| TITLE |
AUTHOR |
What it's about: (E&OE!) |
| 'On Green Dolphin Street' | Sebastian Faulkes | New York in the MacArthy era |
| 'Thinks' | David Lodge | Funny |
| 'Timbuctoo' | Paul Auster | Biography of a dog |
| 'Bad Blood' | Lorna Sage | Autobiography of Shropshire girl, serialised on Radio4 |
| 'The Dandylion Clock' | Guy Birt | Well plotted, explores childhood |
| 'Blackberry Wine' | Joanna Harris | Similar style to 'Chocolat' |
| 'The Unburied' | Charles Palliser | Victorian pastiche |
| 'When I lived in Modern Times' | Linda Grant | First settlers in State of Israel, late Forties |
| 'White Teeth' | Zadie Smith | N. London mixed community. Good 1st half.. |
| 'The Memory Box' | Margaret Forster | Finding out about unknown aspects of mother |
| 'Dear Tom' | Tom Courtney | Letters from his Mum |
| 'Passage to Juno' | Jonathon Raban | NonFiction. Voyage along NW coast of USA |
| 'Sacred Hunger' | Barry Unsworth | Gruelling but good read concerning Slave Trade |
| 'The Restraint of Beasts' | Magnus Mills | Odd, disgusting, weird, but compulsive! |
| 'All Quiet on the Orient Express' | Magnus Mills | As above |
| 'East of the Mountains' | David Guterson | Father / son relationship |
| 'Galileo's Daughter' | Dava Sobel | Convent reared daughter advises famous astronomer over dispute with Inquisition |
| 'Charlotte Grey' | Sebastian Faulkes |
Woman braves Nazi occupied France to find lover |
| 'The Vintner's Luck' | Elizabeth Knox | Angel appears in vineyard |
| 'England, England' | Julian Barnes | Well observed history |
| 'In Siberia' | Colin Thubron | Well written travel book, best read in summer! |
| 'The Piano shop on the Left Bank' | T. E. Carhart | American in Paris buys piano |
| 'Headlong' | Michael Frayn | Very funny. Academic in pursuit of 'lost' masterpiece. Helps to have Bruegel book to hand |
| 'No Logo' | Naomi Klein | Not exactly a good read, about Globalisation |
| 'Sheeps Eyes & Hogwash' | Sue Limb | Townie assigned to adapt Cold Comfort Farm for TV. |
| 'Dulcie Domum' series | Sue Limb | Diaries of a slut. Like above, all funny, light reads |
| 'London Bridges' | Jane Stevenson | Greek Orthodox community in London, mystery. Well written, well plotted |
| 'The Pilot's Wife' | Anita Shreve | Pilot's double life |
| 'An Equal Music' | Vikram Seth | Music and relationships of a string quartet player |
