| Year | Status | Title | Author | Type | Star Rating (5 Max) | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Reading | The Ascent of Money – A Financial History of the World. | Niall Ferguson | Business and Economic History | ||
| 2022 | Reading | Ball Of Collusion – The Plot to Rig An Election And Destroy A Presidency | Andrew C. McCarthy | Political Investigative Journalism | ||
| 2022 | Reading | All In It Together – England in the Early 21st Century | Alywn Turner | Political Science and Ideology | ||
| 2022 | Read | Fall – The Mystery of Robert Maxwell | John Preston | Biography | ***** | A page by page eyeopener, with a bit of bias thrown in. |
| 2022 | Read | Madhouse at the End of the Earth | Julian Sanction | Historical | ***** | A captivating read. |
| 2022 | Read | A Cellarful of Noise | Brian Epstein | Autobiographical | *** | Fascinating insight to the Beatles early fame. |
| 2021 | Read | And Away … | Bob Mortimer | Autobiography | *** | We can’t not like Bob. Easy read. Some scary similarities. |
| 2021 | Read | The Power Of Geography | Tim Marshall | GeoPolitical | ***** | Easy reading, full of essential facts. |
| 2021 | Read | Outraged – Why Everyone is Shouting and No One Is Talking. | Ashley ‘Dotty’ Charles | Social Science and Communications | *** | A very topical subject interestingly covered. |
| 2021 | Reading | Fake Law: The Truth About Justice in an Age of Lies | The Secret Barrister | Journalistic | ||
| 2021 | Read | The Mirror & the Light | Hilary Mantel | Hist. fiction | **** | 3rd part of the Trilogy is a long haul, but still amazing. |
| 2021 | Gave up | Dishonesty is the best Second-Best Policy | David Mitchell | Social Humour | ** | Not all as joyful as expected. |
| 2021 | Read | Summer Crossing | Truman Capote | Fiction | *** | His hidden early works |
| 2021 | Read | So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed | Jon Ronson | Social Science and Journalistic | **** | Great insight into hurt by social media |
| 2021 | Read | The Ratline – The Trail of a Nazi Fugitive | Philippe Sands | Journalistic | ***** | Strong journalism of terrible events |
| 2021 | Read | Has China Won | Kishore Mahbubani | GeoPolitical | * | Useful but heavily biased and repetative |
| 2021 | Read | Jeeves & the King of Clubs | Ben Schott | Fiction | **** | Great homage to PG Woodhouse |
| 2021 | Read | Flash Crash | Liam Vaughan | Journalistic | ***** | Great expose of the stock exchange |
| 2021 | Read | Tall Tales & Wee Stories | Billy Connolly | Autobiographical | *** | Amusing |
| 2021 | Read | One Two Three Four – The Beatles in Time | Craig Brown | Non-fiction | ***** | Facinating facts |
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