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The UK - One County at a Time
We started this challenge back in late 2011 over in the UK Book Club GR group. You could use our list as below which has the historic counties before the politicians started messing with and merging them back in the 1970's. List also contains major places within each county and the Welsh names as well as English for Wales.There are 94 counties in all....inc.Yorkshire split into 3
ENGLAND
1. Bedfordshire (Bedford, Luton, Dunstable, Leighton Buzzard, Biggleswade, Sandy)
2. Berkshire (Reading, Bracknell, Maidenhead, Newbury, Windsor, Wokingham, Abingdon)
3. Buckinghamshire (Aylesbury, Milton Keynes, Slough, Buckingham, High Wycombe)
4. Cambridgeshire (Cambridge, Wisbech, Ely, March, Whittlesey, Chatteris, Linton)
5. Cheshire (Chester, Stockport, Ellesmere Port, Birkenhead, Wallasey, Runcorn, Macclesfield, Crewe)
6. Cornwall (Bodmin, Truro, Camborne, Redruth, St. Austell, Falmouth, Penzance, Newquay)
7. Cumberland (Carlisle, Whitehaven, Workington, Penrith, Keswick, Brampton)
8. Derbyshire (Derby, Chesterfield, Glossop, Ilkeston, Long Eaton, Swadlincote, Buxton, Matlock, Ashbourne)
9. Devon (Exeter, Plymouth, Torquay, Paignton, Barnstaple, Tiverton, Newton Abbot, Tavistock)
10. Dorset (Dorchester, Poole, Weymouth, Sherborne, Wimborne Minster, Shaftesbury)
11. Durham (Durham, Sunderland, Stockton-on-Tees, Darlington, Hartlepool, Gateshead, Washington)
12. Essex (Chelmsford, Basildon, Romford, Southend, Colchester, Harlow, Brentwood, West Ham)
13. Gloucestershire (Gloucester, Bristol, Cheltenham, Stroud, Cirencester, Tewkesbury)
14. Hampshire (Winchester, Southampton, Portsmouth, Bournemouth, Basingstoke, Newport)
15. Herefordshire (Hereford, Ross-on-Wye, Leominster, Ledbury, Bromyard, Kington)
16. Hertfordshire (Hertford, Watford, St. Albans, Hemel Hempstead, Stevenage, Hatfield)
17. Huntingdonshire (Huntingdon, St. Ives, St. Neots, Ramsey, Yaxley)
18. Kent (Maidstone, Canterbury, Bromley, Rochester, Margate, Folkestone, Dover, Greenwich)
19. Lancashire (Lancaster, Liverpool, Manchester, Preston, Bolton, Warrington, Barrow-in-Furness)
20. Leicestershire (Leicester, Loughborough, Hinckley, Melton Mowbray, Coalville, Lutterworth)
21. Lincolnshire (Lincoln, Grimsby, Scunthorpe, Boston, Grantham, Stamford, Skegness, Louth)
22. Middlesex (City of London, Harrow, Enfield, Staines, Ealing, Potters Bar, Westminster )
23. Norfolk (Norwich, Great Yarmouth, King's Lynn, Dereham, Cromer, Hunstanton)
24. Northamptonshire (Northampton, Peterborough, Corby, Kettering, Wellingborough)
25. Northumberland (Alnwick, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Morpeth, Hexham, Berwick-upon-Tweed)
26. Nottinghamshire (Nottingham, Mansfield, Worksop, Newark, Retford, Southwell)
27. Oxfordshire (Oxford, Banbury, Witney, Bicester, Henley-on-Thames, Carterton, Thame)
28. Rutland (Oakham, Uppingham. Cottesmore)
29. Shropshire (Shrewsbury, Telford, Oswestry, Bridgnorth, Whitchurch, Market Drayton, Ludlow)
30. Somerset (Taunton, Bath, Weston-super-Mare, Yeovil, Bridgwater, Wells, Glastonbury)
31. Staffordshire (Stafford, Stoke-on-Trent, Wolverhampton, Walsall, Cannock, Lichfield)
32. Suffolk (Ipswich, Bury St. Edmunds, Lowestoft, Felixstowe, Sudbury, Haverhill, Bungay)
33. Surrey (Guildford, Croydon, Woking, Sutton, Kingston-on-Thames, Wandsworth, Wimbledon, Brixton)
34. Sussex (Chichester, Brighton, Worthing, Crawley, Hastings, Eastbourne, Bognor Regis, Horsham)
35. Warwickshire (Warwick, Birmingham, Coventry, Nuneaton, Rugby, Solihull, Stratford-upon-Avon)
36. Westmorland (Appleby, Kendal, Windermere, Ambleside, Kirkby Lonsdale)
37. Wiltshire (Trowbridge, Salisbury, Swindon, Chippenham, Devizes, Marlborough, Warminster)
38. Worcestershire (Worcester, Dudley, Kidderminster, Stourbridge, Halesowen, Malvern, Evesham)
39. Yorkshire
a) North Riding (Northallerton, Middlesbrough, Scarborough, Whitby)
b) East Riding (Beverley, Hull, Bridlington, Driffield, Hornsea, Filey)
c) West Riding (Wakefield, Leeds, Sheffield, Bradford, Halifax, Harrogate)
WALES (including Monmouthshire)
40. Anglesey/Sir Fon (Beaumaris, Holyhead, Llangefni, Amlwch, Menai Bridge)
41. Brecknockshire/Sir Frycheiniog (Brecon, Builth Wells, Hay-on-Wye, Talgarth, Llanwrtwd Wells)
42. Caernarfonshire/Sir Gaernarfon (Caernarfon, Bangor, Llandudno, Conwy, Pwllheli, Porthmadog)
43. Carmarthenshire/Sir Gaerfyrddin (Carmarthen, Llanelli, Ammanford, Llandovery, Kidwelly, St. Clears)
44. Cardiganshire/Ceredigion (Cardigan, Aberystwyth, Lampeter, New Quay, Tregaron)
45. Denbighshire/Sir Ddinbych (Denbigh, Wrexham, Ruthin, Abergele, Llangollen)
46. Flintshire/Sir Fflint (Mold, Flint, Rhyl, Prestatyn, Connah's Quay, Holywell, Buckley, St. Asaph)
47. Glamorgan/Morgannwg (Cardiff, Swansea, Merthyr Tydfil, Barry, Caerphilly, Bridgend, Neath, Pontypridd)
48. Merioneth/Meirionnydd (Dolgellau, Bala, Tywyn, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Barmouth, Harlech)
49. Monmouthshire/Sir Fynwy (Monmouth, Newport, Blackwood, Cwmbran, Abergavenny, Chepstow, Tredegar)
50. Montgomeryshire/Sir Drefaldwyn (Montgomery, Newtown, Welshpool, Machynlleth, Llanidloes)
51. Pembrokeshire/Sir Benfro (Pembroke, Milford Haven, Haverfordwest, Fishguard, Tenby, St. David's)
52. Radnorshire/Sir Faesyfed (Presteigne, Llandrindod Wells, Knighton, Rhayader, New Radnor)
SCOTLAND
53. Aberdeenshire (Aberdeen, Peterhead, Fraserburgh, Inverurie, Huntley, Ellon, Turriff)
54. Angus/Forfarshire (Forfar, Dundee, Arbroath, Brechin, Montrose, Carnoustie, Kirriemuir)
55. Argyllshire (Inveraray, Oban, Dunoon, Campbeltown, Lochgilphead, Tobermory)
56. Ayrshire (Ayr, Kilmarnock, Irvine, Saltcoats, Kilwinning, Largs, Troon, Cumnock)
57. Banffshire (Banff, Buckie, Keith, Macduff, Portsoy, Dufftown)
58. Berwickshire (Greenlaw, Duns, Eyemouth, Lauder, Coldstream)
59. Buteshire (Rothesay, Millport, Brodick, Lochranza)
60. Cromartyshire (Cromarty, Ullapool)
61. Caithness (Wick, Thurso, Halkirk, Castletown)
62. Clackmannanshire (Clackmannan, Alloa, Tillicoultry, Tullibody)
63. Dumfriesshire (Dumfries, Annan, Lockerbie, Moffat, Sanquhar, Langholm, Gretna)
64. Dunbartonshire/Dumbartonshire (Dumbarton, Clydebank, Cumbernauld, Helensburgh, Alexandria, Kirkintilloch)
65. East Lothian/Haddingtonshire (Haddington, North Berwick, Dunbar, Tranent, East Linton)
66. Fife (Cupar, Dunfermline, Glenrothes, Kirkcaldy, St. Andrews, Cowdenbeath, Burntisland)
67. Inverness-shire (Inverness, Fort William, Kingussie, Newtonmore, Portree)
68. Kincardineshire (Stonehaven, Banchory, Laurencekirk, Inverbervie)
69. Kinross-shire (Kinross, Milnathort)
70. Kirkcudbrightshire (Kircudbright, Castle Douglas, Dalbeattie, New Galloway)
71. Lanarkshire (Lanark, Glasgow, East Kilbride, Hamilton, Motherwell, Coatbridge, Carluke)
72. Midlothian/Edinburghshire (Edinburgh, Musselburgh, Penicuik, Dalkeith, Bonnyrigg)
73. Morayshire (Elgin, Forres, Rothes, Lossiemouth, Fochabers)
74. Nairnshire (Nairn, Auldearn, Cawdor, Ferness)
75. Orkney (Kirkwall, Sromness, Balfour)
76. Peeblesshire (Peebles, Innerleithen, West Linton)
77. Perthshire (Perth, Crieff, Pitlochry, Callander, Blairgowrie, Rattray, Coupar Angus, Kincardine)
78. Renfrewshire (Renfrew, Paisley, Greenock, Johnstone, Port Glasgow, Barrhead, Kilmalcolm)
79. Ross-shire (Dingwall, Stornaway, Tain, Alness, Invergordon)
80. Roxburghshire (Jedburgh, Hawick, Kelso, Melrose, Roxburgh)
81. Selkirkshire (Selkirk, Clovenfords, Galashiels)
82. Shetland (Lerwick, Scalloway, Baltasound)
83. Stirlingshire (Stirling, Falkirk, Grangemouth, Kilsyth, Bridge of Allan, Denny, Alva)
84. Sutherland (Dornoch, Helmsdale, Brora, Golspie, Lairg, Durness, Tongue)
85. West Lothian/Linlithgowshire (Linlithgow, Livingston, Bo'ness, Broxburn, Whitburn, Armadale, Bathgate)
86. Wigtownshire (Wigtown, Stranraer, Newton Stewart, Whithorn)
NORTHERN IRELAND
87. Antrim (Antrim, Ballymena, Carrickfergus, Larne, Lisburn, Newtownabbey)
88. Armagh (Armagh, Newry, Craigavon)
89. Down (Belfast, Newry, Dundonald, Newtownards, Bangor)
90. Fermanagh (Enniskillen, Lisnaskea)
91. Londonderry (Londonderry, Coleraine, Limavady)
92. Tyrone (Omagh, Cookstown, Dungannon, Strabane)
Ian wrote: "We started this challenge back in late 2011 over in the UK Book Club GR group. You could use our list as below which has the historic counties before the politicians started messing with and mergin..."Thanks, Ian! I must say it is quite overwhelming a list for a non-U.K. person to grasp, especially with all the changes over the years.
