53. The Custom of the Country by Edith Warton
52. The New Earth by Eckhardt Tolle
51. The Gifts of the Body by Rebecca Brown
50. The Voluptuous Delights of Peanut Butter and Jam by Lauren Liebenberg
49. The Falls by Joyce Carol Oates
48. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
47. The Sportswriter by Richard Ford
46. Chasing Harry Winston by Lauren Weisberger
45. The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
44. The Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
43. People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
42. The Needle in the Blood by Sarah Bower
41. The Private Patient by PD James
40. Giving Up the Ghost by Hilary Mantel
39. Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs
38. Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain
37. Consider the Lily by Elizabeth Buchan
36. Certain Girls by Jennifer Weiner
35. The Life & Soul of the Party by Mike Gayle
34. The Innocent Man by John Grisham
33. The Public Confessions of a Middle-Aged Woman by Sue Townsend
32. Still Thinking of You by Adele Parks
31. The Woman in the Fifth by Douglas Kennedy
30. Wideacres by Phillipa Gregory
29. The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett
28. The Lay of the Land by Richard Ford
27. Neris and India’s Idiot-Proof Diet by India Knight and Neris Thompson
26. The March by E.L. Doctorow
25. Green Chic: Saving the Earth in Style by Christie Matheson
24. The Yacoubian Building by Alaa Al Aswany
23. The Chameleon’s Shadow by Minette Walters
22. Two Caravans by Marina Lewycka
21. A Woman in Berlin by Anonymous
20. Watching the English by Kate Fox
19. No one belongs here more than you by Miranda July
18. A Quiet Flame by Phillip Kerr
17. Girls of Riyadh by Rajaa Alsanea
16. Botswana Time by Will Randall
15. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by JK Rowling
14. Witness to AIDS by Edwin Cameron
13. Sizwe’s Test by Jonny Steinberg
12. War Child by Juliet Lac
11. Petite Anglaise by Catherine Sanderson
10. Burned Alive by Souad
9. May You Be The Mother of a Hundred Sons: A Journey Among The Women of India by Elisabeth Bumiller
8. March by Geraldine Brooks
7. My Life in France by Julia Child
6. Straight Man by Richard Russo
5. A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley
4. The Delivery Room by Sylvia Brownrigg
3. Friend of my Youth by Alice Munro
2. The Gathering by Anne Enright
1. Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie







Half of a Yellow Sun – a wonderful and sad book. Should be read by everyone!