Archive of Book Reviews

Listed by author in alphabetical order

A

Aesop – The Dolphins, the Whales and the Gudgeon

Alcott, Louisa May – An Old-Fashioned Girl

Allsburg, Van – The Polar Express

Anon, The Saga of Gunnlaug Serpent-tongue

Archer, Jeffrey – Caste – Off

Archer, Jeffrey – Charity Begins At Home

Archer, Jeffrey – Clean Sweep Ignatius

Archer, Jeffrey – The Endgame

Archer, Jeffrey – Members Only

Archer, Jeffrey – One Man’s Meat

Archer, Jeffrey – Over My Dead Body

Archer, Jeffrey – Too Many Coincidences

Ashton, Juliet – The Woman at Number 24

Ashley, Phillipa – Christmas on the Little Cornish Isles: The Driftwood Inn

Ashley, Phillipa – A Perfect Cornish Christmas

Atkinson, Kate – Festive Spirits

Atwood, Margaret – The Handmaid’s Tale

Atwood, Margaret – The Testaments

Austen, Jane – Emma

Austen, Jane – Lady Susan and Other Works

Austen, Jane – Northanger Abbey

Aveyard, Victoria – Blade Breaker

Aveyard, Victoria – Realm Breaker

B

Baggot, Mandy – Under a Greek Sun

Barker, Cicley Mary – The Complete Book of the Flower Fairies

Barker, Pat – The Women of Troy

Batmanghelidj, Fereydoon – Your Body’s Many Cries for Water

Beard, Mary – SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome

Benchley, John – Jaws

Bellairs, John – The House with a Clock in its Walls

Bennett, SJ – The Windsor Knot

Bennett, SJ – A Three Dog Problem

Binchy, Maeve – Star Sullivan

Blake, Fanny – Stories to Make you Smile

Boccaccio, Giovanni – Mrs Rosie and the Priest

Borman, Tracy – Anne Boleyn and Elizabeth I 

Bradford, Barbara Taylor – A Secret Affair

Bronte, Anne – Agnes Grey

Bronte, Charlotte – Villette

Brown Albert, George – Who Killed Jerusalem?

