Between 1st June and 1st September 2024, I am taking part in 20 Books of Summer – a reading challenge hosted by Cathy at 746 Books.

I am planning to read the following books this summer and will keep track of my progress on this page.

7/20 books read
5/20 books reviewed

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1. Three Act Tragedy by Agatha Christie (Read Christie 2024)
2. N or M? by Agatha Christie (Read Christie 2024)
3. Finn Family Moomintroll by Tove Jansson (Moomin Week)
4. Thomasina by Paul Gallico (Reading the Meow)
5. In the Upper Country by Kai Thomas (Walter Scott Prize project)
6. The Noh Mask Murder by Akimitsu Takagi
7. The Meiji Guillotine Murders by Futaro Yamada
8. The King’s Witches by Kate Foster
9. The Ballad of Jacquotte Delahaye by Briony Cameron
10. The Burial Plot by Elizabeth Macneal
11. The Cautious Traveller’s Guide to the Wastelands by Sarah Brooks (read, review to follow)
12. A Woman of Opinion by Sean Lusk (read, review to follow)
13. Babylonia by Costanza Casati
14. The King’s Mother by Annie Garthwaite
15. A Case of Mice and Murder by Sally Smith
16. The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club by Helen Simonson
17. The Lost Queen by Carol McGrath
18. The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst by Katie Lumsden
19. The Briar Club by Kate Quinn
20. Cabaret Macabre by Tom Mead

Alternatives

I have listed four of the shorter books remaining on my Classics Club list as alternatives:

1. The Black Lake by Hella S. Haasse
2. The Silver Branch by Rosemary Sutcliff
3. The Elusive Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy
4. The End of the Affair by Graham Greene