13th September update

Purple Hibiscus, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

The Winter Queen, by Boris Akunin

The Turkish Gambit, by Boris Akunin

Special Assignments, by Boris Akunin

Travels in the Scriptorium, by Paul Auster

I Predict a Riot, by Colin Bateman

Oscar Wilde and the Candlelight Murders, by Giles Brandreth

Shirley, by Charlotte Bronte

A Tale Etched in Blood and hard black pencil, by Christopher Brookmyre

Shakespeare, by Bill Bryson

The Perks of Being a Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky

The Law and the Lady, by Wilkie Collins

Billy Bathgate, by E. L. Doctorow

Cradle Song, by Robert Edric

Love Falls, by Esther Freud

Spanking Watson, by Kinky Friedman

The Princess Bride, by William Goldman

Nowhere Man, by Aleksander Hemon

Fool's Errand, by Robin Hobb

A Thousand Splendid Suns, by Khaled Hosseini

The Hotel New Hampshire, by John Irving

Cide House Rules, by John Irving

Portrait of a Lady, by Henry James

The Death List, by Peter Johnston

Night Watch, by Sergei Lukyanenko

Mrs Reilly, by Valerie Martin

The Necropolis Railway, by Andrew Martin

Jazz, by Toni Morrison

Suite Francaise, by Irene Nemirovsky

The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox, by Maggie O'Farrell

Wide Sargasso Sea, by Jean Rhys

Exit Ghost, by Philip Roth

Killer Angels, by Michael Shaara

The Red and the Black, by Stendhal

Aristocrats, by Stella Tillyard

Breakfast of Champions, by Kurt Vonnegut

The rest...

 City of the Beasts, by Isabel Allende

Kane and Abel, by Jeffrey Archer

Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen

Complicity, by Iain Banks 

The Book of Evidence, by John Banville 

Another World, by Pat Barker

Ship Fever, by Andrea Barrett

Portrait of an Unknown Woman, by Vanora Bennett

The Rhythm Section, by Mark Burnell

The Food of Love, by Anthony Capella

Oscar and Lucinda, by Peter Carey

The Shakespeare Secret, by J. L. Carrell

Wise Children, by Angela Carter

The Riddle of the Sands, by Erskine Childers

Incendiary, by Chris Cleave

The Dwarves of Death, by Jonathan Coe

Veronica Decides to Die, by Paulo Coelho

The Pornographer of Venice, by Lewis Crofts

Yesterday's Spy, by Len Deighton

Stone Cradle, by Louise Doughty

Zoo Station, by David Downing

The Three Musketeers, by Alexandre Dumas

Hallucinating Foucault, by Patricia Duncker

The Sixth Wife, by Susanna Dunn

Pawn of Prophecy, by David Eddings

The Black Dahlia, by James Ellroy

A Room with a View, by E. M. Forster

Going Under, by Ray French

A Running Duck, by Paula Gosling

England Made Me, by Grahame Green

The Faces of Angels, by Lucretia Walsh Grindle

The Innocent Man, by John Grisham

A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers, by Xiaolu Guo

American Purgatorio, by by John Haskell

Pig Island, by Mo Hayder

The Last Manly Man, by Sparkle Hayter

The Various Haunts of Men, by Susan Hill

The Death of Dalziel, by Reginald Hill

Recalled to Life, by Reginald Hill

Good Morning Midnight, by Reginald Hill

Journey to the River Sea, by Eva Ibbotson

Sleep no More, by Greg Iles

Unnatural Causes, by P. D. James

Dead Simple, by Peter James

Girl, Interrupted, by Susanna Kaysen

Doctor Death, by Jonathan Kellerman

Severed, by Simon Kernick

The Buddha of Suburbia, by Hanif Kureishi

The Other Side of the Bridge, by Mary Lawson

The Spy who came in from the cold, by John LeCarre

The Wizard of Earthsea, by Ursula Leguin

Two Caravans, by Marina Lewycka

The Seymour Tapes, by Tim Lott

Amsterdam, by Ian McEwan

Wicked, by Gregory Maguire

Fludd, by Hilary Mantel

Tales of the City, by Armistead Maupin

The People's Act of Love, by James Meek

The Optimists, by Andrew Miller

The Savage Garden, by Mark Mills

A Fine Balance, by Rohinton Mistry

Heat, by Georges Monbiot

Private Peaceful, by Michael Morpurgo

The Cruel Sea, by Nicholas Monserrat

Hav, by Jan Morris

Labyrinth, by Kate Mosse

The Story of You, by Julie Myerson

Deep Waters, by Barbara Nadel

Arabesk, by Barbara Nadel

Mistress, by Anita Nair

Jack and Jill, by James Patterson

Special Topics in Calamity Physics, by Marisha Pessl

Soul Music, by Terry Pratchett

A Changed Man, by Francine Prose

God's Own Country, by Ross Raisin

Let it Bleed, by Ian Rankin

End in Tears, by Ruth Rendell

The Dice Man, by Luke Rhinehart

Bloody Mary's Martyrs, by Jasper Ridley

The Fanatic, by James Robertson

Brother Grimm, by Craig Russell

Body Surfing, by Anita Shreve

Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, by Alan Sillitoe

Eleven Hours, by Paullina Simons

Downriver, by Iain Sinclair

On Beauty, by Zadie Smith

Copycat, by Erica Spindler

Vodka, by Boris Starling

The Death Pit, by Tony Strong

Kept, by D. J. Taylor

The Warden, by Anthony Trollope

Couples, by John Updike

The Stone Carvers, by Jane Urquhart

The Temple of My Familiar, by Alice Walker

The House at Midnight, by Lucie Whitehouse

The Knight, by Gene Wolfe

You Can't Go Home Again, by Thomas Wolfe

Sorted and updated list, so bumped posting.

