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An Unlikely RevelationGina X Grant · published 2025 · 1 years ago · read 2026
SongbirdLesley-Anne Jones · published 2024 · 2 years ago · read 2026
IncelPhil M. Williams · published 2023 · 3 years ago · read 2025
It's That Time AgainAdrian Cousins · published 2024 · 2 years ago · read 2025
Reviewing The Bill 1993-1994Edward Kellett · published 2024 · 2 years ago · read 2024
Bob Dylan: A Life In 37 AlbumsDavid Redford · published 2018 · 8 years ago · read 2023
READING BY YEARYear-by-year totalsShow breakdown
2022–2025 use the cleaned historical reading chronology. 2026 uses the recorded reading dates.
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Showing 281–320 of 637 books
The Old Man, His Dog & Their Longest JourneyPaperback · Fiction |
Iain Maitland | Standalone | — | Contemporary Fiction | 385 | 27 Jun 2023 | 2023 |
My Sister and Other LiarseBook · Fiction |
Ruth Dugdall | Standalone | — | Thriller/Psychological | 363 | 24 Jun 2023 | 2017 |
Stopping To RaineBook · Fiction |
Mike Kernan | The Shelter Gang | 2 | General Fiction | 380 | 22 Jun 2023 | 2023 |
The Fenian: Love, hate...and a second chanceeBook · Fiction |
Mike Kernan | The Shelter Gang | 1 | General Fiction | 354 | 19 Jun 2023 | 2020 |
Yes, I Killed HereBook · Fiction |
Harry Fisher | DI Mel Cooper | 3 | Police Procedural | 398 | 16 Jun 2023 | 2022 |
The Last Bloody StraweBook · Fiction |
J.D. Kirk | DCI Logan | 5 | Police Procedural | 309 | 14 Jun 2023 | 2020 |
Dead GoodeeBook · Fiction |
Adrian Cousins | Deana: Demon or Diva | 3 | Thriller/Psychological | 466 | 11 Jun 2023 | 2023 |
SleepeBook · Fiction |
C.L. Taylor | Standalone | — | Thriller/Psychological | 368 | 8 Jun 2023 | 2019 |
Her Last HolidayeBook · Fiction |
C.L. Taylor | Standalone | — | Thriller/Psychological | 388 | 6 Jun 2023 | 2021 |
The Guilty CoupleeBook · Fiction |
C.L. Taylor | Standalone | — | Thriller/Psychological | 337 | 3 Jun 2023 | 2022 |
This Is My Dad. He's Dead.eBook · Fiction |
D.C. Barclay | After Life | 1 | Thriller/Psychological | 326 | 31 May 2023 | 2023 |
The Satsuma ComplexeBook · Fiction |
Bob Mortimer | Gary Thorn | 1 | Crime/Comedy | 413 | 29 May 2023 | 2022 |
Greetings From Bury ParkeBook · Nonfiction |
Sarfraz Manzoor | Standalone | — | Biography | 288 | 26 May 2023 | 2008 |
The OutsiderseBook · Fiction |
S. E. Hinton | Standalone | — | Young Adult | 192 | 23 May 2023 | 1967 |
Proper TellyeBook · Nonfiction |
Stuart Ball | Standalone | — | Television | 148 | 21 May 2023 | 2018 |
How to Kill Men and Get Away With IteBook · Fiction |
Katy Brent | Kitty Collins | 1 | Crime/Comedy | 320 | 18 May 2023 | 2022 |
Raising Laughter: How the Sitcom Kept Britain Smiling in the '70seBook · Nonfiction |
Robert Sellers | Standalone | — | Television | 397 | 15 May 2023 | 2021 |
IteBook · Fiction |
Stephen King | Standalone | — | Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror | 1,168 | 13 May 2023 | 1986 |
The InstituteeBook · Fiction |
Stephen King | Standalone | — | Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror | 624 | 10 May 2023 | 2019 |
The Street Party KillereBook · Fiction |
Emmy Ellis | DI Bethany Smith | 5 | Police Procedural | 230 | 7 May 2023 | 2019 |
All the Lonely PeopleeBook · Fiction |
Mike Gayle | Standalone | — | Contemporary Fiction | 430 | 5 May 2023 | 2020 |
The Scorched Skin KillereBook · Fiction |
Emmy Ellis | DI Bethany Smith | 4 | Police Procedural | 219 | 2 May 2023 | 2019 |
Going on the TurnPaperback · Nonfiction |
Danny Baker | Cradle to the Grave | 3 | Biography | 258 | 29 Apr 2023 | 2017 |
The Killing HillsHardback · Fiction |
Chris Offutt | Mick Hardin | 1 | Crime | 240 | 26 Apr 2023 | 2021 |
Going Off AlrminglyPaperback · Nonfiction |
Danny Baker | Cradle to the Grave | 2 | Biography | 263 | 24 Apr 2023 | 2014 |
The Man I Think I KnoweBook · Fiction |
Mike Gayle | Standalone | — | Contemporary Fiction | 320 | 21 Apr 2023 | 2018 |
Going to Sea in a SievePaperback · Nonfiction |
Danny Baker | Cradle to the Grave | 1 | Biography | 266 | 18 Apr 2023 | 2012 |
The Screwdriver KillereBook · Fiction |
Emmy Ellis | DI Bethany Smith | 3 | Police Procedural | 218 | 16 Apr 2023 | 2019 |
Force of TimeeBook · Fiction |
Adrian Cousins | Jason Apsley | 3 | Time Travel | 478 | 13 Apr 2023 | 2022 |
The Creepy Crawly KillereBook · Fiction |
Emmy Ellis | DI Bethany Smith | 2 | Police Procedural | 190 | 10 Apr 2023 | 2019 |
Half a World AwayeBook · Fiction |
Mike Gayle | Standalone | — | Contemporary Fiction | 389 | 8 Apr 2023 | 2019 |
The Cold Call KillereBook · Fiction |
Emmy Ellis | DI Bethany Smith | 1 | Police Procedural | 192 | 5 Apr 2023 | 2019 |
Darren, Andrew and Mrs Hall (At the Dream Cafe)eBook · Fiction |
R.J. Gould | Standalone | — | Romance | 358 | 2 Apr 2023 | 2023 |
Billy SummerseBook · Fiction |
Stephen King | Standalone | — | Thriller/Psychological | 608 | 31 Mar 2023 | 2021 |
Lessons in ChemistryHardback · Fiction |
Bonnie Garmus | Standalone | — | Comedy | 390 | 28 Mar 2023 | 2022 |
From Working Class Hero to Absolute DisgracePaperback · Nonfiction |
Stephen Foster | Standalone | — | Biography | 219 | 25 Mar 2023 | 2009 |
X-RayeBook · Nonfiction |
Ray Davies | Standalone | — | Biography | 429 | 23 Mar 2023 | 1994 |
The Way We ThunkeBook · Fiction |
Keith A. Pearson | Mungo Thunk | 2 | Comedy | 423 | 20 Mar 2023 | 2023 |
Blood and TreacheryeBook · Fiction |
J.D. Kirk | DCI Logan | 4 | Police Procedural | 334 | 17 Mar 2023 | 2019 |
The Killing CodeeBook · Fiction |
J.D. Kirk | DCI Logan | 3 | Police Procedural | 354 | 15 Mar 2023 | 2019 |
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