51. It Sounded Better in My Head – Nina Kenwood
50. The Great Godden – Meg Rosoff
49. Shuggie Bain – Douglas Stuart
48. The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires – Grady Hendrix
47. Punching the Air – Ibi Zoboi & Yusef Salaam
46. The Chain – Adrian McKinty
45. When We Were Vikings – Andrew David MacDonald
44. Tall Oaks – Chris Whitaker
43. Family – Micol Ostow
42. Later – Stephen King
41. The Paper Palace – Miranda Cowley Heller
40. Tin Man – Sarah Winman
39. Mirrorland – Carole Johnstone
38. The Familiar Dark – Amy Engel
37. The Heart’s Invisible Furies – John Boyne
36. Us – David Nicholls
35. The Lying Woods – Ashley Elston
34. The Blue Castle – L.M. Montgomery
33. If We Were Villains – M.L. Rio
32. One True Loves – Taylor Jenkins Reid
31. The Children of Red Peak – Craig DiLouie
30. In Ruins – Danielle Pearl
29. The Perfect Liar – Thomas Christopher Greene
28. Keeping Lucy – T. Greenwood
27. Good Girl, Bad Girl – Michael Robotham
26. Cataract City – Craig Davidson
25. Dear Amy – Helen Callaghan
24. A Rip in Heaven – Jeanine Cummins
23. The Vanishing Half – Brit Bennett
22. My Name is Lucy Barton – Elizabeth Strout
21. The Girls Are All So Nice Here – Laurie Elizabeth Flynn
20. Bloodline – Jess Lourey
19. Sing, Unburied, Sing – Jesmyn Ward
18. We Begin at the End – Chris Whitaker
17. The End of Your Life Book Club – Will Schwalbe
16. Velocity – Kristin McCloy
15. Corrupt – Penelope Douglas
14. The Lesser Dead – Christopher Buehlman
13. The Cousins – Karen M. McManus
12. Girl Crazy – Russell Smith
11. The Project – Courtney Summers
10. Hamnet and Judith – Maggie O’Farrell
9. Forbidden – Tabitha Suzuma
8. The Night Inside – Nancy Baker
7. Concrete Rose – Angie Thomas
6. Perfect Days – Raphael Montes
5. Crooked River – Valerie Geary
4. All the Beautiful Lies – Peter Swanson
3. Red, White & Royal Blue – Casey McQuiston
2. Her Last Death – Susanne Sonnenberg
1. White Ivy – Susie Yang
My vote is for the admittedly sentimental DOCTOR ZHIVAGO — if for no other reason to suspend disbelief and enjoy the good doctor’s choices in women. Lara deserves more than a theme, I’ll tell you. I’d call Julie Christie “comrade” any day of the week.
Droctor Zhivago is one of my favourite movies – but I have never read the book. I always loved that scene where the palace (or whatever it was) was covered in ice. And I think this movie is one of the reasons I have the whole kink for star-crossed, angsty love affairs.