What I've Been Reading - An Obsessive-Compulsive Monthly Compilation Of The Books I've Been Reading - Or, A Thirty-Eight Year Retrospective - Books - http://maxpages.com/readersplace/Jan_1971_thru_Dec

Welcome to the 1970's! I was reading a lot of Gothics during the early 70's and I had discovered Harlequin Romances and was devouring them like crazy! I hope this List brings you some fond memories of your early reading years, but I'm sure many of you younger readers won't have heard of many of these titles.

JANUARY 1971
Death On The Nile - Agatha Christie
Bitter Masquerade - Margery Hilton
The Gentle Prisoner - Sara Seale
The Feel Of Silk - Joyce Dingwell

FEBRUARY 1971
Venice Affair - Joyce Dingwell
The Dangerous Delight - Violet Winspear
Doctor At Villa Ronda - Iris Danbury
A Handful Of Silver - Isabel Chace
A Kiss In A Gondola - Katrina Britt
Watch The Wall, My Darling - Jane Aiken Hodge
Seacliffe - Edwina Noone
Blue Jasmine - Violet Winspear
The Salzburg Connection - Helen MacInnes
The Weeping Tower - Christine Randell
The Turquoise Sea - Hilary Wilde
Folly To Be Wise - Sara Seale
The Phantom Cottage - Velda Johnston
The King Of The Castle - Victoria Holt
The Golden Rendezvous - Alistair Maclean

MARCH 1971
Desire Of The Heart - Barbara Cartland
The Arrogant Duke - Anne Mather
North From Rose - Helen MacInnes
Joy Street - Frances Parkinson Keyes
Winterwood - Dorothy Eden

APRIL 1971
Testimony Of Two Men - Taylor Caldwell
Secret Of The Bayou - Francine Davenport
The Crystal Cave - Mary Stewart
House On The Strand - Daphne duMaurier

MAY 1971
The Secret Woman - Victoria Holt
The Bride Of Newgate - John Dickson Carr
The French Bride - Evelyn Anthony
The Man In The Queue - Josephine Tey
Lady Ingram's Room - Jill Tattersall
Stranger At Pembroke - Anne Eliot
Fiona - Catherine Gaskin
The Vines Of Yarrabee - Dorothy Eden

JUNE 1971
Passions Of The Mind - Irving Stone
The Shining Mischief - Barbara Levy
Beloved Castaway - Violet Winspear
Chateau Of Pines - Iris Danbury
Passenger To Frankfort - Agatha Christie
Doctor In Malaya - Anne Weale
These Delights - Sara Seale
Carpet Of Dreams - Susan Barrie

JULY 1971
The Marigold Field - Diane Pearson
Melissa - Taylor Caldwell
Shadow Glen - Dorothy Daniels
Ride A White Dolphin - Anne Maybury
No Wind Of Blame - Georgette Heyer
The Fabulous Island - Katrina Britt
Healer Of Hearts - Katrina Britt
The Grandees - Stephen Birgmingham
Vice Avenged - Lolah Burford

AUGUST 1971
Bride Of Tancred - Diane Pearson
The Rochemer Hag - Louise King
The Shadow Of The Lynx - Victoria Holt
Dragonwyck - Anya Seton
Window On The Square - Phyllis Whitney

SEPTEMBER 1971
It Happened In Boston? - Russell Greenan
Doctor In Corsica - Elizabeth Gilzean
That Man Simon - Katrina Britt
Senior Staff Nurse - Hilda Pressley
Bride's Dilemma - Violet Winspear
Moon At The Full - Susan Barrie
Nurse Missing - Elizabeth Keller
My Soul To Keep - Elizabeth Davis

OCTOBER 1971
Dark Legacy - Theresa Charles
The Fire Of Love - Barbara Cartland

NOVEMBER 1971
The Dreaming Suburb - R. F. Delderfield
The Avenue Goes To War - R. F. Delderfield
The Other - Tom Tryon
House Of Shadows - Florence Hurd

