Novels-etc

Author	Title	Category	Rating	Comment	Publication date
A M Homes	Music for Torching	Novel	Unread	-	-
A Stendhal	The Red and the Black	Novel	Unread	-	-
A. E. Van Vogt	Mission to the Stars	SF	2	-	-
A. E. Van Vogt	Moonbeast	SF	2	-	-
A. E. Van Vogt	Planets for Sale	Science Fiction	3.5	Fast-paced, superman-style	1967
A. E. Van Vogt	The Book of Ptath	SF	4	Very imaginative, despite magic	-
Adam Kerezsy	Desert Fishing Lessons	Novel	Unread	-	-
Adolfo Aranjuez (Ed)	Award Winning Australian Writing	Novel	Unread	-	-
Aechylus	Prometheus Bound, etc	Novel	-	-	-
Afsaneh Knight	Slaughterhouse Heart	Novel	Unread	-	-
After Love	Sabhash Jaireth	-	Unread	-	-
Agatha Christie	The Murder of Roger Ackroyd	Novel	Unread	-	-
Aifric Campbell	The Loss Adjustor	Novel	Unread	-	-
Alan Brown	Audrey Hepburn's Neck	Novel	Unread	-	-
Alan Furst	Spies of the Balkans	Novel	Unread	-	-
Alan Lightman	Einstein's Dreams	Novel	4	Fascinating	-
Alex Bellow	Alex's Adventures in Numberland	Novel	Unread	-	-
Alex Miller	Autumn Laing	Novel	Unread	-	-
Alex Miller	Lovesong	Novel	4	-	-
Alexander Maksik	A Marker to Measure Drift	-	Unread	-	-
Alexander Solzhenitsyn	Cancer Ward	Novel	2	-	-
Alexandra Harris	Virginia Woolf	-	Unread	-	-
Alexis Wright	The Swan Book	Novel	2	Discursive, florid writing style. Couldn't finish it	-
Alice McDermott	Someone	-	Unread	-	-
Alice Munro	Runaway	Novel	Unread	-	-
Alice Sebold	The Almost Moon	Novel	2	Feeble	-
Alisom MacLeod	Unexploded	-	Unread	-	-
Alistair MacLean	The Satan Bug	SF	3	-	-
Allan Bloom	The Closing of the American Mind	-	Unread	-	-
Almudena Grandes	The Frozen Heart	Novel	Unread	-	-
Amal Awad	Beyond Veiled Cliches	Investigative reporting	4	Offers significant insight into Arab womens' thinking. (Arab/Islam/Muslim)	2017
Amanda Craig	Hearts and Minds	Novel	3	-	-
Amanda Curtin	Elemental	-	Unread	-	-
Amanda Dunn	The New Puberty	-	Unread	-	-
Amanda Hocking	Switched	Novel	Unread	-	-
Amanda Lohrey	Camille's Bread	Novel	Unread	-	-
Amanda Lohrey	The Reading Group	Novel	1	-	-
Amanda Lohrey	Vertigo	Novel	Unread	-	-
Amartya Sen	Collective Choice and Social Welfare	-	Unread	-	-
Amin Maalouf	Ports of Call	Novel	Unread	-	-
Aminatta Forna	The Memory of Love	Novel	Unread	-	-
Amitav Ghosh	River of Smoke	Novel	1	Could not finish it	-
Amity Gaige	Schroder	-	Unread	-	-
Amoz Oz	A Tale of Love and Darkness	Novel	Unread	-	-
Amy Espeseth	Sufficient Grace	-	Unread	-	-
Amy Hatuany	Heart Like Mine	-	Unread	-	-
Amy T Matthews	End of the Night Girl	Novel	Unread	-	-
Anbara Salam Khalidi	Memoirs of an Early Arab Feminist	-	Unread	-	-
Andrea Goldsmith	The Memory Trap	-	Unread	-	-
Andrea Mayes	Shearwater	Novel	2	-	-
Andrea Wulf	The Invention of Nature	Science	4	Amazing story about Alexander von Humboldt	2015
Andrei Makine	La Testament Francis	Novel	2	-	-
Andrew Croome	Midnight Empire	-	Unread	-	-
Andrew Jennings	Lord of the Rings	About Olympics Committee corruption?	Unread	-	-
Andrew Miller	Oxygen	Novel	Unread	-	-
Andrew Miller	The Optimists	Novel	Unread	-	-
Andrew Parker	Seven Deadly Colours	Science	4	-	-
Andrew Robinson	Lost Languages	Report	4	A great book but he refuses to acknowledge Fischer's successful decoding of the Phaistos Disc and Rongorongo script	2009
Andrew Robinson	The Story of Writing	Report	4.5	Fascinating	1997 & 2007
Andrew Weil	The Natural Mind	Report	3	Good and odd	-
Angela Pippos	Breaking the Mould	Investigative reporting	4.5	Marvellous	2017
Angie Thomas	The Hate U Give	YA Fiction	4	Powerful expose of US racism	2017
Anita Desai	The Artist of Disappearence	Novel	Unread	-	-
Anita Shreve	A Change in Altitude	Novel	4	-	-
Anita Shreve	A Wedding in December	Novel	4	Very sophisticated. Some characters are intensely perceptive	-
Anita Shreve	Body Surfing	Novel	4	-	-
Anita Shreve	Sea Glass	Novel	4	-	-
Anita Shreve	Testimony	Novel	4	-	-
Anita Shreve	The Last Time They Met	Novel	4	-	-
Ann Leckie	Provenance	Science Fiction	4	Complex. Very well done	2017
Ann Patchett	Bel Canto	Novel	Unread	-	-
Ann Patchett	State of Wonder	Novel	Unread	-	-
Ann Stanford	The Bhagavad Gita	Poetry	-	Could not get into it	-
Anna Funder	All That I Am	Novel	4	-	2011
Anna Gavalda	Breaking Away	Novel	Unread	-	-
Anna Goldsworthy	Piano Lessons	-	Unread	-	-
Anna Krien	Into the Woods	Novel	Unread	-	-
Anna Krien	Night Games	-	Unread	-	-
Anna Solding	The Hum of Concrete	Novel	Unread	-	-
Anne Enright	The Gathering	Novel	2	-	-
Anne Michaels	Fugitive Pieces	Novel	3	-	-
Anne Michaels	The Winter Vault	Report	3	Building the Aswan Dam	-
Anne Sexton	Transformations	Poetry	3	Based on fairy tales	-
Anonymous	A Woman in Berlin	Novel	Unread	-	-
Anthony Burgess	A Dead Man in Deptford	History	4	About Christopher Marlow	1993
Antonia Tabucchi	Pereira Maintains	Novel	Unread	-	-
Any Hempel	The Dog of the Marriage	Novel	2	-	-
Any Waldham	The Submission	Novel	Unread	-	-
Aravind Adiga	The White Tiger	Novel	1	-	-
Aristophanes	The Wasps, etc	Novel	-	-	-
Ashley Hay	The Body in the Clouds	-	Unread	-	-
Ashley Hay	The Railway Man's Wife	-	Unread	-	-
Audrey Niffeneggar	Her Fearful Symmetry	Novel	-	Feeble	-
Audrey Niffeneggar	The Time Traveller's Wife	Novel	4	-	-
Aviva Tuffield (Ed)	New Australian Stories	Novel	Unread	-	-
Barbara Arrowsmith	The Woman Who Changed Her Brain	Novel	4	-	-
Barbara Gowdy	The White Bone	Novel	2	-	-
Barbara Graziosi	The Gods of Olympus - A History	History	3.5	Detailed look as (basically) Greek god myths, but no Freudian understading	2014
Barbara Kingsolver	Flight Behaviour	-	Unread	-	-
Barbara Kingsolver	The Lacuna	Novel	2	Crime	-
Barbara Vine	A Dark-Adapted Eye	Novel	4	-	-
Barbara Vine	The Birthday Present	Novel	3.5	Gothic	-
Barbara Vine	The Blood Doctor	Novel	4	Very well written. Very clever	2002
Barbara Vine	The Brimstone Wedding	Novel	3	-	-
Benjamin Black	The Silver Swan	Crime	2	See John Banfield	-
Bernhard Schlink	Guilt about the Past	Novel	Unread	-	-
Bianca Nogvady	The End: The Human Experience of Death	-	Unread	-	-
Bill Bryson	Shakespeare	Novel	Unread	-	-
Bill Laws	Fifty Plants that Changed the Course of History	Science	Unread	-	-
Bjorn Lomborg	The Skeptical Environmentalist	Report	3	Thought	-
Bob Burton	Inside Spin	Novel	4	Research	-
Bob Connolly	Marking Black Harvest	Novel	Unread	-	-
Brenda Maddox	Freud's Wizard	Biography	3	-	-
Brenda Walker	Reading by Moonlight	Novel	Unread	-	-
Brewster Kneen	Invisible Giant	Report	5	-	-
Bruce Schneier	Data and Goliath	Privacy and the Law	4	Not as powerful as expected	2015
Bruno Bettelheim	Freud and Man's Soul	Psychoanalysis	5	Eye-popping	-
Bruno Bettelheim	Love is not Enough	Report	3	Psychoanalysis	-
Bruno Bettelheim	Symbolic Wounds	Psychoanalysis	5	Fascinating	-
Bruno Bettelheim	The Uses of Enchantment	Report	5	Psychoanalysis	-
Bryan Sykes	Adam's Curse	Science	4	-	-
C K Stead	South West of Eden	Unread	Unread	-	-
C. J. Koch	The Doubleman	Novel	3	-	-
Caleb Carr	The Alienist	Crime	4	Very well written. Very clever	1994
