Fiction Review Index A – Z

 
A
Stay With Me by Ayobami Adebayo
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Last Man In Tower by Aravind Adiga
The Power by Naomi Alderman
Disobedience by Naomi Alderman
The Lessons by Naomi Alderman
Epitaph for a Spy by Eric Ambler
Journey into Fear by Eric Ambler
Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis
The Crossroads by Niccolo Ammaniti
Saltwater by Jessica Andrews
Case Histories by Kate Atkinson
Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
A God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson
Behind the Scenes at the Museum by Kate Atkinson
Emotionally Weird by Kate Atkinson
Transcription by Kate Atkinson
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood
MaddAddam by Margaret Atwood
Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
4 3 2 1 by Paul Auster
B
The Accusation by Bandi
The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters by Julian Barnes
Pulse by Julian Barnes
Metroland by Julian Barnes
Arthur & George by Julian Barnes
Levels of Life by Julian Barnes
The Noise of Time by Julian Barnes
The Versions of Us by Laura Barnett
The Bus on Thursday by Shirley Barrett
Rush Oh! by Shirley Barrett
Days Without End by Sebastian Barry
Rubbernecker by Belinda Bauer
Snap by Belinda Bauer
Smut by Alan Bennett
A Manual for Cleaning Women by Lucia Berlin
Exit Management by Naomi Booth
The Heart’s Invisible Furies by John Boyne
A Ladder to the Sky by John Boyne
A History of Loneliness by John Boyne
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
Hotel du Lac by Anita Brookner
Harmless Like You by Rowan Hisayo Buchanan
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
The Muse by Jessie Burton
The Confession by Jessie Burton
C
The Chemistry of Tears by Peter Carey
Little by Edward Carey
Mr Darwin’s Gardener by Kristina Carlson
Wise Children by Angela Carter (and theatre review)
The Rehearsal by Eleanor Catton
The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton
Your House Will Pay by Steph Cha
XX by Angela Chadwick
The Awakening by Kate Chopin
Did You Ever Have a Family by Bill Clegg
The Girls by Emma Cline
How to Be Human by Paula Cocozza
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
The New Wilderness by Diane Cook
The Hours by Michael Cunningham
D
The Collected Stories by Lydia Davis
Magpie by Elizabeth Day
My Name is Leon by Kit de Waal
The Sisters Brothers by Patrick DeWitt
The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair by Joël Dicker
House of Cards by Michael Dobbs
Exciting Times by Naoise Dolan
The Sealed Letter by Emma Donoghue
Room by Emma Donoghue
The Wonder by Emma Donoghue
Akin by Emma Donoghue
The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue
Apple Tree Yard by Louise Doughty
Whatever You Love by Louise Doughty
Platform Seven by Louise Doughty
Should We Fall Behind by Sharon Duggal
E
The Circle by Dave Eggers
Zone by Mathias Énard
Heartburn by Nora Ephron
The End of Days by Jenny Erpenbeck
The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
Fresh Complaint by Jeffrey Eugenides
Ordinary People by Diana Evans
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
F
The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber
Under the Skin by Michel Faber
The Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber
The Spring of Kasper Meier by Ben Fergusson
My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
The Story of a New Name by Elena Ferrante
Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay by Elena Ferrante
The Story of the Lost Child by Elena Ferrante
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Canada by Richard Ford
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler
Purity by Jonathan Franzen
Spies by Michael Frayn
Unsettled Ground by Claire Fuller
G
The Cuckoo’s Calling by Robert Galbraith
The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith
Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith
Lethal White by Robert Galbraith
Troubled Blood by Robert Galbraith
Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons
Little Egypt by Lesley Glaister
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
In the Beginning Was the Sea by Tomás González
The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock by Imogen Hermes Gowar
The Dark Circle by Linda Grant
Sight by Jessie Greengrass
Waking Lions by Ayelet Gundar-Goshen
H
Asymmetry by Lisa Halliday
The Girl in the Red Coat by Kate Hamer
The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach
Gillespie & I by Jane Harris
The Observations by Jane Harris
All Among the Barley by Melissa Harrison
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes
Elizabeth is Missing by Emma Healey
Notes on a Scandal by Zoe Heller
The Valentine House by Emma Henderson