Progress: 15/94England
8. Derbyshire - Jane Eyre
9. Devon - The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce (13/01/14)
10. Dorset: Matravers - The Witch's Daughter by Paula Brackston (19/05/14)
14. Hampshire: Exbury - Mariana by Susanna Kearsley (13/05/14)
16. Hertfordshire - Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (13/06/14)
19. Lancashire: Accrington - Oranges are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson (19/06/13)
22. Middlesex: London - Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf (01/12/12)
23. Norfolk - Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (sometime in 2009)
30. Somerset: Bath - Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen (30/01/13)
33. Surrey - Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome (20/04/14)
34. Sussex - The Ice Cream Girls by Dorothy Koomson (01/07/14)
35. Warwickshire: Birmingham - The Language Of Others by Clare Morrall (sometime in 2009)
37. Wiltshire: near Alton - The Apothecary's Daughter by Julie Klassen (04/06/13)
39. Yorkshire: c) West Riding - Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë (09/03/12)
Scotland
72. Midlothian/Edinburghshire: Edinburgh - One Day by David Nicholls (06/08/12)
No-one in our UK group is even close to finishing lol. So many books are set in London and other bigger cities....but part of the fun is finding them. Feel free to nip over to our group to pinch ideas.
This might take a while...ENGLAND
1. Bedfordshire - Luton- Blood Sympathy
2. Berkshire - Wantage - Troubled Midnight
3. Buckinghamshire - Bletchley - Enigma
4. Cambridgeshire - Cambridge- Cambridge Blue
5. Cheshire - Crewe - The Abbess of Crewe
6. Cornwall - Wings Of Fire
7. Cumberland - Keswick- Island of Bones
8. Derbyshire - Peak District- Black Dog
9. Devon- Kingsbridge- The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
10. Dorset - Awakening
11. Durham - Sweet Wells
12. Essex - Cover Her Face
13. Gloucestershire - Bristol Ritual: A Novel
14. Hampshire - near Portsmouth- Matty Groves
15. Herefordshire - Hereford - The Wine of Angels
16. Hertfordshire - Stortford - Me Before You
17. Huntingdonshire - Somersham, St. Ives- Devil's Bride
18. Kent - The Shivering Sands
19. Lancashire - Blackpool - A Dying Fall
20. Leicestershire- Oadby - To the Grave
21. Lincolnshire - Lincoln- The Alehouse Murders
22. Middlesex - London- What Angels Fear
23. Norfolk - near Norwich - Agatha Raisin and the Fairies of Fryfam
24. Northamptonshire - near Northampton - A Rake's Vow
25. Northumberland - The Ivy Tree
26. Nottinghamshire - Nottingham - Rough Treatment
27. Oxfordshire - The Serpent's Tale
28. Rutland - An English Murder
29. Shropshire - Shrewsbury - One Corpse Too Many
30. Somerset - Glastonbury - Grave Goods
31. Staffordshire - Lichfield - The Road to Lichfield
32. Suffolk - near Sizewell - Unnatural Causes
33. Surrey - A Surrey State of Affairs
34. Sussex - Instruments of Darkness
35. Warwickshire - Coventry - Coventry
36. Westmorland - Mardale - Haweswater
37. Wiltshire - Avebury - Sight Unseen
38. Worcestershire - Worcester - Touch Not the Cat
39. Yorkshire
a) North Riding - near Whitby- Beneath the Shadows
b) East Riding - Hull- The Dark Winter
c) West Riding - Leeds - The Broken Token
WALES (including Monmouthshire)
40. Anglesey/Sir Fon - A Christmas Beginning: A Novel
41. Brecknockshire/Sir Frycheiniog- Hay-on-Wye- According to the Evidence
42. Caernarfonshire/Sir Gaernarfon- Caernarfon- The Wicked and the Just
43. Carmarthenshire/Sir Gaerfyrddin- Llanelen- A Killer's Christmas in Wales
44. Cardiganshire/Ceredigion - The Long Dry
45. Denbighshire/Sir Ddinbych - Ruthin - The Dragon Wakes: A Novel of Wales and Owain Glyndwr
46. Flintshire/Sir Fflint- Flint
47. Glamorgan/Morgannwg - Cardiff- Talking to the Dead
48. Merioneth/Meirionnydd - surrounding Dolgellau- The Earth Hums in B Flat
49. Monmouthshire/Sir Fynwy - Olchon Valley- Resistance: A Novel
50. Montgomeryshire/Sir Drefaldwyn - near Newtown - The Lambsridge Wolves
51. Pembrokeshire/Sir Benfro - Pembroke- The Thoughts & Happenings of Wilfred Price, Purveyor of Superior Funerals
52. Radnorshire/Sir Faesyfed - On The Black Hill
SCOTLAND
53. Aberdeenshire- Aberdeen: Bloodshot
54. Angus- Dundee- The Good Son
55. Argyllshire - Kintyre - After a Dead Dog: Dangerous Love, Dark Secrets, Sudden Death
56. Ayrshire - Ayr - The Storm Without
57. Banffshire - Banff - The Redemption of Alexander Seaton
58. Berwickshire - Eyemouth - The Storm
59. Buteshire - Rothesay - The House at Ettrick Bay
60. Cromartyshire - the Black Isle - A Double Death on the Black Isle: A Novel
61. Caithness - Morning Tide
62. Clackmannanshire - Highland Outlaw
63. Dumfriesshire - Dalgarnock near Thornhill - Be Near Me
64. Dunbartonshire/Dumbartonshire - Clydebank - The River Flows On
65. East Lothian/Haddingtonshire - Gullane - Thistle Soup: A Ladleful of Scottish Life
66. Fife - Kirkcaldy - The Impossible Dead
67. Inverness-shire - Inverness- A Small Death in the Great Glen
68. Kincardineshire Sunset Song
69. Kinross-shire - Kinross - As High as the Heavens
70. Kirkcudbrightshire - Galloway near Stewartry - The Lantern Bearers
71. Lanarkshire - Glasgow - The End of the Wasp Season
72. Midlothian- Edinburgh- The Complaints
73. Morayshire - Elgin- The White Bird Passes
74. Nairnshire - Cawdor - A Charmed Life: Growing Up in Macbeth's Castle
75. Orkney - The Flight of Gemma Hardy
76. Peeblesshire - Innerleithen - Legacy
77. Perthshire - After the Armistice Ball
78. Renfrewshire- Paisley - The Slab Boys
79. Ross-shire- The Blackhouse
80. Roxburghshire - Jedburgh - The Devil of Jedburgh
81. Selkirkshire - Selkirk - An Early Fall
82. Shetland - Sacrifice
83. Stirlingshire - Stirling - Face Down O'er the Border
84. Sutherland - Death of a Gossip
85. West Lothian/Linlithgowshire - Linlithgow - Relatively Guilty
86. Wigtownshire - Stranraer/Newton Stewart - The Darkness & the Deep
NORTHERN IRELAND
87. Antrim- The Case of the Missing Books
88. Armagh - Armagh - For Many a Long Day
89. Down - Belfast- The Tea House on Mulberry Street
90. Fermanagh - Enniskillen - Death and Nightingales
91. Londonderry - Limavady - A Limited Justice
92. Tyrone - Carrickmore - My Name Is Hardly
Dlmrose wrote: "This might take a while...ENGLAND
1. Bedfordshire (Bedford, Luton, Dunstable, Leighton Buzzard, Biggleswade, Sandy)
2. Berkshire (Reading, Bracknell, Maidenhead, Newbury, Windsor, Wokingham, Ab..."
I was surprised to see how many counties there are.
