Discover new books on Goodreads
See if your friends have read any of Tracey Madeley's books
Tracey Madeley

year in books

Tracey Madeley’s Followers (47)

member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
Kate
1,870 books | 29 friends

Barbara...
2,915 books | 17 friends

Nicole ...
2,096 books | 1,347 friends

Jess Esa
1,274 books | 101 friends

Glenn A...
948 books | 7 friends

Natalie
1,036 books | 861 friends

Manny
6,216 books | 4,950 friends

Rachel ...
1,806 books | 237 friends

More friends…

Tracey Madeley

Goodreads Author


Born
in N Wales, The United Kingdom
Website

Twitter

Genre

Influences

Member Since
September 2012


I have a PhD in Eighteenth-Century gothic literature from Keele University.

I enjoy literature, philosophy, and the impact of modern society on people's lives. My writing is informed by social concerns, ecology, and disability. Peaceful Meadows is my first novel and deals with an alternative hippie lifestyle.
...more

To ask Tracey Madeley questions, please sign up.

Popular Answered Questions

Tracey Madeley My husband always wanted me to write a book in San Francisco, but I complained it was too difficult for a first book (it was my second). Golden Gate P…moreMy husband always wanted me to write a book in San Francisco, but I complained it was too difficult for a first book (it was my second). Golden Gate Park was the site of the Human Be-in in 1967 and that was the reason we got married there. It is such a beautiful place it is hard to write about San Francisco without mentioning it. So in answer to your question, the hippies came first, then the wedding and finally the book. (less)
Tracey Madeley No, I'm afraid I blame my husband for Peaceful Meadows. It is his interest in the hippies that made me write the book. He wanted a story where the hip…moreNo, I'm afraid I blame my husband for Peaceful Meadows. It is his interest in the hippies that made me write the book. He wanted a story where the hippies were the hero's, but not like Easy Rider or The Lovin's where they died, or the dream was corrupted. He wanted something positive.
I did read a lot of books like the Hippie Trip, Hippies and American Values and the fabulous book on the Haight Ashbury by Christopher Perry.(less)
Average rating: 3.38 · 34 ratings · 26 reviews · 3 distinct works
Love & Haight

3.65 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Peaceful Meadows

3.33 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Father & Son

2.88 avg rating — 8 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating

* Note: these are all the books on Goodreads for this author. To add more, click here.

Best Books of 2018

The Guardian publishes the bestselling books of 2018 and what they regard as the best books of the year. Goodreads have a similar pole with various categories. What they tend to have in common is they are all traditionally published, bestselling books. What happens to the Indie books some of us read?

Looking back over this year’s reading it is hard to pick just one book as my book of the year, so h Read more of this blog post »
 •  0 comments  •  flag
Share on Twitter
Published on December 31, 2018 07:23

Tracey’s Recent Updates

Tracey Madeley rated a book really liked it
Anatomy of a House by Edward Elon Hatfield
Rate this book
Clear rating
The book starts with an assault which presumably puts the patient in a coma. The house then represents the rooms of his mind or subconscious. Written in the first person, part of the problem in the beginning is the lack of names and the vague referen ...more
Anatomy of a House by Edward Elon Hatfield
"This was an interesting read in the way that it explores the stories, memories, and lives connected to a single house over time. I appreciated the concept and the way the author used the house itself as a window to look through different humans and m" Read more of this review »
John of John by Douglas   Stuart
"There is a moment early in John of John by Douglas Stuart when a young man hangs up a public phone after listening to his father read scripture from three hundred miles away. He has just been told that his grandmother's feet are the colour of calves'" Read more of this review »
Tracey Madeley is now following Sara and Karen
85562094 12851291
Tracey Madeley rated a book liked it
The Dancing Girl by S. Hotchkiss
Rate this book
Clear rating
This is the second book in a series, but as the story is largely self-contained, it does not matter if you have not read the first book.

Jordan/Rachael/Angel is an exotic dancer whose sister Abie is kidnapped and trafficked as a wife and nurse to her
...more
Tracey Madeley rated a book really liked it
The Tuning Chamber by M. Maloney
Rate this book
Clear rating
As always from this author, the narrative is clear and concise, with a well-structured plotline and relevant characters. I don’t think it is ground-breaking, but it's immensely readable and satisfying.

