January
The Appeal by Janice Hallet
This book was my favourite of the month. The whole story is told through emails, text messages, newspaper articles and more. It tells the story of several people and the impact of a young girls cancer diagnosis on a town however not is all as it seems.
The Girls in the Garden by Lisa Jewell
The House We Grew Up In by Lisa Jewell
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
The Paris Library by Janet Skelslien Charles
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
February
The Night She Disappeared by Lisa Jewell
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
The Marlow Murder Club by Robert Thorogood
Watching You by Lisa Jewell
Stasiland by Anna Funder
This book was my favourite of the month. It tells the stories of people who lived in East Germany after the Berlin Wall was erected and also how many East Germans felt after its collapse. A really interesting insight into the everyday life of East Germans.
March
Witch Hunt by Ian Rankin
The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri
The Marriage by K.L Slater
The Young Team by Graeme Armstrong
It was a close tie between ‘The Beekeeper of Aleppo’ and ‘The Young Team’ but ‘The Young Team’ won due to the familiarity of the story with some of my own experiences growing up in the West of Scotland. This book explores numerous issues including poverty, alcoholism and gangs to name a few. It looks at how young people may find themselves in situations and the consequences of their actions.
April
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
This book was my favourite of the month. It tells the story of twin sisters who grow up in the South and the dramatically different paths they both take. As they lead separate lives their paths cross again when their daughters come to know one another.
A Spoonful of Murder by J.M. Hall
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover
I Found You by Lisa Jewell
If I Can’t Have You by Charlotte Levin
June
The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman
Fake Law by The Secret Barrister
Invisible Girl by Lisa Jewell
July
Verity by Colleen Hoover
Before I Met You by Lisa Jewell
The Lamplighters by Emma Stonex
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
The Making of Us by Lisa Jewell
The Office of Historical Corrections by Danielle Evans
Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart This was my favourite book of the month. Having read Shuggie Bain, I was really looking forward to this. Perhaps reading this on the plane home was not the best way to end an otherwise very fun and relaxing holiday as it was even more heartbreaking than its predecessor.
How To Kill Your Family by Bella Mackie
The Couple at No.9 by Claire Douglas
The Family Remains by Lisa Jewell
The Twyford Code by Janice Hallett
August
A Quiet Belief In Angels by R.J. Ellory
People Like Them by Samira Sedira
The Serial Killer’s Daughter by Alice Hunter
September
Empty Houses by Brenda Navarro
October
Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid
Other People’s Clothes by Calla Henkel
It Starts With Us by Colleen Hoover
November
Snowflake by Louise Nealon
December
The Girls Who Disappeared by Claire Douglas
Grief is the Thing with Feathers by Max Porter
The Testaments by Margaret Atwood As a big fan of The Handmaids Tale, I was really looking forward to this. I liked how it switched between different perspectives.
Total= 46/30
