Over the years I have read hundreds of books, most of which have been largely forgotten. At various times I have listed them in various diaries. The lists are horribly incomplete and most of the books prompt no memory whatsoever. For what it's worth here are the Steward book years 1974 to 2006..
1974
The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty
The Terminal Man by Michael Crichton
The Riverside Villas Murder by Kingsley Amis
The Russians by W. H. Parker
1975
Jaws by Peter Benchley 24 out of 30
The Saturn Finger by Victor Canning 26
Saint with Red Hands by Yseult Bridges 26
The Professor by Charlotte Bronte 18
Electra by Henry Treece
1977
The Ginger Man by J.P Donleavy
Transports of Delight by Jack Burton
The Sound of the Weir by Mary Ingate
Short Stories by H.G. Wells
Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
The Art of Coarse Golf by Michael Green
Topaz by Leon Uris (January book of the month)
Enquiry by Dick Francis
For Kicks by Dick Francis
Old Moke by Alexander Fullerton
Forfeit by Dick Francis
Odds Against by Dick Francis
Titus Groan by Mervyn Peake (February book of the month)
Gideon's Sport by J.J. Marric
13 Days by Robert Kennedy
Episode by William Taylor (March book of the month)
Gideon's Risk by J.J Marric
Gideon's Month by J.J. Marric
Lord Arthur Saville's Crime by Oscar Wilde
Rommel, Gunner Who by Spike Milligan
The Mask of the Clown by William Taylor
Gideon's Vote by J.J Marric
Our Human Constitution by Anthony Ward
Olympiad by Brian Glanville
Shankly by Bill Shankly
Mohammad Ali The Greatest by Mohammad Ali
The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boon (April book of the month)
The Saddest Summer of Samuel S by JP Donleavy
The Betsy by Harold Robbins
The Innocent Party by Celia Dale (May book of the month)
The Man who Gave the Beatles Away by Alun Williams
A Game of Murder by Francis Durbridge
I Start Counting by Lindup (June book of the month)
Baffling Things of the World
The West End Horror by Nicholas Meyer
Seven Per Cent Solution - Nicholas Meyer
Peyton Place by Grace Metalious (July book of the month)
And This Is Me by Mike Yarwood
It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet by James Herriot
Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
Brother Cain by Simon Raven
The Smallman's Guide by Ronnie Corbett
Siege of Trenchers' Farm by Gordon Williams
The Servant by Simon Maughan
The Commuter by Brendan Mulholland
The Roman Marriage by Brian Glanville
The Island of Dr Morreau by HG Wells
Return to Peyton Place by Grace Metalious (August book of the month)
Another Woman's Shoes by Francis Durbridge
Genesis 38 by Brian Cooper
The Director's Wife and Other Stories by Brian Glanville
Dangerous Illusion by Mandy Brow
Intimacy by Jean Paul Sartre
The Graduate by Stanley Webb
Burning Bright by John Steinbeck
Gideon's Week by JJ Marric
The Death of Reginald Perrin by David Nobbs (September book of the month)
Silence by James Kennaway
The Eye Stories by Harriet Endstone?
Howard Hughes by ?
Pastime by Anthony Fowles
Carpetbaggers by Harrold Robbins
The President's Mistress by Patrick Anderson (October book of the month)
Jonathan Livingstone Seagull by Richard Bach
The Beast Must Die by Nicholas Blake
Knock Down by Dick Francis
The Pink Panther Strikes Again by Frank Wildman (November book of the month)
Gideon's Staff by JJ Marric
Babi Yar by Kuznetsov (December book of the month)
The Crying Game by John Braine.
