Books Read In 2020

 

I never end up reading as many books as desired in the space of a year, but after all this time I seem to have an instinct as to whether a book will suit, and my choices seldom disappoint (though disappointments do happen here and there).  The year is always filled with as many excellent, interesting, and fascinating books as possible; from mysteries to history to even vintage children's books; there's an endless array of captivating titles always waiting to be discovered and opened.

Here is the 2020 list: 

Winterthing and the Mooncusser’s Daughter by Joan Aiken 1972/73

Old Peter’s Russian Tales by Arthur Ransome 1916

The Dark Forest by Raymond Foxall 1972

English Folk Heroes:  From King Arthur To Thomas a’ Becket by Christina Hole

Popinjay Stairs by Geoffrey Trease 1973

Blind Corner by Dornford Yates 1927

Life In The Castle In Medieval England by John Burke 1978

The Art of Medieval Manuscripts  1997

The Medieval Menagerie:  Animals in the Art of the Middle Ages  by Janetta Rebold Benton 1992

Medieval Crafts:  A Book of Days by John Cherry 1993

Nun’s Castle by Jennie Melville 1973

Blood Royal by Dornford Yates 1929

Tarot’s Tower by Jennie Melville 1978

In The Beginning:  The Story of the King James Bible and How It Changed a Nation, a Language, and a Culture by Alister McGrath 2001

Old English Household Life by Gertrude Jekyll 1925

A Country Still All Mystery by Mark Valentine 2017

Death Of A Ghost by Margery Allingham 1934

A. A.Milne: Winnie The Pooh- 1926/Now We Are Six-1927/The House At Pooh Corner-1928

Queen Lucia by E.F. Benson 1920

Dancers In Mourning  by Margery Allingham 1937

Lord Of The Sorcerers by Carter Dickson 1949

London’s Curse:  Murder, Black Magic and Tutankhamen In The 1920s West End  by Mark Beynon 2011

The Daughter of Fu Manchu by Sax Rohmer 1931

The Mask of Fu Manchu by Sax Rohmer 1932

The Dower House Mystery  by Patricia Wentworth 1925

Moonfleet by John Meade Falkner 1898

Raven’s Forge by Jennie Melville 1975

Run! by Patricia Wentworth 1938

Herald of the Hidden and Other Stories by Mark Valentine 2013

A Harp of Fishbones and Other Stories by Joan Aiken 1972

The History Of The Kings Of Britain by Geoffrey of Monmouth

King Arthur by Norma Lorre Goodrich 1986

Rides Round Britain by John Byng, Viscount Torrington, late 1700s

(begun, half-finished )

Folk Song In England by Steve Roud 2017 (1/3 read so far-huge book)

Alan Garner:  The Stone Book 1976/Granny Reardun 1977/Tom Fobble’s Day 1977/ The Aimer Gate 1978

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (short story) by Washington Irving 1820

The Annam Jewel by Patricia Wentworth 1924

The Sittaford Mystery by Agatha Christie 1931