Caleb Carr	The Angel of Darkness	Novel	4	Well written but a bit too long	1997
Cally Black	In the Dark Spaces	YA Fiction	4	Marvellous story set in spaceships	2017
Candida Baker	The Hidden	Novel	2	-	-
Carl Schorske	Fin de Siecle Vienna	Novel	Unread	-	-
Carol Kaesuk Yoon	Naming Nature	Science	3	-	-
Carol Off	Bitter Chocolate	Report	5	A history of chocolate	-
Carol Shields	Dressing Up for the Carnival	Novel	1	-	-
Carol Shields	Larry's Party	Novel	1	-	-
Carol Shields	The Stone Diaries	Novel	Unread	-	-
Carola Hicks	The Bayeaux Tapestry	Report	4	-	-
Caroline Overington	Bantam	-	Unread	-	-
Caroline Overington	Matilda is Missing	Novel	Unread	-	-
Caroline Overington	Sisters of Mercy	-	Unread	-	-
Caroline Taggart	A Classical Education	Language	4	Potted history of linguistic stuff	-
Carrie Tiffany	Everyman's Rules for Scientific Living	Novel	Unread	-	-
Carson McCullers	Clock without Hands	Novel	1	-	-
Carson McCullers	Collected Stories of Carson McCullers	Novel	1	-	-
Cassandra Golds	Pureheart	YA Fiction	4	A re-imagining of a fairy story	2013
Cassandra Golds	The Museum of Mary Child	Novel	3	Odd	-
Cat and Fiddle	Lesley Jorgensen	-	Unread	-	-
Cate Kennedy	Like a House on Fire	-	Unread	-	-
Cate Kennedy	Sing and Don't Cry	Novel	Unread	-	-
Cate Kennedy	The World Beneath	Novel	Unread	-	-
Catherine O'Flynn	What Was Lost	Novel	2	-	-
Catherine de Saint Phalle	Poum and Alexandre	Novel	4	About her parents. Intriguing! Stella Prize Short List 2017	2016
Ceridwen Dovey	In the Garden of the Fugitives	Novel	3	Well-written but author has no empathy for the characters	2018
Ceridwen Dovey	Only the Animals	Fantasy Series	3.5	Viewing history from the point of view of various animals	2014
Chandani Lokuge	Softly, As I Leave You	Novel	Unread	-	-
Charles Dickens	The Christmas Books Vol 1	Novel	-	-	-
Charles Frazier	Nightwoods	Novel	Unread	-	-
Charles McCarry	Christopher's Ghosts	Novel	2	Embarrassing attempt to imitate John le Carré	-
Charles McCarry	Old Boys	Novel	-	-	-
Charles McCarry	The Tears of Autumn	Novel	-	-	-
Charles Nicholl	The Lodger	Novel	Unread	-	-
Charles Seife	Decoding the Universe	Science	2	-	-
Charlotte Roche	Wrecked	-	Unread	-	-
Charlotte Rogan	The Lifeboat	Novel	Unread	-	-
Charlotte Wood	The Children	Novel	2	-	-
Cherise Saywell	Desert Fish	-	Unread	-	-
Cherise Saywell	Twitcher	-	Unread	-	-
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie	Half of a Yellow Sun	Novel	2	-	-
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie	Purple Hibiscus	Novel	2	-	-
Chris Ayers	War Reporting for Cowards	Novel	Unread	-	-
Chris McDougall	Born to Run	Novel	Unread	-	-
Chris McManus	Right Hand, Left Hand	Science	4	-	-
Chris Morgan Jones	An Agent of Deceit	Novel	Unread	-	-
Christine Darcas	Spinning Out	Novel	Unread	-	-
Christine Piper	After Darkness	-	Unread	-	-
Christine Stinson	It Takes a Village	Novel	Unread	-	-
Claire Christian	Beautiful Mess	YA Fiction	4	A great story about coping with suicide and powerful emotions	2017
Claire Messud	The Emperor's Children	Novel	2	-	-
Claire Messud	The Woman Upstairs	-	Unread	-	-
Clare Morrall	The Roundabout Man	Novel	Unread	-	-
Clare Wright	The Forgotten Rebels of Eureka	-	Unread	-	-
Clive Hamilton	Silent Invasion	Policital commentary	4.5	Sickening discussion of intellectual and political betrayal re Chinese influence here	2018
Clive Hamilton and Sarah Maddison	Silencing Dissent	Report	4	-	-
Colette	Chéri/The Last of Chéri	Novel	-	Drivel	-
Colin Batrouncy	Creative Writing for Beginners	-	Unread	-	-
Colm Tóibín	Brooklyn	Novel	Unread	-	-
Colm Tóibín	The Empty Family	Novel	Unread	-	-
Colm Tóibín	The South	Novel	3	-	-
Cordwainer Smith	Norstralia	SF	4	-	-
Cordwainer Smith	The Rediscovery of Man	SF	4	-	-
Cory Doctorow	Walkaway	Science Fiction	4	Made me think a lot about the structure of society	2017
Cory Taylor	Dying: A Memoi	Autobiography	4	Unsentimental discussion. Stella Prize Short List 2017	2016
Dan Morgan	Merchants of Grain	Report	5	A history of grain and capitalism	-
Daniel Domscheit	Inside WikiLeaks	Report	4	Intriguing	-
Daniel J. Flynn	Intellectual Morons	Social analysis	4.5	Superb demolition job of various famous weirdos	2004
Daniel J. Solove	Nothing to Hide	Privacy and the Law	4.5	Extremely well thought out	2011
Danielle Wood	Mothers Grimm	YA Fiction	3.5	A re-imagining of a fairy story, but not pleasant	-
Dava Sobel	Longitude	Novel	4	-	-
David Bellow	Is That a Fish in Your Ear?	Novel	Unread	-	-
David Brooks	The Conversation	-	Unread	-	-
David Crystal	Words Words Words	Novel	-	-	-
David Eggers	What is the What	-	Unread	-	-
David Graeber	The Utopia of Rules	Bureauocracy	4	Thought-provoking	2015
David Guterson	Snow Falling on Cedars	Novel	4	-	-
David Halberstam	The Best & The Brightest	-	Unread	-	-
David Halberstam	The Fifties	-	Unread	-	-
David Kilcullen	The Accidental Guerilla	Novel	Unread	-	-
David Lenson	On Drugs	Report	4	Thought	-
David Malouf	Antipodes	Anthology	4	Impressive	-
David Malouf	Dream Stuff	Anthology	4	Fine work	-
David Malouf	Ransom	Novel	Unread	-	-
David Miller and Willian Dinan	A Century of Spin	Novel	4	Research	-
David Mitchell	Cloud Atlas	-	Unread	-	-
David Mitchell	The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet	Novel	Unread	-	-
David Sacks	Letter Perfect	Language	4.5	Much more detailed than I expected	2003
David Vann	Caribou Island	Novel	Unread	-	-
David Vann	Dirt	Novel	Unread	-	-
David Vann	Legend of a Suicide	Novel	Unread	-	-
David W. Anthony	The Horse the Wheel and Language	Science	5	Fascinating	-
Deborah Forster	The Meaning of Grace	Novel	Unread	-	-
Deborah Robertson	Careless	Novel	Unread	-	-
Deborah Robertson	Proudflesh	Novel	Unread	-	-
Deborah Robertson	Sweet Old World	Novel	Unread	-	-
Debra Adelaide	Hotal Albatross	Novel	Unread	-	-
Debra Adelaide	Serpent Dust	Novel	Unread	-	-
Debra Adelaide	The Household Guide to Dying	Novel	3	A bit feeble	-
Delia Falconer	The Lost Thoughts of Soldiers	Novel	Unread	-	-
Denis Johnson	Train Dreams	-	Unread	-	-
Denise Leith	What Remains	Novel	Unread	-	-
Di Morrissey	Monsoon	Novel	1	-	-
Di Morrissey	Tears of the Moon	Novel	1	-	-
Diego Marani	The Last of the Vostyachs	-	Unread	-	-
Dirk Draulans	The Red Queen	Novel	3	SF	-
Don DeLillo	The Names	Novel	-	Egocentric gay crap	-
Donal Ryan	The Spinning Heart	-	Unread	-	-
Donal Ryan	The Thing About December	-	Unread	-	-
Donna Tartt	The Goldfinch	-	Unread	-	-
Dostoyevsky	Crime and Punishment	Novel	3	-	-
Dr NIna Brockmann and Ellen Støkken Dahl	The Wonder Down Under	Medical	5	A user's guide to the vagina	2018
Drusilla Modjeska	The Mountain	Novel	Unread	Set in New Guinea	-
E. O. Parrott	How to Become Absurdly Well-informed about the Famous and Infamous	Biography	3	About 50 biographies set in short verse form. Dip into it perhaps	1987
Ed O'Loughlin	Not Untrue and Not Unkind	Novel	Unread	-	-
Edmund de Waal	The Hare with Amber Eyes	Family history	4	-	-
Eduardo Galeano	Open Veins of Latin America	Novel	Unread	-	-
