Just in case you were curious... Here are a few brief lists of favourite reads.
Best Recent Book
- SL - Gone Girl, Gillian Flynn
- FL - Cloud Atlas, David Mitchell
- MW - Ancillary Justice, Ann Leckie
- VC - The Universe Versus Alex Woods, Gavin Extence
Preferred Genres
- FL - Fantasy, Science Fiction
- VC - Modern Fiction
- MW - Science Fiction, Historical
- SR - Spy, Detective, Autobiography
- SL - Offbeat, 'Quirky'
Some of Our Favourite Writers
- SR - Evelyn Anthony, Sue Grafton
- VC - Thomas Hardy, George Orwell
- FL - Bill Bryson, Terry Pratchett
- MW - Keith Waterhouse, Gene Wolfe
- SL - George Orwell, Michael Moorcock
Science Fiction
- FL - The Foundation Trilogy, Isaac Asimov
- SL - 2001: A Space Odyssey, Arthur C. Clarke
- VC - The 'Gone' Series, Michael Grant
- MW - The Malacia Tapestry, Brian Aldiss
Horror/Ghost Fiction
- VC - The Knife of Never Letting Go, Patrick Ness
- SL - The Green Mile, Stephen King
- MW - Hawksmoor, Peter Ackroyd
- FL - The Devil Rides Out, Dennis Wheatley
Children's/Young Person's Fiction
- MW - Northern Lights, Philip Pullman
- SR - Frenchman's Creek, Daphne du Maurier
- VC - The Magician's Nephew, CS Lewis
- FL - The Folk of the Faraway Tree, Enid Blyton
- SL - Stig of the Dump, Clive King
Biography/Autobiography
- SL - The Devil is a Gentleman, Phil Baker
- FL - Dear Me, Peter Ustinov
- ML - The Tale of Beatrix Potter, Frank Delaney
- VC - The Princess Diarist, Carrie Fisher
- MW - Dadland, Keggie Carew
Historical Fiction
- ML - The Cadfael books, Ellis Peters
- SR - Wolf Hall, Hilary Mantel
- MW - The Killer Angels, Michael Shaara
- VC - The Siege, Helen Dunmore
- SL - The Winter King, Bernard Cornwell
...and: For a Desert Island
- SR - The Bible
- SL - Catch-22, Joseph Heller
- MW - The Hitch-hiker books, Douglas Adams
- FL - An encyclopaedia
- VC - 1984, George Orwell
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