Review Index A-Z by title

Book reviews are listed A-Z by title to help you search quickly for a particular review. Listings also contain details of genre (adult books) or target age group ("Kids" tends to mean 8-12ish, "YA" is Young Adult or teen.) Reviews of film, TV and theatre are listed below the book review index.

Book Reviews A-Z

A
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Classic)
Affinity - Sarah Waters (Literary)
American Gods - Neil Gaiman (fantasy)
American Gods (mini) - Neil Gaiman
Amy and Roger's Epic Detour - Morgan Matson (YA)
Anne of Avonlea - L. M. Montgomery (Kids)
Anne of Green Gables - L. M. Montgomery (Kids)
Anne's House of Dreams - L. M. Montgomery (Kids)
Anne of Ingleside - L. M. Mongomery (Kids)
Anne of the Island - L. M. Montgomery (Kids)
Anne of Windy Willows/Poplars - L. M. Montgomery (Kids)
Annotated Alice, The (Alice in Wonderland) - Lewis Carroll, Martin Gardner (Kids'/Literary Criticism)
Artichoke Hearts - Sita Brahmachari (Kids/YA)
Ash - Malinda Lo (YA)

B

Before I Fall - Lauren Oliver (YA/Adult)
Before I Go To Sleep - SJ Watson (literary/thriller)
Beloved - Toni Morrison (Classic)
Book of Tomorrow - Cecelia Ahern (General Fiction)
Boy in the Dress, The - David Walliams (Kids')

Boys Don't Cry - Malorie Blackman (YA)

C

Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins (YA) 

Cherry Cake and Ginger Beer - Jane Brocket (Cookery)
Christmas Carol, A - Charles Dickens (Classic)
City & the City, The - China Mieville
Clash of Kings, A - George R. R. Martin (fantasy)
Cold Light - Jenn Ashworth (General fiction)
Considine Curse, The - Gareth P. Jones (Kids')
Cookie - Jacqueline Wilson (Kids)
Crescendo - Becca Fitzpatrick (YA)
Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy - Ally Carter (YA)

Crying Tree - The (Literary)
Cuckoo - Julia Crouch (Thriller)

D
Dance With Dragons, A: Part One, Dreams and Dust - George R R Martin
Dance With Dragons, A: Part Two, After the Feast - George R R Martin
Darkly Dreaming Dexter - Jeff Lindsay (Crime)
Dash and Lily's Book of Dares - Rachel Cohn and David Levithan (YA)
Death Comes to Pemberley - P.D. James (professional fanfiction)
Delirium - Lauren Oliver (YA)

Diamond Star Halo - Tiffany Murray
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency - Douglas Adams (science fiction)

E
Elfish Gene, The: Dungeons, Dragons and Growing Up Strange - Mark Barrowcliffe (biography)

Emily of New Moon - L.M. Montgomery (Kids/YA)

F
Fallen - Lauren Kate (YA)
Fault In Our Stars, the - John Green (YA)
Feast for Crows, A - George R. R. Martin (fantasy)
Feet Of Clay - Terry Pratchett (comic fantasy)
Fifth Elephant, the - Terry Pratchett (comic fantasy)
Fixing Delilah - Sarah Ockler (YA)
Follow Me Down - Julie Hearn (Kids'/YA)

Forever - Maggie Stiefvater (YA)

G
Game of Thrones, A - George R. R. Martin (fantasy) First impressions
Game of Thrones, A - George R. R. Martin (fantasy) Review, part 1
Game of Thrones, A - George R. R. Martin (fantasy) Review, part 2
Gate at the Stairs, A - Lorrie Moore (Literary)
Getting Revenge on Lauren Wood - Eileen Cook (YA)
Girl From Away trilogy, The - Claire Mowat (Kids)
Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn
Grace Williams Says It Loud - Emma Henderson (Literary)
Graveyard Book, The - Neil Gaiman (Kids/YA)
Gum Thief, the - Douglas Coupland (Literary)