DECEMBER 1971
A Time To Die - Hilda Lawrence
The China Princess - Hebe Elsna
Mountain Of Dreams - Barbara Rowan
Return Of Simon - Celine Conway
Dear Professor - Sara Seale
Frederica - Georgette Heyer
Fire Will Freeze - Margaret Millar
Once A Nurse - Willo Davis Roberts
Tulips For Augusta - Betty Neels
Dark Carnival - Maysie Greig
The Marriage Chest - Mary Paradise
Dearest Enemy - Kathryn Blair

JANUARY 1972
Nicholas And Alexandra - Robert Massie
Love Is Eternal - Irving Stone
When Michael Calls - John Farris
Stranger In A Strange Land - Robert Heinlein

FEBRUARY 1972
Here Come The Brides - Geraldine Napier
The French Lieutenant's Woman - John Fowles
The Tuscany Madonna - Miriam Canfield
The Daughter Of Time - Josephine Tey
Pairing Off - Julian Moynahan
Stay With Me, Love - Arlene Hale
Orphan Bride - Sara Seale
An Afternoon Walk - Dorothy Eden
Tamboti Moon - Wynne May
Brittle Bondage - Sara Seale
The Taming Of Nurse Conway - Nora Sanderson

MARCH 1972
Shield Of Honor - Alice Walworth Graham
This Woman Wanted - Rae Foley
The Crying Child - Barbara Michaels
Savannah Purchase - Jane Aiken Hodge
Came A Stranger - Celine Conway
Within The Hollow Crown - Margaret Campbell Barnes
The Knocker On Death's Door - Ellis Peters

APRIL 1972
Imperial Courtesan - F. W. Kenyon
Corridor Of Whispers - Edwina Noone
House Of Strangers - Jennifer Hale
Detour To Romance - Katherine McComb
Black Douglas - Violet Winspear
Master Of Barracuda Isle - Hilary Wilde
Bride In Waiting - Susan Barrie
Place Of Shadows - Kage Booton
Cafe Mimosa - Roumelia Lane
Islands Of Summer - Anne Weale
The Garden Of Don Jose - Rose Burghley
The Vampire Cameo - Dorothea Nile
Blaze Of Silk - Margaret Way
The Whispering Grove - Margery Hilton
Stormy Haven - Rosalind Brett
The Stone Carnation - Naomi Hintze
Last Of The Mohicans - James Fenimore Cooper

MAY 1972
Return To Dragonshill - Essie Summers
Baton Sinister - Carl Spinatelli
The Unknown Mr. Brown - author unknown
The Earl - Cecelia Holland
Trumpet At The Gate - Jan Widgery
The Coin Of Love - Barbara Cartland
The Man From Bahl Bahla - Margaret Way
The Third Uncle - Sara Seale
Summer Magic - Margarey Way

JUNE 1972
Bath Tangle - Georgette Heyer
Love In Hiding - Barbara Cartland
The Shrouded Walls - Susan Howatch
Black Sheep - Georgette Heyer
Sylvester, or The Wicked Uncle - Georgette Heyer
Quin's Hide - Margaret Summerton
Legend Of The Loch - Alanna Knight
The Man In The Next Room - Jane Donnelly
Immortal Flower - Elizabeth Hoy
The Newcomer - Hilda Pressley
The Sea House - Margaret Summerton
Remedy For Love - Flora Kidd
Storm Over Bitterhill - Paulette Warren

JULY 1972
Night Falls At Bitterhill - Paulette Warren
Nemesis - Agatha Christie
The Seventh Sinner - Elizabeth Peters
The 4th Man On The Rope - Evelyn Berckman
Midsummer Masque - Jill Tattersall
House Called Edenhythe - Nancy Buckingham
Jeeves & The Tie That Binds - P. G. Wodehouse
The Unknown Ajax - Georgette Heyer
The Venetian Affair - Helen MacInnes
Not Wanted On Voyage - Kay Thorpe
Dear Conquistador - Margery Hilton
Chateau Of Flowers - Margaret Rome

AUGUST 1972
The Scent Of Danger - Elisabeth Kyle
The Freedom Trap - Desmond Bagley
A Serious Investigation - Lesley Egan
Sweet Are The Ways - Essie Summers
Conan Doyle - Pierre Nordon - NF
Cotillion - Georgette Heyer
Faro's Daughter - Georgette Heyer
Cousin Mark - Elizabeth Ashton

