Current
Science(ish): The Peculiar Science Behind the Movies, by Rick Edwards & Dr Michael Brooks

Last books finished
Musings on Mothering, ed. Teika Bellamy
Prophet Song, by Paul Lynch 
Annie Bot, by Sierra Greer
Ghost Devices, by Simon Bucher-Jones
‘Salem’s Lot, by Stephen King 

Next books
Omega, by Mark Griffiths and John Ridgway
Mother Ross: An Irish Amazon, by G.R. Lloyd 
Final Cut, by Charles Burns 

Current
Prophet Song, by Paul Lynch 
Ghost Devices, by Simon Bucher-Jones
Musings on Mothering, ed. Teika Bellamy
‘Salem’s Lot, by Stephen King 

Last books finished
Old Babes in the Wood, by Margaret Atwood
Black Mountain and other stories, by Gerry Adams (did not finish)
Irish Conflict in Comics, by James Bacon
The Principle of Moments, by Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson
@Wouters Wondere Wereld, by Guy Gilias
Thirst, by Amelie Nothomb
The School of Death, by Robbie Morrison et al

Next books
Omega, by Mark Griffiths and John Ridgway
Science(ish): The Peculiar Science Behind the Movies, by Rick Edwards
Annie Bot, by Sierra Greer

Current
The Principle of Moments, by Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson
Old Babes in the Wood, by Margaret Atwood
Irish Conflict in Comics, by James Bacon

Last books finished
My Secret Brexit Diary: A Glorious Illusion, by Michel Barnier
The Women Could Fly, by Megan Giddings 
London Centric: Tales of Future London, ed. Ian Whates
Somna: a bedtime story, by Becky Cloonan and Tula Lotay
The Five Red Herrings, by Dorothy L. Sayers
A Tall Man In A Low Land: Some Time Among the Belgians, by Harry Pearson

Next books
The School of Death, by Robbie Morrison et al
Black Mountain, by Gerry Adams
Prophet Song, by Paul Lynch 

Current
The Women Could Fly, by Megan Giddings 
London Centric: Tales of Future London, ed. Ian Whates
The Principle of Moments, by Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson

Last books finished
Voyage to Venus, by C.S. Lewis
The Bone Woman: A Forensic Anthropologist’s Search for Truth in the Mass Graves of Rwanda, Bosnia, Croatia, and Kosovo, by Clea Koff 
Colourfields: Writing About Writing About Science Fiction, by Paul Kincaid
Agent of Death: Memoirs of an Executioner, by Robert Greene Elliott
Inferno, by Gary Russell and John Ridgway
Three Eight One, by Aliya Whiteley 
Feet of Clay, by Terry Pratchett 
False Value, by Ben Aaronovitch 
The Dream House, by Lee Berridge
The Last Song of Penelope, by Claire North

There’s nothing like 24 hours on a ferry with patchy WiFi to boost your reading tally for the week. (And the month, come to that.)

Next books
Black Mountain, by Gerry Adams
Old Babes in the Wood, by Margaret Atwood
Prophet Song, by Paul Lynch 

Current
Colourfields, by Paul Kincaid
Voyage to Venus, by C.S. Lewis
The Bone Woman: A Forensic Anthropologist’s Search for Truth in the Mass Graves of Rwanda, Bosnia, Croatia, and Kosovo, by Clea Koff

Last books finished
Deadfall, by Gary Russell
Light in My Blood, by Jean Gilbert & William Dresden
The Incandescent, by Emily Tesh
Doctor Who: The Robot Revolution, by Una McCormack
The Crawling Wood, by Casey Lucas (did not finish)
The Iliad, by Homer, tr. Emily Wilson
The Devil’s Chord, by Dale Smith

Next books
The Dream House, by Lee Berridge
Feet of Clay, by Terry Pratchett
False Value, by Ben Aaronovitch

Current
The Iliad, by Homer, tr. Emily Wilson
Deadfall, by Gary Russell
Light in My Blood, by Jean Gilbert & William Dresden
The Incandescent, by Emily Tesh

