Books Read 1940 to the 2018
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Books read 1940 to 2018 (Alphabetical) 1 of 53 Books read by Peter between 1940 and 2018 (Alphabetical List) The list was compiled from a list begun in a notebook in 1969. From 2006/7, the list was continued in a file on the HP organiser and subsequent smart phones, backed up on my PC. The earlier entries from 1940 to 1969 were obtained by trawling through all the books in the house, and comparing with the later digitised entries. *** Many thanks to Patricia for her enthusiasm and help*** The list includes - biographies, histories, novels, the arctic, mountains, sailing, trains, travel and adventure. The list does NOT include - chemical, mathematical, computing and air quality and other scientific texts, hand and reference books, travel guides, etc., or school, town and Uni. library books read in the period before 1969. The dates including months - are from the written book lists made from 1969 - 2007, and the computer file from 2006 to the present. The dates with just years - are estimates made from memory for books from the shelves, mainly for books between 1940 to 1969. They correspond roughly to the periods: 1940-45, Primary school; 45-51, Grammar school; 51-53, AERE Harwell; 53-56, Birmingham; 56-59, Cambridge; 59-61, Princeton; 61-69, Keele. The Notes - are taken from the original lists and were mostly made when the entry was made. "Remembered" - denotes book not in the lists nor on the shelves, but simply recalled; mainly for childhood books. "re-read" - was a recollection of having read the book earlier; if the earlier read was itself in the lists, then there will be more than one entry for the book. The star ratings *, **, *** - were mostly made with the entry. They are sparse, mainly made in later years and hardly systematic! A Aug-1988 Douglas Adams Dick Gently's Holistic Detective Agency *** Oct-1993 Douglas Adams Goodbye and Thanks for all That Aug-1993 Douglas Adams Life, the Universe and Everything Jul-2004 Douglas Adams Long Dark Teatime of the Soul Buxton Jul-1994 Douglas Adams Mostly Harmless Schauinsland campaign 1993 Douglas Adams So long and thanks for all the fish (Hitchhiker's Guide 4) Sep-1999 Douglas Adams The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Audio book Jul-2004 Douglas Adams The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy re-read Jun-1993 Douglas Adams The Restaurant at the End of Universe Mar-1982 Richard Adams Girl in a Swing *** Dec-1978 Richard Adams Plague Dogs Jul-1976 Richard Adams Shardik holiday 1976 Books read 1940 to 2018 (Alphabetical) 2 of 53 Sep-1993 Richard Adams Traveller holiday 1993 1973 Richard Adams Watership Down Remembered Oct-2014 Kate Adie Fighting on the Home Front; Women in World War I ** 1940 Ruth Ainsworth Tales about Tony read several times Apr-2005 Caroline Alexander The Bounty Oct-2000 Caroline Alexander The Endurance (Shackleton) ** Aug-2016 Svetlana Alexievitch Chernobyl Prayer *** 1956 Cecil J. Allen The Railway Mar-1984 G.F. Allen An Illustrated History of Railways Jan-2018 Geoffrey Freeman Allen Illustrated History of the Raiways in Britain ** (from Pat Jones) 1982 Terry Allen An Encyclopedia of Model Railways May-2005 Walter Allen Reading a Novel Aug-1970 Margery Allingham Fashion in Shrouds Albert Campion story Aug-1970 Margery Allingham Sweet Danger Nov-2019 Jim Al-Khalili Life on the Edge (Quantum Mechanics in Biology) ** (with Johnjoe McFadden) 1965 Kingsley Amis I Like it Here 1965 Kingsley Amis Lucky Jim Remembered Mar-1975 Kingsley Amis Take a Girl like you May-1999 Martin Amis Night Train 1963 E.N. Andrade Sir Isaac Newton 1974 J.J. Antier Sous Marin French Jan-1985 Jeffrey Archer Cain and Abel Jul-1985 Jeffrey Archer Not a Penny more; not a Penny less sailing with Eric 1985 Feb-1976 Isaac Asimov Foundation and Empire Jul-1973 Isaac Asimov Pirates of the Asteroids Jul-1976 Isaac Asimov Rings of Saturn holiday 1976 Jan-1976 Isaac Asimov Second Foundation skiing 1976 1965 Isaac Asimov Foundation and Empire 1960 Isaac Asimov The Naked Sun 1965 Isaac Asimov The Rest of the Robots 1966 Ronald Atkinson Sexual Morality Aug-2003 David Attenborough Life on Air ** Mar-1980 David Attenborough Life on Earth 1984 David Attenborough The Living Planet May-2009 Richard Attenborough Entirely up to you darling with Diana Hawkins Nov-2001 Margaret Attwood The Blind Assassin ** Jan-1973 Jane Austen Mansfield Park Aug-1980 Jane Austen Mansfield Park holiday 1980 re-read Jul-1980 Jane Austen Northanger Abbey Books read 1940 to 2018 (Alphabetical) 3 of 53 Apr-1989 Jane Austen Persuation 1965 Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice Jul-1980 Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice Sep-1995 Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice ** re-read