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Title Author Date Finished Score No. of Comments
Rogue MaleHousehold, Geoffrey07 Oct 2070
For Whom the Bell TollsHemingway, Ernest26 May 208.50
The Way We Live NowTrollope, Anthony18 Feb 1480
The Old Wives' TaleBennett, Arnold04 Sep 1270
Anna of the Five TownsBennett, Arnold24 Aug 1280
Lady AnnaTrollope, Anthony24 Feb 127.50
The Grapes of WrathSteinbeck, John02 Nov 118.50
PersuasionAusten, Jane17 Sep 1180
The Duke's ChildrenTrollope, Anthony03 Sep 1180
The Prime MinisterTrollope, Anthony12 Jul 1170
Phineas ReduxTrollope, Anthony01 Aug 107.50
The Eustace DiamondsTrollope, Anthony30 May 107.50
Phineas FinnTrollope, Anthony15 May 1070
The Cider House RulesIrving, John11 Apr 108.50
A Kestrel for a KnaveHines, Barry20 Feb 107.50
These TwainBennett, Arnold19 Sep 0980
A Room With a ViewForster, E. M. 15 Aug 097.50
Pride and PrejudiceAusten, Jane01 Aug 0980
England, Their EnglandMacDonnell, A.G.27 Jul 0980
The Riddle of the SandsChilders, Erskine06 Jun 097.50
The Return of the NativeHardy, Thomas14 May 096.50
The Last Chronicle of BarsetTrollope, Anthony11 May 097.50
The Small House at AllingtonTrollope, Anthony27 Apr 097.50
Framley ParsonageTrollope, Anthony21 Apr 0980
Dr. ThorneTrollope, Anthony01 Apr 097.50
Barchester TowersTrollope, Anthony26 Feb 097.50
The WardenTrollope, Anthony19 Jan 0970
The Adventures of Sherlock HolmesConan Doyle, Sir Arthur18 Jan 096.50
Hilda LesswaysBennett, Arnold14 Jan 0970
Heart of DarknessConrad, Joseph23 Nov 086.50
DraculaStoker, Bram07 Jun 0881
The Cruel SeaMonsarrat, Nicholas19 Mar 0880
Three Men on the BummelJerome, Jerome K.02 Jan 0870
Three Men in a BoatJerome, Jerome K.30 Dec 0770
Watership DownAdams, Richard25 Nov 0760
Brideshead RevisitedWaugh, Evelyn01 Nov 077.50
HolesSachar, Louis03 Oct 0780
Stuart LittleWhite, EB29 Jul 0770
Gulliver's TravelsSwift, Jonathan10 Feb 0770
EmmaAusten, Jane01 Oct 0680
Northanger AbbeyAusten, Jane19 Sep 0670
Tom JonesFielding, Henry30 Aug 066.50
Adrian Mole and the Weapons of Mass DestructionTownsend, Sue09 Dec 057.50
The Picts and the MartyrsRansome, Arthur12 Nov 0570
SwallowdaleRansome, Arthur12 Nov 057.50
Jude the ObscureHardy, Thomas25 Mar 0570
The Name of the RoseEco, Umberto11 Mar 0570
AvengerForsyth, Frederick03 Jan 0570
Someone Like YouDahl, Roald20 Jan 047.50
The WoodlandersHardy, Thomas26 Oct 037.50
ClayhangerBennett, Arnold05 Sep 037.50
Lucky JimAmis, Kingsley05 Aug 0380
ScoopWaugh, Evelyn01 Aug 037.50
The Complete Sherlock Holmes (Volume 2)Conan Doyle, Arthur04 May 0370
Can You Forgive her?Trollope, Anthony07 Jan 038.50
Wuthering HeightsBronte, Emily01 Dec 0232
Sons and LoversLawrence, D.H.24 May 0270
Mary BartonGaskell, Elizabeth10 May 027.50
White TeethSmith, Zadie16 Mar 0280
The Mayor of CasterbridgeHardy, Thomas26 Feb 0280
A Study in ScarletConan Doyle, Arthur29 Jan 027.50
Howards EndForster, E.M.31 Dec 018.50
Far From the Madding CrowdHardy, Thomas20 Dec 0180
The AlchemistCoehlo, Paul15 Nov 0180
The Fiddler of the ReelsHardy, Thomas06 Nov 0180
The God of Small Things *Roy, Arundhati20 Aug 0180
Eustace and HildaHartley, L P11 Aug 017.50
The Ragged Trousered PhilanthropistsTressel, Robert27 Jun 0180
The Just So StoriesKipling, Rudyard05 May 0160
The Great GatsbyFitzgerald, F. Scott11 Apr 0171
Captain Corelli's Mandolinde Berniere, Louis27 Mar 019.50
What We Talk About When We Talk About LoveCarver, Raymond03 Mar 0170
The Way of all FleshButler, Samuel28 Feb 0160
Room at the TopBraine, John26 Feb 0170
Mansfield ParkAusten, Jane13 Feb 017.50
Little Women and Good WivesAlcott, Louisa M10 Feb 0170