Last books finished
Ringlet and the Day the Oceans Stopped, by Felicity Williams (did not finish)
Hyperion, by Robbie Morrison et al
Who Killed Nessie?, by Paul Cornell and Rachael Smith

Next books
Doctor Who: The Robot Revolution, by Una McCormack
Into the Mire: The Collected Works, by Casey Lucas
Voyage to Venus, by C.S. Lewis

Current
The Iliad, by Homer, tr. Emily Wilson

Last books finished
Tyrelia, by S R Manssen (did not finish)
Dragon Rift, by Eileen Mueller (did not finish)
Exterminate/Regenerate: The Story of Doctor Who, by John Higgs
Dark Winds Over Wellington: Chilling Tales of the Weird & the Strange, by TL Wood
The Master, by Louise Cooper
House of Odysseus, by Claire North
Inspector French and Sir John Magill’s Last Journey, by Freeman Wills Crofts

Next books
Hyperion, by Robbie Morrison et al
Ringlet and the Day the Oceans Stopped, by Felicity Williams
Voyage to Venus, by C.S. Lewis

Current
Exterminate/Regenerate: The Story of Doctor Who, by John Higgs
The Iliad, by Homer, tr. Emily Wilson
House of Odysseus, by Claire North

Last books finished
Ventiforms, by Sean Monaghan
The Blacksmith, by Barbara Howe (did not finish)
Apostate, by Forrest Reid
Spirits Abroad, by Zen Cho
From a Shadow Grave, by Andi C. Buchanan
Private Road, by Forrest Reid
We All Fall, by Helen Vivienne Fletcher

Next books
Tyrelia, by S R Manssen
The Master, by Louise Cooper
Voyage to Venus, by C.S. Lewis

Current
The Iliad, by Homer, tr. Emily Wilson
Spirits Abroad, by Zen Cho

Last books finished
Little Wars and Floor Games, by H.G. Wells
Year’s Best Aotearoa New Zealand Science Fiction and Fantasy: Volume I, ed Marie Hodgkinson
Down, by Laurence Miles
Around the World in 80 Games, by Marcus du Sautoy
Tides of the Titans, by Thoraiya Dyer
Spectral Scream, by Hannah Fergesen

Next books
Exterminate/Regenerate: The Story of Doctor Who, by by John Higgs
Ventiforms, by Sean Monaghan
The Master, by Louise Cooper

Current
Down, by Laurence Miles
Year’s Best Aotearoa New Zealand Science Fiction and Fantasy: Volume I, ed Marie Hodgkinson
Around the World in 80 Games, by Marcus du Sautoy

Last books finished
Fractures, by Robbie Morrison et al
Beautiful Star, by Yukio Mishima
The Revenant Express, by George Mann (did not finish)
Raven Heart, by Murphy Lawless
A Small Semblance of Home, by Paul Phipps
The Coming Wave: AI, Power and Our Future, by Mustafa Suleyman 

Next books
Spectral Scream, by Hannah Fergesen
Tides of the Titans, by Thoraiya Dyer
The Iliad, by Homer, tr. Emily Wilson

Forgot about this last night!

Current
Fractures, by Robbie Morrison et al
Beautiful Star, by Yukio Mishima
The Coming Wave: AI, Power and Our Future, by Mustafa Suleyman

Last books finished
The Green Man’s Quarry, by Juliet E. McKenna
Spent, by Alison Bechdel
The Gallant Edith Bratt: J.R.R. Tolkien’s Inspiration, by Nancy Bunting and Seamus Hamill-Keays
The Wren, The Wren, by Anne Enright
The Making of Martin Luther, by Richard Rex
F**k Work, Let’s Play: Do What You Love and Get Paid for It, by John Williams

Next books
Down, by Lawrence Miles
The Revenant Express, by George Mann
The Iliad, by Homer, tr. Emily Wilson

Current
The Wren, The Wren, by Anne Enright
Beautiful Star, by Yukio Mishima
The Green Man’s Quarry, by Juliet E. McKenna 
The Making of Martin Luther, by Richard Rex

Last books finished
Panter, by Brecht Evens
The Impossible Contract, by K. A. Doore
The Road: A Story of Romans and Ways to the Past, by Christopher Hadley