Edward Glover	Freud or Jung	Psychoanalysis	4.5	Fascinating	1950
Edward Glover	The Technique of Psycho-Analysis	Psychoanalysis	4	-	1955
Edward Glover	War, Sadism and Pacifism	Psychoanalysis	4.5	Fascinating	1945
Edward St Aubyn	Mother's Milk	Novel	Unread	-	-
Eleanor Catton	The Luminaries	-	Unread	-	-
Eleanor Catton	The Rehersal	-	Unread	-	-
Eleanor Limprecht	What Was Left	-	Unread	-	-
Elena Ferrante	My Brilliant Friend	Novel	4	-	2015
Elena Ferrante	The Story of a New Name	Novel	4.5	Excellent	2012
Eliot Weinberger	Wildlife	Novel	Unread	-	-
Eliz Kostova	The Historian	Novel	Unread	-	-
Elizabeth Finkel	The Genome Generation	Science	4	-	-
Elizabeth Flock	Everything Must Go	Novel	2	-	-
Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey	Joanna's Husband and David's Wife	Novel	4	A brave story about their marriage	1986
Elizabeth Gilbert	Committed	-	Unread	-	-
Elizabeth Gilbert	Eat Pray Love	-	Unread	Might be worth reading	-
Elizabeth Gilbert	The Signature of All Things	-	Unread	-	-
Elizabeth Harrower	The Watch Tower	Novel	2	Could not finish it	-
Elizabeth Jane Howard	The Cazalet Series	-	Unread	# 5: All Change	-
Elizabeth Kostova	The Shadow Land	-	Unread	Author is American. Book set in Bulgaria. Gave talk at MWF	-
Elizabeth McCracken	Thunderstruck and Other Stories	-	Unread	-	-
Elizabeth Strout	Amy and Isabelle	-	Unread	-	-
Elizabeth Strout	Anything is Possible	Anthology	4	Fine fiction about people who know Lucy Barton	2017
Elizabeth Strout	My Name is Lucy Barton	-	Unread	-	-
Elizabeth Strout	Olive Kitteridge	-	Unread	-	-
Elizabeth Strout	The Burgess Boys	-	Unread	-	-
Elliot Perlman	The Street Sweeper	Novel	Unread	-	-
Elspeth Baker	O Caledonia	Novel	Unread	-	-
Emily Anthes	Frankenstein's Cat	Science	4.5	Fascinating	-
Emily Bitto	The Strays	-	Unread	-	-
Emily Bitto	The Strays	Novel	3.5	Very well written, but in the end a bit emotionless	2014
Emily Bronte	Wuthering Heights	Novel	5	Classic	-
Emily Mackie	And This Is True	Novel	Unread	-	-
Emily Maguire	An Isolated Incident	Novel	2.5	Couldn't finish it. Distasteful story of pitiable people. Stella Prize Short List 2017	2016
Emily Perkins	Novel About My Wife	Novel	4	Weird but clever	-
Emily Perkins	The Forrests	-	Unread	-	-
Emma Donoghue	Room	Novel	4	Very clever	2011
Eowyn Ivey	The Snow Child	Novel	Unread	-	-
Eric Chaline	Fifty Animals that Changed the Course of History	Science	Unread	-	-
Erin Morgenstern	The Night Circus	Novel	Unread	-	-
Ernest Jones	Essays in Applied Psycho-analysis No. 40	Psychoanalysis	5	Fascinating	-
Ernest Jones	Essays in Applied Psycho-analysis No. 41	Psychoanalysis	5	Fascinating	-
Ernest Jones	Hamlet and Oedipus	Psychoanalysis	5	Marvellous	-
Ernest Jones	On the Nightmare	Psychoanalysis	5	Marvellous. Includes grammatical analysis	-
Ernest Jones	Papers on Psycho-Analysis	Psychoanalysis	5	Marvellous, as always	1912
Ernest Jones	Social Aspects of Psycho-Analysis	Psychoanalysis	5	Fascinating	1924
Ernest Jones	The Theory of Symbolism	Novel	Unread	-	-
Erving Goffman	Stigma	Psychotherapy	3	-	-
Eugenia Cheng	How to Bake π	Mathematics	3	Disappointing. Not the depth I expected	2015
Euripides	Alcestis and other plays	Novel	-	-	-
Eva Hornung	The Last Garden	Novel	4	Impressively imagined	2017
Evelyn Juers	House of Exile	-	Unread	-	-
Evgeny Morozov	The Net Delusion	Media	4	Very well argued	-
Evgeny Morozov	To Save Everything, Click Here	Media	4.5	Expose of technological solutionism	-
Evie Wyld	After the Fire, a Still Small Voice	-	Unread	-	-
Evie Wyld	All the Birds, Singing	-	Unread	-	-
F. Scott Fitzgerald	The Beautiful and Damed	Novel	2	-	-
Favel Parrett	Past the Shadows	Novel	Unread	-	-
Fethiye Cetin	My Grandmother	Novel	Unread	-	-
Fiona Capp	Gotland	-	Unread	-	-
Fiona Capp	Musk and Burne	Novel	2	Too Simple	-
Fiona McFarlane	The Night Guest	-	Unread	-	-
Fiona McGregor	Indelible Ink	Novel	Unread	-	-
Fiona McIntosh	The Perfumer's Secret	-	Unread	-	-
Francesca Kay	An Equal Stillness	Novel	Unread	-	-
Francine Drose	Goldengrove	Novel	Unread	-	-
Fred Hoyle	The Black Cloud	SF	4	Very clever	-
Frederik Pohl	Outnumbering the Dead	SF	4	-	1990
Frederik Pohl and C. M. Kornbluth	Wolfbane	SF	4	About the human spirit	1959
G L Osborne	Come Inside	Novel	Unread	-	-
G Willow Wilson	The Butterfly Mosque	Novel	Unread	-	-
Gabrielle Reid	The Things We Can't Undo	YA Fiction	4.5	Very impressive portrayal of teen angst about sex	2018
Gail Jones	Dreams of Speaking	Novel	2	-	-
Gail Jones	Five Bells	Novel	Unread	-	-
Geling Yan	The Flowers of War	Novel	Unread	-	-
Genevieve von Petzinger	The First Signs	-	3.5	Good, but just not enough interpretation of the signs	2016
George Eliot	Amos Barton	Novel	3	-	-
George Eliot	Middlemarch	Novel	3	-	-
George Eliot	Silas Marner	Novel	3	-	-
George Meredith	The Egoist	Novel	4	A study in egotism	1877
George Saunders	Tenth of December	-	Unread	-	-
George Turner	The Sea and Summer	Novel	Unread	-	-
Georgia Blain	Between a Wolf and a Dog	Novel	3.5	Lead male hard to believe. Stella Prize Winner 2017	2016
Georgia Blain	Close to Home	Novel	Unread	-	-
Gerbrand Bakker	The Detour	Novel	3.5	-	-
Gilbert Waldbauer	Fireflies, Honey and Silk	Report	3	How humans interact with insects	-
Gill Schierhout	The Shape of Him	Novel	Unread	-	-
Gillian Flynn	Gone Girl	-	Unread	-	-
Gillian Mears	Foal's Bread	Novel	3.5	-	2011
Gillian Mears	The Grass Sister	Novel	Unread	-	-
Gillian Mears	The Mint Lawn	Novel	Unread	-	-
Gillian Triggs	Speaking Up	Autobiography	4.5	Deep insight into human rights activities	2018
Giuseppe di Lampedusa	Childhood Memories and Other Stories	-	Unread	-	-
Glenn Greenwald	No Place to Hide	-	Unread	About Edward Snowden	-
Gordon M Shepherd	Neurogastronomy	Science	3	-	-
Graham Greene	The End of the Affair	Novel	3	-	-
Graham Greene	The Heart of the Matter	Novel	3	-	-
Granta Magazine	Ten Years Later	Anthology	4	-	-
Gregory Day	Ron McCoy's Sea of Diamonds	Novel	Unread	-	-
Gregory Day	The Grand Hotel	Novel	Unread	-	-
Gregory Day	The Patron Saint of Eels	Novel	Unread	-	-
Gretchen Shirm	Having Cried Wolf	Novel	Unread	-	-
H. G. Wells	The Food of the Gods	SF	3	-	-
H. G. Wells	The War of the Worlds	SF	4	-	-
Hanan al	One Thousand and One Nights	Novel	Unread	-	-
Hannah Arendt	The Human Condition	Philosophy	-	Unreadable	-
Hannah Kent	Burial Rites	Historical Reporting	4	Very impressive	-
Hannah Kent	The Good People	Novel	4	Beautifully written. Set in 1825 Ireland	2017
Hannah Richell	Secrets of the Tides	Novel	Unread	-	-
Hannah Richell	The Shadow Year	-	Unread	-	-
Hari Kunzru	White Tears	Novel	4	Very clever but male-centric	2017
Harper Lee	To Kill a Mockingbird	Novel	4	-	-
Haruki Murakami	Kafka on the Shore	Novel	-	Rubbish	-
Heather Rose	The Museum of Modern Love	Biography	4	Well-deserved Stella Prize Winner 2017	2016
Heather Taylor Johnson	Jean Harley was here	Novel	4	Beautifully written	2017
Heidi Majer	The Visitors	-	Unread	-	-
Helen Garner	Everywhere I look	Short stories	4	Interesting, with some beautiful writing in some stories	2016