SEPTEMBER 1972
The Silver Ladies - Margaret Erskine
No. 9 Belmont Square - Margaret Erskine
Old Mrs. Ommanney Is Dead - Margaret Erskine
Caravan Of Night - Margaret Erskine
Detour To Denmark - Judith Ware
Childhood's End - Arthur C. Clarke
The Ghost Of Channing House - Genevieve St. John
The Balance Wheel - Taylor Caldwell
The Golden Keel - Desmond Bagley
The Yellow Gold Of Tiryns - Helena Osborne

OCTOBER 1972
Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray
A Dram Of Poison - Charlotte Armstrong
The Ouija Board - Teri Lester
Lost Love - Barbara Cartland
Beware Of The Bouquet - Joan Aiken
The Scarlet Pimpernel - Baroness Orczy
Crooked House - Agatha Christie
Nurse Trent's Children - author unknown

NOVEMBER 1972
The Crystal Crow - Joan Aiken
Lovers All Untrue - Nora Lofts
The Cliffs Of Dread - Virginia Coffman
The Devil Of The Stairs - Pat Root
Goddess Of Terror - Adela Gale
Island Mystery - Teri Lester
Cavanaugh Keep - Miriam Leslie
Season Of Evil - Jane Gordon (Elsie Lee)
The Devil Was Handsome - Maurice Proctor
The Menacing Darkness - Sandra Shulman
Sarah Mandrake - Maggie Jeanne Wadelton

DECEMBER 1972
Georgina - Clare Darcy
Isle Of The Rainbows - Anne Hampson
The Sweet Spring - Hilda Nickson
The Silver Slave - Violet Winspear
The New Zealander - Joyce Dingwell
Charlotte's Hurricane - Anne Mather
It's Rumoured In The Village - Mary Burchell
But Not For Me - Mary Burchell
If Love Be Love - Flora Kidd
The Spell Of The Enchanter - Margery Hilton
Wintersbride - Sara Seale
House In The Timberwoods - Joyce Dingwell
When Birds Do Sing - Flora Kidd
Return To Dragonshill - Essie Summers

JANUARY 1973
Lady Of Quality - Georgette Heyer
The House On The Moat - Virginia Coffman
Wild Night - Rae Foley
The Painted Mask - Margaret Erkskine
The Masqueraders - Georgette Heyer
Neither Five Nor Three - Helen MacInnes
Madselin - Norah Lofts
The Dead Sea Cipher - Elizabeth Peters
Mistress Devon - Virginia Coffman
Children's Nurse - Kathryn Blair
The Shelton Conspiracy - Rae Foley
Dear Puritan - Violet Winspear
The Cave Of The White Rose - Flora Kidd
A Girl Named Smith - Jane Arbor

FEBRUARY 1973
Cecily - Clare Darcy
So Loved And So Far - Elizabeth Hoy
Carousel Of Crime - Ellery Queen, editor
Octagon House - Phoebe Atwood Taylor
The Twelfth Hour - Ada Leverson
Leonora - Catherine Fellows
The Magician - Sol Stein
Charge Nurse - Hilary Neal
The Moneyman - Thomas Costain
Nurse Jane In Tenerife - author unknown
Alpine Rhapsody - Elizabeth Ashton
The Georgian Rake - Alice Chetwynd Ley

MARCH 1973
Manhattan North - Martha Albrand
A Fear Of Heights - Virginia Coffman
The Braw And The Bonny - Harvey Howells

APRIL 1973
Roanoke Hundred - Inglis Fletcher
Three Nurses - Louise Ellis
The Little Pretender - Barbara Cartland
The Doctor's Circle - Eleanor Farnes
The Treasure Of Pleasant Valley - Frank Yerby
Fond Deceiver - Pauline Garner
Bennett's Welcome - Inglis Fletcher
The Autocrat Of Melhurst - Anne Hampson
The Silence Of Herondale - Joan Aiken
Island In The Dawn - Averil Ives
The Reluctant Bride - Barbara Cartland
Meet Me In Istanbul - Pamela Kent
Snowfire - Phyllis A. Whitney
The Scented Hills - Roumelia Lane
A Rose For Virtue - Norah Lofts