Erin is sister to Elaine and aunt to Lily. A form
...more
Tracey Madeley rated a book it was amazing
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Rate this book
Clear rating
This is Dostoevsky’s epic work concerning the nature of crime, responsibility and punishment. Raskolnikov murders the old pawnbroker for her money, yet he does not keep any of it. He takes items of value and a purse from her neck but never looks in i ...more
Tracey Madeley rated a book liked it
A Wave of Breath by Tess Collins
A Wave of Breath
by Tess Collins (Goodreads Author)
Rate this book
Clear rating
This book begins without any introduction or explanation and largely continues in this vein. At first I thought it was just a water shortage that set groups of individuals against each other, but the shortages extend to all resources in this apocalyp ...more
Tracey Madeley rated a book really liked it
Ragnell - The Woman Who Was a Beast by Raïna Manuel-Paris
Rate this book
Clear rating
Set in Wales in the time of King Arthur, Ragnell is the daughter of Lord Vortigern of Dinas Emrys. When her father dies, her estranged older brother assumes he will inherit his father’s lands, but the will leaves everything to Ragnell. Cursed on her ...more
More of Tracey's books…
Quotes by Tracey Madeley  (?)
Quotes are added by the Goodreads community and are not verified by Goodreads. (Learn more)

“We're all human beings,
when did we change to havings?
Living out our life through things.
How do we get back to being again?”
Tracey Madeley, Peaceful Meadows

Topics Mentioning This Author

topics posts views last activity  
Review Group: * Group 107 General Mod Hock 143 112 Sep 30, 2016 12:50AM  
Book Review Club: This topic has been closed to new comments. SWAP REVIEW POOL #39 - CLOSED 122 86 Oct 09, 2016 11:05PM  
Book Review Club: This topic has been closed to new comments. BOOK REVIEW POOL #45 CLOSED 214 107 Jan 02, 2017 08:13AM  
Book Review Club: This topic has been closed to new comments. BOOK REVIEW POOL #46-CLOSED- 152 94 Jan 23, 2017 03:16PM  
Book Review Club: This topic has been closed to new comments. BOOK REVIEW POOL #49-CLOSED 83 67 Mar 05, 2017 01:53PM  
Book Review Club: This topic has been closed to new comments. Book Review Pool #50 CLOSED 53 57 Mar 12, 2017 09:19AM  
Book Review Club: This topic has been closed to new comments. BOOK REVIEW POOL #54 CLOSED 191 119 Jun 26, 2017 03:32PM  
“We're all human beings,
when did we change to havings?
Living out our life through things.
How do we get back to being again?”
Tracey Madeley, Peaceful Meadows

“Our contemporary Western society, in spite of its material, intellectual and political progress, is increasingly less conducive to mental health, and tends to undermine the inner security, happiness, reason and the capacity for love in the individual; it tends to turn him into an automaton who pays for his human failure with increasing mental sickness, and with despair hidden under a frantic drive for work and so called pleasure.”
Erich Fromm

“It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else.”
Erma Bombeck

“You don't have to be great to get started, but you have to get started to be great.”
Les Brown, The Power of Purpose

“Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else.”
Mark Twain

78683 Review Group — 5887 members — last activity 1 hour, 16 min ago
Reviews are very important for Self-Published (SP), and Indie authors, just as they are for others. Unfortunately, though, many SP/Indie books don't g ...more
71494 Book Review Club — 3006 members — last activity 19 hours, 55 min ago
This group is to help authors to achieve more-HONEST-reviews by reviewing freely provided books/ARCs. Rather than post scathing reviews, the reader ...more
126895 Taming Amazon — 372 members — last activity Jun 01, 2026 01:56AM
A place for authors to share ideas and experiences about writing, promotion, and marketing.
26989 Goodreads Authors/Readers — 57488 members — last activity 1 hour, 25 min ago
This group is dedicated to connecting readers with Goodreads authors. It is divided by genres, and includes folders for writing resources, book websit ...more
196067 Let's Talk Romance — 189 members — last activity Jul 31, 2023 12:49PM
Welcome! I run a blog that promotes Romance Novels. Every promotion I do on my blog is free for the author. I do it because as much as I love to write ...more
109784 GOOD REVIEWS — 8749 members — last activity 10 hours, 16 min ago
This Group is only for authors who are looking for reviews and Reviewers who love to read books and share their reviews.
105786 Goodreads Reviewers' Group — 13874 members — last activity 10 hours, 37 min ago
This group helps to bring Reviewers and Authors together! Reviewers can make their own thread to post their reviews in, or post their reviews in the r ...more
1276511 Free Books & Kindle & ARC & Beta Readers & Giveaway — 3656 members — last activity 4 hours, 55 min ago
Group Description: A dedicated space where New Authors and Passionate Readers connect. Our mission is to share stories without the pressure of mandato ...more
51445 UK Amazon Kindle Forum — 6713 members — last activity 10 hours, 30 min ago
Where every hour is happy hour.
1086382 Author Marketing - Resources, Exchanges, & Challenges — 1711 members — last activity Aug 28, 2026 10:16AM
This group is for all authors who want to learn about marketing for the purpose of increasing book sales. This group will include: 1) Marketing Resou ...more
More of Tracey’s groups…
Comments (showing 1-1)    post a comment »
dateDown arrow    newest »

Michael Murphy Tracey, thanks for connecting on Goodreads and congratulations with your success of your books. I hope you'll add my Prohibition-era mystery, The Yankee Club to your to read list. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...


back to top