Helen Garner	The Children's Bach	Novel	3	-	-
Helen Garner	the first stone	-	4	About sexism at Melbourne Uni	-
Helen Gordon	Landfall	Novel	Unread	-	-
Helen Hodgman	Blue Skies	Novel	Unread	-	-
Helen Hodgman	Jack and Jill	Novel	Unread	-	-
Helen MacInnes	I and My True Love	Novel	3.5	Dated but very well written	1953
Helen MacInnes	Ride a Pale Horse	Novel	3.5	-	1985
Helen MacInnes	The Double Image	Novel	3.5	-	1966
Helen MacInnes	The Hidden Target	Novel	3.5	-	1980
Helen MacInnes	The Salzburg Connection	Novel	3.5	Set after WW II, in the Alps	-
Helen Oyeyemi	The Icarus Girl	Novel	Unread	-	-
Helen Slavin	The Extra Large Medium	Novel	1	-	-
Helene Gremillon	The Confidant	Novel	Unread	-	-
Henry James	The Europeans	Novel	3	-	-
Henry James	The Portrait of a Lady	Novel	3	Later novels use very convoluted syntax	-
Henry James	What Maisie Knew	Novel	2	-	-
Henry Petroski	The Evolution of Useful Things	Science	Unread	-	-
Herman Melville	Billy Budd	Novel	4	Also contains various short stories	1924
Herodotus	The Histories	Novel	-	-	-
Herta Muller	The Land of Green Plums	Novel	Unread	-	-
Hilda Lawrence	Duet of Death	Novel	4	Very imaginative	1949
Hillary Bonney	The Society Murders	Research	2	Report of murders in Melbourne	-
Hillary Mantel	Beyond Black	Novel	Unread	-	-
Hillary Mantel	Bring Up the Bodies	Part 2	4	-	2012
Hillary Mantel	Wolf Hall	Part 1	4	-	-
Iain Banks	Dead Air	Novel	2	I read about 20 pages	2002
Ian Banks	Transition	Novel	1	-	-
Ian McDonald	The Dervish House	Novel	Unread	-	-
Ian McEwan	Atonement	Novel	4	-	-
Ian McEwan	Enduring Love	Novel	Unread	-	-
Ian McEwan	On Chesil Beach	Novel	3	-	-
Ian McEwan	SweetTooth	-	Unread	-	-
Ian McEwan	The Child in Time	Novel	2	-	-
Ian Pears	The Dreams of Scipio	Novel	1	Gay crap	-
Iona and Peter Opie	The Classic Fairy Tales	Report	5	-	-
Iris Lavel	Elsewhere in Success	-	Unread	-	-
Isabel Allende	Island Beneath the Sea	Novel	Unread	-	-
Isobello Carmody	Metro Winds	Novel	Unread	-	-
J. A. C. Brown	Freud and the Post-Freudians	Report	1	Psychoanalysis	-
J. M. Coetzee	Three Stories	-	Unread	-	-
J. P. Davidson	Plant Word	Science	3	A bit bland	-
Jack Cox	Dodge Rose	-	Unread	Plays with Language	-
Jackie French	Diary of a Wombat	Novel	Unread	-	-
James B. Lieber	Rats in the Grain	Report	5	A history of grain and capitalism	-
James Essinger	A Female Genius	Biography	3.5	Pity is wasn't written by a woman	2014
James Gleick	Chaos	Novel	1	-	-
James Hamilton-Paterson	Gerontius	-	Unread	-	-
James Hogg	The Private Memoirs & Confessions of a Justified Sinner	-	Unread	-	-
James MacManus	Black Venus	-	Unread	-	-
James Meek	The Heart Broke In	-	Unread	-	-
James Moloney	Silvermay	Novel	Unread	-	-
James Salter	All That Is	-	Unread	-	-
James Salter	Augustus	-	Unread	-	-
James Salter	Burning Days	-	Unread	-	-
James Salter	Butcher's Crossing	-	Unread	-	-
James Salter	Stoner	-	Unread	-	-
James Shapiro	1599	Novel	Unread	-	-
Jan Bauer	The Salty River	-	Unread	-	-
Jane Austin	Emma	Classic	4	Very well constructed	-
Jane Gardam	A Long Way from Verona	Novel	4	-	-
Jane Gardam	Crusoe's Daughter	Novel	4	-	-
Jane Gardam	God on the Rocks	Novel	3.5	-	-
Jane Gardam	The People on Penelope Hill	Short stories	3	-	2007
Jane Gardam	The Sidmouth Letters	Novel	3	-	-
Jane Hamilton	A Map of the World	Novel	4	High standard	-
Jane Hamilton	The Book of Ruth	Novel	4	High standard	-
Jane Hamilton	True History of a Prince	Novel	2	-	-
Jane Hamilton	When Madeline Was Young	Novel	4	Wonderful	-
Jane Messer	Provenance	Novel	2	-	-
Jane Rawson	From the Wreck	Novel	4	Very imaginative. Once upon a time this was called SF	2017
Jane Smiley	A Thousand Acres	Novel	2	-	-
Jane Smiley	Private Life	Novel	2	-	-
Janet Frame	Faces in the Water	Novel	3	-	-
Janet Frame	Living in Manitoto	Novel	4	-	-
Janet Frame	To The Is-Land	Novel	3	-	-
Janet Turner Hospital	Orpheus Lost	Novel	2	-	-
Jason Webster	Andalus: Unlocking the Secrets of Moorish Spain	Novel	Unread	-	-
Javier Marias	Dance and Dream	Part 2	Unread	-	-
Javier Marias	Fever and Spear	Part 1	Unread	-	-
Javier Marias	Your Free Tomorrow	Part 3	Unread	-	-
Jay Winter	Sites of Memory, Sites of Mourning	History	4	About the 1st World War. Very sophisticated	2014
Jean Thorton	Parcel Parcel	Novel	1	-	-
Jed Rubenfeld	The Interpretation of Murder	Novel	4	-	-
Jeff Sparrow	Overland	Literary Journal	3	Issue 211 - Disappointing	-
Jenn Ashworth	A Kind of Intimacy	Novel	Unread	-	-
Jenn Ashworth	Cold Light	Novel	Unread	-	-
Jennifer Egan	A Visit from the Goon Squad	Novel	2	Feeble	-
Jennifer Johnston	How Many Miles to Babylon	Novel	2	-	-
Jennifer Miller	The Year of the Gadfly	-	Unread	-	-
Jenny Herbet	In The Shadow of a Hero	Historical Reporting	4	About Victorian history	2014
Jenny Lawson	Let's Pretend this Never Happened	Novel	Unread	-	-
Jenny Offill	Dept. of Speculation	-	Unread	-	-
Jenny Spense	No Safe Place	-	Unread	-	-
Jenny Woods	More Lives Than One	Novel	Unread	-	-
Jenny Woolf	The Mystery of Lewis Carroll	Biography	3.5	Avoids questions re existence of god	2010
Jeremy Chambers	The Vintage and the Gleaning	Novel	Unread	-	-
Jerusha McCormack (ed)	Wilde The Irishman	Biography	3	-	-
Jessica Au	Cargo	Novel	Unread	-	-
Jessica Burton	The Miniatureist	-	Unread	-	-
Jhumpa Lahiri	Unaccustomed Earth	Novel	2	-	-
Jim Al	Pathfinders	History	4	A history of Arabian Mathematicians	-
Jim Crace	Being Dead	Novel	1	-	-
Jo Riccioni	The Italians at Cleat's Corner Shop	-	Unread	-	-
Jo-Ann Mapson	Finding Casey	-	Unread	-	-
Jo-Ann Mapson	Soloman's Oak	-	Unread	-	-
Joan London	The Good Parents	Novel	2	-	-
Joanna Briscoe	You	Novel	Unread	-	-
Joel Glenn Brenner	The Emperors of Chocolate	Report	5	A history of chocolate	-
John Banfield	The Sea	Novel	4	-	-
John Bayley	Iris	Biography	1	Biography of his wife	-
John Berendt	Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil	Historical Reporting	3	A bit feeble	1995
John Blackburn	A Scent of New-Mown Hay	SF	3	-	-
John Bunyan	The Pilgrim's Progress	Morality allegory	1	Too much of a slog	-
John Clanchy	Six	-	Unread	-	-
John Cooper	The Queen's Agent	Novel	Unread	-	-
John Dale	Leaving Suzie Pye	Novel	Unread	-	-
John Donne	The Poems of John Donne	Poetry	1	Difficult. Only read 1 poem	-
John Dover Wilson	What Happens in Hamlet	Drama	4.5	Very detailed analysis of Shakespeare's intentions	1935
John Harrey	Gone to Ground	Novel	2	-	-
John Lister	At the Water's Edge	Novel	Unread	-	-
John Locke	An Essay Concerning Human Understanding	-	Unread	-	-
John Long	Swimming in Stone	Archeology	4	-	-
John Montgomery	How to Read Maya Hieroglyphs	Science	4	-	-
John Rickman	Selected Contributions to Psychoanalysis	Psychoanalysis	4.5	-	1957
John Tesarsch	The Philanthopist	Novel	Unread	-	-
John Wyndham (John Benyon Smith)	The Chrysalids	SF	5	Brilliant and powerful. Crown of Creation speech pp 182, 196	-
John Wyndham (John Benyon Smith)	The Day of the Triffids	SF	4	-	-