Next books
Fractures, by Robbie Morrison et al
The Revenant Express, by George Mann
The Coming Wave, by Mustafa Suleyman

Current
The Impossible Contract, by K. A. Doore

Last books finished
The Prince of Secrets, by A.J. Lancaster (did not finish)
Would She Be Gone, by Melanie Harding-Shaw 
Castrovalva, by Andrew Orton
1913: The Year Before the Storm, by Florian Illies
The Ancient Paths, by Graham Robb (did not finish)
“The Faery Handbag”, by Kelly Link
Under the Pendulum Sun, by Jeannette Ng
The Burgundians: A Vanished Empire, by Bart van Loo

Next books
The Making of Martin Luther, by Richard Rex
The Green Man’s Quarry, by Juliet E. McKenna 
Métal Hurlant Vol. 1: Le Futur c’est déjà demain, by Mathieu Bablet et al

Current
The Burgundians: A Vanished Empire, by Bart van Loo
Under the Pendulum Sun, by Jeannette Ng
The Prince of Secrets, by A.J. Lancaster

Last books finished
Ship of Fools, by Dave Stone
Not So Quiet…, by Helen Zenna Smith
Ireland in the Renaissance, 1540-1660, eds. Thomas Herron and Michael Potterton
Fear Death By Water, by Emily Cook
Doctor Who: Castrovalva, by Christopher H. Bidmead

Next books
Castrovalva, by Andrew Orton
Would She Be Gone, by Melanie Harding-Shaw 
Ancient Paths, by Graham Robb

Current
Ship of Fools, by Dave Stone
Not So Quiet…, by Helen Zenna Smith
Ireland in the Renaissance, 1540-1660, ed. Thomas Herron and Michael Potterton

Last books finished
The King in the North: The Pictish Realms of Fortriu and Ce, eds. Gordon Noble and Nicholas Evans
The Water Outlaws, by S.L. Huang
A Labyrinth of Scions and Sorcery, by Curtis Craddock
Irish Unity: Time to Prepare, by Ben Collins
Dislocation Space, by Garth Nix
Improbable History, ed. Michael Dobson (did not finish)
Terrorformer, by Robbie Morrison et al
A Restless Truth, by Freya Marske

Next books
Fear Death by Water, by Emily Cook
The Prince of Secrets, by A.J. Lancaster
The Burgundians: A Vanished Empire, by Bart van Loo

Current
The Water Outlaws, by S.L. Huang
A Labyrinth of Scions and Sorcery, by Curtis Craddock
The King in the North: The Pictish Realms of Fortriu and Ce, eds. Gordon Noble and Nicholas Evans

Last books finished
Sunbringer, by Hannah Kaner (did not finish)
Footnotes in Gaza, by Joe Sacco
The Return of the Soldier, by Rebecca West
Countdown for Cindy, by Eloise Engle
Free: Coming of Age at the End of History, by Lea Ypi

Next books
Would She Be Gone, by Melanie Harding-Shaw 
A Restless Truth, by Freya Marske
The Burgundians: A Vanished Empire, by Bart van Loo

Current
Footnotes in Gaza, by Joe Sacco
Free: Coming of Age at the End of History, by Lea Ypi
Sunbringer, by Hannah Kaner

Last books finished
These Burning Stars, by Bethany Jacobs (excerpt only)
Knowledgeable Creatures, by Christopher Rowe
On Vicious Worlds, by Bethany Jacobs (excerpt only)
Doctor Who: Warrior’s Gate and beyond, by Stephen Gallagher
Doctor Who: Logopolis, by Christopher H. Bidmead
The West Passage, by Jared Pechaček
Logopolis, by Jonathan Hay
The Politics and Culture of Honour in Britain and Ireland, 1541-1641, by Brendan Kane

Next books
A Labyrinth of Scions and Sorcery, by Curtis Craddock
The Water Outlaws, by S.L. Huang
A Restless Truth, by Freya Marske

Current
Doctor Who: Warrior’s Gate and beyond, by Stephen Gallagher
Footnotes in Gaza, by Joe Sacco
These Burning Stars, by Bethany Jacobs