Wasn't hard to find a London bookMiddlesex- What Angels Fear by C.S. Harris
made a dent (small) in Wales
Carmarthenshire- Llanelen- A Killer's Christmas in Wales by Elizabeth J. Duncan
Cardiganshire- Ceredigion- The Long Dry by Cynan Jones
Glamorgan- Cardiff- Talking to the Dead by Harry Bingham
Monmouthshire- Olchon Valley- Resistance: A Novel by Owen Sheers
Dlmrose wrote: "Wasn't hard to find a London bookMiddlesex- What Angels Fear by C.S. Harris
made a dent (small) in Wales
Carmarthenshire- Llanelen- A Killer's Christmas in Wales by Elizabeth J. Duncan
Cardig..."
Wow, I'm impressed. Were the Wales books hard to find? I haven't really tapped into the Welsh or Scottish counties yet.
They have taken a bit of digging but that's the most fun.Literature Wales has some good info.
Matching a place name with the county is tricky- I've been making notes of landmarks to find on google maps.
Awesome. I agree,digging is the most fun! I need to get back to digging and work on those county lists!
I'll also try this challenge. Start date: 01/01/13ENGLAND
1. Bedfordshire (Bedford, Luton, Dunstable, Leighton Buzzard, Biggleswade, Sandy)
2. Berkshire (Reading, Bracknell, Maidenhead, Newbury, Windsor, Wokingham, Abingdon): Fingersmith (read 09/09/13)
3. Buckinghamshire (Aylesbury, Milton Keynes, Slough, Buckingham, High Wycombe): Danny the Champion of the World (read 03/07/13)
4. Cambridgeshire (Cambridge, Wisbech, Ely, March, Whittlesey, Chatteris, Linton): Where Angels Fear to Tread (read 13/06/14) AND Ich und die Menschen: Roman (read 04/07/14)
5. Cheshire (Chester, Stockport, Ellesmere Port, Birkenhead, Wallasey, Runcorn, Macclesfield, Crewe): The Weirdstone of Brisingamen (read 09/01/14)
6. Cornwall (Bodmin, Truro, Camborne, Redruth, St. Austell, Falmouth, Penzance, Newquay): The Book of Merlyn (read 04/11/13)
7. Cumberland (Carlisle, Whitehaven, Workington, Penrith, Keswick, Brampton): The Candle in the Wind (read 28/10/13)
8. Derbyshire (Derby, Chesterfield, Glossop, Ilkeston, Long Eaton, Swadlincote, Buxton, Matlock, Ashbourne): A Traveller In Time (read 03/27/16)
9. Devon (Exeter, Plymouth, Torquay, Paignton, Barnstaple, Tiverton, Newton Abbot, Tavistock): Speaking from Among the Bones (read 09/11/13)
10. Dorset (Dorchester, Poole, Weymouth, Sherborne, Wimborne Minster, Shaftesbury): Elizabeth is Missing (read 03/06/14)
11. Durham (Durham, Sunderland, Stockton-on-Tees, Darlington, Hartlepool, Gateshead, Washington)
12. Essex (Chelmsford, Basildon, Romford, Southend, Colchester, Harlow, Brentwood, West Ham): The St. Zita Society (read 23/07/13)
13. Gloucestershire (Gloucester, Bristol, Cheltenham, Stroud, Cirencester, Tewkesbury): The Sense of an Ending (read 10/01/13)
14. Hampshire (Winchester, Southampton, Portsmouth, Bournemouth, Basingstoke, Newport): The Giraffe And The Pelly And Me (read 06/09/13)
15. Herefordshire (Hereford, Ross-on-Wye, Leominster, Ledbury, Bromyard, Kington): The Bone Clocks (read 05/24/17)
16. Hertfordshire (Hertford, Watford, St. Albans, Hemel Hempstead, Stevenage, Hatfield): Me Before You (reas 18/06/13) AND The Green Man
17. Huntingdonshire (Huntingdon, St. Ives, St. Neots, Ramsey, Yaxley)
18. Kent (Maidstone, Canterbury, Bromley, Rochester, Margate, Folkestone, Dover, Greenwich): There but for the (read 04/11/13)
19. Lancashire (Lancaster, Liverpool, Manchester, Preston, Bolton, Warrington, Barrow-in-Furness): The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle (read 30/06/13)
20. Leicestershire (Leicester, Loughborough, Hinckley, Melton Mowbray, Coalville, Lutterworth): The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4 (read 22/03/13)
21. Lincolnshire (Lincoln, Grimsby, Scunthorpe, Boston, Grantham, Stamford, Skegness, Louth)
22. Middlesex (City of London, Harrow, Enfield, Staines, Ealing, Potters Bar, Westminster ): Ruby Red (read 06/04/13) AND 1984 (read 16/04/13) AND Saphirblau (read 01/05/13) AND Smaragdgrün (read 25/05/13) AND Silber - Das erste Buch der Träume (read 30/09/13) AND Portobello (read 30/01/14) AND Erebos (read 08/02/14) AND Dawn Undercover (read 11/02/14) AND The Return of the Soldier (read 12/02/14)
23. Norfolk (Norwich, Great Yarmouth, King's Lynn, Dereham, Cromer, Hunstanton): The Accidental (read 12/10/13) AND Never Let Me Go (read 03/01/14)
24. Northamptonshire (Northampton, Peterborough, Corby, Kettering, Wellingborough): The Daughter of Time (read 10/10/13)
25. Northumberland (Alnwick, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Morpeth, Hexham, Berwick-upon-Tweed): The Fire-Eaters (read 31/01/15)
26. Nottinghamshire (Nottingham, Mansfield, Worksop, Newark, Retford, Southwell): The Witch in the Wood (read 09/09/13)
27. Oxfordshire (Oxford, Banbury, Witney, Bicester, Henley-on-Thames, Carterton, Thame): The Ghost of Thomas Kempe (read 10/01/13)
28. Rutland (Oakham, Uppingham, Cottesmore): The Road to Little Dribbling: Adventures of an American in Britain (read 06/16)
29. Shropshire (Shrewsbury, Telford, Oswestry, Bridgnorth, Whitchurch, Market Drayton, Ludlow): In a Glass Darkly (read 11/08/16)
30. Somerset (Taunton, Bath, Weston-super-Mare, Yeovil, Bridgwater, Wells, Glastonbury): Black Beauty (read 24/10/13) AND Der Kampf um die Nachtkristalle (read 06/07/14)
31. Staffordshire (Stafford, Stoke-on-Trent, Wolverhampton, Walsall, Cannock, Lichfield): One Day
32. Suffolk (Ipswich, Bury St. Edmunds, Lowestoft, Felixstowe, Sudbury, Haverhill, Bungay): The Bookshop (read 05/03/16)
33. Surrey (Guildford, Croydon, Woking, Sutton, Kingston-on-Thames, Wandsworth, Wimbledon, Brixton): Emma (read 15/07/14)
34. Sussex (Chichester, Brighton, Worthing, Crawley, Hastings, Eastbourne, Bognor Regis, Horsham): Sweet Tooth (read 12/05/13) AND The Gathering (read 20/06/13) AND Cold Comfort Farm] (read 16/05/14)
35. Warwickshire (Warwick, Birmingham, Coventry, Nuneaton, Rugby, Solihull, Stratford-upon-Avon): The Little Grey Men (read 01/06/15)
36. Westmorland (Appleby, Kendal, Windermere, Ambleside, Kirkby Lonsdale)
37. Wiltshire (Trowbridge, Salisbury, Swindon, Chippenham, Devizes, Marlborough, Warminster): The Fox (read 17/01/14)
38. Worcestershire (Worcester, Dudley, Kidderminster, Stourbridge, Halesowen, Malvern, Evesham): The Unconsoled
39. Yorkshire
a) North Riding (Northallerton, Middlesbrough, Scarborough, Whitby): Dracula 22/01/13)
b) East Riding (Beverley, Hull, Bridlington, Driffield, Hornsea, Filey): The Great & Calamitous Tale of Johan Thoms: How One Man Scorched the Twentieth Century But Didn't Mean To (read 09/07/14)
c) West Riding (Wakefield, Leeds, Sheffield, Bradford, Halifax, Harrogate): The Return of the Twelves (read 08/01/13)
WALES (including Monmouthshire)
40. Anglesey/Sir Fon (Beaumaris, Holyhead, Llangefni, Amlwch, Menai Bridge)
41. Brecknockshire/Sir Frycheiniog (Brecon, Builth Wells, Hay-on-Wye, Talgarth, Llanwrtwd Wells): The Bookman’s Tale (read 04/20/16)
42. Caernarfonshire/Sir Gaernarfon (Caernarfon, Bangor, Llandudno, Conwy, Pwllheli, Porthmadog): Decline and Fall (read 02/06/14)
43. Carmarthenshire/Sir Gaerfyrddin (Carmarthen, Llanelli, Ammanford, Llandovery, Kidwelly, St. Clears)
44. Cardiganshire/Ceredigion (Cardigan, Aberystwyth, Lampeter, New Quay, Tregaron): Chocky (read 07/02/15)
45. Denbighshire/Sir Ddinbych (Denbigh, Wrexham, Ruthin, Abergele, Llangollen)
46. Flintshire/Sir Fflint (Mold, Flint, Rhyl, Prestatyn, Connah's Quay, Holywell, Buckley, St. Asaph)
47. Glamorgan/Morgannwg (Cardiff, Swansea, Merthyr Tydfil, Barry, Caerphilly, Bridgend, Neath, Pontypridd): A Child's Christmas in Wales by Dylan Thomas (read 05/09/13)
48. Merioneth/Meirionnydd (Dolgellau, Bala, Tywyn, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Barmouth, Harlech): Austerlitz by W.G. Sebald
49. Monmouthshire/Sir Fynwy (Monmouth, Newport, Blackwood, Cwmbran, Abergavenny, Chepstow, Tredegar)
50. Montgomeryshire/Sir Drefaldwyn (Montgomery, Newtown, Welshpool, Machynlleth, Llanidloes)
51. Pembrokeshire/Sir Benfro (Pembroke, Milford Haven, Haverfordwest, Fishguard, Tenby, St. David's)
