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1. A Traveller’s History of Britain (Non-fiction) 2. Cards on the Table; by Agatha Christie 3. You’re Coming with Me, Lad; by Mike Pannett 4. Must You Go?; by Antonia Fraser (Non-fiction) 5. A Man Without a Country; by Kurt Vonnegut 6. The Newsagent’s Window; by John Osborne 7. Marie Antoinette: The Journey; by Antonia Fraser (Non-fiction) 8. Not on my Patch, Lad; by Mike Pannett 9. Constable on the Prowl; by Nicholas Rhea 10. The Lovely Bones; by Alice Sebold 11. Maggie’s Tree; by Julie Walters 12. Bad Science; by Ben Goldacre (Non-fiction) 13. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day; by Winifred Watson 14. Shadow Child; by Libby Purves 15. C’est La Folie; by Michael Wright 16. Constable in the Shrubbery; by Nicholas Rhea 17. Brideshead Revisited; by Evelyn Waugh 18. The Girl on the Platform; by Josephine Cox (Quick Read novella) 19. Traitors of the Tower; by Alison Weir (Quick Read Non-fiction) 20. Constable Beneath the Trees; by Nicholas Rhea 21. Chickenfeed; by Minette Walters (Quick Read novella) 22. Twenty Tales from the War Zone; by John Simpson (Non-fiction) 23. Snow; by Orhan Pamuk 24. A Pocket Full of Rye; by Agatha Christie 25. I Walked the Line; by Vivian Cash (memoir) 26. The Great Gatsby; by F Scott Fitzgerald (Intro. by Tony Tanner) 27. Jeeves in the Offing; by P.G. Wodehouse 28. All These Lonely People; by Gervase Phinn (Quick Read novella) 29. Storyteller: The Life of Roald Dahl; by Donald Sturrock (Non-fiction) 30. The Boy in Striped Pyjamas: A Fable; by John Boyne Reading list begun May 2010 page 1 31. The Death of Ivan Ilyich; by Leo Tolstoy 32. Je T'aime a La Folie; by Michael Wright 33. One Day in the life of Ivan Denisovisch; by Alexander Solzhenitsyn 34. House of Meetings; by Martin Amis 35. A Confederacy of Dunces; by John Kennedy Toole 36. Passenger to Frankfurt; by Agatha Christie 37. Snow Falling on Cedars; by David Guterson 38. The Man Who was Thursday; by G.K. Chesterton 39. Epitaph for a Spy; by Eric Ambler 40. Quiet as a Nun; by Antonia Fraser 41. Bullet Park; by John Cheever 42. Partners in Crime; by Agatha Christie 43. The Mysterious Mr Quin; by Agatha Christie 44. The Thirty-Nine Steps; by John Buchan 45. Uncommon Danger; by Eric Ambler 46. A Study in Scarlet; by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 47. Maigret and the Flemish Shop; by Georges Simenon 48. The Sign of Four; by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 49. Maigret in Vichy; by Georges Simenon 50. Maigret Hesitates; by Georges Simenon 51. The Valley of Fear; by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 52. Just the Job, Lad; by Mike Pannett 53. Maigret and the Toy Village; by Georges Simenon 54. The Men Who Stare at Goats; by Jon Ronson (Non-fiction) 55. Now Then Lad; by Mike Pannett 56. The Stepford Wives; by Ira Levin 57. Up Above the World; by Paul Bowles 58. Room; by Emma Donoghue 59. The Killer Inside Me; by Jim Thompson 60. The Ability to Kill; by Eric Ambler (Non-fiction) Reading list begun May 2010 page 2 61. His Last Bow; by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 62. The Train; by Georges Simenon 63. A Morbid Taste for Bones; by Ellis Peters 64. The Holy Thief; by Ellis Peters 65. Like Water for Chocolate; by Laura Esquivel 66. St. Peter's Fair; by Ellis Peters 67. Monk's Hood; by Ellis Peters 68. Third Girl; by Agatha Christie 69. The Man with the Golden Gun; by Ian Fleming 70. Maigrait and the Ghost; by Georges Simenon 71. A Good Hanging; by Ian Rankin 72. Live and Let Die; by Ian Fleming 73. Constable Around the Park; by Nicholas Rhea 74. Last Bus to Woodstock; by Colin Dexter 75. Last Seen Wearing; by Colin Dexter 76. The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn; by Colin Dexter 77. Service of All the Dead; by Colin Dexter 78. The Dead of Jericho; by Colin Dexter 79. The Riddle of the Third Mile; by Colin Dexter 80. The Secret of Annexe 3; by Colin Dexter 81. The Wench is Dead; by Colin Dexter 82. The Jewel That Was Ours; by Colin Dexter 83. The Way Through the Woods; by Colin Dexter 84. Morse's Greatest Mystery and Other Stories; by Colin Dexter 85. The Daughters of Cain; by Colin Dexter 86. The Hobbit; by J.R.R. Tolkien 87. Death is Now my Neighbour; by Colin Dexter 88. How to Win Friends and Influence People; by Dale Carnegie (Non-fiction) 89. Snow Country; by Yasunari Kawabata 90. Brick Lane; by Monica Ali Reading list begun May 2010 page 3 91. The Ice House; by Minette Walters 92. The New York Public Library's Books of the Century (Non-fiction) 93. The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency; by Alexander McCall Smith 94. Journey Into Fear; by Eric Ambler 95. The Mask of Dimitrios; by Eric Ambler 96. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 97. The Clocks; by Agatha Christie 98. Doors Open; by Ian Rankin 99. A Man's Head; by Georges Simenon 100. A Reader's Delight; by Noel Perrin (Non-fiction) 101. Maigret and the Black Sheep; by Georges Simenon 102. The Remorseful Day; by Colin Dexter 103. The Man in the Queue; by Josephine Tey 104. A Shilling for Candles; by Josephine Tey 105. Miss Pym Disposes; by Josephine Tey 106. The Franchise Affair; by Josephine Tey 107. Brat Farrar; by Josephine Tey 108. To Love and Be Wise; by Josephine Tey 109. The Daughter of Time; by Josephine Tey 110. The Singing Sands; by Josephine Tey 111. The Man in the Brown Suit; by Agatha Christie 112. Knots and Crosses; by Ian Rankin 113. Hide and Seek; by Ian Rankin 114. A Glass of Blessings; by Barbara Pym 115. The Sunday Philosophy Club; by Alexander McCall Smith 116. Excellent Women; by Barbara Pym 117. The Millstone; by Margaret Drabble 118. The Sculptress; by Minette Walters 119. Tears of the Giraffe; by Alexander McCall Smith 120. Friends, Lovers, Chocolate; by Alexander McCall Smith Reading list begun May 2010 page 4 121. The Virgin in the Ice; by Ellis Peters 122. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe; by C.S. Lewis (Children's/YA) 123. The Leper of St. Giles; by Ellis Peters 124. Prince Caspian; by C.S. Lewis (Children's/YA) 125. 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