1978
Evita by ? 21 marks out of 30+
The Listeners by Monica Dickens 21
The 39 Steps by John Buchan 22
Greenmantle by John Buchan 20
Mr Standfast by John Buchan 21
Utopia by Thomas More 20
You Want the Right Frame of Reference by William Cooper 22
The Man with the Golden Gun by Ian Fleming 17
The Keys of Hell by Jack Higgins 16
Heritage of Folly by Catherine Marchant 24
I Can Only Promise You Tomorrow by Geraldine Hersey 29 (book of the year)
Oliver's Story by Eric Seagal 18
Roaring Boys by Edward Blishen 17
The Footballer by Derek Dougan 23
The Fog by James Herbert 23
Dead Water by E and M.A Radford 12
Death of a Dreamer by Douglas Warner 26
The Plague by Graham Masterson 23
How to Survive from Nine till Five by Jilly Cooper 16
The Fellowship of the Ring by J R Tolkein 18
Dead and Alive by Hammond Innes 21
Michael and All Angels by Nora Lofty 22
Chariot of the Gods by Eric Von Danegan 16
Bishop in Check by Adam Hall 18
The Spirit of the West by Joseph Hocking 21
The Good Life by John Esmonde and Bob Larbey 23
More of the Good Life by John Esmonde and Bob Larbey 23
Ruin From the Air by Gordon Thomas and Max Morgan Witt
A Man Alone by Anthony Grey 22
The Bulgarian Exclusive by Anthony Grey 19
The Russian Novel by CJ Newman 21
Close of Play by Simon Raven 19
The Rats by James Herbert 20
The Chrysalis by William Taylor 16
Spawn by Robert Holles 23
Somewhere in England by Reg Gedney 17
Damien: Omen 2 by Joseph Howard 21
Suffer the Children by John Saul 22
In High Places by Arthur Hailey 28
The Other Side of Midnight by Sidney Sheldon 23
The Stalker by Bill Pronzlni 21
Mila 18 by Leon Uris 18
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell 27
Never Leave Me by Harold Robbins 17
The Final Diagnosis by Arthur Hailey 28
Everyday Life in ? America by ? 25
The Making of Tania Hurst by ?
1983
Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Kane and Abel by Jeffrey Archer
The Six Eleven
1985
Second Form Last in the Sack Race by David Nobbs
Horton's Test by Michael Petri
Mr T by Martin Russell
The Final Checkpoint by Dennis Quigley
Goodbye Mr Chips by James Hilton
Passage to India by E. M. Forster
2001 by Arthur C Clarke
Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Thinner by Richard Bachman (Steven King)
History of Cricket Volume 1
History of Cricket Volume 2
1986
The Smooth Face of Evil by Margaret Yorke
Unsuitable for a Woman by PD James
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
1989
Book reviews 1989-90
On the Black Hill by Bruce Chatwin
Utz by Bruce Chatwin
The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy
Tess of the D'Urbeviile by Thomas Hardy
Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
Look Back in Anger by John Osborne
The Trumpet Major by Thomas Hardy
And a Voice to Sing With by Joan Baez
La Symphonic Pastorale. Isabelle by Andre Gide
A Murder of Quality by John Le Carre
In Country by Bobbie Anne Mason
1990
Nice Work by David Lodge
The Bridesmaid by Ruth Rendle
Two on a Tower by Thomas Hardy
Wessex Tales by Thomas Hardy
Oscar and Lucinda by Peter Carey
North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
Restoration by Rose Tremayne
The Small House at Allington by Anthony Trollope
Four After Midnight - Steven King
1991
City of the Mind by Penelope Lively
Fat Man in History by Peter Carey
Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood
Suspension by Margaret Atwood
Of Human Bondage by W Somerset-Maughan
Cakes and Ale by W. Somerset Maughan
Then and Now by W. Somerset Maughan
Gallowglass by Barbara Vine
Rabbit Run by John Updike
Rabbit Redux by John Updike
Rabbit is Rich by John Updike
Marya a Life by Joyce Carol Oates
Mysteries of Winterthurn by Joyce Carol Oates
American Appetites by Joyce Carol Oates
1992
The Volcano Lover by Susan Sontag
The Collector by John Fowles
Sacred Country by Rose Tremain
The Magus by John Fowles
The Door to December by Dean Koontz
The Vision by Dean Koontz
Shattered by Dean Koontz
The Voice of the Night by Dean Koontz
Lightning by Dean Koontz
Because It's Bitter and Because It's My Heart by Joyce Carol Oates
1999
American Psycho by Brett Easton Ellis 29 marks out of 40*
Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood 35
Regeneration by Pat Barker 29
The Eye in the Door by Pat Barker 30
The Ghost Road by Pat Barker 30
Strange Highways by Dean Koontz 27
The Town and the City by Jack Kerouac
Taxi The Harry Chapin Story by Peter Coan
2002
The Lost Boy by Dave Pelzer
A Man Called Dave by Dave Pelzer
The Subtle Knife by Phillip Pullman
Patchwork Planet by Anne Tyler