52. Radnorshire/Sir Faesyfed (Presteigne, Llandrindod Wells, Knighton, Rhayader, New Radnor)
SCOTLAND
53. Aberdeenshire (Aberdeen, Peterhead, Fraserburgh, Inverurie, Huntley, Ellon, Turriff)
54. Angus/Forfarshire (Forfar, Dundee, Arbroath, Brechin, Montrose, Carnoustie, Kirriemuir)
55. Argyllshire (Inveraray, Oban, Dunoon, Campbeltown, Lochgilphead, Tobermory): Morvern Callar
56. Ayrshire (Ayr, Kilmarnock, Irvine, Saltcoats, Kilwinning, Largs, Troon, Cumnock): A Town Like Alice (read 10/04/14)
57. Banffshire (Banff, Buckie, Keith, Macduff, Portsoy, Dufftown)
58. Berwickshire (Greenlaw, Duns, Eyemouth, Lauder, Coldstream): The Bass Rock by Evie Wylde
59. Buteshire (Rothesay, Millport, Brodick, Lochranza)
60. Cromartyshire (Cromarty, Ullapool)
61. Caithness (Wick, Thurso, Halkirk, Castletown)
62. Clackmannanshire (Clackmannan, Alloa, Tillicoultry, Tullibody): Kidnapped
63. Dumfriesshire (Dumfries, Annan, Lockerbie, Moffat, Sanquhar, Langholm, Gretna):
64. Dunbartonshire/Dumbartonshire (Dumbarton, Clydebank, Cumbernauld, Helensburgh, Alexandria, Kirkintilloch)
65. East Lothian/Haddingtonshire (Haddington, North Berwick, Dunbar, Tranent, East Linton)
66. Fife (Cupar, Dunfermline, Glenrothes, Kirkcaldy, St. Andrews, Cowdenbeath, Burntisland):
67. Inverness-shire (Inverness, Fort William, Kingussie, Newtonmore, Portree): The Wasp Factory (read 05/09/15)
68. Kincardineshire (Stonehaven, Banchory, Laurencekirk, Inverbervie)
69. Kinross-shire (Kinross, Milnathort): Wild Harbour by Ian MacPherson (also 77)
70. Kirkcudbrightshire (Kircudbright, Castle Douglas, Dalbeattie, New Galloway)
71. Lanarkshire (Lanark, Glasgow, East Kilbride, Hamilton, Motherwell, Coatbridge, Carluke): Birdsong
72. Midlothian/Edinburghshire (Edinburgh, Musselburgh, Penicuik, Dalkeith, Bonnyrigg): The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (read 24/05/13)
73. Morayshire (Elgin, Forres, Rothes, Lossiemouth, Fochabers)
74. Nairnshire (Nairn, Auldearn, Cawdor, Ferness)
75. Orkney (Kirkwall, Sromness, Balfour)
76. Peeblesshire (Peebles, Innerleithen, West Linton)
77. Perthshire (Perth, Crieff, Pitlochry, Callander, Blairgowrie, Rattray, Coupar Angus, Kincardine)
78. Renfrewshire (Renfrew, Paisley, Greenock, Johnstone, Port Glasgow, Barrhead, Kilmalcolm)
79. Ross-shire (Dingwall, Stornaway, Tain, Alness, Invergordon): Under the Skin
80. Roxburghshire (Jedburgh, Hawick, Kelso, Melrose, Roxburgh)
81. Selkirkshire (Selkirk, Clovenfords, Galashiels)
82. Shetland (Lerwick, Scalloway, Baltasound): The Scream
83. Stirlingshire (Stirling, Falkirk, Grangemouth, Kilsyth, Bridge of Allan, Denny, Alva)
84. Sutherland (Dornoch, Helmsdale, Brora, Golspie, Lairg, Durness, Tongue):
85. West Lothian/Linlithgowshire (Linlithgow, Livingston, Bo'ness, Broxburn, Whitburn, Armadale, Bathgate)
86. Wigtownshire (Wigtown, Stranraer, Newton Stewart, Whithorn)
NORTHERN IRELAND
87. Antrim (Antrim, Ballymena, Carrickfergus, Larne, Lisburn, Newtownabbey): The Untouchable by John Banville
88. Armagh (Armagh, Newry, Craigavon)
89. Down (Belfast, Newry, Dundonald, Newtownards, Bangor)
90. Fermanagh (Enniskillen, Lisnaskea)
91. Londonderry (Londonderry, Coleraine, Limavady)
92. Tyrone (Omagh, Cookstown, Dungannon, Strabane)
Completed: 52/94
ENGLAND1. Bedfordshire (Bedford, Luton, Dunstable, Leighton Buzzard, Biggleswade, Sandy)
The Borrowers Afield by Mary Norton (7/14/20)
2. Berkshire (Reading, Bracknell, Maidenhead, Newbury, Windsor, Wokingham, Abingdon)
The Return of the Soldier by Rebecca West (6/17/19)
3. Buckinghamshire (Aylesbury, Milton Keynes, Slough, Buckingham, High Wycombe)
Life After Life by Kate Atkinson (6/2/13)
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins (1/12/16)
4. Cambridgeshire (Cambridge, Wisbech, Ely, March, Whittlesey, Chatteris, Linton)
H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald (12/28/16)
5. Cheshire (Chester, Stockport, Ellesmere Port, Birkenhead, Wallasey, Runcorn, Macclesfield, Crewe)
The Abbess of Crewe by Muriel Spark (6/14/13)
6. Cornwall (Bodmin, Truro, Camborne, Redruth, St. Austell, Falmouth, Penzance, Newquay)
The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton (2/4/13)
Frenchman's Creek by Daphne du Maurier (4/26/13)
The House on the Strand by Daphne du Maurier (5/23/17)
My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier (6/14/17)
The Death of Mrs. Westaway by Ruth Ware (4/4/19)
The King's General by Daphne du Maurier (4/29/20)
7. Cumberland
The Old Nurse's Story by Elizabeth Gaskell (4/7/20)
The Lazy Tour Of Two Idle Apprentices (8/22/20)
8. Derbyshire (Derby, Chesterfield, Glossop, Ilkeston, Long Eaton, Swadlincote, Buxton, Matlock, Ashbourne)
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë (2/12/14)
Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks (8/8/17)
9. Devon (Exeter, Plymouth, Torquay, Paignton, Barnstaple, Tiverton, Newton Abbot, Tavistock)
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie (3/29/14)
Ariel by Sylvia Plath (1/28/15)
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle (10/20/17)
10. Dorset (Dorchester, Poole, Weymouth, Sherborne, Wimborne Minster, Shaftesbury)
The Private Patient by P.D. James (4/13/13)
11. Durham (Durham, Sunderland, Stockton-on-Tees, Darlington, Hartlepool, Gateshead, Washington)
The Dwelling Place Catherine Cookson (7/10/20)
12. Essex (Chelmsford, Basildon, Romford, Southend, Colchester, Harlow, Brentwood, West Ham)
The Turn of the Screw by Henry James (5/16/16)
The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie (5/18/17)
Man with a Seagull on His Head by Harriet Paige (6/23/19)
13. Gloucestershire (Gloucester, Bristol, Cheltenham, Stroud, Cirencester, Tewkesbury)
The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes (1/20/13)
Cider With Rosie by Laurie Lee (6/2/16)
Out of the Blackout by Robert Barnard (4/8/17) also set in London
14. Hampshire (Winchester, Southampton, Portsmouth, Bournemouth, Basingstoke, Newport)
The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie (5/17/20)
15. Herefordshire (Hereford, Ross-on-Wye, Leominster, Ledbury, Bromyard, Kington)
The Warlow Experiment by Alix Nathan (3/21/20)
16.Hertfordshire (Hertford, Watford, St. Albans, Hemel Hempstead, Stevenage, Hatfield)
Me Before You by Jojo Moyes (2/17/15)
Howards End by E.M. Forster (3/9/15)
17. Huntingdonshire (Huntingdon, St. Ives, St. Neots, Ramsey, Yaxley)
The Stones of Green Knowe by Lucy M. Boston (5/18/20)
18. Kent (Maidstone, Canterbury, Bromley, Rochester, Margate, Folkestone, Dover, Greenwich)
The Care and Management of Lies by Jacqueline Winspear (6/27/14)
King Lear by William Shakespeare (10/13/19)
19. Lancashire (Lancaster, Liverpool, Manchester, Preston, Bolton, Warrington, Barrow-in-Furness)
Gold by Chris Cleave (3/4/13)
The Uninvited Guests by Sadie Jones (7/22/13)
20. Leicestershire (Leicester, Loughborough, Hinckley, Melton Mowbray, Coalville, Lutterworth)
Innocent Traitor by Alison Weir (8/24/17)
21. Lincolnshire (Lincoln, Grimsby, Scunthorpe, Boston, Grantham, Stamford, Skegness, Louth)
The Ghost in the Electric Blue Suit by Graham Joyce (3/13/18)
22. Middlesex (City of London, Harrow, Enfield, Staines, Ealing, Potters Bar, Westminster )
Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear (2/9/13)
The Frozen Thames by Helen Humphreys (5/11/13)
Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell (10/13/13)
The Last Letter from Your Lover by Jojo Moyes (7/4/14)
The Victoria Vanishes: A Peculiar Crimes Unit Mystery by Christopher Fowler (7/19/14)
Some Danger Involved by Will Thomas (8/3/14)
Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont by Elizabeth Taylor (4/7/19)
The Child in Time by Ian McEwan (5/18/19)
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (1/20/20)
23. Norfolk (Norwich, Great Yarmouth, King's Lynn, Dereham, Cromer, Hunstanton)
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (5/19/19)
24. Northamptonshire (Northampton, Peterborough, Corby, Kettering, Wellingborough)
A Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon (6/24/20)
25. Northumberland (Alnwick, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Morpeth, Hexham, Berwick-upon-Tweed)
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce (3/13/13)
In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware (4/1/19)
26. Nottinghamshire (Nottingham, Mansfield, Worksop, Newark, Retford, Southwell)
Sons and Lovers by D.H. Lawrence (2/2/20)
27. Oxfordshire (Oxford, Banbury, Witney, Bicester, Henley-on-Thames, Carterton, Thame)
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro (2/23/14)
Aunt Dimity's Death by Nancy Atherton (2/5/16)
28. Rutland (Oakham, Uppingham. Cottesmore)
An English Murder by Louise Doughty (6/6/20)
29. Shropshire (Shrewsbury, Telford, Oswestry, Bridgnorth, Whitchurch, Market Drayton, Ludlow)
The Devil's Novice by Ellis Peters (8/24//13)
30. Somerset (Taunton, Bath, Weston-super-Mare, Yeovil, Bridgwater, Wells, Glastonbury)
Half Broken Things by Morag Joss (6/21/20)
31. Staffordshire (Stafford, Stoke-on-Trent, Wolverhampton, Walsall, Cannock, Lichfield)
Arthur & George by Julian Barnes (7/5/20)
32. Suffolk (Ipswich, Bury St. Edmunds, Lowestoft, Felixstowe, Sudbury, Haverhill, Bungay)
The Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald
33. Surrey (Guildford, Croydon, Woking, Sutton, Kingston-on-Thames, Wandsworth, Wimbledon, Brixton)
Offshore: A Novel by Penelope Fitzgerald (1/3/15)
A Room with a View by E.M. Forster (10/6/16)
34. Sussex (Chichester, Brighton, Worthing, Crawley, Hastings, Eastbourne, Bognor Regis, Horsham)
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman (12/12/13)
The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King (6/13/14)
The Final Solution by Michael Chabon (4/3/16)
The Summer Before the War by Helen Simonson (4/12/16)
35. Warwickshire (Warwick, Birmingham, Coventry, Nuneaton, Rugby, Solihull, Stratford-upon-Avon)
Shakespeare: The World as Stage by Bill Bryson (7/14/13)
The Queen's Secret by Victoria Lamb (5/22/20)
36. Westmorland (Appleby, Kendal, Windermere, Ambleside, Kirkby Lonsdale)
Keep Your Friends Close by Paula Daly (6/8/20)
37. Wiltshire (Trowbridge, Salisbury, Swindon, Chippenham, Devizes, Marlborough, Warminster)
Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh (7/9/20)
38. Worcestershire (Worcester, Dudley, Kidderminster, Stourbridge, Halesowen, Malvern, Evesham)
Black Swan Green by David Mitchell (4/25/13)
39. Yorkshire
a) North Riding (Northallerton, Middlesbrough, Scarborough, Whitby)
The World of Downton Abbey by Jessica Fellowes (6/25/14)
A God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson (9/12/15)
A Month in the Country by J.L. Carr (6/29/17)
b) East Riding (Beverley, Hull, Bridlington, Driffield, Hornsea, Filey)
The Woman in Black: A Ghost Story by Susan Hill (10/2/14)
c) West Riding (Wakefield, Leeds, Sheffield, Bradford, Halifax, Harrogate)
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield (5/27/14)
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë (8/28/15)
Isle of Wight
Little Sister by Isabel Ashdown (6/27/20)
WALES (including Monmouthshire)
40. Anglesey/Sir Fon (Beaumaris, Holyhead, Llangefni, Amlwch, Menai Bridge)
A Christmas Beginning by Anne Perry (11/29/16)
41. Brecknockshire/Sir Frycheiniog (Brecon, Builth Wells, Hay-on-Wye, Talgarth, Llanwrtwd Wells)
Sixpence House: Lost in a Town of Books by Paul Collins (2/12/17)
42. Caernarfonshire/Sir Gaernarfon (Caernarfon, Bangor, Llandudno, Conwy, Pwllheli, Porthmadog)
Ten White Geese by Gerbrand Bakker (12/3/16)
43. Carmarthenshire/Sir Gaerfyrddin (Carmarthen, Llanelli, Ammanford, Llandovery, Kidwelly, St. Clears)
A Killer's Christmas in Wales by Elizabeth J. Duncan (11/23/19)
44. Cardiganshire/Ceredigion (Cardigan, Aberystwyth, Lampeter, New Quay, Tregaron)
Eve Green by Susan Fletcher (3/28/20)
45. Denbighshire/Sir Ddinbych (Denbigh, Wrexham, Ruthin, Abergele, Llangollen)
Decline and Fall by Evelyn Waugh (8/6/19)
46. Flintshire/Sir Fflint (Mold, Flint, Rhyl, Prestatyn, Connah's
Quay, Holywell, Buckley, St. Asaph)
Bad Blood by Lorna Sage (4/23/16)
47. Glamorgan/Morgannwg (Cardiff, Swansea, Merthyr Tydfil, Barry, Caerphilly, Bridgend, Neath, Pontypridd)
I Let You Go by Clare Mackintosh (11/1/16)
A Child's Christmas in Wales by Dylan Thomas (12/4/19)
48. Merioneth/Meirionnydd (Dolgellau, Bala, Tywyn, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Barmouth, Harlech)
The Long Walk Home by Will North (3/17/17)
49. Monmouthshire/Sir Fynwy (Monmouth, Newport, Blackwood, Cwmbran, Abergavenny, Chepstow, Tredegar)
Longing by Mary Balogh (3/14/20)
50. Montgomeryshire/Sir Drefaldwyn (Montgomery, Newtown, Welshpool, Machynlleth, Llanidloes)
The Wild Hunt by Elizabeth Chadwick (7/13/20)
51. Pembrokeshire/Sir Benfro (Pembroke, Milford Haven, Haverfordwest, Fishguard, Tenby, St. David's)
The Thoughts and Happenings of Wilfred Price, Purveyor of Superior Funerals by Wendy Jones (7/21/17)
52. Radnorshire/Sir Faesyfed (Presteigne, Llandrindod Wells, Knighton, Rhayader, New Radnor)
On The Black Hill by Bruce Chatwin (3/7/17)
Continuing through the UK:SCOTLAND
53. Aberdeenshire (Aberdeen, Peterhead, Fraserburgh, Inverurie, Huntley, Ellon, Turriff)
The Translator by Leila Aboulela (2/26/20)
54. Angus/Forfarshire (Forfar, Dundee, Arbroath, Brechin, Montrose, Carnoustie, Kirriemuir)
Macbeth by William Shakespeare (11/29/20)
55. Argyllshire (Inveraray, Oban, Dunoon, Campbeltown, Lochgilphead, Tobermory)
Corrag by Susan Fletcher (4/29/22)
56. Ayrshire (Ayr, Kilmarnock, Irvine, Saltcoats, Kilwinning, Largs, Troon, Cumnock)
Our Fathers by Andrew O'Hagan (5/27/21)
57. Banffshire (Banff, Buckie, Keith, Macduff, Portsoy, Dufftown)
The Redemption of Alexander Seaton by Shona MacLean (11/19/21)
58. Berwickshire (Greenlaw, Duns, Eyemouth, Lauder, Coldstream)
The Shadowy Horses by Susanna Kearsley (7/30/20)
59. Buteshire (Rothesay, Millport, Brodick, Lochranza)
A Shine Of Rainbows by Lillian Beckwith (6/17/21)
60. Cromartyshire (Cromarty, Ullapool)
A Double Death on the Black Isle by A.D. Scott (11/2/21)
61. Caithness (Wick, Thurso, Halkirk, Castletown)
Morning Tide by Neil M. Gunn (4/16/21)
62. Clackmannanshire (Clackmannan, Alloa, Tillicoultry, Tullibody)
When Will There Be Good News? by Kate Atkinson (8/7/21)
63. Dumfriesshire (Dumfries, Annan, Lockerbie, Moffat, Sanquhar, Langholm, Gretna)
Three Junes by Julia Glass (2/2/15)
64. Dunbartonshire/Dumbartonshire (Dumbarton, Clydebank, Cumbernauld, Helensburgh, Alexandria, Kirkintilloch)
The Eagle of the Ninth by Rosemary Sutcliff (6/25/21)
65. East Lothian/Haddingtonshire (Haddington, North Berwick, Dunbar, Tranent, East Linton)
The Bass Rock by Evie Wyld (2/18/21)
66. Fife (Cupar, Dunfermline, Glenrothes, Kirkcaldy, St. Andrews, Cowdenbeath, Burntisland)
The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O'Farrell (7/4/19)
67. Inverness-shire (Inverness, Fort William, Kingussie, Newtonmore, Portree)
Letters from Skye by Jessica Brockmole (6/5/14)
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (2/21/19)
The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware (11/19/19)
68. Kincardineshire (Stonehaven, Banchory, Laurencekirk, Inverbervie)
The Testament of Gideon Mack by James Robertson (12/26/21)
69. Kinross-shire (Kinross, Milnathort)
As High as the Heavens by Kathleen Morgan (5/29/21)
70. Kirkcudbrightshire (Kircudbright, Castle Douglas, Dalbeattie, New Galloway)
The 39 Steps by John Buchan (4/13/18)
71. Lanarkshire (Lanark, Glasgow, East Kilbride, Hamilton, Motherwell, Coatbridge, Carluke)
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman (6/5/17)
72. Midlothian/Edinburghshire (Edinburgh, Musselburgh, Penicuik, Dalkeith, Bonnyrigg)
Regeneration by Pat Barker (6/4/13)
73. Morayshire (Elgin, Forres, Rothes, Lossiemouth, Fochabers)
The Living Mountain by Nan Shepherd (1/26/21)
74. Nairnshire (Nairn, Auldearn, Cawdor, Ferness)
