Index Of Fiction Read Lately
Links are to mentions, merely fleeting or fulsome, within the pages of this blog.
Nota bene: Any pretence to lofty Literary Review suggested by this should be regarded with disdain, for spoilers and careless characterisations abound.
A
- Ben Aaronovitch, Moon Over Soho, 2011
- Boris Akunin, The Death Of Achilles, 1998
- Elizabeth von Arnim, Expiation, 1929
- Elizabeth von Arnim, Elizabeth & Her German Garden, 1898
- Kate Atkinson, Life After Life, 2013
- Jane Austen, Pride And Prejudice, 1813
- Jane Austen, Emma, 1816
- Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey, 1818
- Jane Austen, Persuasion, 1818
B
- M. C. Beaton, Lady Fortescue Steps Out, 1992
- E. F. Benson, Paying Guests, 1929
- Maeve Binchy, Circle Of Friends, 1990
- Maeve Binchy, Quentins, 2002
- Maeve Binchy, Minding Frankie, 2010
- Giovanni Boccaccio (Rebhorn trans.), The Decameron, c. 1350
- William Boyd, A Good Man In Africa, 1981
- Geraldine Brooks, Year Of Wonders, 2001
C
- Mavis Cheek, Mrs Lytton's Country Life, 2000
- Tracy Chevalier, Remarkable Creatures, 2019
- Agatha Christie, The Man In The Brown Suit, 1924
- Norman Collins, London Belongs To Me, 1945
- Ivy Compton-Burnett, Pastors And Masters, 1925
- Wilkie Collins, The Moonstone, 1868
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, His Last Bow, 1917
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Case-Book Of Sherlock Holmes, 1927
- Noel Coward, Pomp And Circumstance, 1960
- Edmund Crispin, The Case Of The Gilded Fly, 1944
D
- Lindsey Davis, The Silver Pigs, 1989
- E. M. Delafield, The Diary Of A Provincial Lady, 1930
- E. M. Delafield, The Provincial Lady Goes Further, 1932
- E. M. Delafield, The Provincial Lady In America, 1934
- E. M. Delafield, The Provincial Lady In Wartime, 1940
- Benjamin Disraeli, Sybil, 1845
- Sarah Dunant, The Birth Of Venus, 2003
- Sarah Dunant, In The Company Of The Courtesan, 2006
- Helen Dunmore, Birdcage Walk, 2017
F
- Sebastian Faulks, Jeeves And The Wedding Bells, 2013
- Rachel Ferguson, The Brontës Went To Woolworths, 1931
- Rachel Ferguson, A Footman For The Peacock, 1940
- M. F. K. Fisher, The Theoretical Foot, 1939
- Stephen Fry, Troy, 2020
G
- Alan Garner, The Owl Service, 1967
- Philippa Gregory, A Respectable Trade, 1995
- Geoffrey Grigson (editor), Before The Romantics: An Anthology Of The Enlightenment, 1946
H
- Robert Harris, Enigma, 1995
- Robert Harris, Dictator, 2015
- Georgette Heyer, Behold, Here's Poison, 1936
- Georgette Heyer, They Found Him Dead, 1937
- Elizabeth Jane Howard, The Light Years, 1990
- Elizabeth Jane Howard, Marking Time, 1991
- Elizabeth Jane Howard, Confusion, 1993
- Elizabeth Jane Howard, Casting Off, 1995
- Richard Hughes, A High Wind In Jamaica, 1929
J
- Henry James, The Portrait Of A Lady, 1881
- Tove Jansson, Tales From Moominvalley, 1963
- Jerome K Jerome, Three Men In A Boat, 1889
- Rachel Joyce, The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry, 2012
K
- Nick Kazantzakis, Zorba The Greek, 1946
- Hannah Kent, Burial Rites, 2013
- Barbara Kingsolver, Unsheltered, 2018
