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


F


G

  • Alan Garner, The Owl Service, 1967
  • Graham Greene & Hugh Greene (editors), The Spy's Bedside Book, 1957
  • 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
  • Jane Hervey, Vain Shadow, 1963
  • Georgette Heyer, Footsteps In The Dark, 1932
  • Georgette Heyer, Behold, Here's Poison, 1936
  • Georgette Heyer, They Found Him Dead, 1937
  • Georgette Heyer, No Wind Of Blame, 1939
  • Elizabeth Jane Howard, The Light Years, 1990
  • Elizabeth Jane Howard, Marking Time, 1991
  • Elizabeth Jane Howard, Confusion, 1993
  • Elizabeth Jane Howard, Casting Off, 1995
  • Elizabeth Jane Howard, All Change, 2013
  • 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


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

  • Mollie Panter-Downes, Good Evening, Mrs. Craven: The Wartime Stories, 1999
  • Jocelyn Playfair, A House In The Country, 1944
  • 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
  • P. G. Wodehouse, The Golf Omnibus, 1973
  • C. N. & A. M. Williamson, The Lightning Conductor, 1903


X

  • Xinran, Miss Chopsticks, 2007