H
Happy Birthday To Me - Brian Rowe (YA)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - J. K. Rowling (Kids')
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - J. K. Rowling (Kids')
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - J. K. Rowling (Kids')
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - J. K. Rowling (Kids')
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - J. K. Rowling (Kids')
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - J. K. Rowling (Kids')
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - J. K. Rowling (Kids')
Heart-Shaped Box - Joe Hill (Horror)
Hobbit, the - J. R. R. Tolkien (fantasy)

Hold Still - Nina LaCour (YA)
Homeward Bounders, the - Diana Wynne Jones
Hothouse Flower - Lucinda Riley (Literary)
Howl's Moving Castle - Diana Wynne Jones (Kids')

Hunger Games, The - Suzanne Collins (YA) 

Hush, Hush - Becca Fitzpatrick (YA)

I

I Shall Wear Midnight - Terry Pratchett(YA)

Infinite Wisdom of Harriet Rose, The - Diana Janney (YA)
Is it Just Me? - Miranda Hart

J
Jenny Q, Stitched Up - Pauline McLynn (teen)
Julius Caesar - William Shakespeare

Just As Long As We're Together - Judy Blume (YA)

K

L
Lament - Maggie Stiefvater (YA)
Land of Decoration, the - Grace McCleen
Les Miserables - Victor Hugo
Liar - Justine Larbalestier
Life on the Refrigerator Door - Alice Kuipers (YA)

Linger - Maggie Stiefvater (YA)
Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, The - C.S. Lewis (Kids)
Little Stranger, A - Candia McWilliam (Literary)

Little Stranger, The - Sarah Waters (Horror)
Little Women - Louisa May Alcott (Kids)
Lord of the Rings, the - J. R. R. Tolkien (fantasy) 2010 review
Lord of the Rings, the - J. R. R. Tolkien (fantasy) 2012 review

M
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand (general fiction)

Make Lemonade - Virginia Euwer Wolff (YA)

Malory Towers series - Enid Blyton (Kids)
Middlemarch - George Eliot (Classic)
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children - Ransom Riggs (Fantasy)

Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins (YA)
Monstrous Regiment - Terry Pratchett (Fantasy)

My Best Friend's Girl - Dorothy Koomson (chick-lit)
My Sister Lives on the Mantlepiece - Annabel Pitcher (YA)

N
Never Let Me Go - Kazuo Ishiguro (Literary)
Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman (Fantasy)
New Moon - Stephenie Meyer (YA)

No and Me - Delphine De Vigan (YA/Adult)

Northanger Abbey - Jane Austen (Classic)
Norwegian Wood - Haruki Murakami (Literary)

O
One Hundred Names - Cecelia Ahern

Other Alice, The - Julia Clarke (Kids/YA)

P
Paper Towns - John Green
Paranormalcy - Kiersten White (YA)
Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake, The - Aimee Bender (general)
Penelope - Rebecca Harrington
Persuasion - Jane Austen (Classic)
Pink - Lili Wilkinson (YA)

Place of Secrets, A - Rachel Hore (General fiction)
Poison Tree, The - Erin Kelly (General Fiction)

Postmistress, The - Sarah Blake (Literary/General fiction)

Pretties - Scott Westerfeld (YA)
Psychopath Test, The - Jon Ronson (Social Sciences)

Q

R
Rainbow Valley - L. M. Montgomery (Kids')
Red Queen, The - Philippa Gregory (Historical)
Relentless - Dean Koontz (Thriller/Horror)

Rilla of Ingleside - L.M. Montgomery: (Kids'/YA) 2008 long review
Rilla of Ingleside - L. M. Montgomery: (Kids'/YA) 2011 short review
Rivers of London - Ben Aaronovitch (fantasy)
Room - Emma Donoghue (Literary)

S
Sandman vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes - Neil Gaiman (graphic novel)
Sandman vol 3: Dream Country - Neil Gaiman (graphic novel)
Sandman vol. 8: Worlds' End - Neil Gaiman (graphic novel)
Scorpio Races, The - Maggie Stiefvater (YA)
Shiver - Maggie Stiefvater (YA) 

