Holiday reading recommendations

During this year I’ve read or reread a variety of books, and written brief reviews of some favourite ones for shepherd.com. If you’re wanting ideas either for your own reading over the holidays or for Christmas gifts, you might like to look at the lists below. Click on the images to see my personal appraisals of these books, with links to their details on your local Amazon site.

For my “Three favourite reads of 2024” – not necessarily published in 2024 – I chose three completely different books, one novel and two non-fiction:

My list of novels on the theme of “Family secrets and mysteries from the past” includes three modern classics which I’ve enjoyed reading again, and two contemporary psychological thrillers, linked to one of my own books:

Thirdly a non-fiction list on the theme of “Doctors who have been patients themselves“, including the short book about migraine that I published this year:

Seasons greetings to all my readers, and thank you for your interest in my blog and my books.