Bulgakov, Mikhail – The Heart of a Dog

Bunyan, John – The Pilgrim’s Progress

Burn, Joanne – The Hemlock Cure

Burney, Frances – Evelina

Burton, Jessie – Medusa

Burton, Tim – The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy 

Burton, Tim – The Nightmare Before Christmas

Buxton, Richard – The Greek Myths that Shape the Way We Think

Byrne, Paula – The Real Jane Austen: A Life in Small Things

Bythell, Shaun – The Diary of a Bookseller 

C

Capote, Truman – Breakfast at Tiffany’s

Carnarvon, The Countess – Christmas at Highclere

Carnarvon, The Countess – The Earl and the Pharaoh

Carter, Angela – Fireworks

Casati, Costanza – Clytemnestra

Catullus – The Complete Poems

Christie, Agatha – Midwinter Murder

Christie, Agatha – The Man in the Brown Suit

Christie, Agatha – The Murder at the Vicarage

Christie, Agatha – The Murder on the Links

Christie, Agatha – The Murder of Roger of Ackroyd

Christie, Agatha – The Mysterious Affair at Styles

Christie, Agatha – The Secret Adversary

Christie, Agatha – The Secret of Chimneys

Christie, Agatha – The Seven Dials Mystery

Claflin, Stacy – Girl in Trouble

Clark, Higgins Mary – Remember Me

Clarke, Susanna – Piranesi

Clarke, Susanna – The Wood at Midwinter

Clarkson, Jeremy – Diddly Squat – A Year on the Farm

Clarkson, Jeremy – Til the Cows Come Home

Clarkson, Jeremy – Diddly Squat: Pigs Might Fly

Clarkson, Jeremy – Diddly Squat: Home to Roost

Cleeves, Ann – Too Good To Be True

Clough Hugh, Arthur – Amours de Voyage

Collins, Sara – The Confessions of Frannie Langton

Collins, Suzanne – Sunrise on the Reaping

Collins, Suzanne – The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

Collins, Wilkie – The New Magdalen

Cooney, Kara – The Woman Who Would Be King

Cordani, Andreina – Murder at the Christmas Emporium

Corey, James S. A – Abaddon’s Gate

Corey, James S. A – The Butcher of Anderson Station

Corey, James S. A – Leviathan Wakes

Corey, James S. A – Caliban’s War

Corey, James, S. A – Gods of Risk

Corey, James, S. A – How It Unfolds

Corey, James, S. A – Nemesis Games

Corey, James, S. A – Babylon’s Ashes

Corey, James, S. A – Persepolis Rising

Crockett, Thomas – Thorns in a Realm of Roses: The Henry Queens 

Crunden, Rebecca – These Violent Nights

Cumming, Laura – On Chapel Sands: My Mother and Other Missing Persons

D

Dahl, Roald – Matilda

Davies, Alison – Be More Cat

Defoe, Daniel – Moll Flanders

Dhand, AA – Darkness Rising

Dickens, Charles – Dombey and Son

Dickens, Charles – George Silverman’s Explanation

Dixon, River – The Smell of Cedar

Doughty, Louise – Apple Tree Yard

Driscoll, Rachel Louise – Nephthys

Dumas, Alexandre – The Count of Monte Cristo

Dumas, Alexandre – The Three Musketeers

Duvall, Dianne – Awaken the Darkness

Duvall, Dianne – Death of Darkness

E

Eliot, T. S. – Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats

Euripides – Andromache, Hecuba, Trojan Women

Everest, Elaine – Christmas at Woolworths

Everest, Elaine – Christmas with the Teashop Girls

Everest, Elaine – The Teashop Girls

Everest, Elaine – The Woolworths Girls

F

Fellowes, Julian – Belgravia

Fleming, Ian – Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Foster, John – A Blue Poetry Paintbox

