As a random, scattered entry in a random, scattered sort of year, here's my list of books read in 2016. I might go into some more detail later, but this is more of a reminder post to myself. If you've read any of the below and want to talk about them, though, comment away!
(It is probably not a surprise that I read mostly history, mysteries, and sci-fi. The more those three can be combined, the better.)
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Tudors, Peter Ackroyd
Mary Boleyn, Alison Weir
Prisoners Base, Rex Stout
[re-read]
London Under, Peter Ackroyd
Behind the Palace Doors, Michael Farquhar
Foundation, Peter Ackroyd
Rebellion, Peter Ackroyd
The Silent Speaker, Rex Stout [re-read]
Where There’s a Will, Rex Stout [re-read]
Murder by the Book, Rex Stout [re-read]
The Grimoire of the Lamb (novella), Kevin Hearne
Plot It Yourself, Rex Stout [re-read]
Champagne for One, Rex Stout [re-read]
Two Ravens and a Crow (novella), Kevin Hearne
The Nightingale Gallery, Paul Doherty
The House of the Red Slayer, Paul Doherty
Chaplin, Peter Ackroyd
Absolute Monarchs, John Julius Norwich
Medusa’s Web, Tim Powers
On Stranger Tides, Tim Powers
The Graveyard Book, Neil Gaiman
The Guns of August, Barbara Tuchman
Jerusalem, Simon Sebag Montefiore
Careless People, Sarah Churchwell
Villains, Rogues and Scoundrels, Paul Martin
The Romanovs, Simon Sebag Montefiore
Scandals of Classic Hollywood, Anne Helen Petersen
The Monster of Venice, Douglas Preston
Bad Monkeys, Matt Ruff
Storm Front, Jim Butcher
The Mistresses of Cliveden, Natalie Livingstone
Dynasty: the Rise and Fall of the House of Caesar by Tom
Holland
Fool Moon, Jim Butcher
The Six, Lisa Thompson
Midnight in Peking, Paul French
Carter & Lovecraft, Jonathan L. Howard
The Devil You Know, Mark Carey
740 Park, Michael Gross
3 comments:
Pleased to see so many books by Peter Ackroydon the list, my favourite author :) Have you read Michel Faber's The Book of Strange New Things? One of the best books I've read this year.
I just discovered Peter Ackroyd this year, and he's brilliant! I haven't read The Book of Strange New Things, but will look it up straightaway. Thanks! :)
The best Peter Ackroyd fiction is Hawksmoor. He writes a lot of fiction about people who actually did exist (Dan Leno, Dr Dee, Milton), you must try some. I think I've got just about everything he's ever written :)
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