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Suggest a book that will keep me glued to my kindle

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ATruthUniversallyAcknowledged · 12/09/2013 22:07

Some clues to help you out:

  • I like Jodi Piccoult but not overly chick-litty authors
  • I like Austen but not Hardy
  • I've just finished The Casual Vacancy and found it far too depressing.
  • Best books I've read recently include: The Book Thief, Kashmiri Shawl and You Before Me
  • I quite like teenage fiction (Noughts and Crosses, Divergent Series, Hunger Games etc)

I really, really need an engaging book.

Go!

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RestlessSoul · 13/09/2013 07:22

The Snow Child - Eowyn Ivey

It's so beautiful & surreal OP. About a man and his wife who cannot have children and they decide to move to an Alaskan homestead in the 1920s

overmydeadbody · 13/09/2013 07:12

Mara and Dann by Doris Lessing.

Best book ever written imo.

NurseRatchet · 13/09/2013 07:08

The Night Circus, Erin Morganstern ( surname might not be exactly right, having a cup of tea in bed and can't reach my copy to check!). Also agree with Water for Elephants and Fault in our Stars.

chicaguapa · 13/09/2013 07:05

I came on to recommend Apple Tree Yard. I couldn't put it down!

Alonglongway · 13/09/2013 07:04

The song before it is sung - Justin Cartwright
Appletree Yard - Louise Doughty

I have similar taste and enjoyed both of those recently

Happy book hunting!

WafflyVersatile · 12/09/2013 23:18

The House of the Spirits, Isabelle Allende. I've not read it for a long time but I read it several times.

WafflyVersatile · 12/09/2013 23:16

The Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett.

Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies, Hilary Mantell.

edlyu · 12/09/2013 23:12

Nearly forgot.
Water for Elephants : Sara Gruen

I loved this - very informative as well as cracking storyline.

edlyu · 12/09/2013 23:10

The light between oceans: M L Stedman
Orphan Train: Christina Baker Kline
The Kitchen House: Kathleen Grissom

saintmerryweather · 12/09/2013 23:07

the hundred year old man was bloody boring

BrigitBigKnickers · 12/09/2013 23:05

Gone Girl-Gillian Flynn
A Prayer for Owen Meany- John Irving
The house we grew up in/ The Truth about Melanie Brown- Lisa Jewel (all her books are good)

The state we're in- Adele Parks

I gave up on the Hundred Year Old Man- boooooring

The Fault in our stars-John Green- bit of a teenagery story but beautifully written.

pootlebug · 12/09/2013 22:17

Barbara Kingsolver?

I loved the Hundred Year Old Man....all the way through.

'Gone girl' by Gillian Flynn kept me awake half the night turning the pages, although ultimately the ending annoyed me.

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ATruthUniversallyAcknowledged · 12/09/2013 22:13

Oops, sorry, that was to Purple

I've read Ship of Brides (excellent) and the Oliver series (fab) so you are spot on with my taste... except that I'm not a fan of Kinsella. She would fall under my chick lit category.

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ATruthUniversallyAcknowledged · 12/09/2013 22:11

Everyone tells me that starts brilliantly, but becomes a chore. No?

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PurpleGirly · 12/09/2013 22:11

The Hundred Year Old Man That Climbed Out of the Window

juneybean · 12/09/2013 22:09

I read another by Jojo Moyes called The Ship of Brides, I really enjoyed that.

Do you like Sophie Kinsella?

Did you read Lauren Oliver's dystopian series; Delirium, Pandemonium and Requiem.

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