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What's the last brilliant book you read?

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HoggleHoggle · 04/03/2016 17:55

I'm very excited to be going to an actual bookshop on Sunday rather than buying online but I'm all out of inspiration! I read a lot and am running out of stuff I'm aware of.

Can anyone tell me the last book they read that they absolutely loved?

Mine was The Light Years by Elizabeth Jane Howard. Picked up solely because it has an outrageously beautiful cover Blush I'd never heard of it before but it was AMAZING. And the first of a five volume series so that's how I've been spending the last month of my life!

Am interested in novels mostly but also happy to hear about non-fiction. Thank you!

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5BlueHydrangea · 04/03/2016 18:32

I was going to say "Girl on the train"! Is a great book.

Also "The Separation" - Dinah Jefferies

Have just started "A year of Marvellous Ways" - Sarah Winman. Looking good so far..

stardusty5 · 04/03/2016 18:27

I'm not finished but i'mhalfway thru Girl on the Train and only started it on Sunday night. This is the first book in about a year that has really made me look forward to picking it up. Thought i was losing my bookworm identity Sad

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HoggleHoggle · 04/03/2016 18:22

Bike I've read that and loved it, though have no idea how I stumbled across it initially.

In a similar-ish vein I loved The Skeleton Cupboard by Tanya Byron, stories from her clinical training in psychology. Very, very interesting and often sad.

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BikeRunSki · 04/03/2016 18:17

Do No Harm by Henry Marsh

It's the memoirs of a brain surgeon - fascinating, thought provoking, not at all gory and easy to read.

winterinmadeira · 04/03/2016 18:10

Rachel's holiday by Marian Keyes. It was suggested on mn and I thought I'd try it for a change. I really enjoyed it.

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HoggleHoggle · 04/03/2016 18:06

Usual I have always meant to read that and never have even though I used to work at his publishers so that is an excellent suggestion, thanks!

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allegretto · 04/03/2016 18:05

My Brilliant Friend

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HoggleHoggle · 04/03/2016 18:02

Oooh I loved The Lowland too, Jhumpa Lahiri is one of my favourite writers.

I don't often read crime fiction and have no idea what's 'good' but when I find it always enjoy reading...I will look out for the Tom Rob Smith, thank you.

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Roygrace · 04/03/2016 17:58

I really liked the farm by Tom rob smith and currey reading the year of living danishly which I love much more then I thought.

Loved the lowland by ?? Can't recall and the goldfinch as well

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