all book reviews
This page lists all my book reviews (conventionally published, paid-for books as well as free, self-published work). For recommendations of free books by self-published authors, click HERE - but where a book is available for free, I have also highlighted this below.
NON-FICTION
How Music Works David Byrne
Theories of International Politics and Zombies Daniel Drezner
Red Plenty Francis Spufford
HhhH Laurent Binet
All Out War Tim Shipman
The Speed of Sound Thomas Dolby
Adults in the Room Yanis Varoufakis
Bad Blood John Carreyrou
The Secret Barrister Anonymous
A Woman of No Importance Sonia Purnell
How to be a Liberal Ian Dunt
Educated Tara Westover
sCI-Fi/speculative fiction
Return from the Stars Stanislaw Lem
Shen Heather Douglass FREE!
Ledman Pickup Tom Lichtenberg FREE!
Trade Lochlan Bloom FREE!
Corpus Callosum Erika Price FREE!
Stories of Your Life and Others Ted Chiang
The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect Roger Williams FREE!
Theory of Bastards Audrey Schulman
Station Eleven Emily St John Mandel
The Three-Body Problem Cixin Liu
Ascent Jed Mercurio
The Book of Strange New Things Michel Faber
The Sparrow Mary Doria Russell
Semiosis Sue Burke
Dreams before the Start of Time Anne Charnock
Spaceman of Bohemia Jaroslav Kalfar
Little Eyes Samanta Schweblin
Kingdom of the Wicked Helen Dale
Machines like Me Ian McEwan
Klara and the Sun Kazuo Ishiguro
Speak Louisa Hall
Exhalation Ted Chiang
China Mountain Zhang Maureen F McHugh
The Paper Menagerie Ken Liu
The Anomaly Herve Le Tellier
The Animals In That Country Laura Jean McKay
thrillers
Afrika Reich Guy Saville
End Game Matthew Glass
Dark Places Jon Evans FREE!
To Kill the President Sam Bourne
Munich Robert Harris
The People's House David Pepper
Night Heron Adam Brookes
The Prancing Jacana Steven Jon Halasz FREE!
The 2020 Commission Report Jeffrey Lewis
Myxocene Troy Ernest Hill
The Last Hannah Jameson
The Quantum Spy David Ignatius
The Defections Hannah Michell
humour
Besserwisser Steve Anderson
Single to Morden Spike Evans FREE!
Me Blackberry Fool, You Apple Tart Amelia Slocombe FREE!
Red Hills of Africa Matthew Asprey
Retirement Projects Charles Hibbard FREE!
Standard Deviation Katherine Heiny
Court Out Elle Wynne FREE!
general fiction
Sonny's Guerrillas Matthew Asprey
One Day David Nicholls
IQ84 Haruki Murakami
Coming Home Chris Gallagher
Stories for Airports Judy B
Falling Bernard Fancher FREE!
In Durleston Wood Michael Graeme FREE!
The Judas Tree Patricia le Roy
Pigs and Other Living Things Sean Boling FREE!
The Ant Farm Neil Hetzner
Unpredictable Bryan R Dennis FREE!
A Burned Over District Charles Hibbard FREE!
The Third Person Stephanie Newell FREE!
The Prodigals Frank Burton FREE!
Three Moxie Mezcal FREE!
The Hole in the Wall Clare Fisher FREE!
Abraham the Anchor Baby Terrorist Sean Boling FREE!
Pedalling Backwards Julia Russell FREE!
The Inelegant Universe Charles Hibbard FREE!
The Fifth Lectern Andy Cooke
Day Gazing Carla Herrera FREE!
Taking Candy from the Devil Robert P Kaye
Stumps of Mystery Susan Wickstrom FREE!
Bad Faith Jesse Tandler FREE!
The 7th Function of Language Laurent Binet
The Bees Laline Paull
Perfidious Albion Sam Byers
Show Them What They Won Sean Boling FREE!
A Gentleman in Moscow Amor Towles
The Nose Troy Ernest Hill FREE!
What Was Lost Catherine O'Flynn
Middle England Jonathan Coe
State of Wonder Ann Patchett
The Capital Robert Menasse
The Translator Nina Schuyler
Forbidden Tabitha Suzuma
All That Man Is David Szalay
The Vanishing Half Brit Bennett
Yard Sale Charles Hibbard FREE!
A Ghost in the Throat Doireann Ni Ghriofa
In a Good Light Clare Chambers