Fox, Candice – Crimson Lake

Frances, Mel – Destination Maisie

Fry, Stephen – Mythos

G

Gaiman, Neil – Coraline & Other Stories

Gaiman, Neil – The Graveyard Book

Galanter, Dave – Dead Endless

Garner, James – Politically Correct Holiday Stories

Garrett, Corrie – Worst Martian Playlist

Gayle, Mike – Half A World Away

Gayle, Mike – All the Lonely People

Gill, Nikita – Hekate

Golden, Arthur – Memoirs of a Geisha

Gooder, Paula – Women of Holy Week

Greene, Graham – Under the Garden

Greene, Graham – The Tenth Man

Greene, Graham – The Power and the Glory

Gregory, Philippa – Dark Tracks

Gregory, Philippa – The Other Queen

Griffiths, Elly – A Room Full of Bones

Griffiths, Elly – Dying Fall

Griffths, Elly – The Frozen People

Griffiths, Elly – The Stone Circle

Griffiths, Elly – The Crossing Places

Griffiths, Elly – The Janus Stone

Griffiths, Elly – The Night Hawks

Griffiths. Elly – The Outcast Dead

Griffiths, Elly – The Postscript Murders

Griffiths, Elly – The Lantern Men

Griffiths, Elly – The House at Sea’s End

Griffiths, Elly – The Last Remains

Griffiths, Elly – The Ghost Fields

Griffiths, Elly – The Woman in Blue

Grisham, John – Skipping Christmas

H

Halls, Stacey – Mrs England

Halls, Stacey – The Familiars

Halls, Stacey – The Household

Harris, Robert – The Cicero Trilogy

Haynes, Natalie – Stone Blind

Hawkins, Paula – Blind Spot

Hawkins, Paula – The Girl on the Train

Hawthorne, Nathaniel – The Scarlet Letter

Hazeley, J. A and Morris, J. P – The Story of Brexit: A Ladybird Book

Hemingway, Ernest – The Old Man and the Sea

Henry, Veronica – The Apple Orchard

Henry, Veronica – Christmas at the Beach Hut

Herodotus – The Madness of Cambyses

Hewlett, Rosie – Medusa

Hilton, James – Goodbye Mr Chips

Hoffmann, E. T. A. – The Nutcracker

Holland, Lucy – Sistersong

Holland, Richard – Shropshire Ghost Stories

Holland, Tom – The Wolf-Girl, the Greeks and the Gods

Hollingsworth, Mary – Catherine de’ Medici: The Life and Times of the Serpent Queen

Holloway, Fiona – Little One

Homer – The Iliad

Homer – The Odyssey 

Hopkins, Gerard Manley – As Kingfishers Catch Fire

Horowitz, Anthony – Moonflower Murders

I

J

James, Henry – The Turn of the Screw

James, Peter – Wish You Were Dead

Jennsen, G. S. – Starshine

Jewell, Lisa – The Family Upstairs

Johnson, Boris – Unleashed

Johnson, Sophie – What Is Your Cat Really Thinking?

Jones, Dan – The Tale of the Tailor and the Three Dead Kings

Jordan, Robert – Lord of Chaos

Jordan, Robert – The Eye of the World

Jordan, Robert – The Fires of Heaven

Jordan, Robert – The Great Hunt

Jordan, Robert – The Dragon Reborn

Jordan, Robert – The Shadow Rising

K

Katz, Malcolm – My Cat is a Dick

Kay, Adam – Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas 

Kay, Adam – Dear NHS 100 Stories to Say Thank You

Kay, Francesca – The Book of Days

Kerr, Judith – Mog’s Christmas

Kidd, Jess – Things in Jars

Koomson, Dorothy – Beach Hut 512

Kuang, R. F _ Yellowface

Kuivalainen, Amy – The Immortal City

Kuivalainen, Amy – The Sea of the Dead

Kuivalainen, Amy – The King’s Seal

L

Laski, Marghanita – The Victorian Chaise-Longue

Leckie, Ann – The Long Game

Lee, Alan – The Lord of the Rings Sketchbook

Lee, Laurie – Village Christmas and Other Notes on the English Year

Liggett, William – Watermelon Snow

Logan, T.M – The Catch

LoTempio, T. C. – The Time for Murder is Meow

Loos, Anita – Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Low, Shari – One Day In Winter