A Charmed Life: Growing Up in Macbeth's Castle by Liza Campbell (5/3/22)
75. Orkney (Kirkwall, Sromness, Balfour)
The Flight of Gemma Hardy by Margot Livesey (12/27/17)
76. Peeblesshire (Peebles, Innerleithen, West Linton)
Legacy by Jeanette Baker (2/24/22)
77. Perthshire (Perth, Crieff, Pitlochry, Callander, Blairgowrie, Rattray, Coupar Angus, Kincardine)
Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough (12/9/18)
78. Renfrewshire (Renfrew, Paisley, Greenock, Johnstone, Port Glasgow, Barrhead, Kilmalcolm
The Betrayal of Maggie Blair by Elizabeth Laird (6/3/21)
79. Ross-shire (Dingwall, Stornaway, Tain, Alness, Invergordon)
His Bloody Project: Documents Relating to the Case of Roderick Macrae by Graeme Macrae Burnet (4/3/20)
80. Roxburghshire (Jedburgh, Hawick, Kelso, Melrose, Roxburgh)
The Hanging of Margaret Dickson by Alison J. Butler (11/27/21)
81. Selkirkshire (Selkirk, Clovenfords, Galashiels)
September by Rosamunde Pilcher (5/24/22)
82. Shetland (Lerwick, Scalloway, Baltasound)
Raven Black by Ann Cleeves (12/15/20)
83. Stirlingshire (Stirling, Falkirk, Grangemouth, Kilsyth, Bridge of Allan, Denny, Alva)
A Wreath of Snow: A Victorian Christmas Novella by Liz Curtis Higgs (12/2/13)
84. Sutherland (Dornoch, Helmsdale, Brora, Golspie, Lairg, Durness, Tongue)
The Exile of Sara Stevenson by Darci Hannah (10/19/21)
85. West Lothian/Linlithgowshire (Linlithgow, Livingston, Bo'ness, Broxburn, Whitburn, Armadale, Bathgate
The Woman I Was Born to Be: My Story by Susan Boyle (6/23/21)
86. Wigtownshire (Wigtown, Stranraer, Newton Stewart, Whithorn)
The Diary of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell(5/17/22)
NORTHERN IRELAND
87. Antrim (Antrim, Ballymena, Carrickfergus, Larne, Lisburn, Newtownabbey)
The Case of the Missing Books by Ian Sansom (2/9/20)
88. Armagh (Armagh, Newry, Craigavon)
The Yellow House by Patricia Falvey (8/12/18)
89. Down (Belfast, Newry, Dundonald, Newtownards, Bangor)
The Tea House on Mulberry Street by Sharon Owens (6/6/13)
90. Fermanagh (Enniskillen, Lisnaskea)
Bog Child by Siobhan Dowd (1/16/20)
91. Londonderry (Londonderry, Coleraine, Limavady)
The Godforsaken Daughter by Christina McKenna (3/25/20)
92. Tyrone (Omagh, Cookstown, Dungannon, Strabane)
The Legacy of Lucy Harte by Emma Heatherington (3/29/20)
For Gloucestershire, England (#13 on the list), I read The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes. I used it for its Bristol setting, but it could also be used for London. This is a literary novel about memory, aging, emotional survival, lost opportunities, regret, and the profound effect of one person's actions on another.
enjoyed Wales so much I hung around....Caernarfonshire- The Wicked and the Just by J. Anderson Coats
Radnorshire- On The Black Hill by Bruce Chatwin (a 1001 book)
Brecknockshire- According to the Evidence by Bernard Knight
then headed north- Scotland- Ross-shire- The Blackhouse by Peter May
then south- England- Essex- Cover Her Face by P.D. James
Summary post 7
What a treasure you are, Ian! Thank youNeverending UK County challenge, here I come!
1. Kent (Maidstone, Canterbury, Bromley, Rochester, Margate, Folkestone, Dover, Greenwich) The Maid of Fairbourne Hall by Julie Klassen
*updated! It actually takes place mostly in Kent County near Maidstone
Dlmrose wrote: "enjoyed Wales so much I hung around....Caernarfonshire- The Wicked and the Just by J. Anderson Coats
Radnorshire- On The Black Hill by Bruce Chatwin (a 1001 book)
Brecknockshire- According to t..."
How was On The Black Hill? I have had it on my tbr list for a long time.
Diane wrote: "Dlmrose wrote: "enjoyed Wales so much I hung around....Caernarfonshire- The Wicked and the Just by J. Anderson Coats
Radnorshire- On The Black Hill by Bruce Chatwin (a 1001 book)
Brecknockshire..."
I really enjoyed it- contemplated 5 stars (and I don't do that often!) one of my favorite books so far this year.
Dlmrose wrote: "Diane wrote: "Dlmrose wrote: "enjoyed Wales so much I hung around....Caernarfonshire- The Wicked and the Just by J. Anderson Coats
Radnorshire- On The Black Hill by Bruce Chatwin (a 1001 book)
..."
Thanks!
LindaD wrote: "What a treasure you are, Ian! Thank youNeverending UK County challenge, here I come!"
You won't be thanking me when you're stuck for a book for some really tiny county lol
Devon- The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel JoyceWhile Harold was on his way to Berwick, Maureen had her own issues in Kingsbridge, Devon
Aberdeenshire- Aberdeen- Bloodshot by Stuart MacBride
Merioneth- surrounding Dolgellau- The Earth Hums in B Flat by Mari Strachan
Yorkshire- North Riding- near Whitby- Beneath the Shadows by Sara Foster
Derbyshire- Peak District- Black Dog by Stephen Booth
summary post 7
Northamptonshire - Voice of the Fire by Alan Moore. I explained about this in the thread about books from our locations (where I put both my hometown and present home). Let me try and find it and paste it:I'm from Northampton, in England, and what springs quickly to mind is Voice of the Fire by Alan Moore, seeing as it's very local in its focus, though universal in its themes.
It told me new details about the history of the town (though one little fact, central to one of the characters, I can actually credit myself for having told him when I worked on a history project in the town) and the last chapter even told me news about specific people I had met and hadn't seen or heard of since I'd left. Though his current, longstanding project, called Jersusalem, may top it in all those ways and maybe more, from what I've heard on and off over the years of him writing it.
Definitely worth a read, even if you're not at all into the comic/graphic novel/etc. stuff he is better known for (Swamp Thing, From Hell, Watchmen, V for Vendetta, etc., etc.), though that has some variety too.
Definitely a good book for a general view on England, and even the general roots of modern western society too. So a real 'place book', where the place is minutely focused on, but therefore touches on the depths that are common to all. This is a big part of Alan's approach, I think.
There you go. It's hard for me to think of anything better for that county, though based mainly in and around Northampton. John Clare is the local famous poet, but then there's a chapter on him here. The book has fictional chapters at different points, all through from Iron Age time until modern times, finishing with Alan describing his feelings about the town as he walks around, looks at architecture, tells stories about himself, his family and people he knows (with one, I suddenly realised I'd been told this very story by its protagonist, sitting on a sofa next to me at a party, who, it trasnpired from this book, had died since). A famous murder is there, and what surrounds it, a link to the Guy Fawkes 'gunpowder plot', the Crusades, the Roman presence, Thomas Beckett, etc., etc., though always from a personal point of view of the protagonist that is kind of 'ultra personal', going to places 'beyond and behind' the obviously personal and expanding/sharpening/deepening the human subject and motivation to that kind of extreme. For example, you get to read a first person account of being burned at the stake (don't think this is a traumatising read, it isn't). A real digging into the place and its history both in terms of going back very far and following threads from point to point until the present, but also in digging deep into the mysteries of human perception and reality and the ebbs and flows of motivations and the surrounding circumstances that those motivations develop themselves in response to, with Alan's typical strong leaning towards looking towards the internal and purer meaning away from those external diversionary patterns and pressures, with history and its paths growing out of this meeting of that human interior and its changing relationship with the exterior; a battle to be ever fought, with history its stumbling path so far.
