Urgent... author recommendations please (not too trashy holiday reads)

[NoonarAgain]

Off on holiday tomorrow and need kindle download ideas!

I want something easy to read. Recently enjoyed...
Room
The island
Gone girl
All Maggie o'farrels books
Poisonwood Bible
The Help
Secret life of bees
Some of Sophie Hannah's books

I also read an emily Barr and a Diane chamberlain. The latter was better than the former- even I thought emily Barr ( the sleeper) was badly written- but I rarely notice bad writing, lol! However, not sure I can face a second Diane chamberlain !

Any ideas?
Please!

[snozzlemaid]

Have you read anything by Elizabeth Haynes? Her first one 'into the darkest corner' is brilliant.

[NoonarAgain]

Is it very dark and scary?

[MadameJosephine]

I've just finished The Storyteller by Jodi picoult, I don't always like her books but I really enjoyed this one.

How abou Chris Cleave? The Other Hand is fantastic

[snozzlemaid]

Not too much. You feel anxious for the main character but I wasn't scared. It deals with domestic violence so might not be a suitable read for all. But I devoured it in a couple of days, I really couldn't stop reading it.

[highlandcoo]

Based on the books you've enjoyed, I'd recommend :

The Light Between Oceans - M L Steadman

Longbourn - Jo Baker

The Last Runaway - Tracy Chevalier

Have a good holiday

[BigPawsBrown]

Apple tree yard (described as a thriller but isn't - it's gripping like Gone Girl)

[PixelAteMyFace]

Anything by Kate Atkinson

[ListenToTheLady]

Jenny Eclair's novels - she has written 3 and they are all really good – well-written, funny but also dark and with interesting plots and great characters. Covers look like chick lit but they are much more than that.

[Beamur]

YY to Kate Atkinson
You might also like Hilary Mantel and Donna Tartts books.

[AuntFidgetWonkhamStrong]

Ditto Kate Atkinson & Sophie Hannah. Recently read The Rosie Project by Graham (or possibly Graeme) Simsion - hilarious! Would definitely recommend.

[AuntFidgetWonkhamStrong]

Oops, sorry - it was you who suggested SH, OP!

[DuchessofMalfi]

Agree Apple Tree Yard very good read. Not a thriller as such but is a page turner.

How about The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith (J K Rowling) - another good one.

I'm readind Love, Nina by Nina Stibbe atm. Very funny tales if life as a nanny/student in early 80s. All sorts of well known people crop up in it. Would make a good holiday read.

The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield - creepy and gothic tale, well-written page-turner.

[DuchessofMalfi]

That should say - reading, and of ....

[mimbleandlittlemy]

Another ditto for Kate Atkinson then how about:

My Dear, I Wanted to Tell You by Louisa Young
Flight Behaviour/Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver (especially as you've got Poisonwood in there)
The Cleaner of Chartres by Salley Vickers

[maudpringle]

Laurie Graham
Anne Tyler
Kate Atkinson
Jenny Eclair
are authors I have recently read and enjoyed
have a nice holiday

[DameDiazepamTheDramaQueen]

The Cry

[whatiswrongwithyou]

The Snow Child. Eowyn Ivey.

[MerlinFromCamelot]

Liked "In to darkest corner" but "Human remains" was awful imho.

Tideline - p Hancock
Black is the color - h Howe
The poison Tree (can't remember who by - sorry)

[sami1985]

Sophie Kinsella 'remember me' is a great one!

[Matildaandthematches]

Try Susan Elliot Wright - The Things We Never Said. She's meant to be the new Maggie O'Farrell. I also liked Penny Hancock's Tideline so second that.

[sami1985]

Ooh yes I really enjoyed The Things We Never Said as well!

[Cheshireblue]

If you liked Secret Life of Bees you will also enjoy Tiny Sunbirds Far Away

[Littleturkish]

All of Tana French's books. Based on your list, you'll love them.

Second Cuckoos Calling