Updated 25th July

heidijane:

 

Four Blind Mice, by James Patterson - Really enjoyed this, but love his stuff.

Couples, by John Updike - Read ages ago...can't really remember much about it.

 

Tipping the Velvet, by Sarah Waters - Really enjoyed this. 

Heidijane, You might find this site useful www.fantasticfiction.co.uk in case some of these on your TBR pile are in a series.  It is really annoying if you read the third book when you haven't even read the first or the second.  I liked Martina Cole, Mary Higgins Clark, and Karin Slaughter (definitely read Blindsighted - wow)

heidijane:

 

The Sea, by John Banville 
did not like this at all, far too wordy and slow paced for me

Second Time Around, by Mary Higgins Clark
love all her books

 

 

bumped as i've read some!

Bumped as I have been busy reading away

Read Tavern In the Morning by Alys Clare (read few years back, don't think I enjoyed it much)

Austerlitz by W G Sebald on my tbr pile

Updated as I've been reading lots, but acquiring lots too.....

Hi

Phew what a wishlist!! I have a couple of these but still on my TBR list. By the way, where do you actually find out about all these books?, only Iv'e never heard of half of them, (although some of the titles are fab!)

 Lisa

Good list - have only read a couple that's on that list and I have another couple on my TBR but definately some interesting titles, think I am going to look up some of them hehe

heidijane:

The Blind Assassin, by Margaret Atwood - read this about 4 years ago and really struggled with it

The Food of Love, by Anthony Capella - loved this, a great read, food, sex, Italy - who needs more?

The Lovers' Room, by Stephen Carroll - I really enjoyed this one

The Graft, by Martina Cole - I've read all her early stuff, which I found much better than her more recent books

The Black Dahlia, by James Ellroy - on my TBR - it's on the 1001 Books list too

The Woman in Black, by Susan Hill - excellent, I loved this one

The Abortionist's Daughter, by Elizabeth Hyde - enjoyed this one, similar style to Jodi Picoult I thought

The Other Side of the Bridge, by Mary Lawson - on my TBR

Amsterdam, by Ian McEwan - hated, hated, hated it!!

 

The Savage Garden, by Mark Mills - on my TBR

The Talk of the Town, by Ardal O'Hanlon - read this a few years ago and enjoyed it

 

Jack and Jill, by James Patterson - another read from years back, a good thriller

 

Bad Blood, by Lorna Sage - didnt enjoy this, in fact I think I gave up on it

Saturday Night and Sunday Morning,  Alan Sillitoe - love this book

Finally found the time to update my TBR, so all thoughts welcome. The vast majority will then be listed on here for swapping, so if anybody wants something please shout up and I can read it quickly and bump it up the list!

 Update 23rd February 2008

Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen

Incendiary, by Chris Cleeve

The Pornographer of Vienna, by Lewis Crofts

Pawn of Prophecy, by David Eddings

The Memory Keeper's Daughter, by Kim Edwards

Then we came to the End, by Joshua Ferris

A Room with a View, by E. M. Forster

Going Under, by Ray French

THe Faces of Angels, by Lucretia Walsh Grindle

The Innocent Man, by John Grisham

A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers, by Xiaolu Guo

The Various Haunts of Men, by Susan Hill

The Green Mile, by Steven King

Tales of the City, by Armistead Maupin

The People's Act of Love, by James Meek

Private Peaceful, by Michael Morpurgo

The Story of You, by Julie Myerson

Deep Waters, by Barbara Nadel

Snow, by Orhan Pamuk

A Changed Man, by Francine Prose

End in Tears, by Ruth Rendell

The Temple of My Familiar, by Alice Walker

Infinite Jest, by David Foster Wallace

Innocent Traitor, by Alison Weir

Previous list (updated)

The Blind Assassin, by Margaret Atwood Haven't read this but have enjoyed other books by her

Wild Swans, by Jung Chang A heavy book in places but a really interesting insight into China. Worth reading.

Veronica Decides to Die, by Paulo Coelho Don't enjoy his pontificating style of writing. (Sorry! I just don't get all the hype about him!)

This Book will save your life, by A. M. Homes Not my usual style but I really enjoyed this as it made me think and take a look at my own life.

The Abortionist's Daughter, by Elizabeth Hyde Not bad. Interesting who-dun-it style but maybe not worth all the publicity.

The Savage Garden, by Mark Mills I enjoyed this although not many of my book group did. Rich descriptions set the scene for a murder mystery.