John Wyndham (John Benyon Smith)	The Midwich Cuckoos	SF	4	-	-
John Wyndham (John Benyon Smith)	Trouble with Lichen	SF	4	-	-
John Wyndham (John Benyon Smith)	Web	Science Fiction	3.4	Slight. Published after his death	1979
John le Carré	A Most Wanted Man	Novel	Unread	-	-
John le Carré	A Perfect Spy	Novel	-	-	-
John le Carré	Absolute Friends	Novel	-	-	-
John le Carré	Château Leamon	Novel	Unread	-	-
John le Carré	Smiley's People	Novel	-	-	-
John le Carré	The Little Drummer Girl	Novel	-	-	-
John le Carré	The Looking-glass War	Novel	-	-	-
John le Carré	The Mission Song	Novel	-	-	-
John le Carré	The Night Manager	Novel	-	-	-
John le Carré	The Secret Pilgrim	Novel	-	-	-
John le Carré	Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy	Novel	-	-	-
Jonathan Franzan	Farther Away	Novel	Unread	-	-
Jonathan Franzan	Freedom	Novel	Unread	-	-
Jonathan Littel	The Kindly Ones	Novel	Unread	-	-
Jorge Luis Borges	Labryinths	Fantasy Series	3.4	Intriguing but the details are not memorable	1964
Joseph Conrad	Heart of Darkness	Novel	4	Marvellous language	-
Joseph Stiglitz	Golbalization and it Discontents	Report	3	-	-
Josephine Tey	The Daughter of Time	-	4	About Richard III	-
Josephine Wilson	Extinctions	Novel	4	Poignant character study	2016
Joumana Haddad	I Killed Schererazade	-	Unread	-	-
Judith Armstrong	War and Peace and Sonya	Novel	Unread	-	-
Judith Schakinsky	The Giraffe's Neck	-	Unread	-	-
Judy Duffy	Bad Mothers	Novel	1	-	-
Juilenne van Loon	Harmless	-	Unread	-	-
Juilenne van Loon	Road Story	-	Unread	-	-
Jules Verne	Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea	Science Fiction	4	Wonderful imagination	1869
Julian Barnes	The Sense of an Ending	Novel	Unread	-	-
Julian Fellowes	Pat Imperfect	Novel	Unread	-	-
Julian Randolf Stow	The Girl Green as Elderflower	Novel	Unread	-	-
Julian Randolf Stow	The Merry-Go-Round in the Sea	Novel	Unread	-	-
Julianne Schultz	GriffithREVIEW37	Anthology	4	Extremely high standard	-
Julianne Schultz	GriffithREVIEW38	Anthology	4	Extremely high standard	-
Julianne Schultz	GriffithREVIEW39	Anthology	4	A Tasmania special - Very interesting	-
Junot Diaz	This is How You Lose Her	-	Unread	-	-
Kader Abdolah	The House of the Mosque	Novel	Unread	-	-
Kamila Shamsie	Broken Verses	Novel	2	-	-
Kamila Shamsie	Burnt Shadows	Novel	3	-	-
Karen Armstrong	A Short History of Myth	History	3	Slightly interesting	-
Karen Joy Fowler	We are all Completely Beside Ourselves	-	Unread	-	-
Karl Abraham	Selected Papers on Psycho-Analysis	Psychoanalysis	5	Fascinating and very, very broad	1948
Karl Ove Knausgaard	A Death in the Family	Novel	Unread	-	-
Kate Atkinson	Started Early, Took My Dog	Crime	4	Corrupt cops in a very complex plot	-
Kate Atkinson	When Will There Be Good News?	Novel	Unread	-	-
Kate Grenville	The Secret River	Novel	2	Too Simple	-
Kate Holden	In My Skin	Novel	2	-	-
Kate McCann	Madeleine	Report	4	Madeleine was kidnapped in Portugal	-
Kate Mildenhall	Skylarking	Novel	4	Very good first novel	2016
Kate Mosse	Citadel	Novel	4	Powerful story	-
Kate Mosse	Labyrinth	Novel	4	Great read	-
Kate Mosse	Sepulchre	Novel	3.5	Great read	-
Kate Veitch	Listen	Novel	2	-	-
Katherine Scholes	Make Me an Idol	Novel	3	-	-
Katherine Scholes	The Rain Queen	Novel	3	-	-
Katherine Scholes	The Stone Angel	Novel	3	-	-
Katherine Sussanah Prichard	Coonardoo	Novel	2	-	-
Kathryn Harrison	Envy	Novel	-	-	-
Katrine Marçal	Who Cooked Adam Smith's Dinner?	Economics	4	Very insightful	2015
Kazuo Ishiguro	An Artist of the Floating World	Novel	2	Odd	-
Kazuo Ishiguro	Never Let Me Go	Novel	Unread	-	-
Kazuo Ishiguro	The Remains of the Day	Novel	4	About loyalty. Marvellous film	-
Kazuo Ishiguro	When We Were Orphans	Novel	2	Odd	-
Keith Windschuttle	The Killing of History	Social analysis	4.5	Extremely well argued rebuttal of Postmodernism	1994
Kerin MacNeil	The Stornoway Way	Novel	Unread	-	-
Kerry Link	The Wrong Grave	Novel	Unread	-	-
Khaled Hosseini	The Kite Runner	Autobiography	3	-	-
Kij Johnson	At the Mouth of the River of Bees	-	Unread	-	-
Kim Stanley Robinson	Aurora	Science Fiction	4	Well-imagined flight to another solar system	2015
Kim Westwood	The Daughters of the Moab	Novel	Unread	-	-
Kiran Desai	The Influence of Loss	Novel	3	-	-
Krissy Kneen	Affection	Novel	Unread	-	-
Krissy Kneen	Triptych	Novel	Unread	-	-
Kristina Olsson	Boy, Lost	-	Unread	-	-
L A Larkin	The Genesis Flaw	Novel	Unread	-	-
LLoyd Jones	Mister Pip	Novel	Unread	-	-
Lalita Tadamy	Red River	Novel	2	-	-
Lars Schoultz	Beneath the United States	Politics	4.5	Impressive and disconcerting	-
Laura Lippman	What the Dead Know	Novel	2	-	-
Laura van den Berg	What the World Will Look Like When All the Water Leaves Us	Novel	Unread	-	-
Lauren Fox	Still Life with Husband	Novel	2	Boring	-
Lee Billings	Five Billion Years of Solitude	Science	4.5	-	-
Leila Aboukla	Lyrica Alley	Novel	Unread	-	-
Leila Aboulela	The Kindness of Enemies	-	Unread	-	-
Lilliann Hellman	Pentimento	Novel	1	-	-
Linda Jaivin	The Empress Lover	-	Unread	-	-
Lionel Shriver	The Post-Birthday World	Novel	2	-	-
Lionel Shriver	We Need to Talk About Kevin	Novel	4	-	-
Lisa Merrifield	Mrs Feather and the Aesthetics of Survival	Novel	Unread	-	-
Lisa Seachrist Chiu	When a Gene Makes You Smell Like a Fish	Novel	4	-	-
List Tucker	Once Upon a Day	Novel	2	-	-
Lord Braybrooke (ed)	The Diary of Samuel Pepys	History	-	Too much about politicians	-
Lori Baker	The Glass Ocean	-	Unread	-	-
Louis Sachar	Holes	Novel	2	-	-
Louise Erdich	The Painted Drum	-	Unread	-	-
Louise Erdich	The Plague of Doves	Novel	Unread	-	-
Louise Erdich	The Round House	-	Unread	-	-
Louise Penny	A Trick of the Light	Novel	Unread	-	-
Louise Welsh	Naming the Bones	Novel	Unread	-	-
Louise Welsh	Tamburlaine Must Die	Novel	Unread	-	-
Louise Welsh	The Cutting Room	Novel	Unread	-	-
Lucy Neave	Who We Were	-	Unread	-	-
Lucy Wadham	The Secret Life of France	Novel	Unread	-	-
Lucy Wood	Diving Belles	Novel	Unread	-	-
Luke Rhinehart	The Dice Man	Novel	-	I read 1 page before giving up	1971
Lynne Reid Banks	My Darling Villian	Novel	2	-	-
Lynne Reid Banks	The Warning Bell	Novel	3	-	-
László Krasznahorkai	The Last Wolf	Novellas	3.5	Winner of Man Booker. More a soliloquy	2017
M L Stedman	The Light Between Oceans	Novel	Unread	-	-
Madeleine St John	The Woman in Black	-	Unread	-	-
Madeleine Thien	Do Not Say We Have Nothing	Novel	4	A deep view of China around the Tien An Men massacre	2016
Madeleine Tobert	The Sea in Our Skin	Novel	Unread	-	-
Maeve Binchy	Scarlet Feather	Novel	2	-	-
Maggie O'Farrell	After You'd Gone	Novel	-	Gothic (i.e. puerile)	-
Maggie O'Farrell	Instructions for a Heat Wave	-	Unread	-	-
Maggie O'Farrell	My Lover's Lover	Novel	-	Feeble	-
Maggie O'Farrell	The Distance Between Us	Novel	-	Gothic (i.e. puerile)	-
Maggie O'Farrell	The Vanishing Act of Emse Lennox	Novel	5	-	-
Maggie O'Farrell	The hand that first held mine	Novel	4	Great writing	2010
Maile Meloy	(Not) A Family Daughter	Novel	Unread	-	-
Maile Meloy	Both Ways is the Only Way I Want It	Novel	Unread	-	-