Snegurochka by Judith Heneghan
Leonard and Hungry Paul by Ronan Hession
Panenka by Ronan Hession
The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino
The Various Haunts of Men by Susan Hill
The Nix by Nathan Hill
A Kestrel For A Knave by Barry Hines
May We Be Forgiven by A. M. Homes
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
The Map and the Territory by Michel Houellebecq
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
I
Domestic Bliss and Other Disasters by Jane Ions
Fishnet by Kirstin Innes
Scabby Queen by Kirstin Innes
The Unconsoled by Kazuo Ishiguro
The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro
The Dead Lake by Hamid Ismailov
J
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
The Sound Mirror by Heidi James
So The Doves by Heidi James
Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
The Unseen by Roy Jacobsen
The Finkler Question by Howard Jacobson
Decoded by Mai Jia
The Orphan Master’s Son by Adam Johnson
The Outcast by Sadie Jones
Fallout by Sadie Jones
The Snakes by Sadie Jones
K
The Vegetarian by Han Kang
Human Acts by Han Kang
Things We Have in Common by Tasha Kavanagh
Strange Weather in Tokyo by Hiromi Kawakami
The Nakano Thrift Shop by Hiromi Kawakami
Nightingale by Marina Kemp
Serious Sweet by A. L. Kennedy
Burial Rites by Hannah Kent
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
Things in Jars by Jess Kidd
The Hoarder by Jess Kidd
Carrie by Stephen King
11.22.63 by Stephen King
Misery by Stephen King
Flight Behaviour by Barbara Kingsolver
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
A Death in the Family by Karl Ove Knausgaard
A Man in Love by Karl Ove Knausgaard
Boyhood Island by Karl Ove Knausgaard
Disclaimer by Renee Knight
The Dinner by Herman Koch
The History of Love by Nicole Krauss
Who They Was by Gabriel Krauze
The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
The Mars Room by Rachel Kushner
L
Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri
Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri
Capital by John Lanchester
The President’s Hat by Antoine Laurain
The Investigation by Jung-Myung Lee
Irène by Pierre Lemaitre
Alex by Pierre Lemaitre
The Great Swindle by Pierre Lemaitre
Blood Wedding by Pierre Lemaitre
Small Island by Andrea Levy
The Four Books by Yan Lianke
Patience by Toby Litt
The End of Eddy by Édouard Louis
Faces in the Crowd by Valeria Luiselli
M
His Bloody Project by Graeme Macrae Burnet
The Disappearance of Adèle Bedeau by Graeme Macrae Burnet
The Accident on the A35 by Graeme Macrae Burnet
Take Me to the Castle by F. C. Malby
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel
The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher by Hilary Mantel
A Heart So White by Javier Marías
Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason
The Paris Wife by Paula McClain
The Mermaids Singing by Val McDermid
The Wire in the Blood by Val McDermid
First Love, Last Rites by Ian McEwan
Sweet Tooth by Ian McEwan
The Children Act by Ian McEwan
Nutshell by Ian McEwan
The Innocent by Ian McEwan
Reservoir 13 by Jon McGregor
The Last Hundred Days by Patrick McGuinness
Throw Me to the Wolves by Patrick McGuinness
The Capital by Robert Menasse
Bodies by Jed Mercurio
The Last Life by Claire Messud
The Woman Upstairs by Claire Messud
Snowdrops by A. D. Miller
The Faithful Couple by A. D. Miller
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
Kiss Me First by Lottie Moggach
Brixton Hill by Lottie Moggach
The Man in a Hurry by Paul Morand
Beside Myself by Ann Morgan
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
While the Gods Were Sleeping by Erwin Mortier
Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh
Homesick for Another World by Ottessa Moshfegh
Night Waking by Sarah Moss
Bodies of Light by Sarah Moss
Signs for Lost Children by Sarah Moss
The Tidal Zone by Sarah Moss
Cold Earth by Sarah Moss
Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss
Summerwater by Sarah Moss
The Fell by Sarah Moss
Elmet by Fiona Mozley
Hot Stew by Fiona Mozley
The Lives of Others by Neel Mukherjee
Dance Dance Dance by Haruki Murakami
1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman by Haruki Murakami
The Elephant Vanishes by Haruki Murakami
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami
Wind/Pinball by Haruki Murakami
Men Without Women by Haruki Murakami
Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
N
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
The Warlow Experiment by Alix Nathan
The Redbreast by Jo Nesbo
Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
Us by David Nicholls
Sweet Sorrow by David Nicholls
The Appearance of Murder by John Nightingale
The End of the Day by Claire North
O
Death by Water by Kenzaburo Oe
