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1wokeuplikethis · 18/01/2018 17:13

Automatically I click on kindle bestsellers, look for what has the most reviews, try a sample, read, buy, sigh, feel dissatisfied, repeat.

I am really sick of reading "thrillers" you know; the "most unputdownable (worst descriptive word ever invented and utterly overused) thriller that will keep you guessing with a TWIST AT THE END YOULL NEVER SEE COMING!!!! Richard & Judy book club best seller hot new debut fab fab fucking head exploding incredible thrilly mind bending twisty twerker edge of your seat MUST READ that you'll have to finish in one go!" Etc etc and they are all pretty...meh.

In my dissatisfied rut I've returned to some old favourites and read some Stephen Kings I've not read before. Read Marian Keyes new one and then one of her old ones I've read before. And I'm thinking I'll just buy penny vincenzis new one and maybe when I come back to bestsellers there will be something decent.

I do like thrillers when they are good, but there is a lot of bumpf about right now as it seems the hot topic. I like real-life fiction and I like horror and I like a bit of humour like the 100 year old man or Danny Wallace. I'm rather eclectic, most of all I just like a GOOD BOOK. That I want to get to bed early for to read. Probably not felt like that since I read the hunger games.

Help a bookworm out, please!

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buckeejit · 19/01/2018 20:43

Yes to Kate Atkinson or Lianne Moriarty. Some recent faves of mine

Eleanor & Park-Rainbow Rowell
The kitchen God's wife-Amy Tan
My brilliant friend series - Elena Ferrante
The heart's invisible furies-John Boyle
Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine
Any Sarah Waters

oreosoreosoreos · 19/01/2018 20:37

I’d highly recommend Tana French - set in Dublin, all murder mystery style, but excellent writing too. Some of the same characters pop up in different books, but you don’t have to read them in order.

EveryoneTalkAboutPopMusic · 19/01/2018 20:20

Sorry, pressed post too soon. If you like thrillers have you tried the Montalbano series?

And if you like Marian Keyes have you tried Veronica Henry’s books? Try The Apple Orchard first, it’s free.

As we’re in deepest winter, I’d also recommend the Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey.

Hope you find something you like.

PrincessoftheSea · 19/01/2018 20:16

The Essex Serpent

EveryoneTalkAboutPopMusic · 19/01/2018 20:13

Another recommendation for Kate Atkinson. I discovered her books last year and I’m rationing myself as I don’t want to run out! Smile

ReluctantlyRedundant101 · 19/01/2018 19:55

The charity shop is your friend! Some of them do 5 books for £1 so you can pick some you like the look of. Guarantee you’ll find some gems

LyraPotter · 18/01/2018 21:30

Have you read The Dry? It's a thriller but an above average one for sure! I really enjoyed it.

GeorgeHerbert · 18/01/2018 17:32

Why not try a Kate Atkinson? One of her detective ones like 'Started Early took my dog'. There are 4 in the series I think, well written, well plotted.