A note on this year’s list: I can’t organise it into months because it takes too long and I give up before the year is half done. I’m also including the books I’m reading aloud to my son that I haven’t read before, because the shared experience of reading is so wonderful and I want to record it when the book is new to me. Also Terry Pratchett is a wonderful gift to give to children.
- Slade House by David Mitchell
- Corby Flood by Paul Stewart & Chris Riddell
- How to be a Public Author by Francis Plug
- Oxygen by Andrew Miller
- The Ocean at the End of The Lane by Neil Gaiman
- Ottoline and the Purple Fox by Chris Riddell
- Autumn by Ali Smith
- Golden Hill by Francis Spufford
- The Gustav Sonata by Rose Tremain
- Truckers by Terry Pratchett
- The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters
- The Crossing by Andrew Miller
- Light Box by K J Orr