Biographies, memoirs, letters, history
- Julian Barnes, The pedant in the kitchen {May}
- Anne Bogel, I'd rather be reading: the delights and dilemnas of the reading life {September}
- A. Herbage Edwards, Paris through an attic {August}
- Lydia Edwards, How to read a dress {January}
- Flora Fraser, The Washingtons: George and Martha, 'Join'd by Friendship, Crown'd by Love' {July}
- Adam Gopnik, At the strangers' gate: arrivals in New York {January}
- Adam Gopnik, Paris to the Moon {for Paris in July} {July}
- Stephane Henault and Jeni Mitchell, A bite-sized history of France {August}
- Constance Hill, Fanny Burney at the court of Queen Charlotte {May}
- Constance Hill, Mary Russell Mitford and her surrondings {June}
- Kathryn Hughes, Victorians undone: tales of the flesh in the age of decorum {April}
- Megan Marshall, The Peabody Sisters {March}
- John Simpson, The word detective: searching for the meaning of life at the Oxford English dictionary {January}
- Claire Tomalin, A life of my own {March}
Fiction
- John Banville, Mrs. Osmond {April}
- Katherine Chen, Mary B {August}
- Marisa de los Santos, I'll be your blue sky {August}
- E.M. Delafield, The diary of a provincial lady {June}
- E.M. Delafield, The provincial lady goes further {July}
- Monica Dickens, The winds of heaven {May}
- Catherine Isaac, You, me, everything {August}
- Henry James, The portrait of a lady {March}
- Antoine Laurain, The Portrait {for Paris in July}{July}
- Alexander McCall Smith, A time of love and tartan {March}
- AJ Pearce, Dear Mrs. Bird {July}
- Allison Pearson, How hard can it be? {August}
- R.C. Sheriff, Greengates {Persephone Readathon} {February}
- Elizabeth Taylor, The soul of kindness {July}
- Angela Thirkell, Summer half {June}
- Anthony Trollope, Phineas Redux {#PalliserParty}{January}
- Anthony Trollope, The Prime Minister {#PalliserParty} {September}
- Joanna Trollope, An unsuitable match {June}
- Diana Tutton, Guard your daughters {June}
- Elizabeth von Arnim, Elizabeth and her German Garden {August}
- Dorothy Whipple, Greenbanks {March}
Mysteries
- Ace Atkins, Old black magic {August}
- Jean-Luc Bannalec, The fleur de sel murders {June}
- Alan Bradley,The grave is a fine and private place {February}
- Lynn Brittney, Murder in Belgravia {March}
- Ann Cleeves, Wild fire {September}
- Jessica Fellowes, The Mitford Murders {February}
- Elizabeth George, The punishment she deserves {May}
- Elly Griffiths, The dark tower {July}
- C.S. Harris, Why kill the innocent? {May}
- Sophie Henaff, The awkward squad {May}
- Donna Leon, The temptation of forgiveness {April}
- Alexander McCall Smith, The quiet side of passion {September}
- Katharine Hall Page, The body in the library {January}
- Anne Perry, Dark tide rising {August}
The books in bold are among my favorites this year.
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