
Street of the Five Moons by Elizabeth Peters
Mistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin
What Katy Did Next by Susan Coolidge
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Scuba Dancing by Nicola Slade
Opening Night by Ngaio Marsh
Anne of Windy Willows by L.M. Montgomery
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
Sweet Danger by Margery Allingham – reread
By the Pricking of my Thumbs by Agatha Christie
Anne of the Island by L.M. Montgomery
Stranger at Green Knowe by L.M. Boston
Growing Up by Angela Thirkell
Ghostwalk by Rebecca Stott
Police at the Funeral by Margery Allingham - re-read
Dragons in the Waters by Madeleine l'Engle
Family Roundabout by Richmal Crompton
Faye Hammill, Women, Celebrity and Literary Culture Between the Wars
Look to the Lady by Margery Allingham - re-read
Winter Holiday by Arthur Ransome
Great Northern? by Arthur Ransome
Panther Soup by John Gimlette
Summer Lightning by P.G. Wodehouse
Thrones, Dominations by Jill Paton Walsh and Dorothy Sayers
I Leap Over the Wall by Monica Baldwin
Flowers for the Judge by Margery Allingham - reread
The Autumn Castle by Kim Wilkins
The Scent of the Night by Andrea Camilleri
Mystery Mile by Margery Allingham - reread
The Crime at Black Dudley by Margery Allingham - reread
Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman
A Ring of Endless Light by Madeleine L'Engle
The Towers of Trebizond by Rose McCaulay
Witchfire at Lammas by Robert Neill
Victor Watson, Reading Series Fiction
Old School by Tobias Wolff
Scar Night by Alan Campbell
The Beckoning Lady by Margery Allingham - reread
Blood Trail by Tanya Huff
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett - reread
What Katy Did by Susan Coolidge - reread
Fool Moon by Jim Butcher
Vintage Murder by Ngaio Marsh
The Dig by John Preston
Stoneheart by Charlie Fletcher
A Circle of Quiet by Madeleine L'Engle
The Moon By Night by Madeleine L'Engle
And Both Were Young by Madeleine L'Engle
Still Life by Louise Penny
The Year of the Rat by Andre Norton
An Acceptable Time by Madeleine l'Engle
Bridle Paths by A.F. Tschiffely
The Mark of the Cat by Andre Norton
Miss Bunting by Angela Thirkell
Meet the Austins by Madeleine L'Engle
Black Plumes by Margery Allingham
The Crystal Gryphon by Andre Norton
The Sittaford Mystery by Agatha Christie
My Grandmothers and I by Diana Holman-Hunt
I Am a Cat by Soseki Natsume
Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark
My Turn to Make the Tea by Monica Dickens
The Gum Thief by Douglas Coupland
The Sunday Philosophy Club by Alexander McCall Smith
The Red House Mystery by A.A. Milne
Saplings by Noel Streatfeild
Pond Lane and Paris by Susie Vereker
Zoology by Ben Dolnick
Pelagia and the White Bulldog by Boris Akunin
The Good Good Pig by Sy Montgomery
The Tomb of the Golden Bird by Elizabeth Peters
The Remains of an Altar by Phil Rickman
Love on the Borders by Martin Bax
Sorcery and Cecelia by Patricia C. Wrede and Caroline Stevermer
Salal by Laurie Ricou
A Death in the Family by Hazel Holt
The River at Green Knowe by Lucy M. Boston
The House of Arden by E. Nesbit
A Dubious Legacy by Mary Wesley
Incarceron by Catherine Fisher
The Code of the Woosters by P.G. Wodehouse
Before Lunch by Angela Thirkell
The Angel in the Corner by Monica Dickens
Lark Rise to Candleford by Flora Thompson – re-read
Speaking of Love by Angela Young
Parker Pyne Investigates by Agatha Christie
The Book of the Dun Cow by Walter Wangerin Jr
Treasure at Green Knowe by L.M. Boston
Harnessing Peacocks by Mary Wesley - re-read
Voyage by Adele Geras
Many Waters by Madeleine L'Engle
Sleeping Murder by Agatha Christie
Hearts and Minds by Rosy Thornton
Illyrian Spring by Ann Bridge
Because I Know You Don't Read the Newspapers (The Boondocks) by Aaron McGruder
The Beckoning Lady by Margery Allingham
The Children of Green Knowe by Lucy M. Boston
Less Than Angels by Barbara Pym - re-read
A Tale of Time City by Diana Wynne Jones
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman by Haruki Murakami
Debs at War by Anne de Courcey
Enter a Murderer by Ngaio Marsh
The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
The Ladies of Lyndon by Margaret Kennedy
Why Didn't They Ask Evans? by Agatha Christie
Love in a Cold Climate by Nancy Mitford – re-read
Lady Friday by Garth Nix
Thurber Carnival by James Thurber - re-read
The Book of Lyonne by Burgess Drake - re-read
They Came Like Swallows by William Maxwell
August Folly by Angela Thirkell
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
Journey into Spring by Winston Clewes – re-read
To Let by John Galsworthy
The Pursuit of Love by Nancy Mitford
Usagi Yojimbo by Stan Sakai
Hamlet, Revenge! by Michael Innes
The Man Who Knew Too Much by G.K. Chesterton
Blade of the Immortal by Hiroaki Samura
The Children of Shallowford by Henry Williamson - re-read
The Various Haunts of Men by Susan Hill
The Last Guardian of Everness by John C. Wright
The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers
The Traitor's Sword by Amanda Hemingway
Dream Angus by Alexander McCall Smith
Dark Companion by Andre Norton
Crazy Water, Pickled Lemons by Diana Henry