MAY 1973
Kit Cavendish: Private Nurse - Margaret Malcolm
Feathers In The Fire - Catherine Cookson
The Glory Or The Love - Margaret McConnell
The Poellenberg Inheritance - Evelyn Anthony
Nurse Meg's Decision - Hilary Neal
The Twisted Tree - Lynn Benedict
This Moment In Time - Lilian Peake
Castle Dangerous - Kate Ward
The Inn By The Lake - Dorothy Quentin
Moorhaven - Daoma Winston
Mary Into Mair - Jane Ray
The Wings Of Love - Barbara Cartland
Summer Lightning - Jill Tahourdin

JUNE 1973
Men Of Albemarle - Inglis Fletcher
The Stone Maiden - Alexandra Manners
Royal Summons - Elizabeth Cadell
Lady In Harley Street - Anne Vinton
Strangers In Company - Jane Aiken Hodge*
(above title may be A Company of Strangers - author unknown)
The First Mrs. Winston - Rae Foley
Cadence Of Portugal - Isobel Chace
Rapture Of The Desert - Violet Winspear
The Fire Of Life - Hilary Wilde
River Nurse - Teresa Holloway
Riverwood - Jane Corby
The House At Fern Canyon - Willo Davis Roberts
Sawdust Season - Kay Thorpe
Pathway Of Roses - Mary Whistler
The Children Are Watching - Laird Koenig
Lord Of Zaracus - Anne Mather
The Kiss Of The Devil - Barbara Cartland
Rata Flowers Are Red - Mary Moore
Jacaranda Island - Iris Danbury
The Breadth Of Heaven - Rosemary Pollock

JULY 1973
Love Is The Enemy - Barbara Cartland
End Of Chapter - Nicholas Blake
Oranges And Lemons - Isobel Chace
Summer Comes To Albarosa - Iris Danbury
The Belting Inheritance - Julian Symons
The Audacious Adventuress - Barbara Cartland
Master Of Moonrock - Anne Hampson
The Mountains Of Spring - Rosemary Pollock
Song Above The Clouds - Rosemary Pollock
Sweet Revenge - Anne Mather
The Pleasure And The Pain - Anne Mather
Gates Of Steel - Anne Hampson
The Third Woman - Jean-Anne De Pre
The Mahogany House - June Wetherell
The Quiet Heart - Susan Barrie
Devil In A Silver Room - Violet Winspear
The Demon Of Raven's Cliff - Patience Zawadsky
The Bow Street Terror - T. A. Waters
Return To Darkness - Willo Davis Roberts
The Mists Of Mourning - Suzanne Somers
Terror At Deepcliff - Dorothea Nile
Nurse At Mystery Villa - Willo Davis Roberts
The Hundredth Door - Rae Foley
The Woman Without A Name - Laurence Janifer
The Sanchez Tradition - Anne Mather
A Kiss From Satan - Anne Hampson
Friary's Dor - Betty Hale Hyatt
Love On The Run - Barbara Cartland
Three For A Wedding - Betty Neels
Shadow Of The Past - Monica Douglas
Knives Have Edges - Sara Woods
Witches' Sabbath - Charity Blackstock
Pistols For Two - Georgette Heyer
Love Lies North - Glenna Finley

AUGUST 1973
Love Is An Eagle - Barbara Cartland
Friday The Rabbi Slept Late - Harry Kemelman
Wings Of Night - Anne Hampson
Saturday The Rabbi Went Hungry - Harry Kemelman
The Complacent Wife - Barbara Cartland
The Unwilling Bride - Violet Winspear
The Paper Chase - John J. Osborn, Jr.
Alpine Rhapsody - Elizabeth Ashton
Lost Enchantment - Barbara Cartland
Intruder At Windgates - Henrietta Reid
The Rainbow Days - Jean S. MacLeod
Lord Of The Forest - Hilda Nickson
She Was Carrie Eaton - Elizabeth Corbett
His Serene Miss Smith - Essie Summers

