Here are just some of the books I have read in the last year or so. I put in "just" as it gives the impression that I've read a lot more.
Our Kind of Traitor, John le Carré
A Time of Gifts. On foot to Constantinople - From the Hook of Holland to the Middle Danube, Patrick Leigh Fermor
The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
Arguably, Christopher Hitchens
Slipstream: A Memoir, Elizabeth Jane Howard
All Change, Elizabeth Jane Howard
The Man in the Rockefeller Suit, Mark Seal
George Orwell: A Life in Letters
Cycle of Lies: The Fall of Lance Armstrong, Juliet Macur
Sleep Donation: A Novella, Karen Russell
A Life in Secrets: Vera Atkins and the Lost Agents of SOE, Sarah Helms
Bradshaw's Continental Railway Guide
Spies, Michael Frayn
The Tin Men, Michael Frayn
Mr Mercedes, Stephen King
A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal, Ben Macintyre
Middlemarch, George Eliot (ongoing project)
The Other Side of Me, Sydney Sheldon
P.G. Wodehouse: A Life in Letters
Le Mort d'Arthur, Thomas Malory
Our Kind of Traitor, John le Carré
A Time of Gifts. On foot to Constantinople - From the Hook of Holland to the Middle Danube, Patrick Leigh Fermor
The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
Arguably, Christopher Hitchens
Slipstream: A Memoir, Elizabeth Jane Howard
All Change, Elizabeth Jane Howard
The Man in the Rockefeller Suit, Mark Seal
George Orwell: A Life in Letters
Cycle of Lies: The Fall of Lance Armstrong, Juliet Macur
Sleep Donation: A Novella, Karen Russell
A Life in Secrets: Vera Atkins and the Lost Agents of SOE, Sarah Helms
Bradshaw's Continental Railway Guide
Spies, Michael Frayn
The Tin Men, Michael Frayn
Mr Mercedes, Stephen King
A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal, Ben Macintyre
Middlemarch, George Eliot (ongoing project)
The Other Side of Me, Sydney Sheldon
P.G. Wodehouse: A Life in Letters
Le Mort d'Arthur, Thomas Malory
The Years in the Wilderness: 1944-2014, A Prominent Blogger
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End, Atul Gawande
The last in the list is the sort of book I probably wouldn't have given a second thought to even ten years ago. It's quite an eye-opener.
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End, Atul Gawande
The last in the list is the sort of book I probably wouldn't have given a second thought to even ten years ago. It's quite an eye-opener.
'Being Mortal' is top of my list - to read!
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It's certainly well worth a read, Sara. You can always download the first chapter free of charge to see if you like it!
DeleteWell thanks for that, Barnaby, however having read both the Observer/Guardian and the New Statesman reviews, I decided Highland Libraries would welcome a copy, so have ordered 'Being Mortal' via the mobile library!
DeleteGood for you, Sara! I would be interested to know what you think of it.
DeleteYou and I will need some patience then!
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I can wait!
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