- Death of a Red Heroine : Qui Xiaolong
- A Loyal Character Dancer : Qui Xiaolong
- When Red is Black : Qui Xiaolong
- An English Affair: Sex, Class & Power in the Age of Profumo : Richard Davenport-Hines
- Duane’s Depressed : Larry McMurtry
plus I’m still reading Circular Breathing – The Cultural Politics of Jazz in Britain : George McKay and, inevitably, yet more of David Kynaston’s Family Britain.