Maile Meloy	Liars and Saints	Novel	Unread	-	-
Majok Tulba	Beneath the Darkening Sky	-	Unread	-	-
Marc Reisner	Cadillac Desert	Investigative reporting	5	Brilliant and frightening	1993
Margaret Drabble	The Pure Gold Baby	-	Unread	-	-
Margaret Scott	Collected Poems	Poetry	4	Moving, with great imagery	-
Margarita Duras	Outside	Novel	2	-	-
Margarita Duras	The Lover	-	Unread	-	-
Margarita Duras	The Sea Wall	Novel	-	-	-
Margo Lanagan	Tender Morsels	Novel	Unread	-	-
Maria Dueñas	The Seamstress	Novel	Unread	-	-
Maria Takolander	The Double and Other Stories	-	Unread	-	-
Maria Talar	Enchanted Hunters	Novel	Unread	-	-
Marian Keyes	This Charming Man	Novel	2	-	-
Mariapia Veladiano	A Life Apart	-	Unread	-	-
Marie Cardinal	The Words to Say It	Psychoanalysis	5	Classic	-
Marie Darrieussecq	Tom is Dead	Novel	Unread	Don't bother	-
Marija Peričić	The Lost Pages	Novel	4	Extremely imaginative	2017
Marika Cobbold	Drowning Rose	Novel	Unread	-	-
Marika Cobbold	Guppies for Tea	Novel	Unread	-	-
Marilyn French	From Eve to Dawn	Psychotherapy	2	Weak	-
Marilynne Robinson	Gilead	Novel	Unread	-	-
Marilynne Robinson	Housekeeping	Novel	Unread	-	-
Marilynne Robinson	When I was a Child, I Read Books	-	Unread	-	-
Marina Endicott	Good to a Fault	Novel	2	-	-
Marina Warner	From the Beast to the Blond	Novel	1	-	-
Marion Van Dyk	Under the Skin	-	Unread	-	-
Mark Darrieussecq	A Brief Stay with the Living	Novel	1	-	-
Mark Griffiths	The Lotus Quest	Novel	2	-	-
Mark Haddon	The Red House	Novel	Unread	-	-
Mark Monmorier	No Dig, No Fly, No Go	Novel	Unread	-	-
Mark O'Flynn	The Last Days of Ava Langdon	Novel	4	Distressingly accurate portrayal of dementia	2016
Mark Van Stone	See co-author Michael Coe	Novel	-	-	-
Marlene Van Niekerk	The Way of the Women	Novel	3	Set in Africa	-
Martha Lea	The Speciman	-	Unread	-	-
Martin Davies	The Unicorn Road	Novel	Unread	-	-
Mary Alice Monroe	Sweetgrass	Novel	2	-	-
Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows	The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society	Historical Reporting	4	A great read	2008
Mary Henderson	The Holy City	Novel	Unread	-	-
Mary Shelley	Frankenstein	SF	4	-	-
Mary Webb	Gone to Earth	Novel	3	-	-
Matt Ridley	Genome	Novel	4	-	-
Matt Ridley	Nature via Nuture	Science	4	-	-
Matthew Richardson	The West and the Map of the World	-	Unread	-	-
Maurice Pope	The Story of Decipherment	Crypto	5	Revised Edition	1999
Maxine Benebe Clarke	Foreign Soil	-	Unread	-	-
Maxine Benebe Clarke	The Hate Race	Autobiography	4	Racism towards her while growing up in Oz. Stella Prize Short List 2017	2016
Meaghan Delahunt	The Red Book	Novel	Unread	-	-
Medbh McGuckian	Selected Poems	Poetry	-	Did not appeal	-
Meg Henderson	Bloody Mary	Novel	2	-	-
Meg Mitchell Moore	The Arrivals	Novel	Unread	-	-
Meg Rosoff	How I Live Now	Young Adult Fiction	Unread	-	-
Megan Abbot	The End of Everything	Novel	Unread	-	-
Melanie Cheng	Australia Day	Anthology	4	High standard. Cool eye but 'Muse' and 'A Good and Pleasant Thing' much kinder	2017
Melanie Klein	The Writings of Melanie Klein Vols I .. IV	Psychoanalysis	5	-	-
Melvyn Bragg	A Son of War	Novel	2	-	-
Melvyn Bragg	The Hired Man	Novel	2	-	-
Merce Rodoreda	In Diamond Square	-	Unread	-	-
Mette Jakobsen	The Vanishing Act	Novel	Unread	-	-
Michael Blanding	The Coke Machine	Report	4.5	Facinating and shocking	-
Michael D. Coe	Breaking the Maya Code	Science	4	-	-
Michael D. Coe	Mexico (Olmecs to Aztecs)	Science	4	With Rex Koontz	-
Michael D. Coe	Reading the Maya Glyphs	Science	4	With Mark Van Stone	-
Michael D. Coe	The Maya	Science	4	-	-
Michael Gazzaniga	Human	Novel	Unread	-	-
Michael Jecks	The Leper's Return	Novel	3.5	Set in 1320	1998
Michael Ondaatje	Anil's Ghost	Novel	4	Horrifying account of the Sri Lankan civil war	2000
Michael Ondaatje	Coming Through Slaughter	Biography	3.5	Very imaginatively structured	1979
Michael Ondaatje	Handwriting	Poetry	3	-	-
Michael Ondaatje	In the Skin of a Lion	Novel	3.5	Written as observer, not participant	1987
Michael Ondaatje	Running in the Family	Autobiography	3.5	Idiosyncratic writing style	1983
Michael Ondaatje	The Cat's Table	Novel	Unread	-	-
Michael Pollan	Cooked	-	Unread	-	-
Michael Pollan	In Defence of Food	Science	4	-	-
Michael Pollan	The Botany of Desire	Novel	3	-	-
Michaela McGuire & Marieke Hardy	Signed, Sealed, Delivered	Anthology	4	A collection of contemporary letters. Very impressive	2016
Michel Houllebecq	The Map and the Territory	Novel	Unread	-	-
Michelle Aung Thin	The Monsoon Bride	Novel	Unread	-	-
Michelle de Kretser	Questions of Travel	Novel	4	Excellent	-
Michelle de Kretser	The Hamilton Case	-	Unread	-	-
Michelle de Kretser	The Life to Come	Novel	2	Managed 50 pages. Authors seems heartless (as always)	2017
Michèle Roberts	The Walworth Beauty	Novel	2.5	Gothic in its redundant detail but ultimately superficial	2017
Mike Dash	Tulipomania	History	4	-	-
Mohsin Hamid	The Reluctant Fundamentalist	Novel	2	-	-
Moira Watson	Razzle Dazzle	Novel	3	-	-
Moira Watson	The Keeper of the Nest	Novel	2	-	-
Monica Ali	In the Kitchen	Novel	1	-	-
Monique Roffey	The White Woman on the Green Bicycle	Novel	Unread	-	-
Morgan Callan Rogers	Red Ruby Heart in a Cold Blue Sea	Novel	Unread	-	-
Muriel Barbery	The Elegance of the Hedgehog	Novel	4.5	Marvellous	2006
Muriel Spark	The Driver's Seat	Novel	Unread	-	-
Murray Bail	Eucalyptus	Novel	2	Pedestrian	-
Nadine Gordimer	Six Feet of the Country	Novel	3	-	-
Nadine Gordimer	The Conservationist	Novel	3	-	-
Nadine Gordimer	The Lying Days	Autobiography	4	-	-
Nam Le	The Boat	Novel	4	-	-
Nancy Forbes	Imitation of Life	Novel	2	-	-
Nancy Friday	Jealousy	Psychotherapy	4	-	-
Nancy Huston	Fault Lines	Novel	2	-	-
Nancy Huston	Infrared	Novel	Unread	-	-
Naomi Mitchison	Travel Light	Novel	3.5	-	1952
Naomi Novak	Black Powder War	SF	3	-	-
Naomi Novak	Empire of Ivory	SF	3	-	-
Naomi Novak	Temeraire	SF	3	-	-
Naomi Novak	Throne of Jade	SF	3	-	-
Nassim Nicholas Taleb	The Black Swan	Statistics	3.5	A bit verbose	-
Natasha Lester	What is Left Over, After	Novel	Unread	-	-
Nathaniel Hawthorne	The House of Seven Gables	Novel	4	Classic	-
Nathaniel Hawthorne	The Scarlet Letter	Novel	4	Blunt	-
Neil Cross	Captured	Novel	Unread	-	-
Neil Cross	Heartland	Novel	Unread	-	-
Nicci French	The Memory Game	Novel	2	-	-
Nicci French	The Red Room	Novel	2	-	-
Nicholas Jose	The Rose Crossing	Novel	3	-	-
Nicola Upson	The Death of Lucy Kyte	-	Unread	-	-
Nicole Hayes	The Whole of my World	-	Unread	-	-
Nicole Krauss	Great House	Novel	Unread	-	-
Nikki Gemmel	The Bride Stripped Bare	Novel	Unread	-	-
Nikki Gemmel	With My Body	Novel	Unread	-	-
Nina Sutton	Bettelheim - A Life and A Legacy	Biography	4.5	Excellent	-
Ninette Dutton	A Passionate Gardener	Report	3	Gardening Journal	-
Noel Kingsbury	Hybrid: The History and Science of Plant Breeding	Novel	-	-	-
Norman Doidge	The Brain that Changes Itself	Science	4	Very conservative man	-
Norman Rush	Subtle Bodies	-	Unread	-	-