Starting January 2013Read 6/94
England
4. Cambridgeshire, Cambridge (+Maidenhead), Fever Pitch, Nick Hornby, 19/1/13
13. Gloucestershire, Bristol (!), The Sense of an Ending, Julian Barnes, 25/1/13
18. Kent, Cakes and Ale, W. Somerset Maugham, 21/1/13
22. Middlesex, London, Hawksmoor, Peter Ackroyd, 16/1/13
27. Oxfordshire, The Rachel Papers, Martin Amis, 13/1/13
Wales
Scotland
68. Fife, Lady Rose and Mrs. Memmary, Ruby Ferguson, 15/2/13
Northern Ireland
To read:
1. Bedfordshire (Bedford, Luton, Dunstable, Leighton Buzzard, Biggleswade, Sandy)
2. Berkshire (Reading, Bracknell, Maidenhead, Newbury, Windsor, Wokingham, Abingdon)
3. Buckinghamshire (Aylesbury, Milton Keynes, Slough, Buckingham, High Wycombe)
5. Cheshire (Chester, Stockport, Ellesmere Port, Birkenhead, Wallasey, Runcorn, Macclesfield, Crewe)
6. Cornwall (Bodmin, Truro, Camborne, Redruth, St. Austell, Falmouth, Penzance, Newquay)
7. Cumberland (Carlisle, Whitehaven, Workington, Penrith, Keswick, Brampton)
8. Derbyshire (Derby, Chesterfield, Glossop, Ilkeston, Long Eaton, Swadlincote, Buxton, Matlock, Ashbourne)
9. Devon (Exeter, Plymouth, Torquay, Paignton, Barnstaple, Tiverton, Newton Abbot, Tavistock)
10. Dorset (Dorchester, Poole, Weymouth, Sherborne, Wimborne Minster, Shaftesbury)
11. Durham (Durham, Sunderland, Stockton-on-Tees, Darlington, Hartlepool, Gateshead, Washington)
12. Essex (Chelmsford, Basildon, Romford, Southend, Colchester, Harlow, Brentwood, West Ham)
14. Hampshire (Winchester, Southampton, Portsmouth, Bournemouth, Basingstoke, Newport)
15. Herefordshire (Hereford, Ross-on-Wye, Leominster, Ledbury, Bromyard, Kington)
16. Hertfordshire (Hertford, Watford, St. Albans, Hemel Hempstead, Stevenage, Hatfield)
17. Huntingdonshire (Huntingdon, St. Ives, St. Neots, Ramsey, Yaxley)
19. Lancashire (Lancaster, Liverpool, Manchester, Preston, Bolton, Warrington, Barrow-in-Furness)
20. Leicestershire (Leicester, Loughborough, Hinckley, Melton Mowbray, Coalville, Lutterworth)
21. Lincolnshire (Lincoln, Grimsby, Scunthorpe, Boston, Grantham, Stamford, Skegness, Louth)
23. Norfolk (Norwich, Great Yarmouth, King's Lynn, Dereham, Cromer, Hunstanton)
24. Northamptonshire (Northampton, Peterborough, Corby, Kettering, Wellingborough)
25. Northumberland (Alnwick, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Morpeth, Hexham, Berwick-upon-Tweed)
26. Nottinghamshire (Nottingham, Mansfield, Worksop, Newark, Retford, Southwell)
28. Rutland (Oakham, Uppingham. Cottesmore)
29. Shropshire (Shrewsbury, Telford, Oswestry, Bridgnorth, Whitchurch, Market Drayton, Ludlow)
30. Somerset (Taunton, Bath, Weston-super-Mare, Yeovil, Bridgwater, Wells, Glastonbury)
31. Staffordshire (Stafford, Stoke-on-Trent, Wolverhampton, Walsall, Cannock, Lichfield)
32. Suffolk (Ipswich, Bury St. Edmunds, Lowestoft, Felixstowe, Sudbury, Haverhill, Bungay)
33. Surrey (Guildford, Croydon, Woking, Sutton, Kingston-on-Thames, Wandsworth, Wimbledon, Brixton)
34. Sussex (Chichester, Brighton, Worthing, Crawley, Hastings, Eastbourne, Bognor Regis, Horsham)
35. Warwickshire (Warwick, Birmingham, Coventry, Nuneaton, Rugby, Solihull, Stratford-upon-Avon)
36. Westmorland (Appleby, Kendal, Windermere, Ambleside, Kirkby Lonsdale)
37. Wiltshire (Trowbridge, Salisbury, Swindon, Chippenham, Devizes, Marlborough, Warminster)
38. Worcestershire (Worcester, Dudley, Kidderminster, Stourbridge, Halesowen, Malvern, Evesham)
39. Yorkshire, North Riding (Northallerton, Middlesbrough, Scarborough, Whitby)
40. Yorkshire, East Riding (Beverley, Hull, Bridlington, Driffield, Hornsea, Filey)
41. Yorkshire, West Riding (Wakefield, Leeds, Sheffield, Bradford, Halifax, Harrogate)
42. Anglesey/Sir Fon (Beaumaris, Holyhead, Llangefni, Amlwch, Menai Bridge)
43. Brecknockshire/Sir Frycheiniog (Brecon, Builth Wells, Hay-on-Wye, Talgarth, Llanwrtwd Wells)
44. Caernarfonshire/Sir Gaernarfon (Caernarfon, Bangor, Llandudno, Conwy, Pwllheli, Porthmadog)
45. Carmarthenshire/Sir Gaerfyrddin (Carmarthen, Llanelli, Ammanford, Llandovery, Kidwelly, St. Clears)
46. Cardiganshire/Ceredigion (Cardigan, Aberystwyth, Lampeter, New Quay, Tregaron)
47. Denbighshire/Sir Ddinbych (Denbigh, Wrexham, Ruthin, Abergele, Llangollen)
48. Flintshire/Sir Fflint (Mold, Flint, Rhyl, Prestatyn, Connah's Quay, Holywell, Buckley, St. Asaph)
49. Glamorgan/Morgannwg (Cardiff, Swansea, Merthyr Tydfil, Barry, Caerphilly, Bridgend, Neath, Pontypridd)
50. Merioneth/Meirionnydd (Dolgellau, Bala, Tywyn, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Barmouth, Harlech)
51. Monmouthshire/Sir Fynwy (Monmouth, Newport, Blackwood, Cwmbran, Abergavenny, Chepstow, Tredegar)
52. Montgomeryshire/Sir Drefaldwyn (Montgomery, Newtown, Welshpool, Machynlleth, Llanidloes)
53. Pembrokeshire/Sir Benfro (Pembroke, Milford Haven, Haverfordwest, Fishguard, Tenby, St. David's)
54. Radnorshire/Sir Faesyfed (Presteigne, Llandrindod Wells, Knighton, Rhayader, New Radnor)
55. Aberdeenshire (Aberdeen, Peterhead, Fraserburgh, Inverurie, Huntley, Ellon, Turriff)
56. Angus/Forfarshire (Forfar, Dundee, Arbroath, Brechin, Montrose, Carnoustie, Kirriemuir)
57. Argyllshire (Inveraray, Oban, Dunoon, Campbeltown, Lochgilphead, Tobermory)
58. Ayrshire (Ayr, Kilmarnock, Irvine, Saltcoats, Kilwinning, Largs, Troon, Cumnock)
59. Banffshire (Banff, Buckie, Keith, Macduff, Portsoy, Dufftown)
60. Berwickshire (Greenlaw, Duns, Eyemouth, Lauder, Coldstream)
61. Buteshire (Rothesay, Millport, Brodick, Lochranza)
62. Cromartyshire (Cromarty, Ullapool)
63. Caithness (Wick, Thurso, Halkirk, Castletown)
64. Clackmannanshire (Clackmannan, Alloa, Tillicoultry, Tullibody)
65. Dumfriesshire (Dumfries, Annan, Lockerbie, Moffat, Sanquhar, Langholm, Gretna)
66. Dunbartonshire/Dumbartonshire (Dumbarton, Clydebank, Cumbernauld, Helensburgh, Alexandria, Kirkintilloch)
67. East Lothian/Haddingtonshire (Haddington, North Berwick, Dunbar, Tranent, East Linton)
69. Inverness-shire (Inverness, Fort William, Kingussie, Newtonmore, Portree)
70. Kincardineshire (Stonehaven, Banchory, Laurencekirk, Inverbervie)
71. Kinross-shire (Kinross, Milnathort)
72. Kirkcudbrightshire (Kircudbright, Castle Douglas, Dalbeattie, New Galloway)
73. Lanarkshire (Lanark, Glasgow, East Kilbride, Hamilton, Motherwell, Coatbridge, Carluke)
74. Midlothian/Edinburghshire (Edinburgh, Musselburgh, Penicuik, Dalkeith, Bonnyrigg)
75. Morayshire (Elgin, Forres, Rothes, Lossiemouth, Fochabers)
76. Nairnshire (Nairn, Auldearn, Cawdor, Ferness)
77. Orkney (Kirkwall, Sromness, Balfour)
78. Peeblesshire (Peebles, Innerleithen, West Linton)
79. Perthshire (Perth, Crieff, Pitlochry, Callander, Blairgowrie, Rattray, Coupar Angus, Kincardine)
80. Renfrewshire (Renfrew, Paisley, Greenock, Johnstone, Port Glasgow, Barrhead, Kilmalcolm)
81. Ross-shire (Dingwall, Stornaway, Tain, Alness, Invergordon)
82. Roxburghshire (Jedburgh, Hawick, Kelso, Melrose, Roxburgh)
83. Selkirkshire (Selkirk, Clovenfords, Galashiels)
84. Shetland (Lerwick, Scalloway, Baltasound)
85. Stirlingshire (Stirling, Falkirk, Grangemouth, Kilsyth, Bridge of Allan, Denny, Alva)
86. Sutherland (Dornoch, Helmsdale, Brora, Golspie, Lairg, Durness, Tongue)
87. West Lothian/Linlithgowshire (Linlithgow, Livingston, Bo'ness, Broxburn, Whitburn, Armadale, Bathgate)
88. Wigtownshire (Wigtown, Stranraer, Newton Stewart, Whithorn)
89. Antrim (Antrim, Ballymena, Carrickfergus, Larne, Lisburn, Newtownabbey)
90. Armagh (Armagh, Newry, Craigavon)
91. Down (Belfast, Newry, Dundonald, Newtownards, Bangor)
92. Fermanagh (Enniskillen, Lisnaskea)
93. Londonderry (Londonderry, Coleraine, Limavady)
94. Tyrone (Omagh, Cookstown, Dungannon, Strabane)
Midlothian- Edinburgh- The Complaints by Ian RankinAngus- Dundee- The Good Son by Russel D. McLean
Down- Belfast- The Tea House on Mulberry Street by Sharon Owens
Cambridgeshire- Cambridge- Cambridge Blue by Alison Bruce
Kent- The Shivering Sands by Victoria Holt
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So interesting! Love these lists and look forward to some good reads! Thank you!
