January:
1. They Knew Mr. Knight, by Dorothy Whipple
2. Nella Last's War, by Nella Last
3. Q's Legacy, by Helene Hanff
4. That Lady, by Kate O'Brien
5. Consequences, by EM Delafield
6. Tun-Huang, by Yasushi Inoue
7. The Strangers in the House, by Georges Simenon
8. A Month in the Country, by JL Carr
February:
2. The Bell, by Iris Murdoch
3. The Dark Tide, by Vera Brittain
4. The Elements of Style, by Strunk and White
5. Mandoa, Mandoa! by Winifred Holtby
6. Memento Mori, by Muriel Spark
7. A House in the Country, by Jocelyn Playfair
8. The Legacy, by Katherine Webb
9. An Unsuitable Attachment, by Barbara Pym
10. Great Granny Webster, by Caroline Blackwood
March:
1. Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake, by Anna Quindlen
2. The Weather in the Streets, by Rosamond Lehmann
3. The Vet's Daughter, by Barbara Comyns
4. Hotel du Lac, by Anita Brookner
5. The Children Who Lived in a Barn, by Eleanor Graham
6. Rule Britannia, by Daphne Du Maurier
7. Together and Apart, by Margaret Kennedy
8. Original Letters From India, by Eliza Fay
9. Complications, by Atul Gawande
April:
1. The Uninvited Guests, by Sadie Jones
2. The Medical Detectives, by Berton Rouche
3. Wait for Me! by Deborah Devonshire
4. Midsummer Night in the Workhouse, by Diana Athill
5. Shadow of the Moon, by MM Kaye
6. Territorial Rights, by Muriel Spark
7. Aiding and Abetting, by Muriel Spark
8. Joy in the Morning, by Betty Smith
9. The Unseen, by Katherine Webb
10. The Infernal World of Branwell Bronte, by Daphne Du Maurier
May:
1. Elizabeth I, by Margaret George
2. The Kings' Mistresses, by Elizabeth Goldsmith
3. Angel, by Elizabeth Taylor
4. Bring up the Bodies, by Hilary Mantel
5. Our Spoons Came From Woolworths, by Barbara Comyns
6. China to Me, by Emily Hahn
7. Mrs. Robinson's Disgrace, by Kate Summerscale
8. Peking Picnic, by Ann Bridge
9. The Cause, by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles
10. The Moonspinners, by Mary Stewart
11. Doreen, by Barbara Noble
12. Mrs. Tim Carries On, by DE Stevenson
June:
1. Have His Carcase, by Dorothy Sayers
2. The Prince of Mist, by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
3. The New York Stories of Elizabeth Hardwick
4. Morality Play, by Barry Unsworth
5. The Shuttle, by Frances Hodgson Burnett
6. Zoe, by Geraldine Jewsbury
7. Villette, by Charlotte Bronte
8. The Roaring Nineties, by Katharine Susannah Prichard
July:
1. The Queen's Vow, by CW Gortner
2. BUtterfield 8, by John O'Hara
3. Memoirs of Montparnasse, by John Glassco
4. The Way Things Are, by EM Delafield
5. The Fortnight in September, by RC Sherriff
6. Little Boy Lost, by Marghanita Laski
7. A Few Green Leaves, by Barbara Pym
8. Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance, by Atul Gawande
9. The Ordeal of Elizabeth Marsh, by Linda Colley
10. Winter Sonata, by Dorothy Edwards
August:
1. My Brilliant Career, by Miles Franklin
2. Bobbin' Up, by Dorothy Hewett
3. Luminous Isle, by Elliott Bliss
4. Elizabeth and her German Garden, by Elizabeth von Arnim
5. Mary O'Grady, by Mary Lavin
6. Young Entry, by Molly Keane
7. The Lost Traveller, by Antonia White
September:
1. The Customs of the Country, by Edith Wharton
2. The Flight of the Falcon, by Daphne Du Maurier
3. No Surrender, by Constance Maud
4. Cider with Rosie, by Laurie Lee
5. An Interrupted Life: The Diaries and Letters of Etty Hillesum 1941-43
6. Less than Angels, by Barbara Pym