Omar Khayyam	The Rubaiyat	Poetry	4	A homage to wine	-
Orphan Pamuk	My Name is Red	Novel	1	-	-
Ovid	Metamorphoses	Classic	3	Sort of interesting but ultimately disappointing. 720 pages	2004
P A O'Reilly	The End of the World	Novel	Unread	-	-
P A O'Reilly	The Fine Color of Rust	Novel	Unread	-	-
Padma Viswanathan	The Toss of a Lemon	Novel	Unread	-	-
Park Honan	Shakespeare: A Life	History	4	Very detailed but doesn't elucidate	1998
Parker and Hart	The Wizard of Id Vols 1 .. 4, 6	Comix	4.5	-	1987
Patrick Cullen	What Came Between	Novel	Unread	-	-
Patrick Fenmore	A Time of Gifts	Novel	Unread	-	-
Patrick Fenmore	Betweenn the Woods and the Water	Novel	Unread	-	-
Paul Berman	The Passion of Joschka Fischer	Novel	Unread	-	-
Paul Bloom	Just Babies: The Origins of Good and Evil	-	Unread	-	-
Paul Davies	The Eerie Silence	Novel	Unread	-	-
Paul McAuley	Quiet War	SF	Unread	A series	-
Paul Potts	Dante Called You Beatrice	Autobiography	3	-	-
Paul R. Gross and Norman Levitt	Higher Superstition	Social analysis	4.5	Superb demolition job on Postmodernism	1994
Paul Simpson	The Rough Guide to Philip Pullmans' His Dark Materials	Report	2	-	-
Paula McLain	The Paris Wife	-	Unread	-	-
Pauline Melville	Shape-shifter	Novel	2	-	-
Penelope Lively	How It All Began	Novel	Unread	-	-
Per Olov Enquist	Blanch and Marie	Science	3	Biography of Marie Curie	-
Peter Doherty	Sentinel Chickens	Science	4.5	-	-
Peter Grose	A Good Place to Hide	-	Unread	About Jews in WW II	-
Peter Hessler	Country Driving	-	Unread	-	-
Peter Hoeg	Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow	Novel	4	-	-
Peter Hoeg	The Quiet Girl	Novel	2	-	-
Peter K Austin	1000 Languages	-	Unread	-	-
Peter Macinnus	Bittersweet: The Story of Sugar	Report	5	-	-
Peter Mathiessen	Far Tortuga	-	Unread	-	-
Peter Mathiessen	Shadow Country	-	Unread	-	-
Peter Robinson	In a Dry Season	Novel	2	-	-
Peter Temple	The Broken Shore	Novel	Unread	-	-
Peter Watson	The German Genius	Report	4	The many contributions of German scientists	-
Peter Wohlleben	The Hidden Life of Trees	Nature	4.5	Amaziong. It's about the way trees communicate	2016
Philip Nitschke	Damned if I do	Euthenasia	4	-	-
Philip Pullman	Northers Lights Vols 1 .. 3	SF	5	-	-
Philip Pullman	The Tiger in the Well	Novel	3	-	-
Philip Salom	Waiting	Novel	1.5	I managed to read 33 pages before it defeated me	2016
Phillip Ball	Unnatural: The Heretical Idea of Making People	Novel	Unread	-	-
Phillippa Gregory	The White Queen	Novel	Unread	-	-
Piers Anthony	Viscous Circle (5 book series)	SF	5	Very clever	-
Posie Graeme-Evans	The Island House	-	Unread	-	-
Poul Anderson	War of the Wing-Men	SF	1	A bit feeble	-
R D Blackmore	Lorna Doone	Novel	4	Classic	-
Rachel Cusk	Aftermath: On Marriage and Separation	Novel	Unread	-	-
Rachel Matthews	Vinyl Inside	Novel	1	Feeble	-
Rachel Seiffert	Afterwards	Novel	2	-	-
Rachel Seiffert	The Dark Room	Novel	2	-	-
Randolph Stous	Visitants	Novel	Unread	Set in New Guinea	-
Ray Bradbury	Farenheit 451	SF	5	Classic	-
Ray Bradbury	The Martian Chronicles	Science Fiction	4	Fascinating	1951
Rebecca Stead	When You Reach Me	Novel	Unread	-	-
Rebecca Stott	Darwin's Ghosts	Science	4.5	Fascinating	-
Rebecca West	Black Lamb and Grey Falcon	History	3	Interminable	-
Renata Adler	Pitch Dark	-	Unread	-	-
Renata Adler	Speedboat	-	Unread	-	-
Richard Aitken	Botanical Riches	Botany	4	Fascinating, but too brief	-
Richard Cohen	Chasing the Sun	Science	4	The Story of the Sun	-
Richard Dawkins	The Extended Phenotype	Science	4	-	-
Richard Dawkins	The God Delusion	Rationalism	4	OK but not a good as I expected	2006
Richard Dawkins	The Greatest Show on Earth	Science	5	Evidence of evolution	-
Richard Dawkins	The Red Queen	Science	4	-	-
Richard Dawkins	The Selfish Gene	Science	5	-	-
Richard Flanagan	The Narrow Road to the Deep North	-	Unread	-	-
Richard Ford	Canada	-	Unread	-	-
Richard Wranaham	Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human	Novel	Unread	-	-
Riikka Pulkkinen	The Limit	-	Unread	-	-
Robert Hutchinson	The Spanish Amarda	-	Unread	-	-
Robert Lane Greene	You Are What You Speak	Language	4	Wide ranging	-
Robert Trivers	The Folly of Fools	-	Unread	-	-
Robert Wilson	The Hidden Assassins	Novel	2	-	-
Robert Wright	NonZero	Novel	1	-	-
Roberta Lowing	Notorious	Novel	Unread	-	-
Robin Black	Life Drawing	-	Unread	-	-
Robin de Crespigny	The People Smuggler	Novel	Unread	-	-
Roger McDonald	Mr Darwin's Shooter	Novel	Unread	-	-
Roger McDonald	The Ballard of Desmond Kale	Poetry	Unread	-	-
Ron Rash	Serena	Novel	Unread	-	-
Rose Tremain	Merivel	-	Unread	-	-
Ruby J Murray	Running Dogs	-	Unread	-	-
Ruth Noel	The Mythology of Tolkien's Middle Earth	Novel	2.5	-	-
Ruth Prawer Jhabrala	Out of India	Novel	2	Of no interest to me	-
Ryan O'Neill	The Weight of a Human Heart	Novel	Unread	-	-
Ryan O'Neill	Their Brilliant Careers	Novel	3	Artificial biographies. Read a few and gave up	2016
Ryszard Kapúscinski	Imperium	Travelog	4	Impressive and disconcerting	1994
Ryszard Kapúscinski	The Soccer War	Report	2	Issue 211 - Disappointing	-
Ryszard Kapúscinski	Travels with Herodotus	Report	3	-	-
S J Watson	Before I Go To Sleep	Novel	Unread	-	-
Sadie Jones	Small Wars	Novel	3	Set in Malta in the 1950s	-
Sadie Jones	The Outcast	Novel	Unread	-	-
Sally Vickers	Dancing Backwards	Novel	3	-	-
Sally Vickers	Miss Garnet's Angel	Novel	3	-	-
Sally Vickers	Mr Golightly's Holiday	Novel	2	-	-
Salman Rushdie	Luka and the Fire of Life	Novel	Unread	-	-
Salman Rushdie	The Enchantress of Florence	Novel	2	-	-
Salman Rushdie	The Moor's Last Sigh	Novel	4	-	-
Sam Carmody	The Windy Season	Novel	4	Set in WA. Better than I expected	2017
Sarah Hall	The Electic Michelangelo	Novel	2	-	-
Sarah Mussi	Seige	-	Unread	-	-
Sarah Waters	The Little Stranger	Novel	Unread	-	-
Sebastian Barry	A Long Long Way	Novel	Unread	-	-
Sebastian Barry	On Canaan's Side	Novel	Unread	-	-
Sharon Bedar	The Little Kiddie Went to Market	Report	5	Expose of ads in kindergartens and schools	-
Sharon Moalem	Inheritance	-	Unread	-	-
Shaun Tan	Tales from the Inner City	Picture Book	5	Amazing & Brilliant	2018
Sheila Fitzpatrick	My Father's Daughter	Novel	Unread	-	-
Shereen El Feki	Sex and the Citadel	-	Unread	-	-
Sherman Alexie	War Dances	Novel	Unread	-	-
Shirley Hazzard	The Evening of the Holiday	Novel	3	-	-
Shirley Hazzard	The Transit of Venus	Novel	3	-	-
Sian Prior	Shy	-	Unread	-	-
Sigmund Freud	You Name It	Psychoanalysis	5	-	-
Simon Leys	The Death of Napolean	Novel	Unread	-	-
Simon Leys	With Stendhal	Novel	Unread	-	-
Simonetta Hornby	The Almond Picker	Novel	2	-	-
Siri Hustvedt	The Enchantment of Lily Dahl	Novel	3	-	-
Siri Hustvedt	The Sorrows of an American	Novel	2	-	-
Siri Hustvedt	What I Loved	Novel	2	-	-
Sloan Crosley	The Clasp	-	Unread	-	-
Sofie Laguna	The Choke	Novel	4	Superb	2017
Sonja Dechian	An Astronaut's Life	-	Unread	-	-
Sonya Hartnett	Butterfly	-	Unread	-	-
Sonya Hartnett (Ed)	The Best Australian Short Stories	-	Unread	-	-