Oxfordshire -- Lark Rise to Candleford, by Flora ThompsonThe book is wonderful and so was the series.
A few days ago, I was discussing the following topic with a friend who is entirely Mediterranean and yet loves English novels. What is it about stories set in England that makes them so appealing, especially to non-English people? Is it Victorian manners, the English countryside, the particular sort of romance or mystery portrayed, the humanity expressed, or simply because it's good literature? Would we prefer a good, English novel to a translated Italian one of similar quality and topic? Is it because it's in English? Is it due to our personalities? All of the above? I hope this makes sense and would love to hear from UK readers as much as everyone else. Hooray for English lit!
Anglesey- A Christmas Beginning: A Novel by Anne PerryShetland- Sacrifice by S.J. Bolton
Dorset- Awakening by S.J. Bolton
Perthshire- After the Armistice Ball by Catriona McPherson
Cornwall- Wings Of Fire by Charles Todd
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summary post 7Rutland- An English Murder by Louise Doughty
Yorkshire East Riding- Hull- The Dark Winter by David Mark
Bedfordshire- Luton- Blood Sympathy by Reginald Hill
Flintshire- Flint by Margaret Redfern
Hampshire- near Portsmouth- Matty Groves by Deborah Grabien
summary post 7Cumberland- Keswick- Island of Bones by Imogen Robertson
Pembrokeshire- The Thoughts & Happenings of Wilfred Price, Purveyor of Superior Funerals by Wendy Jones
Ayrshire- The Storm Without by Tony Black
Oxfordshire- The Serpent's Tale by Ariana Franklin
Armagh- For Many a Long Day by Anne Doughty
summary post 7Cheshire- The Abbess of Crewe by Muriel Spark
Fife- Kirkculdy- The Impossible Dead by Ian Rankin
Somerset- Glastonbury- Grave Goods by Ariana Franklin
Northumberland- The Ivy Tree by Mary Stewart
Sussex- Instruments of Darkness by Imogen Robertson
For County #16, Hertfordshire, England: Me Before You by Jojo Moyes. This is a five star--and a five hanky--book about a woman who is hired as a caregiver for a quadriplegic young man.
Neverending UK County challenge, here I come!2/94
1. Kent (Maidstone, Canterbury, Bromley, Rochester, Margate, Folkestone, Dover, Greenwich) The Maid of Fairbourne Hall by Julie Klassen
2. Essex (Chelmsford, Basildon, Romford, Southend, Colchester, Harlow, Brentwood, West Ham) The Mysterious Affair At Styles by Agatha Christie
Ian wrote: "We started this challenge back in late 2011 over in the UK Book Club GR group. You could use our list as below which has the historic counties before the politicians started messing with and mergin..."Thanks Ian - glad to see my home town of Strabane mentioned in the Tyrone list.
Has anyone read a book set in Tyrone yet? I'd be interested in hearing about it.If you are looking for a Tyrone book I can suggest my novel, Dancing with Statues. It's set in post-conflict Tyrone and I hope it helps show a fresh view of NI and inspires people to visit. Dancing with Statues
summary post 7Argyllshire- Kintyre - After a Dead Dog: Dangerous Love, Dark Secrets, Sudden Death by Colin Murray
Gloucestershire - Bristol- Ritual: A Novel by Mo Hayder
Worcestershire - Worcester - Touch Not the Cat by Mary Stewart
Orkney - The Flight of Gemma Hardy by Margot Livesey
Montgomeryshire - near Newtown - The Lambsridge Wolves by Chrissie Parkes
Shropshire - Shrewsbury - One Corpse Too Many by Ellis Peters
summary post 7Nottinghamshire- Rough Treatment by John Harvey
Lancashire- Blackpool A Dying Fall by Elly Griffiths
Wiltshire- Avebury- Sight Unseen by Robert Goddard
Norfolk - near Norwich - Agatha Raisin and the Fairies of Fryfam by M.C. Beaton
Durham - Sweet Wells by Elizabeth Gill
Here's another Northamptonshire one I forgot:
I used to go and see this guy's band, which he talks about in the book too, in the Black Lion (now the Wig & Pen) on St.Giles Street in Northampton. The back of my head features in a picture of them I've seen going around the internet. Not that I know him. I think we have some mutual friends probably somewhere.
summary post 7Antrim- The Case of the Missing Books
Lincolnshire- Lincoln- The Alehouse Murders by Maureen Ash
Hertfordshire- Stortford - Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
Surrey - A Surrey State of Affairs by Ceri Radford
Huntingdonshire - Somersham - Devil's Bride by Stephanie Laurens
Berkshire - Wantage - Troubled Midnight by John E. Gardner
I am going to start this, but it will take me a very long time. I have mapped out my journey through England so far, and will add Scotland, Wales, & Northern Ireland later. Here is my proposed itinerary:ENGLAND:
Bedfordshire: Exit Stage Left by Adam Croft
Berkshire: The Return of the Soldier by Rebecca West
Buckinghamshire: Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan Cooper
Cambridgeshire: Jacob's Room by Virginia Woolf
Cheshire: Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell
Cornwall: The House on the Strand by Daphne du Maurier
Cumberland: Island of Bones by Imogen Robertson
Devon: And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie or
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
Durham: The Dress Lodger by Sheri Holman
Essex: The House At Riverton by Kate Morton
Gloucestershire: Cider With Rosie by Laurie Lee
Hampshire: The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
Herefordshire: The Last Dragonslayer by Jasper Fforde
Hertfordshire: An Assembly Such as This by Pamela Aidan
Huntindonshire:
Isle of Wight: Wish You Were Here by Graham Swift
Kent: Disappearance by David Dabydeen
Lancashire: Hard Times by Charles Dickens
Leicestershire: Some Kind of Fairy Tale by Graham Joyce
Lincolnshire: Pamela; Or, Virtue Rewarded by Samuel Richardson
Northamptonshire: A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka
Northumberland: Another World by Pat Barker
Nottinghamshire: Lady Chatterley's Lover or Sons and Lovers by D.H. Lawrence
Oxfordshire: Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
Rutland: Uppingham by the Sea: A Narrative of the Year at Borth by John Huntley Skrine
Shropshire: Something Fresh by P.G. Wodehouse or Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers
Somerset: Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
Staffordshire: Arthur & George by Julian Barnes
Suffolk: La's Orchestra Saves the World by Alexander McCall Smith
Surrey: The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
Sussex: The Master by Colm Tóibín
Warwickshire: Felicia's Journey by William Trevor
Wiltshire: The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham
Worcestershire: Black Swan Green by David Mitchell
Yorkshire:
- East Riding: The Dark Winter by David Mark
- North Riding: Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë
-West Riding: A Kestrel for a Knave by Barry Hines
WALES
Anglesey: The Black Cauldron by Lloyd Alexander
Brecknockshire: Sixpence House: Lost in a Town of Books
Caernrfonshire: Evans Above by Rhys Bowen
Cardiganshire: The Broken Bridge by Philip Pullman
Carmarthenshire: Cousin Henry by Anthony Trollope
Flint:
Glmorgan: How Green Was My Valley by Richard Llewellyn
Merioneth: The Mabinogion
Monmouthshire: The Old Devils by Kingsley Amis or The Hill of Dreams by Arthur Machen
Montgomeryshire: The Lambsridge Wolves by Chrissie Parkes
Pembrokeshire: Gold by Dan Rhodes
Radnorshire: On the Black Hill by Bruce Chatwin
SCOTLAND
Midlothian/Edinburghshire:
NORTHERN IRELAND
Antrim: The Blue Cabin: Living By The Tides On Islandmore
Armagh: The Yellow House by Patricia Falvey
Down: Home Is the Sailor: An Irish Country Doctor Story by Patrick Taylor
Fermanagh: Bog Child by Siobhan Dowd
Londonderry: The Misremembered Man by Christina McKenna
Tyrone: Dancing with Statues by Caroline Doherty de Novoa
summary post 7Herefordshire - near Hereford- The Wine of Angels by Phil Rickman
Staffordshire - Lichfield - The Road to Lichfield by Penelope Lively
Kirkcudbrightshire - Galloway near Stewartry - The Lantern Bearers by Ronald Frame
Buckinghamshire - Bletchley - Enigma by Robert Harris
Warwickshire - Coventry - Coventry by Helen Humphreys
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Here are some county lists to get you started:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counties...
http://www.gbet.com/AtoZ_counties/
I have started (but am far from finishing) lists of books from counties in the UK. You can find them here:
England:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/6...
Northern Ireland:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...
Scotland:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Wales:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/6...