SEPTEMBER 1973
Love Forbidden - Barbara Cartland
The Honey Is Bitter - Violet Winspear
The Black Delaney - Henrietta Reid
the Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax - Dorothy Gilman
The Girl At Smuggler's Rest - Lucy Gillen
A Distant Sound Of Thunder - Anne Mather
South Of Mandraki - Anne Hampson
Lolly Willowes - Sylvia Townsend Warner
Clouds Of Witness - Dorothy L. Sayers
The Horizontal Man - Helen Eustis
The Flamboyant Tree - Isobel Chace
Paris - And My Love - Mary Burchell
Horatia - Mary Ann Gibbs
Follow A Stranger - Charlotte Lamb
The Ivy Tree - Mary Stewart
Rocks Under Shining Water - Jane Donnelly
The Reluctant Governess - Anne Mather
Sweet Are The Ways - Essie Summers

OCTOBER 1973
Leonora - Catherine Fellows
The Romantic Spirit - Glenna Finley
Ominous Star - Rae Foley
Tamara - Mary Louise Dodge
The Outward Angel - Alanna Knight
The Extraordinary Engagement - Marjorie Lewty
Beyond The Sunset - Flora Kidd
Wedding At Blue River - Dorothy Quentin
Sister Of The Bride - Henrietta Reid
Jack O'Lantern - Kathleen Shoesmith
The Young Doctor - Sheila Douglas
The Irresistible Buck - Barbara Cartland
The Lover Who Died - author unknown
Moonshadow Mansion - Thelma Rene Bernard
A Halo For The Devil - Barbara Cartland
Love's Hidden Fire - Glenna Finley
Treasure Of The Heart - Glenna Finley
Journey To Love - Glenna Finley
Nurse Abroad - Essie Summers
Island For Sale - Alex Stuart
A Cure With Kindness - Ruth Clemence
The Shadow And The Sun - Amanda Doyle

NOVEMBER 1973
The October Witch - Alanna Knight
Blue Heather - Barbara Cartland
Sirocco - Anne Betteridge
Kiss A Stranger - Glenna Finley
Scared To Death - Rae Foley
Monkshood - Anne Mather
Bridal Affair - Glenna Finley
House Of Tombs - Caroline Farr
Unpleasantness At The Bellona Club - Dorothy L. Sayers
Puzzle In Porcelain - Elizabeth Gresham
Love In Danger - Glenna Finley
A Light To The Heart - Barbara Cartland
House Of Fury - Joanne Creighton
When Love Speaks - Glenna Finley
Puzzle In Paisley - Elizabeth Gresham

DECEMBER 1973
Nurse Pro Tem - Glenna Finley
Living With Adam - Anne Mather
Storm In A Rain Barrel - Anne Mather
Who Rides The Tiger - Anne Mather
Dark Enemy - Anne Mather
The Legend Of Lexandros - Anne Mather
Dear Stranger - Anne Hampson
Blue Hills Of Sintra - Anne Hampson
Miranda's Marriage - Margery Hilton
Carnival Coast - Charlotte Lamb
The House Of The Scissors - Isobel Chace
Lovely Is The Rose - Belinda Dell
The Golden Madonna - Rebecca Stratton
The Fields Of Heaven - Anne Weale
Without Any Amazement - Margaret Malcolm
The Kisses And The Wine - Violet Winspear
Pilgrim's Castle - Violet Winspear
Forbidden Rapture - Violet Winspear
House Of Strangers - Violet Winspear
Winter Of Change - Betty Neels
The Mutual Look - Joyce Dingwell
Beloved Enemy - Joyce Dingwell
Roman Summer - Jane Arbor
Moorland Magic - Elizabeth Ashton
A Pride Of Lions - Isobel Chace
If This Is Love - Anne Weale
Man Out Of Reach - Lilian Peake
Jake Howard's Wife - Anne Mather
Damsel In Green - Betty Neels
The Other Miss Donne - Jane Arbor
Gone Before Morning - Lilian Peake
Mist Across The Moors - Lilian Peake
The Library Tree - Lilian Peake
The Real Thing - Lilian Peake
Man In Charge - author unknown
The House Of The Amulet - Margery Hilton

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