You can also see a list of my [[Favourite Books]].
## Scoring explained
90%+ = Masterpiece: Life changing stuff.
80% = Amazing: One of the books of the year.
70% = Good: Certainly worth a read.
60% = Decent: Flawed, but still read it if the subject interests you.
50% = Average: Only if you’ve got spare time and really like the look of the book.
40% = Disappointing: Not worth your money.
30% = Bad: Don’t read it.
20% = Terrible: Really don’t read it.
10% = Awful: Please, do not read this garbage.
| Date Finished | Title | Score |
| ------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----- |
| **2025** | | |
| January 13 | [["Winters in the World - A Journey through the Anglo-Saxon Year" by Eleanor Parker]] | 70% |
| **2024** | | |
| December 28 | [["Hubbub - Filth, Noise, and Stench in England, 1600-1770" by Emily Cockayne]] | 60% |
| December 18 | [["Dr. Johnson's London - Everyday Life in London 1740-1770" by Liza Picard]] | 75% |
| November 25 | [["Nightwalking - A Nocturnal History of London" by Matthew Beaumont]] | DNF |
| August 20 | [["Quiet" by Susan Cain]] | 70% |
| In Progress | [["English Food - A People’s History" by Diane Purkiss]] | |
| March 27 | [["Same as Ever" by Morgan Housel]] | 65% |
| March 4 | [["Superforecasting" by Philip E. Tetlock and Dan Gardner]] | 70% |
| **2023** | | |
| October 9 | [["Hellraisers" by Robert Sellers]] | 65% |
| October 1 | [["Boswell’s Presumptuous Task" by Adam Sisman]] | 75% |
| September 20 | [["The King’s City - A History of London during The Restoration" by Don Jordan]] | DNF |
| September 20 | [["Making History" by Richard Cohen]] | 70% |
| July 9 | [["Chip War" by Chris Miller]] | DNF |
| June, 2023 | [["Humanly Possible - Seven Hundred Years of Humanist Freethinking, Enquiry and Hope" by Sarah Bakewell]] | 80% |
| **2022** | | |
| October | [["An Anatomy of Addiction" by Howard Markel]] | 75% |
| **2016** | | |
| August 24 | [["A Stain in the Blood" by Joe Moshenska]] | 65% |
| **2015** | | |
| July | [["The Inimitable Jeeves" by P.G. Wodehouse]] | 75% |