August Wrap Up

I read 16 books in August, including 8 from this year's Booker Prize longlist*. You can read my reviews by clicking on the titles below, except for The Fetishist, whose review I've been asked not to publish yet, and Dark Island, which doesn't have a Goodreads page yet. Please note that the books are ordered chronologically within each star rating, not in order of preference.

3 stars = I liked it
4 stars = I really liked it
5 stars = I loved it

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Western Lane by Chetna Maroo*
The Island by Catherine Cooper (out 12 October)
Pearl by Siân Hughes*
The House of Doors by Tan Twan Eng*

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Bad Men by Julie Mae Cohen
Old God's Time by Sebastian Barry*
If I Survive You by Jonathan Escoffery*
The Escape by Ruth Kelly (out 23 November)
A Spell of Good Things by Ayòbámi Adébáyò*
The Fetishist by Katherine Min (out 28 February)
Study for Obedience by Sarah Bernstein*
In the Blink of an Eye by Jo Callaghan
Dark Island by Daniel Aubrey (out 25 April)

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The Lodger: Shakespeare on Silver Street by Charles Nicholl
The List by Yomi Adegoke
How to Build a Boat by Elaine Feeney*

What did you read in August?