Book reviews

This is an index of my book reviews on this blog.

General fiction
A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemmingway 2/5
Angels and Demons by Dan Brown 3/5
King Solomon's Carpet by Barbara Vine 3/5
Panatagruel by Rabelais 1/5
State of Fear by Michael Crichton 3/5
The Cruel Sea by Nicholas Montserrat 5/5
The Ghost By Richard Harris  4/5
The Female of the Species by Sapper 2/5
The Lover by Marguerite Duras 2/5
The Minotaur by Ruth Rendell 4/5
The Mouse that Roared by Leonard Wibberley 3/5
The Nautical Chart by Arturo Pérez-Reverte 3/5
The Ring of Bright Water Trilogy by Gavin Maxwell 3/5
The Warden by Anthony Trollope  4/5 

Science fiction and fantasy
Anathem by Neal Stephenson 5/5
Anvil of Stars by Greg Bear 2/5
A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs 3/5
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins 3/5
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell 3/5 
Declare by Tim Powers 4/5
Gormenghast by Mervyn Peake 5/5
Hull Zero Three by Greg Bear 3/5
Iron Sunrise by Charles Stross 3/5
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins  2/5
Morlock Night by KW Jeter 2/5
Northern Lights by Philip Pullman 3/5
On Stranger Tides by Tim Powers 2/5
Saturn's Children by Charles Stross 3/5
Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner 1/5
Survivors by Terry Nation 3/5
Tatja Grimm's World by Verner Vinge 3/5
The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman 2/5
The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers 4/5
The Atrocity Archive by Charles Stross 3/5
The Children of the Sky by Vernor Vinge 3/5
The Drawing of the Dark by Tim Powers 3/5
The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndam 4/5
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins 3/5
The Forge of God by Greg Bear 2/5
The Fuller Memorandum by Charles Stross 2/5
The Futurological Congress by Stanislaw Lem 4/5
The Gods of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs 1/5
The Golden Age by John C. Wright 3/5
The Golden Transcendence by John C. Wright 2/5
The Jennifer Morgue by Charles Stross 3/5
The Maracot Deep by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 2/5
The Pheonix Exultant by John C. Wright 3/5
The Quantum Thief by Hannu Rajaniemi 3/5   
The Road by Cormac McCarthy 5/5
The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman 2/5
The World in Winter by John Christopher 2/5
Titus Alone by Mervyn Peake 4/5
Titus Groan by Mevyn Peake 5/5

Crime fiction
13 steps down by Ruth Rendell  2/5
American Tabloid by James Ellroy 4/5
A Red Death by Walter Mosley 4/5
Adam and Eve and Pinch me by Ruth Rendell 3/5
Blood's a Rover by James Ellroy 2/5
Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosely 3/5
Die a Little by Megan Abbott 4/5
Farewell my Lovely by Raymond Chandler 3/5
LA Confidential by James Ellroy 5/5
Master of the Moor by Ruth Rendell 3/5
Murder on the Leviathan by Boris Akunin 3/5
Playback by Raymond Chandler 3/5
Queenpin by Megan Abbott 3/5
Red Harvest by Dashiell Hammet 3/5
Special Assignments by Boris Akunin 3/5
The Big Nowhere by James Ellroy 4/5
The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler 4/5
The Black Dahlia by James Ellroy 4/5
The Cold Six Thousand by James Ellroy 3/5
The Drowning Pool by Ross Macdonald 3/5
The High Window by Raymond Chandler 4/5
The Hot Kid by Elmore Leonard 3/5
The Lady in the Lake by Raymond Chandler 4/5
The Little Sister by Raymond Chandler 3/5
The Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler 3/5
The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammet 3/5
The Mike Hammer Omnibus Vol 1 by Mickey Spillane 3/5
The Moving Target by Ross Macdonald 3/5
The story is you by Megan Abbott 3/5
The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammet 4/5
The Way Some People Die by Ross Macdonald 4/5
White Butterfly by Walter Mosley 3/5
White Jazz by James Ellroy 4/5

Graphic Novels 
The Grand Duke by Berthet Yann and Romain Hugault 4/5
The Incal by Moebius and Jodorowsky  4/5

Historical fiction
Achtung Schweinhund! by Harry Pearson 3/5
Captain Blood by Rafael Sabatini 4/5
Captain Pamphile by Alexandre Dumas 2/5
Count Bohemond by Alfred Duggan 3/5 
Desolation Island by Patrick O'Brian 4/5
Enigma by Robert Harris 4/5
HMS Surprise By Patrick O'Brian 5/5
Imperium by Robert Harris 5/5
Kingdom of the Grail by A. A. Attanasio 2/5
Knight with armour By Alfred Duggan 3/5
Legionernes Vrede, (The Centurions) By Jean Lartèguy 3/5
Lustrum by Robert Harris 5/5
Master and Commander by Patrick OBrian 5/5 Revisited 5/5
Post Captain by Patrick OBrian 4/5 Revisited 5/5
Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini 4/5
The Death of Achilles by Boris Akunin 3/5
The Duellists by Joseph Conrad 4/5
The Far Side of the World by Patrick O'Brian 4/5
The Fortune of War by Patrick O'Brian 4/5
The Ionian Mission by Patrick O'Brian  5/5
The Lady for Ransom by Alfred Duggan  3/5
The Mauritius Command by Patrick O'Brian 3/5
The Mongoliad by Neal Stephenson, Greg Bear and others 3/5
The Mystery of the Black Jungle by Emilio Salgari  3/5
The Phantom Ship by Captain Marryat 2/5
The Purity of Blood by Arturo Pérez-Reverte 2/5
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón 3/5
The Sun over Breda by Arturo Pérez-Reverte 2/5
The Surgeon's Mate by Patrick O'Brian 4/5
The Turkish Gambit by Boris Akunin 3/5
The Wine Dark Sea by Patrick O'Brian 3/5
The Winter Queen by Boris Akunin 4/5
Treason's Harbour by Patrick O'Brian 5/5
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson 4/5
Watermark by Vanitha Sankaran 3/5

Cold War & espionage fiction
Dr. No By Ian Fleming 3/5 
Goldfinger by Ian Fleming 3/5
Smiley's People by John Le Carré 3/5
Snow Falcon by Craig Thomas 2/5
The Arctic Event by Ludlum & Cobb 3/5
The Bear's Tears by Craig Thomas 2/5 
The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum 4/5
The Ipcress File by Len Deighton 3/5
The Honourable Schoolboy by John le Carré 2/5
The Spy who came in from the Cold John le Carré 4/5
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carré 4/5

History
Harry's War by Harry Drinkwater 4/5  
Mechanised Force: British Tanks between the wars By David Fletcher 4/5
T-Force. The Forgotten Heroes of 1945 by Sean Longden 3/5
Panzer Leader by Heinz Guderian 3/5
The Life of Saladin by Sir Hamilton Gibb 1/5
The Medieval Machine by Jean Gimpel 4/5
The Memoirs of Usama Ibn Munqihd 3/5
The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects by Edward J Ruppelt 4/5
The Safeguard of the Sea by N.A.M. Rodgers 3/5
The Saga of King Hrolf Kraki 1/5
Thermopylae and the Battle for the West by Ernle Bradford4/5
Trafalgar, an Eye Witness History by Tom Pocock 5/5
U Boat Ace, the Story of Wolfgang Lüth by Jordan Vause 4/4
Victory of the West; The Great Christian - Muslim Clash at the Battle of Lepanto by Niccolo Capponi 4/4