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Read 2013
48 The Humans - Matt Haig
47 Dino Vicelli In A World of Evils - Lori Weiner
46 Puppy Love - Frauke Scheunemann
45 When God was a Rabbit - Sarah Winman
44 Excellent Women - Barbara Pym
43 All That I Am - Anna Funder
42 Field Grey - Philip Kerr
41 In Diamond Square - Merce Rodoreda
40 An Englishman in Madrid – Eduardo Mendoza
39 Constance - Patrick McGrath
38 If the Dead Rise Not - Philip Kerr
37 Major Pettigrew's Last Stand - Helen Simonson
36 Gone Girl – Gillian Flynn
35 World Press Photo 13
34 The Library of Unrequited Love - Sophie Divry
33 The Dinner - Herman Koch
32 On Writing - A L Kennedy
31 Was she pretty? - Leanne Shapton
30 The Girls of Slender Means - Muriel Spark
29 A Quiet Flame - Phillip Kerr
28 Instructions for A Heatwave - Maggie O'Farrell
27 Secrecy - Rupert Thomson
26 A Short History of Capitalism According to the Jubilee Line - John O'Farrell
25 The Blue Riband - Peter York
24 What We Think About When We Think of The Tube - John Lanchester
23 The Heat of the Day- Elizabeth Bowen
22 The Bat - Jo Nesbo (Unabridged Audio)
21 Lady Audley's Secret - Mary Elizabeth Braddon
20 Started Early, Took My Dog - Kate Atkinson
19 Mr Chartwell - Rebecca Hunt
18 Lost At Sea - Jon Ronson
17 70% Acrylic, 30% Wool - Viola di Gardo
16 The Other Child - Charlotte Link
15 A Treacherous Likeness - Lynn Shepherd
14 Casanova's Return to Venice – Arthur Schnitzler
13 The Last Hundred Days - Patrick McGuinness (Unabridged Audio)
12 Young Romantics- Daisy Hay
11 Blue Friday - Mike French
10 Les Miserables- Victor Hugo 1 2 3
09 Big Ray - Michael Kimball
08 Introducing Romanticism - Duncan Heath & Judy Boreham
07 Cheerful Weather for A Wedding - Julia Strachey
06 Snow White Must Die - Nele Neuhaus
05 Folio Society Anthology of Japanese Short Stories
04 The Costa Short Story Award Shortlist
03 Goblin Market and Other Poems - Christina Rossetti
02 Homer and Langley - E L Doctorow (Unabridged Audio)
01 The Chess Men - Peter MayHighlights from German Literature Month I and II
5 from the archive: Contemporary German Fiction
89 Novella and Short Story Writers You Should Read
GLM II Author Index
20 German Novels You Must Read
14 Women Writers You Shouldn't Miss
Keeping In Touch With The Magic Mountain of German Literature
The Magic Mountain of German Literature - Translators Recommend
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your reviews are pretty substantial, and i think your taste coincides with mine, more or less, so i thoroughly enjoyed reading your articles and the comments that they attracted.
would you consider creating a link or page that groups all your highly rated books/novels in a sort of recommended list? that way when i go to the library or bookstore, the chances of getting a book worth reading increases significantly
Just stumbled on your site. I like your reviews, and keep up the good work. I was searching for reviews of Burnt Shadows.
I don’t have to look any further.
Thanks for the review. I have my own blog.
I am from the US.
Very nice blog. Could you write some more on what you thought about Berlin. Thanks and give up the great work.
Sorry about that, meant, don’t give up the great work!
I am enjoying your blog.
Thank you
I just found your blog and I love it! You have great taste in books. I will definitely be coming back to read more!
Love your blog! And the profile pic is great–who woulda thunk it–color-coordinated books!