January to June 2021: The Big List!

Just for fun, here is the full list of everything I read in the first half of 2021, with links to my reviews where relevant! Reading-wise it has been a great year so far – a massive thank you to all the authors, publishers and publicists who have sent me books to review! I’ll never get over how lucky I am to have access to so many amazing reads!

1. A Sparrow Alone by Mim Eichmann
2. Lost Girls by Ellen Birkett Morris
3. The Mothers by Brit Bennett
4. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
5. Cockfight by María Fernanda Ampuero translated by Frances Riddle
6. The Care of Strangers by Ellen Michaelson
7. The Clearing by Samantha Clark
8. The Man Who Died by Antti Tuomainen translated by David Hackston
9. Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
10. Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson
11. Havana Year Zero by Karla Suárez translated by Christina MacSweeney
12. Circus of Wonders by Elizabeth Macneal
13. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
14. Kololo Hill by Neema Shah
15. The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
16. The Last Words of Madeleine Anderson by Helen Kitson
17. The Strays of Paris by Jane Smiley
18. Nightshift by Kiare Ladner
19. The Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie
20. Old Bones by Helen Kitson
21. Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
22. Fortune’s Hand by R.N. Morris
23. The Push by Ashley Audrain
24. Call Me Mummy by Tina Baker
25. Backstories by Simon Van der Velde
26. Little Bandaged Days by Kyra Wilder
27. From My Balcony to Yours by Nino Gugunishvili
28. Manipulated Lives by H.A. Leuschel
29. The Smash-Up by Ali Benjamin
30. Bright Burning Things by Lisa Harding
31. My Brother the Messiah by Martin Vopenka translated by Anna Gustova Bryson
32. What Beauty There Is by Cory Anderson
33. Empower Your Kids by Judy Bartkowiak
34. Another Life by Jodie Chapman
35. The Dig Street Festival by Chris Walsh
36. The Summer Job by Lizzy Dent
37. Sybelia Drive by Karin Cecile Davidson
38. Chauvo-Feminism by Sam Mills
39. Absorbed by Kylie Whitehead
40. Outsiders edited by Alice Slater
41. Boys Don’t Cry by Fíona Scarlett
42. Poirot Investigates by Agatha Christie
43. Among the Beasts and Briars by Ashley Poston
44. Charity by Madeline Dewhurst
45. Mrs Death Misses Death by Salena Godden
46. Fridge by Emma Zadow
47. Yes Yes More More by Anna Wood
48. The Lamplighters by Emma Stonex
49. Mrs Narwhal’s Diary by S.J. Norbury
50. 100neHundred by Laura Besley
51. Catch The Rabbit by Lana Bastasic
52. Still Life by Sarah Winman
53. The Five by Hallie Rubenhold
54. The Big Four by Agatha Christie
55. The Stranding by Kate Sawyer
56. Gold Fury by Kieren Westwood
57. The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
58. Assembly by Natasha Brown
59. The Mesmerist’s Daughter by Heidi James
60. Wounding by Heidi James
61. The Wolf Den by Elodie Harper
62. So The Doves by Heidi James
63. Grown Ups by Marie Aubert translated by Rosie Hedger
64. Black Water Sister by Zen Cho
65. Fallen by Mel O’Doherty
66. My Broken Language by Quiara Alegría Hudes
67. The Sound Mirror by Heidi James

Which ones of these have you read? Have you got any on the TBR? Do let me know in the comments, and here’s to another 6 months of great books!

Happy reading!

Ellie x