The Painted House by John Grisham
Opening Up by Mike Atherton
2003
When we were Orphans by Kazuo Ishiguro
Man and Wife by Tony Parsons
Jack and Bobby by Leo McKinstry
Unless by Carole Shields
A Celibate Season by Blanche Howard and Carole Shields
One Hit Wonderland by Tony Hawkes
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte
Jayne Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
All Things Must Pass - The Life of George Harrison by Marc Shapiro
Playing the Moldovans at Tennis by Tony Hawks
2004
Any Human Heart by William Boyd *****
Nemisis by Agatha Christie
Sleeping Murder by Agatha Christie
A History of Norwich School
The First Four Minutes by Roger Bannister
Middle Age by Joyce Carole Oates ****
The Last Juror by John Grisham ****
Northern Lights by Phillip Pullman ***
2005
Post Mortem by Ben Elton ****
The Complete History of Classical Music by Stephen Fry ***
Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier (re-read) ****
Peyton Place by Grace Metalious (re-read) ****
Deception Point by Dan Brown **
Digital Fortress by Dan Brown ***
The Two of Us My life with John Thaw - Sheila Hancock ****
The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown ****
Angels and Demons by Dan Brown ***
2006
A Caribbean Mystery by Agatha Christie ***
A Pocket Full of Rye by Agatha Christie ***
The Barclay James Harvest Story by Keith and Monika Domone ****
Inside Out - A Personal History of Pink Floyd by Nick Mason ***
Saturday by Ian McEwan ****
All I Want for Xmas by Iwan Roberts ****
Moondust by Andrew Smith ***
Adrian Mole and the Weapons of Mass Destruction by Sue Townsend ***
Labyrinthe by Kate Mosse ***
First Casualty by Ben Elton ***
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg ****
Standing in a Rainbow by Fannie Flagg ****
Welcome to the World Baby Girl by Fannie Flagg ****
A Redbird Christmas by Fannie Flagg ***
1974
The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty
The Terminal Man by Michael Crichton
The Riverside Villas Murder by Kingsley Amis
The Russians by W. H. Parker
1975
Jaws by Peter Benchley 24 out of 30
The Saturn Finger by Victor Canning 26
Saint with Red Hands by Yseult Bridges 26
The Professor by Charlotte Bronte 18
Electra by Henry Treece
1977
The Ginger Man by J.P Donleavy
Transports of Delight by Jack Burton
The Sound of the Weir by Mary Ingate
Short Stories by H.G. Wells
Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
The Art of Coarse Golf by Michael Green
Topaz by Leon Uris (January book of the month)
Enquiry by Dick Francis
For Kicks by Dick Francis
Old Moke by Alexander Fullerton
Forfeit by Dick Francis
Odds Against by Dick Francis
Titus Groan by Mervyn Peake (February book of the month)
Gideon's Sport by J.J. Marric
13 Days by Robert Kennedy
Episode by William Taylor (March book of the month)
Gideon's Risk by J.J Marric
Gideon's Month by J.J. Marric
Lord Arthur Saville's Crime by Oscar Wilde
Rommel, Gunner Who by Spike Milligan
The Mask of the Clown by William Taylor
Gideon's Vote by J.J Marric
Our Human Constitution by Anthony Ward
Olympiad by Brian Glanville
Shankly by Bill Shankly
Mohammad Ali The Greatest by Mohammad Ali
The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boon (April book of the month)
The Saddest Summer of Samuel S by JP Donleavy
The Betsy by Harold Robbins
The Innocent Party by Celia Dale (May book of the month)
The Man who Gave the Beatles Away by Alun Williams
A Game of Murder by Francis Durbridge
I Start Counting by Lindup (June book of the month)
Baffling Things of the World
The West End Horror by Nicholas Meyer
Seven Per Cent Solution - Nicholas Meyer
Peyton Place by Grace Metalious (July book of the month)
And This Is Me by Mike Yarwood
It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet by James Herriot
Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
Brother Cain by Simon Raven
The Smallman's Guide by Ronnie Corbett
Siege of Trenchers' Farm by Gordon Williams
The Servant by Simon Maughan
The Commuter by Brendan Mulholland
The Roman Marriage by Brian Glanville
The Island of Dr Morreau by HG Wells
Return to Peyton Place by Grace Metalious (August book of the month)
Another Woman's Shoes by Francis Durbridge
Genesis 38 by Brian Cooper
The Director's Wife and Other Stories by Brian Glanville
Dangerous Illusion by Mandy Brow
Intimacy by Jean Paul Sartre
The Graduate by Stanley Webb
Burning Bright by John Steinbeck
Gideon's Week by JJ Marric
The Death of Reginald Perrin by David Nobbs (September book of the month)
Silence by James Kennaway
The Eye Stories by Harriet Endstone?