7. The Glimpses of the Moon, by Edith Wharton
October:
1. Harold the King, by Helen Hollick
2. The Checklist Manifesto, by Atul Gawande
3. On the Night of the Seventh Moon, by Victoria Holt
4. Stiff, by Mary Roach
5. Herself Surprised, by Joyce Cary
6. Washington Square, by Henry James
7. Minnie's Room, by Mollie Panter-Downes
8. Women Against Men, by Storm Jameson
9. The Constant Nymph, by Margaret Kennedy
November:
1. Miss Buncle Married, by DE Stevenson
2. A Favourite of the Gods, by Sybille Bedford
3. Gaudy Night, by Dorothy Sayers
4. The World is Not Enough, by Zoe Oldenbourg
5. Away, by Jane Urquhart
6. The Judge, by Rebecca West
December:
1. Some Everyday Folk and Dawn, by Miles Franklin
2. Farewell Leicester Square, by Betty Miller
3. The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, by Oliver Sacks
4. Wigs on the Green, by Nancy Mitford
5. Hindoo Holiday, by JR Ackerley
6. Westwood, by Stella Gibbons
7. Miss Hargreaves, by Frank Baker
11. Doreen, by Barbara Noble
12. Mrs. Tim Carries On, by DE Stevenson
June:
1. Have His Carcase, by Dorothy Sayers
2. The Prince of Mist, by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
3. The New York Stories of Elizabeth Hardwick
4. Morality Play, by Barry Unsworth
5. The Shuttle, by Frances Hodgson Burnett
6. Zoe, by Geraldine Jewsbury
7. Villette, by Charlotte Bronte
8. The Roaring Nineties, by Katharine Susannah Prichard
July:
1. The Queen's Vow, by CW Gortner
2. BUtterfield 8, by John O'Hara
3. Memoirs of Montparnasse, by John Glassco
4. The Way Things Are, by EM Delafield
5. The Fortnight in September, by RC Sherriff
6. Little Boy Lost, by Marghanita Laski
7. A Few Green Leaves, by Barbara Pym
8. Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance, by Atul Gawande
9. The Ordeal of Elizabeth Marsh, by Linda Colley
10. Winter Sonata, by Dorothy Edwards
August:
1. My Brilliant Career, by Miles Franklin
2. Bobbin' Up, by Dorothy Hewett
3. Luminous Isle, by Elliott Bliss
4. Elizabeth and her German Garden, by Elizabeth von Arnim
5. Mary O'Grady, by Mary Lavin
6. Young Entry, by Molly Keane
7. The Lost Traveller, by Antonia White
September:
1. The Customs of the Country, by Edith Wharton
2. The Flight of the Falcon, by Daphne Du Maurier
3. No Surrender, by Constance Maud
4. Cider with Rosie, by Laurie Lee
5. An Interrupted Life: The Diaries and Letters of Etty Hillesum 1941-43
6. Less than Angels, by Barbara Pym
7. The Glimpses of the Moon, by Edith Wharton
October:
1. Harold the King, by Helen Hollick
2. The Checklist Manifesto, by Atul Gawande
3. On the Night of the Seventh Moon, by Victoria Holt
4. Stiff, by Mary Roach
5. Herself Surprised, by Joyce Cary
6. Washington Square, by Henry James
7. Minnie's Room, by Mollie Panter-Downes
8. Women Against Men, by Storm Jameson
9. The Constant Nymph, by Margaret Kennedy
November:
1. Miss Buncle Married, by DE Stevenson
2. A Favourite of the Gods, by Sybille Bedford
3. Gaudy Night, by Dorothy Sayers
4. The World is Not Enough, by Zoe Oldenbourg
5. Away, by Jane Urquhart
6. The Judge, by Rebecca West
December:
1. Some Everyday Folk and Dawn, by Miles Franklin
2. Farewell Leicester Square, by Betty Miller
3. The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, by Oliver Sacks
4. Wigs on the Green, by Nancy Mitford
5. Hindoo Holiday, by JR Ackerley
6. Westwood, by Stella Gibbons
7. Miss Hargreaves, by Frank Baker