What happened next…?

People have asked for a list of the books which were read during the Jesmond Library Readathon, 26-27 June 2026

Books read:

To Kill a Mockingbird​​​​ – Harper Lee

The Elephant’s Child​​​​ – Rudyard Kipling

There is an England​​​​ – Harry Gallagher

Lincoln​​​​​ – Doris Kearns Goodwin

Murder at the Seaview Hotel​​ – Glenda Young

Mary Poppins – ​​​​​P.L Travers

Serious Concerns​​​​ – Wendy Cope

Notes from a Small Island​​​ – Bill Bryson

Lolly Willowes​​​​ – Sylvia Townsend Warner

An Unfortunate Accident​​​ – Graham Greene

Only Fools and Stories​​​ – David Jason

Brideshead Revisited​​​ – Evelyn Waugh

The Magic Bed​​​​ – John Burningham

Nisha’s War​​​​​ – Dan Smith

The Noise of Time​​​​ – Julian Barnes

Billy Ruffian​​​​​ – David Cordingley

A Walk of Woods​​​​ – Martin Eccles

A Suitable Boy​​​​ – Vikram Seth

Hauntings/Ghost Abbey​​​ – Robert Westall

Get Carter​​​​​ – Ted Lewis

Write it All Down​​​​ – Cathy Rentzenbrink

War Horse​​​​​ – Michael Morpurgo

The Last Picture Show​​​ – Larry McMurtry

Holidays to Hell​​​​ – P J O’Rourke

England Their England​​​ – A G Macdonell

Matchbox Theatre – Michael Frayn

Once a Doctor​​​​ – Ron Mulroy

Corduroy and Denim​​​​ – David Sedaris

The Animals of Mulberry Common – ​​Hilary Cannock

The Other Boleyn Girl​​​ – Philippa Gregory

More William​​​​​ – Richmal Crompton

Guards! Guards!​​​​ – Terry Pratchett

Tell Me Everything​​​​ – Elizabeth Strout

A Wizard of Earthsea​​​​ – Ursula K. le Guin

A Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy​​ – Douglas Adams

Poems​​​​​​ – Rudyard Kipling

Life After Life​​​​​ – Kate Atkinson

The Golden Years​​​​ – Ruskin Bond

The Misadventure of Dougal​​​ – Eric Thompson

Regatta​​​​​ – Julie Greenan

The Arabian Nights​​​​(trans) – Malcolm C Lyons

The Library of Babel​​​​ – Jorge Luis Borges

The Talented Mr Ripley​​​ – Patricia Highsmith

The Correspondent​​​​ – Virginia Evans

Marcovaldo​​​​​ – Italo Calvino (read in Italian)

The Goddesses of Zitkova​​​ – Katerine Tuckova (read in Czech)

Talking Heads​​​​​ – Alan Bennett

Train Doors Slamming​​​ – John Pearson

Tortoise’s Dream​​​​ – Joanna Troughton

Teeny tiny and the Witch Woman​​ – Barbara K. Walker

The Songlines​​​​​ – Bruce Chatwin

Twilight​​​​​ – Stephanie Meyer

There’s a boy in the girls’ bathroom​​ – Louis Sachar

The Dragonsitter Disasters​​​ – Josh Lacey

Revolting Rhymes​​​​ – Roald Dahl

The Lion and Albert​​​​ – Marriott Edgar

Walk the Blue Field​​​​ – Claire Keegan

Fahrenheit 451​​​​ – Ray Bradbury

A Child’s Christmas in Wales​​ – Dylan Thomas

Keeping the Faith​​​​ – Carol Clewlow

Unexplained Mysteries​​​ – Luke Marsh

This Is Where the Serpent Lives​​ – Daniyal Mueernuddin

Rabbit and Bear​​​​ – Julian Gough

Jane Eyre​​​​​ – Charlotte Bronte

Nesting​​​​​ – Roisin O’Donnell

The Persians​​​​​ – Sanam Mahloudji

Gliff​​​​​​ – Ali Smith

Solar Bones​​​​​ – Mike McCormack

The Wind in the Willows​​​ – Kenneth Grahame

Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig​ – Eugene Trivizas

Historical Whodunnits – ​​​(ed) Mike Ashley

1984​​​​​​ – George Orwell

Grimwood Let the Fur Fly​​​ – Nadia Shreen

Belgrave Road​​​​ – Manish Chauhan

The Beginning of Spring​​​ – Penelope Fitzgerald

Horse​​​​​​ x Geraldine Brooks

The Twits​​​​​ – Roald Dahl

Lost in Translation​​​​ – Ella Frances Sanders

Words for Life​​​​​ – Susie Dent

Chameleon​​​​​ – Beda Higgins

Poems​​​​​​ – Edward Lear

Public Library​​​​​ – Ali Smith

Alfie Out of Doors​​​​ – Shirley Hughes

As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning​ – Laurie Lee

The Great Gatsby​​​​ – F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Iron Man​​​​​ – Ted Hughes

The Endurance Artist​​​​ – Jared Beasley

The Fifth Risk​​​​​ – Michael Lewis

Orchard Book of Funny Poems​​ – (ed) Wendy Cope

Claude​​​​​ – Alex T. Smith

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime​​ – Mark Haddon

Being Human​​​​​ – (ed) Neil Astley

Silent Voices​​​​​ – Ann Cleeves

Femina​​​​​ – Janina Ramirez

A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush​​ – Eric Newby

Conversations with David Hockney​ ​- Martin Gayford

The Lady in the Van​​​​ – Alan Bennett