As is the case of last year, I’ll be logging all the books I’ve read over the course of the year here for you guys to have a look at and refer to for recommendations! Books marked with an asterisk* are for younger readers.
JANUARY
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
The Roanoke Girls by Amy Engel
Toto the Ninja Cat and the Great Snake Escape by Dermot O’Leary*
We Found a Hat by Jon Klassen*
Fortunately the Milk by Neil Gaiman*
FEBRUARY
Neon Leon by Jane Clark*
Force of Nature by Jane Harper
Only Child by Rhiannon Navin
Dogs don’t do Ballet by Anna Kemp*
MARCH
Beegu by Alexis Deacon*
The Hundred-Mile-An-Hour-Dog by Jeremy Strong*
Star in the Jar by Sam Hay*
It Only Happens in the Movies by Holly Bourne
APRIL
Billy the Kid by Michael Morpurgo*
The Stranger by Kate Riordan
The Nowhere Girls by Amy Reed
MAY
The Leavers by Lisa Ko
Oh My God, What a Complete Aisling by Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen
The Fox and the Ghost King by Michael Morpurgo
JUNE
How Far We Fall by Jane Shemilt
JULY
Her Name Was Rose by Claire Allan
Notes on a Nervous Planet by Matt Haig
The Dead Ex by Jane Corry
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine D’Engle
AUGUST
On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan
The Incendiaries by R.O. Kwon
Bring Me Back by B.A. Paris
SEPTEMBER
Always and Forever Lara Jean by Jenny Han
The Sisterhood of the travelling pants by Ann Brashares
The Perfect Nanny by Leila Slimani
OCTOBER
The Anniversary by Hilary Boyd
I Love You Too Much by Alicia Drake
Together by Julie Cohen
The Ragged Edge of Night by Olivia Hawker
Still Lives by Maria Hummel
The Truth Pixie by Matt Haig
The Sentence is Death by Anthony Horowitz
NOVEMBER
The Chestnut Man by Søren Sveistrup
DECEMBER