Ooshie Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 And a very late entry ... BOOKS READ IN 2017 A Country Road, A Tree – Jo Baker A Family Romance – Anita Brookner A Private View – Anita Brookner A Spool of Blue Thread – Anne Tyler Autumn: A Folio Anthology – Various Behind Her Eyes - Sarah Pinborough Black Water – Louise Doughty Cast Iron – Peter May Dark Fire – C J Sansom Days Without End – Sebastian Barry Dead Man’s Walk – Larry McMurtry Dissolution – C J Sansom Double Fault – Lionel Shriver Eats, Shoots & Leaves - Lynne Truss Eileen – Ottessa Moshfegh End of Watch – Stephen King Falling Slowly – Anita Brookner Five Rivers Met on a Wooded Plain – Barney Norris Fraud – Anita Brookner I See You – Clare Mackintosh Last Seen Alive – Claire Douglas Latecomers – Anita Brookner Mrs Dalloway – Virginia Woolf Ms Derby Requests – Sean Chapman (e-book) My Name is Lucy Barton - Elizabeth Strout Olive Kitteridge – Elizabeth Strout Playing with Fire – Tess Gerritsen Rushing Waters – Danielle Steel Slade House – David Mitchell Small Great Things – Jodi Picoult SS-GB – Len Deighton The Blood in the Moon – Sean Chapman (e-book) The Blue Flower – Penelope Fitzgerald The Couple Next Door - Shari Lapena The Dandelion Years – Erica James The Drowned Boy – Karin Fossum The Giver – Lois Lowry The Hellbound Heart – Clive Barker The Lake House – Kate Morton The Leftovers – Tom Perrotta The Lesser Bohemians – Eimear McBride The Mistletoe Bride – Kate Mosse The Novel Habits of Happiness – Alexander McCall Smith The Shining – Stephen King The Sport of Kings – C E Morgan The Swimming Pool – Louise Candlish The Tobacconist – Robert Seethaler The Waters of Eternal Youth – Donna Leon The Widow – Fiona Barton Uncle Silas – J Sheridan Le Fanu What Belongs to You – Garth Greenwell Most unexpectedly enjoyable - The Lesser Bohemians by Eimear McBride Most disappointing - The Leftovers by Tom Perrotta (a bit unfair, perhaps as my disappointment was mostly due to the book being nothing like the series, which I loved) Disliked most - Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh (all I can remember is that I found it a thoroughly unpleasant little book from beginning to end) There was no overall favourite as I thoroughly enjoyed lots of my reading this year If I had to pick just one book to keep and read again... no, can't do it, too hard! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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