M

Mack, David – Star Trek Discovery: Desperate Hours

Magrs, Paul – Puss in Books

Malerman, Josh – Bird Box

Mantel, Hilary – Mantel Pieces

Marshall, Laura – Friend Request

Martin, R. R. George – The Ice Dragon

Martin, R. R. George – Nightflyers

Martin, R. R. George – Tuf Voyaging

Masefield, John – The Box of Delights

Masefield, John – The Midnight Folk

Masello, Robert – The Medusa Amulet

Matthews, Carole – Christmas Cakes and Mistletoe Nights

Matthews, Carole – Christmas for Beginners

Maurier, du Daphne – The Doll

McCormack, Una – Star Trek Discovery: The Way to the Stars

McCormack, Una – The Last Best Hope

McCormack, Una – Wonderlands

McDermid, Val – Christmas is Murder

McGilloway, Brian – Borderlands

Mellors, Coco – Cleopatra and Frankenstein

Meyrick, Denzil – Murder at Holly House

Michaels, Erren – Channel Island Monsters

Miller, John. Jackson – Star Trek Discovery: The Enterprise War

Miller. John. Jackson – Star Trek Discovery: Die Standing

Miller, Madeline – Circe

Miller, Madeline – Galatea

Miller, Madeline – The Song of Achilles

Milne, A. A. – Winnie – The – Pooh: Gloom and Doom for Pessimists

Moreno-Garcia, Silvia – The Beautiful Ones

Moreno-Garcia, Silvia – The Daughter of Doctor Moreau

Moreno-Garcia, Silvia – Mexican Gothic

Moreno-Garcia, Silvia – The Seventh Veil of Salome

Morgan, Sarah – A Wedding in December

Morpurgo, Michael – Coming Home

Morpurgo, Michael – The Snowman

Morpurgo, Michael – There Once is a Queen

Mosse, Kate – The Black Mountain

Mosse, Kate – The Burning Chambers

Mosse, Kate – The Taxidermist’s Daughter

N


Nappington, Catherine – Medieval Cats

Newman, Kim – A Christmas Ghost Story

Nezhukumatathil, Aimee – World of Wonders

Nister, Ernest – Magic Windows 

Nix, Garth – The Left-Handed Booksellers of London

Norbury, James – Big Panda and Tiny Dragon

North, Claire – House of Odysseus

North, Claire – Ithaca

Nouwen, Henri- The Inner Voice of Love

O

O’Farrell, Maggie – Hamnet

Okorafor, Nnedi – Just Out of Jupiter’s Reach

O’Leary, Beth – The Flat Share

Oliver, Neil – Hauntings

Orme, Nicholas – Tudor Children

Osman, Richard – The Thursday Murder Club

Ovid – The Fall of Icarus

Owens, Delia – Where the Crawdads Sing

P

Padel, Ruth – Tidings: A Christmas Journey

Palmer, Liza – Captain Marvel: Higher, Further, Faster

Parks, Jenny – Star Trek Cats

Parks, Jenny – Star Trek Next Generation Cats

Parrish, Anne Leigh – The Hedgerow

Parry, James – Sudely Castle: Royalty, Romance and Renaissance

Pearlman, Robb – Star Trek Discovery: The Book of Grudge

Pierce, Richard – Dead Men

Pierce, Richard – The Gates

Pilcher, Rosamunde – A Place Like Home

Pilcher, Rosamunde – Coming Home

Pilcher, Rosamunde – The Empty House

Piper, Sophie – The Lion Book of Christmas Poems

Postlethwaite, Justin – 111 Places in Bath That You Shouldn’t Miss

Powter, John Nicholas – The Young

Pratchett, Terry – Hogfather

Pratchett, Terry – The Carpet People

Pratchett, Terry – The Shepherd’s Crown

Pratchett, Terry – A Stroke of the Pen

Q

Quincey, Thomas De – On Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts

R

Raphael, Alexander – The Summer of Madness

Rice, Anne – Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis

Rhys, Jean – Wide Sargasso Sea

Riva, Lana – The Existence of Amy

Roanhorse, Rebecca – Falling Bodies

Robinson, Tony – Kings and Queens

Romeny, Rebecca – Jane Austen’s Bookshelf

Rossetti, Christina – Poems

Roth, Veronica – Void

Rowling, JK – Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone

Rowling, JK – Ickabog

Rowling, JK – The Christmas Pig

Rundell, Katherine – Why You Should Read Children’s Books, Even Though You Are So Old and Wise