Last books finished
The Eleventh Doctor Archives vol 3, ed. Andrew James
So Let Them Burn, by Kamilah Cole
Beyond the Sun, by Matthew Jones
City of Last Chances, by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Coming of Age: The Sexual Awakening of Margaret Mead, by Deborah Blum
Amnesty, by Lara Elena Donnelly (did not finish)

Next books
Doctor Who: Logopolis, by Christopher H. Bidmead
Knowledgeable Creatures, by Christopher Rowe
Free: Coming of Age at the End of History, by Lea Ypi

Current
City of Last Chances, by Adrian Tchaikovsky
The Eleventh Doctor Archives vol 3, ed. Andrew James

Last books finished
Jean Dubuffet: Jardin d’Email, by Roos van der Lint
Silver Nemesis, by James Cooray Smith
The Ministry of Time, by Kaliane Bradley
thirteen fourteen fifteen o’clock, by David Gerrold
My Favorite Thing is Monsters, by Emil Ferris

Next books
Beyond the Sun, by Matthew Jones
Coming of Age: The Sexual Awakening of Margaret Mead, by Deborah Blum
Footnotes in Gaza, by Joe Sacco

Current
All American Boys, An Insider’s Look at the U.S. Space Program, by Walter Cunningham
Heroes and Monsters Collection, by Justin Richards et al
Nine Lives, by William Dalrymple

Last books finished
Dragon’s Wrath, by Justin Richards 
Someone You Can Build a Nest In, by John Wiswell 
The Brides of High Hill, by Nghi Vo
Paladin of Souls, by Lois McMaster Bujold
The Deep Dark, by Molly Knox Ostertag 
Cutting for Stone, by Abraham Verghese
Moonstorm, by Yoon Ha Lee

Next books
Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis, by Kevin Clarke
Zeitgeber, by Greg Egan
City of Last Chances, by Adrian Tchaikovsky 

Current
Cutting for Stone, by Abraham Verghese
Paladin of Souls, by Lois McMaster Bujold
Dragon’s Wrath, by Justin Richards
Someone You Can Build a Nest In, by John Wiswell

Last books finished
Alien Clay, by Adrian Tchaikovsky
It Came from Outer Space, by Tony Lee et al.
The Tusks of Extinction, by Ray Naylor
The Hunger and the Dusk vol. 1, by G. Willow Wilson, Chris Wildgoose and Msassyk
The Feast Makers, by H.A. Clarke (did not finish)
A Short History of Brexit, by Kevin O’Rourke

Next books
Heroes and Monsters Collection, by Justin Richards et al
All American Boys, An Insider’s Look at the U.S. Space Program, by Walter Cunningham
Nine Lives, by William Dalrymple

Current
Cutting for Stone, by Abraham Verghese
Paladin of Souls, by Lois McMaster Bujold
It Came from Outer Space, by Tony Lee et al.
Alien Clay, by Adrian Tchaikovsky
A Short History of Brexit, by Kevin O’Rourke

Last books finished
Ganny Knits a Spaceship, by David Gerrold
How Many Miles to Babylon, by Jennifer Johnston

Next books
Dragon’s Wrath, by Justin Richards
All American Boys, An Insider’s Look at the U.S. Space Program, by Walter Cunningham
Nine Lives, by William Dalrymple

You can read a lot on an 11-hour daytime intercontinental flight (also spent about six hours in slow-moving taxis last Thursday).

Current
Cutting for Stone, by Abraham Verghese
Paladin of Souls, by Lois McMaster Bujold
Ganny Knits a Spaceship, by David Gerrold

Last books finished
A Sorceress Comes to Call, by T. Kingfisher
The Practice, the Horizon and the Chain, by Sofia Samatar
We Called Them Giants, by Kieron Gillen et al
Speculative Whiteness: Science Fiction and the Alt-Right, by Jordan S. Carroll
A History of the Bible: The Book and Its Faiths, by John Barton
The Vegetarian, by Kang Han
Joan and Peter, by H.G. Wells
The Mysterious Island, by Jules Verne
Sheine Lende, by Darcie Little Badger
The Vetting, by Michael Cassutt
The Birds, and other stories, by Daphne du Maurier