Sophie Divry	The Library of Unrequited Love	-	Unread	-	-
Sopholes	The Theban Plays	Novel	-	-	-
Stef Penney	The Invisible Ones	Novel	Unread	-	-
Stef Penney	The Tenderness of Wolves	Novel	2	-	-
Stefan Zweig	Beware of Pity	Novel	Unread	-	-
Stephan Bank and Michael Kahn	The Sibling Bond	Report	4	Psychoanalysis	-
Stephanie Meyer	Twilight	Novel	1	Feeble	-
Stephen Daisley	Traitor	Novel	Unread	-	-
Steve Koen	Debunking Economics	Economics	Unread	-	-
Steve Poole	Unspeak	Report	4	-	-
Steven Amsterdam	Things We Didn't See Coming	Novel	Unread	-	-
Steven Carroll	A World of Other People	-	Unread	-	-
Steven Pinker	The Language Instinct	Science	4	-	-
Steven Roger Fischer	Glyph-breaker	Crypto	4.5	Fascinating	1997
Sue Miller	Family Pictures	Novel	4	-	-
Sue Miller	The Lake Shore Limited	Novel	3	-	-
Sue Miller	The Senator's Wife	Novel	4	-	-
Sue Miller	The Story of My Father	Novel	4	-	-
Sue Miller	The World Below	Novel	4	-	-
Sue Monk Kidd	The Invention of Wings	-	Unread	-	-
Sue Saliba	Alaska	Novel	Unread	-	-
Sulari Gentill	Miles Off Course	Novel	Unread	-	-
Susan Carland	Fighting Hislam	Social analysis	4	Directly confronts the ruthless sexism and patriarchy in Islam. (Arab/Islam/Muslim)	2017
Susan Ducan	Salvation Creek	Novel	Unread	-	-
Susan Ducan	The House and Salvation Creek	Novel	Unread	-	-
Susan Faludi	The Terror Dream	Report	3	American reaction to 9/11	-
Susan Fletcher	Eve Green	Novel	3	-	-
Susan Fletcher	Oystercatchers	Novel	2	Feeble	-
Susan Hancock	The Peastick Girl	-	Unread	-	-
Susan Hill	A Kind Man	Novel	3	Quaint, understated	-
Susan Hill	The Small Hand	-	Unread	-	-
Susan Johnson	Life in Seven Mistakes	Novel	2	Awful characters	-
Susan Johnson	My Hundred Lovers	Novel	Unread	-	-
Susan Landau	Listening In	Security	3.5	A simple introduction	2017
Susana Fortes	Waiting for Robert Capa	Novel	Unread	-	-
Susie Orbach	The Impossibility of Sex	Novel	Unread	-	-
T. E. Lawrence	Seven Pillars of Wisdom	Report	4.5	Amazing	1926
Tash Aw	Map of the Invisible World	Novel	2	-	-
Terry Eagleton	How to Read Literature	-	Unread	-	-
Terry Prachett	Snuff	Novel	Unread	-	-
Tess Evans	The Memory Tree	Novel	3	Good, but a bit too goody	-
The Person of the Man	Nikos Athanasou	-	Unread	-	-
The Sweet Girl	Annabell Lyon	-	Unread	-	-
Thea Astley	Vanishing Points	Novel	2	-	-
Theodor Reik	From 30 Years with Freud	Psychoanalysis	4.5	Memoir	1940
Theodor Reik	Listening with the third Ear	Psychoanalysis	5	Fascinating	1948
Theodor Reik	Myth and Guilt	Psychoanalysis	5	Interprets tree gods Adam and Jesus	1957
Theodor Reik	Ritual: Psychoanalytic Studies	Psychoanalysis	5	-	1946
Theodor Reik	Surprise and the Psychoanalyst	Psychoanalysis	5	A complex read, but rewarding	1936
Theodor Reik	The Compulsion to Confess	Psychoanalysis	5	Required reading for lawyers etc	1961
Theodor Reik	The Creation of Woman	Psychoanalysis	4.5	Reanalyses birth of Eve from Adam's rib	1960
Theodor Reik	The Haunting Melody	Psychoanalysis	4	Why can we be obsessed with a tune?	1953
Theodor Reik	The Secret Self	Psychoanalysis	5	-	1953
Thomas Hardy	Far From the Maddening Crowd	Novel	4	-	-
Thomas Kostigen	The Big Handout	Economics	4.5	Expose of American subsidies to Big Business	-
Thomas Levenson	Newton and the Counterfeiter	Science	4	Great history	-
Thomas Pynchon	The Crying of Lot 49	SF	1	-	-
Tim Lott	Rumours of a Hurricane	Novel	Unread	-	-
Tim Lott	The Scent of Dried Roses	Novel	Unread	-	-
Tim Parks	Judge Savage	Novel	Unread	-	-
Tom Watson & Martin Hickman	Dial M for Murdoch	Media	5	Shocking	-
Toni Jordan	Addition	Novel	1	Feeble	-
Toni Jordan	Our Tiny, Useless Hearts	Novel	3.5	Well-written and waaaaaay over-the-top mindless fluff	2016
Tony Horwitz	A Voyage Long and Strange	History	4	European but pre-Colombian stories of America	2008
Tove Jannson	The summer Book	-	Unread	-	-
Tove Jannson	Travelling Light	Novel	Unread	-	-
Trudi Canavan	The Black Magician	Fantasy Series	Unread	-	-
Trudi Canavan	The Rogue	Fantasy Series	Unread	-	-
Trvin Yalom	Staring at the Sun	Novel	Unread	-	-
Trvin Yalom	The schopenhauer Cure	Novel	Unread	-	-
Téa Obreht	The Tiger's Wife	Novel	Unread	-	-
Ursula Le Guin	Always Coming Home	Novel	3	-	-
Ursula Le Guin	City of Illusions	Novel	3	-	-
Ursula Le Guin	Gifts	Novel	-	-	-
Ursula Le Guin	Lavinia	Novel	-	-	-
Ursula Le Guin	Tales from Earthsea	Novel	-	-	-
Ursula Le Guin	The Lathe of Heaven	Novel	-	-	-
Ursula Le Guin	The Wizards of Earthsea Vols 1 .. 4	Novel	4	-	-
V S Nipaul	Half A Life	Novel	1	Feeble	-
Valerie Martin	Property	Novel	Unread	-	-
Vanessa Diffenbaugh	The Language of Flowers	Novel	Unread	-	-
Vanessa Gebbie	The Coward's Tale	Novel	Unread	-	-
Various	Fairy Tales from The Arabian Nights	Fantasy Series	4	Ed: E. Dixon. Drawings: Joan Kiddell-Monroe. Very complex	1907
Various	GriffithsREVIEW54	Anthology	4	Very high quality	2016
Various	Island	Literary Journal	4	Issue 147	2016
Various	Island	Literary Journal	3	Issue 149. Disappointing	2017
Various	Island	Literary Journal	4	Issue 148. Pretentious	2017
Various	Overland	Literary Journal	4	Issue 223	2016
Various	The International Journal of Psycho-Analysis	Psychoanalysis	2	Vol XXVIII Part II. Couldn't read any of 60 pages of Marjorie Brierley	1947
Various	The International Journal of Psycho-Analysis	Psychoanalysis	4	Vol XXVIII Part III-IV. Very interesting	1947
Various	The Lifted Brow	Literary Journal	3.5	Issue 32 - Mixed quality	2016
Vasily Grossman	Everything Flows (Forever Flowing)	Novel	Unread	-	-
Vasily Grossman	Life and Fate	Novel	Unread	-	-
Victoria Glendenning	The Grown-ups	Novel	2	Feeble	-
Virginia Duigan	Days Like These	Novel	4	-	-
Virginia Duigan	The Biographer	Novel	4	-	-
Virginia Duigan	The Precipice	Novel	Unread	-	-
W G Sebald	The Rings of Saturn	Novel	Unread	-	-
W. B. Yeats	Poems selected by Seamus Heaney	Poetry	2	Hard to understand	-
W. E. H. Stanner	The Dreaming and Other Essays	-	Unread	-	-
Walter Murdoch	On Rabbits, Morality, Etc	Novel	Unread	-	-
Wendy James	The Stelle Diaries	Novel	3	-	-
Wet Ink	Issue 23	Novel	3	-	-
Wibke Bruhns	My Father's Country	Novel	Unread	-	-
William Maxwell	All the Days and Nights	Novel	Unread	-	-
William Maxwell	So Long, See You Tomorrow	-	Unread	-	-
William McInnes	The Laughing Clowns	-	Unread	-	-
William Robertson Smith	Lectures on the Religion of the Semites	Religion	4	Three Series. Vast analysis of holy creatures, places and things	1888
Willy Lamb	I Know This Much is True	Novel	Unread	-	-
XingJian Gao	The Case for Literature	Novel	3	-	-
Yan Lianke	Lenin's Kisses	-	Unread	-	-
Yann Martel	Life of Pi	Novel	-	Unreadable	-
Yassmin Abdel-Magied	Yassmin's Story	Autobiography	3.5	Worth reading	2016
Zachary Mason	The Lost Books of the Odyssey	-	Unread	-	-
Zadie Smith	White Teeth	Novel	-	Unreadable	-
Zeynep Tufekci	Twitter and Tear Gas	Social analysis	4	Overview of digitally organized protest	2017
Zoe Adler Bishop (Ed)	The Evening Lands	-	Unread	-	-
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