The Hand That First Held Mine by Maggie O’Farrell
Instructions for a Heatwave by Maggie O’Farrell
This Must Be The Place by Maggie O’Farrell
Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell
Revenge by Yoko Ogawa
The Weight of a Human Heart by Ryan O’Neill
Their Brilliant Careers by Ryan O’Neill
The Blue Room by Hanne Ørstavik
Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka
A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
My Year of Meats by Ruth Ozeki
All Over Creation by Ruth Ozeki
P
The Lucky Ones by Julianne Pachico
A Strangeness in My Mind by Orhan Pamuk
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
Commonwealth by Ann Patchett
Life: A User’s Manual by Georges Perec
The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry
Melmoth by Sarah Perry
Grief is the Thing With Feathers by Max Porter
The Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers
The Overstory by Richard Powers
His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
La Belle Sauvage by Philip Pullman
The Secret Commonwealth by Philip Pullman
V. by Thomas Pynchon
R
The Devil in the Flesh by Raymond Radiguet 
The Bird Tribunal by Agnes Ravatn
Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid
The Evenings by Gerard Reve
Stubborn Archivist by Yara Rodrigues-Fowler
Red Joan by Jennie Rooney
Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney
Normal People by Sally Rooney
Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney
The Human Stain by Philip Roth
The Casual Vacancy by J. K. Rowling
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
Paris by Edward Rutherfurd
S
The Year of the Runaways by Sunjeev Sahota
China Room by Sunjeev Sahota
Cry, Mother Spain by Lydie Salvayre
The Winterlings by Cristina Sánchez-Andrade
Dominion by C. J. Sansom
Blindness by José Saramago
The Giraffe’s Neck by Judith Schalansky
The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin
The Good Liar by Nicholas Searle
Where’d You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields
Larry’s Party by Carol Shields
The Tokyo Zodiac Murders by Soji Shimada
Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead
Big Brother by Lionel Shriver
The Post-Birthday World by Lionel Shriver
The Mandibles: A Family, 2029-2047 by Lionel Shriver
Property by Lionel Shriver
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
The Rosie Effect by Graeme Simsion
Sisterland by Curtis Sittenfeld
American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld
You Think It, I’ll Say It by Curtis Sittenfeld
Rodham by Curtis Sittenfeld
Her Father’s Daughter by Marie Sizun
Lullaby by Leila Slimani
The Country of Others by Leila Slimani
A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley
How to be both by Ali Smith
Autumn by Ali Smith
Winter by Ali Smith
Spring by Ali Smith
Public Library and Other Stories by Ali Smith
NW by Zadie Smith
White Teeth by Zadie Smith
Swing Time by Zadie Smith
On Beauty by Zadie Smith
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark
The Driver’s Seat by Muriel Spark
Light Perpetual by Francis Spufford
Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner
The Empress and the Cake by Linda Stift
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Dracula by Bram Stoker
Black Teeth and a Brilliant Smile by Adelle Stripe
Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart
Perfume by Patrick Suskind
T
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
The Shore by Sara Taylor
The Lauras by Sara Taylor
Women Who Blow on Knots by Ece Temelkuran
Do Not Say We Have Nothing by Madeleine Thien
The Insult by Rupert Thomson
Flights by Olga Tokarczuk
The Testament of Mary by Colm Tóibín 
Adrian Mole: The Prostrate Years by Sue Townsend
There’s No Such Thing as an Easy Job by Kikuko Tsumura
A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler
Vinegar Girl by Anne Tyler
Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant by Anne Tyler
V
The Mussel Feast by Birgit Vanderbeke
Based on a True Story by Delphine de Vigan
Gratitudes by Delphine de Vigan
A Dark-Adapted Eye by Barbara Vine
King Solomon’s Carpet by Barbara Vine
W
Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters
The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters
Before I Go To Sleep by S J Watson
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Stoner by John Williams
Supper Club by Lara Williams
Treats by Lara Williams
Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson
The Wife by Meg Wolitzer
The Ecliptic by Benjamin Wood
Y
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
The People in the Trees by Hanya Yanagihara
Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
Parade by Shuichi Yoshida
Z
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
 

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