Howard Hughes by ?
Pastime by Anthony Fowles
Carpetbaggers by Harrold Robbins
The President's Mistress by Patrick Anderson (October book of the month)
Jonathan Livingstone Seagull by Richard Bach
The Beast Must Die by Nicholas Blake
Knock Down by Dick Francis
The Pink Panther Strikes Again by Frank Wildman (November book of the month)
Gideon's Staff by JJ Marric
Babi Yar by Kuznetsov (December book of the month)
The Crying Game by John Braine.
1978
Evita by ? 21 marks out of 30+
The Listeners by Monica Dickens 21
The 39 Steps by John Buchan 22
Greenmantle by John Buchan 20
Mr Standfast by John Buchan 21
Utopia by Thomas More 20
You Want the Right Frame of Reference by William Cooper 22
The Man with the Golden Gun by Ian Fleming 17
The Keys of Hell by Jack Higgins 16
Heritage of Folly by Catherine Marchant 24
I Can Only Promise You Tomorrow by Geraldine Hersey 29 (book of the year)
Oliver's Story by Eric Seagal 18
Roaring Boys by Edward Blishen 17
The Footballer by Derek Dougan 23
The Fog by James Herbert 23
Dead Water by E and M.A Radford 12
Death of a Dreamer by Douglas Warner 26
The Plague by Graham Masterson 23
How to Survive from Nine till Five by Jilly Cooper 16
The Fellowship of the Ring by J R Tolkein 18
Dead and Alive by Hammond Innes 21
Michael and All Angels by Nora Lofty 22
Chariot of the Gods by Eric Von Danegan 16
Bishop in Check by Adam Hall 18
The Spirit of the West by Joseph Hocking 21
The Good Life by John Esmonde and Bob Larbey 23
More of the Good Life by John Esmonde and Bob Larbey 23
Ruin From the Air by Gordon Thomas and Max Morgan Witt
A Man Alone by Anthony Grey 22
The Bulgarian Exclusive by Anthony Grey 19
The Russian Novel by CJ Newman 21
Close of Play by Simon Raven 19
The Rats by James Herbert 20
The Chrysalis by William Taylor 16
Spawn by Robert Holles 23
Somewhere in England by Reg Gedney 17
Damien: Omen 2 by Joseph Howard 21
Suffer the Children by John Saul 22
In High Places by Arthur Hailey 28
The Other Side of Midnight by Sidney Sheldon 23
The Stalker by Bill Pronzlni 21
Mila 18 by Leon Uris 18
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell 27
Never Leave Me by Harold Robbins 17
The Final Diagnosis by Arthur Hailey 28
Everyday Life in ? America by ? 25
The Making of Tania Hurst by ?