Dec-2011 Jane Austen Sense and Sensibility *** B Jan-1980 Desmond Bagley High Citadel Skiing 1980 Sep-1977 Desmond Bagley Snow Tiger Jan-1979 Desmond Bagley The Enemy skiing 1979 Aug-1975 Desmond Bagley The Ninth Directive Schull holiday May-1977 Desmond Bagley The Vivero Letter Jan-1980 Desmond Bagley Wyatt's Huricane Skiing 1980 1963 F.M. Bailey No Passport to Tibet Jan-1971 A. Baines Research in the Chemical Industry Baines, Bradbury & Suckling Apr-1971 Nigel Balchin Recolections of my Uncle Charles 1951 Nigel Balchin Small Back Room read several times 1965 James Baldwin Another Country 1965 James Baldwin Blues for Mister Charlie 1965 James Baldwin Giovanni's Room 1965 James Baldwin Go Tell it on the Mountain Nov-2013 James Baldwin If only Beale Street could talk *** Mar-1970 James Baldwin Tell me how long the train's been gone 1965 James Baldwin The Fire Next Time Jan-2002 Monica Baldwin I leap over the Wall re-read, UK 1957 Honore de Balzac Domestic Peace 1957 Honore de Balzac Eugenie Grandet 1965 Lynne Reid Banks An End to Running Sep-1995 Lynne Reid Banks Charlotte Brontë Jul-1979 Lynne Reid Banks My Darling Villain Oct-2013 Lynne Reid Banks The Backward Shadow ** Jul-1994 Lynne Reid Banks The Dark Quartet (the Brontës) Schauinsland campaign 1965 Lynne Reid Banks The L-Shaped Room 1965 Lynne Reid Banks Two is Lonely Jul-2001 Russel Banks Affliction USA & Canada 2001 Dec-2016 John Banville Eclipse ** Oct-1985 J.E.Q. Barford Climbing in Great Britain re-read 1952 J.E.Q. Barford Climbing in Greta Britain Jul-1997 Juliet Barker The Brontës ** Apr-1998 Juliet Barker The Brontës (letters) Books read 1940 to 2018 (Alphabetical) 4 of 53 Dec-2006 Juliet Barker Agincourt Jul-2006 Julian Barnes Arthur and George in Buxton Nov-2014 Julian Barnes The Sense of an Ending Kindle 1989 M.F. Barnsley The Science of Fractal Images with others 1971 John. H. Barrett Pocket Guide to the Seashore with C.M. Younge Mar-1994 J.D. Barrow Pi in the Sky Aug-1981 Stan Barstow A Brother's Tale football 1961 Stan Barstow A Kind of Loving Dec-1974 Stan Barstow Desperadoes short stories Sep-1969 Stan Barstow The Raging Calm Sep-1974 Stan Barstow The Raging Calm re-read 2010 Mavis Batey From Bletchley with Love 1975 D. Baxendall Calculating Machines and Instruments Feb-1999 John Bayley Iris *** Apr-2000 John Bayley Iris and Friends Jun-2016 Mary Beard SPQR *** Dec-2016 Lillian Beckwith A Rope - In Case Mar-2008 Anthony Beevor Berlin - the Downfall Feb-1999 Anthony Beevor Stalingrad Jun-2009 Anthony Beevor The Mystery of Olga Chekhova Aug-1969 Brendan Behan Borstal Boy Holiday 1969 . IRA imprisoned in UK, 1942? Aug-2005 Martin Bell Through Gates of Fire Aug-2000 Saul Bellow A Theft USA holiday 2000 Mar-1976 Peter Benchley Jaws Aug-1998 Alan Bennett Forty Years On Audio book Jan-2012 Alan Bennett Smut Aug-1998 Alan Bennett Talking Heads *** Audio book Sep-2000 Alan Bennett The Clothes they stood up in Audio book Jul-2008 Alan Bennett The Uncommon Reader May-2006 Alan Bennett Untold Stories ** Aug-1998 Alan Bennett Woman of No Importance Audio book Jun-1995 Alan Bennett Writing Home ** 1961 Arnold Bennett Anna of the Five Towns Feb-1970 Arnold Bennett Anna of the Five Towns May-2002 Arnold Bennett Anna of the Five Towns visit to UK 2002 Jun-2013 Arnold Bennett Anna of the Five Towns *** Re-read May-2017 Arnold Bennett Buried Alive * (read ~2015) Aug-1976 Arnold Bennett Clayhanger holiday 1976 Sep-2002 Arnold Bennett Clayhanger ** re-read Books read 1940 to 2018 (Alphabetical) 5 of 53 Aug-1976 Arnold Bennett Hilda Lessways holiday 1976 Oct-2002 Arnold Bennett Hilda Lessways in France & Germany 2002 Feb-2004 Arnold Bennett Old Wives Tale Skiing in Hochgurgl 2004 Jan-2014 Arnold Bennett Riceyman Steps *** Jul-1987 Arnold Bennett The Grand Babylon Hotel holiday 1987 Mar-2013 Arnold Bennett The Grand Babylon Hotel date approx Jun-2013 Arnold Bennett The Grand Babylon Hotel farce, re-read Sep-1976 Arnold Bennett These Twain Germany Nov-2002 Arnold Bennett These Twain ** 1965 Richard Bennett The Black and Tans 1975 Nicolas Bentley Russel's despatches from the Crimea Apr-1999 David Berger Thr Motley Fool Investment Guide ** Feb-2000 Tim Berners-Lee Weaving the Web Dec-2002 Geoffrey Best Winston S. Churchill, A Study in Greatness 1998 John Betjeman English Cities and Small Towns December-18 Paul Bew Churchill and Ireland ** Jun-2001 John Bierman Fire in the Night (Orde Wingate) with Colin Smith Jun-2004 Isabella Bird Letters to Henrietta April-17 Sue Black Saving Bletchley Park naïve 1994 Ken Blackburn Paper Airplane Book Dec-2013 Susan Blackmore Consciousness: a very short introduction *** re-read Jun-2009 Susan Blackmore Consciousness; A very short Introduction Aug-2009 Susan Blackmore Conversations on Consciousness 1960 Peter Hunter Blair Anglo-Saxon England 1947 George F.