S

Saint, Jennifer – Ariadne

Saint-Exupery, Antoine de – The Little Prince

Sansom, C. J – Dark Fire

Sansom, C. J – Dissolution

Sansom, C. J – Sovereign

Sappho – Sappho: Poems and Fragments

Seneca – Trojan Women

Shakespeare, William – Sonnets

Shakespeare, William – Twelfth Night

Shakespeare, William – Venus and Adonis

Shannon, Samantha – Among the Burning Flowers

Shannon, Samantha – The Priory of the Orange Tree

Shannon, Samantha – A Day of Fallen Night

Shannon, Samantha – The Bone Season

Sidebottom, Harry – The Shadow King

Simenon, Georges – Maigret and the Saturday Caller

Simenon, Georges – Pietr the Latvian

Simenon, Georges – Maigret and the Calame Report

Simenon, Georges – Maigret and the Wine Merchant 

Simenon, Georges – The Late Monsieur Gallet

Simenon, Georges – The Night at the Crossroads

Simenon, Georges – The Carter of La Providence

Simenon, Georges – The Yellow Dog

Simenon, Georges – A Crime in Holland

Simenon, Georges – The Grand Banks Cafe

Simenon, Georges – A Man’s Head

Simenon, Georges – The Dancer of Gai-Moulin

Southon, Emma – A History of the Roman Empire in 21 Women

Stevenson, Benjamin – Everyone this Christmas has a Secret

Stevenson, Louis Robert – Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Sutherland, John – The Brontesaurus

Swallow, James – Star Trek Discovery: Fear Itself

Swallow, James – The Dark Veil

T

Taggart, Caroline – The Book Lover’s Bucket List

Tartt, Donna – The Goldfinch

Taylor, Andrew – Fireside Gothic

Taylor, Lulu – A Midwinter Promise

Teller, Astor, Y – Accidental Dragons

Teller, Astor, Y – Them Old Bones

Tinniswood, Adrain – The House Party

Tolkien, J. R. R. – Letters from Father Christmas

Tolkien, J. R. R – Roverandom

Towles, Amor – A Gentleman in Moscow

Travers, P. L. – Mary Poppins

Truss, Lynne – Cat out of Hell

Tyce, Harriet – Blood Orange

U

Utnik-Strugala, Monika – Christmas Is Coming: Traditions from Around the World 

V

Vincent, Bruno – Five at the Office Christmas Party

Virgil – The Aeneid

W

Walker-Meikle, Kathleen – Dogs in Medieval Manuscripts

Walker-Meikle, Kathleen – Cats in Medieval Manuscripts

Ward, Dayton – Star Trek Discovery: Drastic Measures

Weir, Alison – Anna of Kleve: Queen of Secrets

Weir, Alison – Queens of the Age of Chivalry

Weir, Alison – In the Shadow of Queens

Weir, Alison – Katherine of Aragon, The True Queen

Weir, Alison – Jane Seymour: The Haunted Queen

Weir, Alison – Anne Boleyn: The King’s Obsession

Weir, Alison – Katheryn Howard: The Tainted Queen

Weir, Alison – Katharine Parr: The Sixth Wife 

Weir, Alison – The Blackened Heart

Weir, Alison – The Tower is Full of Ghosts Today

Weir, Alison – The Unhappiest Lady in Christendom 

Weir, Alison – Mary I: Queen of Sorrows

Weir, Andy – Project Hail Mary

Weir, Alison – The Chateau of Briis: A Lesson in Love

Weir, Alison – Children of Henry VIII

Wells, Martha – All Systems Red

Wells, Martha – Artificial Intelligence

Wells, Martha – Exit Strategy

Wells, Martha – Network Effect

Wheatle, Alex – Witness

Whipple, Dorothy – The Priory

Wilde, Oscar – The Canterville Ghost

Wilde, Oscar – Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime

Wilson, A. N – Lilibet: The Girl Who Would be Queen

Wilson, E – Hetty Dorval

Wodehouse, P. G – Goodbye to all Cats

Woods, Evie – The Lost Bookshop

X

Y

Yarros, Rebecca – Fourth Wing

Yarros, Rebecca – Iron Flame

Young, Rosamund – The Secret Life of Cows

Z

Zweig, Stefan – Chess

Miscellaneous 

The Book Lover’s Guide to Tea

The Saga of Gunnlaug Serpent-tongue

A Very Murderous Christmas

Stories To Make You Smile

Five Feet Apart by Rachael Lippincott, Mikki Daughtry and Tobias Laconis 

A Scandinavian Christmas

The Persephone Book of Short Stories

Classic Victorian and Edwardian Ghost Stories edited by Rex Collings

The Winter Spirits: Ghostly Tales for Frosty Nights by various authors

Death Comes at Christmas edited by Marie O’Regan and Paul Kane