Next books
Dead Man’s Hand, by Tony Lee et al
A Short History of Brexit, by Kevin O’Rourke
Nine Lives, by William Dalrymple

Current
The Mysterious Island, by Jules Verne
The Undying Fire, by H.G. Wells
A History of the Bible: The Book and Its Faiths, by John Barton

Last books finished
The Dramatic Works of Denis Johnston, vol 3: Radio and Television Plays
A Christmas Carol, by Jaime Beckwith and Leslie Grace McMurtry
A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens
Bealby, by H.G. Wells
Track Changes, by Abigail Nussbaum

Next books
Peter and Joan, by H.G. Wells
The Vegetarian, by Kang Han
Cutting for Stone, by Abraham Verghese

Current
The Dramatic Works of Denis Johnston, vol 3: Radio and Television Plays
A Christmas Carol, by Jaime Beckwith and Leslie Grace McMurtry
Track Changes, by Abigail Nussbaum

Last books finished
Oh No It Isn’t!, by Paul Cornell
The Friend Zone Experiment, by Zen Cho
Heavenly Tyrant, by Xiran Jay Zhao (did not finish)
The Child of Time, by Jonathan Morris et al
Lies Sleeping, by Ben Aaronovitch

Next books
Bealby, by H.G. Wells
A History of the Bible: The Book and Its Faiths, by Dr John Barton
The Mysterious Island, by Jules Verne

Current
The Friend Zone Experiment, by Zen Cho
Oh No It Isn’t!, by Paul Cornell
Lies Sleeping, by Ben Aaronovitch
The Dramatic Works of Denis Johnston, vol 3: Radio and Television Plays

Last books finished
From Narnia to a Space Odyssey: Stories, Letters, and Commentary By and About C.S. Lewis and Arthur C. Clarke, ed. Ryder W. Miller
The Tainted Cup, by Robert Jackson Bennett
Men at Arms, by Terry Pratchett
The Research Magnificent, by H.G. Wells
Sky Jacks!, by Andy Diggle, Eddie Robson and Andy Kuhn
The Butcher of the Forest, by Premee Mohamed

Next books
The Child of Time, by Jonathan Morris et al
Bealby, by H.G. Wells
A History of the Bible: The Book and Its Faiths, by Dr John Barton

Current
The Tainted Cup, by Robert Jackson Bennett
Men at Arms, by Terry Pratchett

Last books finished
Eastern Nights and Flights, by Alan Bott
The Secret Places of the Heart, by H.G. Wells
Childhood’s End, by Arthur C. Clarke
DallerGut Dream Department Store: The Dream You Ordered is Sold Out, by Miye Lee
The Queen’s Gambit, by Walter Tevis
Hooleygan: Music, Mayhem, Good Vibrations, by Terri Hooley and Richard Sullivan

Next books
Sky Jacks, by Andy Diggle et al
The Research Magnificent, by H.G. Wells
Lies Sleeping, by Ben Aaronovitch

Current
Eight Cousins, by Louisa May Alcott
Five Ways to Forgiveness, by Ursula K. Le Guin
War Childhood: From Sarajevo to Syria, Memories of Life and Hope, by Jasminko Halilović

Last books finished
A Brilliant Void, ed. Jack Fennell
The Professor in Erin, by L. McManus [Charlotte Elizabeth McManus] (did not finish)
Drowned Country, by Emily Tesh
Inside the Stargazers’ Palace, by Violet Moller
Mission: Impractical, by David A. McIntee
TARDIS Type 40 Instruction Manual, by Richard Atkinson and Mike Tucker
Boon, The Mind of the Race, The Wild Asses of the Devil, and The Last Trump, by H. G. Wells
Under the Lake / Before the Flood, by Kevin Decker and Ryan Parrey

Next books
The Secret Places of the Heart, by H.G. Wells
DallerGut Dream Department Store: The Dream You Ordered is Sold Out, by Miye Lee
“Hell is the Absence of God”, by Ted Chiang