- Petr Král, In Search Of The Essence Of Place, 2012
L
- Ada Leverson, Love's Shadow, 1908
- D. B. Wyndham Lewis & Charles Lee (ed), The Stuffed Owl, An Anthology Of Bad Verse, 1930
M
- Xavier de Maistre (Henry Attwell trans.), A Journey Round My Room, 1794
- Katherine Mansfield, Short Stories, 1911-1923
- Ngaio Marsh, A Man Lay Dead, 1934
- Alexander McCall Smith, 44 Scotland Street, 2005
- Alexander McCall Smith, Espresso Tales, 2005
- Alexander McCall Smith, Love Over Scotland, 2006
- Alexander McCall Smith, The World According To Bertie, 2007
- Alexander McCall Smith, The Unbearable Lightness Of Scones, 2008
- Alexander McCall Smith, The Importance Of Being Seven, 2010
- Alexander McCall Smith, Bertie Plays The Blues, 2011
- Alexander McCall Smith, Sunshine On Scotland Street, 2012
- Alexander McCall Smith, Bertie's Guide To Life And Mothers, 2013
- Alexander McCall Smith, The Revolving Door Of Life, 2015
- Alexander McCall Smith, The Bertie Project, 2016
- Alexander McCall Smith, A Time Of Love And Tartan, 2017
- Alexander McCall Smith, The Peppermint Tea Chronicles, 2019
- Alexander McCall Smith, A Promise Of Ankles, 2020
- Alexander McCall Smith, Love In The Time Of Bertie, 2021
- Robert Merle, The Brethren, 2018
- Nancy Mitford, Wigs On The Green, 1935
- Rita Monaldi & Francesco Sorti (Peter Burnett trans.), Imprimatur, 2002
- John Mortimer, Rumpole Selection, 1978-1992
N
- Kay Nielsen (illust.), East Of The Sun, West Of The Moon, 1914
P
- Alexander Pushkin (Stanley Mitchell trans.), Eugene Onegin, 1833
- Barbara Pym, Excellent Women, 1952
- Barbara Pym, A Glass Of Blessings, 1958
R
- Hannah Rothschild, The Improbability Of Love, 2015
S
- Dorothy L. Sayers, Whose Body?, 1923
- Dorothy L. Sayers, Clouds of Witness, 1926
- Dorothy L. Sayers, Unnatural Death, 1927
- Dorothy L. Sayers, Lord Peter Wimsey Investigates, Selected Short Stories, 1928-1971
- Dorothy L. Sayers, Strong Poison, 1930
- Dorothy L. Sayers, Have His Carcase, 1932
- D. A. Squires, The Time Seekers, 2015
- D. E. Stevenson, Miss Buncle's Book, 1934
- Mary Stewart, This Rough Magic, 1964
T
- Josephine Tey, The Man In The Queue, 1929
- Josephine Tey, Miss Pym Disposes, 1946
- Josephine Tey, The Daughter Of Time, 1951
- The Detection Club, The Floating Admiral, 1931
- The Detection Club, Six Against The Yard, 1936
- Leo Tolstoy (L. & A. Aylmer trans.), Anna Karenina, 1873
- Alice Thomas Ellis, The 27th Kingdom, 1982
- Alice Thomas Ellis, The Inn At The Edge Of The World, 1990
- Amor Towles, A Gentleman In Moscow, 2016
- Amor Towles, Rules Of Civility, 2011
V
- Mario Vargas Llosa, The Discreet Hero, 2013
- Jukes Verne, 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, 1869
- Voltaire, Candide, 1759
W
- Dorothy Whipple, Every Good Deed & Other Stories, 1944
- Patrick White, Memoirs Of Many In One, 1986
- Angus Wilson, Anglo-Saxon Attitudes, 1956
- P. G. Wodehouse, Uncle Fred In The Springtime, 1939
- P. G. Wodehouse, Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves, 1963
- C. N. & A. M. Williamson, The Lightning Conductor, 1903
X
- Xinran, Miss Chopsticks, 2007