Sister - Rosamund Lupton (General fiction)
Skippy Dies - Paul Murray (Literary)
Sky Is Everywhere, The - Jandy Nelson (YA)
Some Girls Are - Courtney Summers (YA)
Something Wicked This Way Comes - Ray Bradbury
Sonnets - William Shakespeare
South Riding - Winifred Holtby (Classic)

Speak - Laurie Halse Anderson (YA)
Specials - Scott Westerfeld (YA)
Storm of Swords, A - George R. R. Martin - Part One: Steel and Snow
Storm of Swords, A - George R. R. Martin - Part Two: Blood and Gold
Submarine - Joe Dunthorne 

Swallows and Amazons - Arthur Ransom (Kids) 

T

Tenant of Wildfell Hall, The - Anne Bronte (classic)  readalong part i

Tenant of Wildfell Hall, The - Anne Bronte (classic) readalong part ii

Thirteen Reasons Why - Jay Asher (YA)

This Perfect World - Suzanne Bugler (General Fiction)

Tiny Bit Marvellous, A - Dawn French (General Fiction)
Tipping the Velvet - Sarah Waters

To Kill A Mockingbird - Harper Lee (Classic)
Toast - Nigel Slater (memoir)
Torment - Lauren Kate (YA)
Trebizon series - Anne Digby (Kids)

True Believer - Virginia Euwer Wolff (YA)
Truth About Forever - Sarah Dessen (YA)

Twenty Boy Summer - Sarah Ockler (YA)

Twilight - Stephenie Meyer (YA)

U
Uglies - Scott Westerfeld (YA)

Unseen Academicals - Terry Pratchett (Fantasy)

V
Villette - Charlotte Bronte (Classic)

Voyage of the Dawn Treader, the - C. S. Lewis (Kids)

W
Warm Bodies - Isaac Marion
Weird Sisters, The - Eleanor Brown
Weird Things Customers Say In Bookshops - Jen Campbell (humour)

What Katy Did - Susan Coolidge (Kids) 

What Katy Did At School - Susan Coolidge (Kids)
When God Was A Rabbit - Sarah Winman (Literary)
White Queen, the - Philippa Gregory (Historical)
Wight Moon: Out of the Shadows - E. A. Berry (Supernatural thriller)
Will Grayson, Will Grayson - John Green and David Levithan (YA)
Wintergirls - Laurie Halse Anderson (YA)
Wish Me Luck - Margaret Dickinson (romance)

Woman He Loved Before, The - Dorothy Koomson (general fiction)
Woman in Black, The - Susan Hill (horror)

X,Y,Z

FILM, TV and THEATRE, etc. A-Z

Anne of Green Gables (tv)
Ashes to Ashes series 1 and 2 (tv)
Ashes to Ashes series 3 (tv)
Blackpool (tv)
Charlie/Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (film)
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (film)
Coraline (film)
Dirk Gently (TV)
Doctor Horrible's Sing-a-long Blog (internet tv)
Doctor Who: Ninth Doctor, Christopher Eccleston (tv)
Doctor Who: Tenth Doctor, David Tennant (tv)
Doctor Who: Eleventh Doctor, Matt Smith (tv)
Dollhouse: season one (TV)
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle-Stop Cafe (film)
Game of Thrones: season one (TV)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 (film)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (film)
History Boys, the (theatre/film)
Hobbit, the, Part 1: An Unexpected Journey (film)
Les Miserables (film)
Life on Mars (tv)
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (tv)
Mirrormask (film)
Much Ado About Nothing (theatre)
Never Let Me Go (film)
Robin Hood (TV and film - 5 adaptations)
Sherlock (tv)
Sherlock Holmes (2009 film)
Single Father (tv)
Sound of Music, the (theatre)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (film)
Twilight Saga: New Moon (film)
Warm Bodies (film)