1983
Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Kane and Abel by Jeffrey Archer
The Six Eleven
1985
Second Form Last in the Sack Race by David Nobbs
Horton's Test by Michael Petri
Mr T by Martin Russell
The Final Checkpoint by Dennis Quigley
Goodbye Mr Chips by James Hilton
Passage to India by E. M. Forster
2001 by Arthur C Clarke
Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Thinner by Richard Bachman (Steven King)
History of Cricket Volume 1
History of Cricket Volume 2
1986
The Smooth Face of Evil by Margaret Yorke
Unsuitable for a Woman by PD James
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
1989
Book reviews 1989-90
On the Black Hill by Bruce Chatwin
Utz by Bruce Chatwin
The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy
Tess of the D'Urbeviile by Thomas Hardy
Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
Look Back in Anger by John Osborne
The Trumpet Major by Thomas Hardy
And a Voice to Sing With by Joan Baez
La Symphonic Pastorale. Isabelle by Andre Gide
A Murder of Quality by John Le Carre
In Country by Bobbie Anne Mason
1990
Nice Work by David Lodge
The Bridesmaid by Ruth Rendle
Two on a Tower by Thomas Hardy
Wessex Tales by Thomas Hardy
Oscar and Lucinda by Peter Carey
North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
Restoration by Rose Tremayne
The Small House at Allington by Anthony Trollope
Four After Midnight - Steven King
1991
City of the Mind by Penelope Lively
Fat Man in History by Peter Carey
Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood
Suspension by Margaret Atwood
Of Human Bondage by W Somerset-Maughan
Cakes and Ale by W. Somerset Maughan
Then and Now by W. Somerset Maughan
Gallowglass by Barbara Vine
Rabbit Run by John Updike
Rabbit Redux by John Updike
Rabbit is Rich by John Updike
Marya a Life by Joyce Carol Oates
Mysteries of Winterthurn by Joyce Carol Oates
American Appetites by Joyce Carol Oates
1992
The Volcano Lover by Susan Sontag
The Collector by John Fowles
Sacred Country by Rose Tremain
The Magus by John Fowles
The Door to December by Dean Koontz
The Vision by Dean Koontz
Shattered by Dean Koontz
The Voice of the Night by Dean Koontz
Lightning by Dean Koontz
Because It's Bitter and Because It's My Heart by Joyce Carol Oates
1999
American Psycho by Brett Easton Ellis 29 marks out of 40*
Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood 35
Regeneration by Pat Barker 29
The Eye in the Door by Pat Barker 30
The Ghost Road by Pat Barker 30
Strange Highways by Dean Koontz 27
The Town and the City by Jack Kerouac
Taxi The Harry Chapin Story by Peter Coan
2002
The Lost Boy by Dave Pelzer
A Man Called Dave by Dave Pelzer
The Subtle Knife by Phillip Pullman
Patchwork Planet by Anne Tyler
The Painted House by John Grisham
Opening Up by Mike Atherton
2003
When we were Orphans by Kazuo Ishiguro
Man and Wife by Tony Parsons
Jack and Bobby by Leo McKinstry
Unless by Carole Shields
A Celibate Season by Blanche Howard and Carole Shields
One Hit Wonderland by Tony Hawkes
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte
Jayne Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
All Things Must Pass - The Life of George Harrison by Marc Shapiro
Playing the Moldovans at Tennis by Tony Hawks
2004
Any Human Heart by William Boyd *****
Nemisis by Agatha Christie
Sleeping Murder by Agatha Christie
A History of Norwich School
The First Four Minutes by Roger Bannister
Middle Age by Joyce Carole Oates ****
The Last Juror by John Grisham ****
Northern Lights by Phillip Pullman ***
2005
Post Mortem by Ben Elton ****
The Complete History of Classical Music by Stephen Fry ***
Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier (re-read) ****
Peyton Place by Grace Metalious (re-read) ****
Deception Point by Dan Brown **
Digital Fortress by Dan Brown ***
The Two of Us My life with John Thaw - Sheila Hancock ****
The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown ****
Angels and Demons by Dan Brown ***
2006
A Caribbean Mystery by Agatha Christie ***
A Pocket Full of Rye by Agatha Christie ***
The Barclay James Harvest Story by Keith and Monika Domone ****
Inside Out - A Personal History of Pink Floyd by Nick Mason ***
Saturday by Ian McEwan ****
All I Want for Xmas by Iwan Roberts ****
Moondust by Andrew Smith ***
Adrian Mole and the Weapons of Mass Destruction by Sue Townsend ***
Labyrinthe by Kate Mosse ***
First Casualty by Ben Elton ***
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg ****
Standing in a Rainbow by Fannie Flagg ****
Welcome to the World Baby Girl by Fannie Flagg ****
A Redbird Christmas by Fannie Flagg ***