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Holiday let bookshelf slim pickings?

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Fourfantasticfrogs · 26/08/2018 18:22

On holiday and I've finished the book I brought with me. Holiday let has a couple of book shelves of books but no idea what to choose. I think most are detective/ thrillers. I'll read anything but don't want to miss picking a good one. Help please. Pictures of book shelves attached. Thanks.

Holiday let bookshelf slim pickings?
Holiday let bookshelf slim pickings?
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frenchfancy · 01/09/2018 17:26

I would go for the pelican brief or the Lee Child and then maybe a Jeffery Archer. I like low brow reading on holiday.

What kind of books do you like to find on holiday bookshelves. Ours are an overflow of our own bookshelves but I like to vary them a bit and keep them reasonably current.

BishopstonFaffing · 01/09/2018 17:21

The Loop is brilliant!

Danglingmod · 01/09/2018 17:18

The Storied Life of A J Fikry is very good - A book about books! Always worth a read Grin

BarbaraofSevillle · 29/08/2018 10:57

At least they're all in English. We've been to Tenerife and Mallorca and ended up in places where most other tourists are German and all the apartment books have been in German.

Very similar selection of books though, oddly. Luckily we have our kindles, but I can recommend a lovely apartment in a quiet area of Tenerife with a gorgeous sea view, hiking from the door and a bookshelf full of German language John Grishams and James Pattersons.

billybagpuss · 28/08/2018 12:02

'A matter of honour' is a good story if you can get over the fact that the author is a twit.

Papergirl1968 · 28/08/2018 12:00

The Loop, the Da Vinci Code or one of the Jeffrey Archers

InfiniteCurve · 26/08/2018 23:03

I'd read The Loop (which I really enjoyed first time round),the Clare Francis,and maybe PD James,and Ancestral Vices.
Anyone read The Storied Lif of AJ Fikry,which is a cool title Smile?
But I would be sad that there wasn't more variety.

mysteryfairy · 26/08/2018 20:20

What are you posting from? Kindle app a possibility?

I’d also read the PD James and Ian Rankin first - can’t tell what they are on my phone though.

I would also read the Dick Francis for old times sake as read them on childhood holidays in the 80s and if desperate the Ben Elton though he is insufferable and I doubt it’s aged well!

MummytoCSJH · 26/08/2018 20:08

Kathy Reichs is great :)

WhatWouldLeslieKnopeDo · 26/08/2018 19:34

I'm a bit concerned that they don't have a copy of Captain Corelli's Mandolin. I thought that was compulsory for holiday lets Confused

efeslight · 26/08/2018 19:28

PD James, Tess gerritson second choice.

EvilRingahBitch · 26/08/2018 19:25

Oh dear. I think I’d go for the PD James.

I had the opposite problem on holiday - well-stocked but incredibly highbrow bookshelves full of 20th century classics, Virago and Shakespeare. I ended up reading The Turn of The Screw from a Henry James collection.

Sparklyfee · 26/08/2018 19:25

Post-mortem. Fantastic book

TattyFrench · 26/08/2018 19:15

From that selection I'd read 'The Pelican Brief' first then onto Harlem Coburn - although they're stand alone, there is a sense to trying to read them in order for back story stuff.

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Fourfantasticfrogs · 26/08/2018 19:11

Thanks all. I'm going to try a Harlan Coben one. Those who recommended him are they stand alone? I'd completely forgotten that Ian Rankin wrote the Rebus series so a good standby and I haven't read the one here.

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Lucked · 26/08/2018 18:58

I have never been in a ho,day let with such a well stocked bookshelf!

YoureAllABunchOfBastards · 26/08/2018 18:54

Ian Rankin followed by PD James

worstmotherintheworld · 26/08/2018 18:53

Eleanor Oliphant is a lovely read and I would think very different to everything else on the shelf. I usually like Victoria Hislop books (generally set in Greece) but haven't read The Thread. Tess Gerritson is very readable. Most of it seems like a bit of a man's book selection!

Littlegoth · 26/08/2018 18:51

I’ve read all the James Patterson books there and enjoyed them, especially Mary,Mary

virtuousfantine · 26/08/2018 18:50

The Pelican Brief by Grisham is fantastic

bananasandwicheseveryday · 26/08/2018 18:49

I've read and enjoyed a few Harlen Coben books, easy reading for a holiday. I used to enjoy James Patterson, but the lastfew I read were collaborations and I found them very formulaic and lacking compared to his earlier stuff. I don't mind Kathy Reichs and I really like Ian Rankin ''S Inspector Rebus stories. Holidays are a great opportunity to discover new authors. Hopefully you'll find one you like.

Disfordarkchocolate · 26/08/2018 18:48

I'd re-read the Ian Rankin then the PD James, both excellent.

Gloopy · 26/08/2018 18:47

Ian Rankin, Stephen King and James Patterson.

OreliaRoc · 26/08/2018 18:45

If you like fantasy books then you'll probably like Lev Grossman's The Magicians from that selection. It's a sort of grown up version of a cross between Harry Potter and the Narnia books. Its part of a series but you can read the first book as a stand-alone. I enjoyed it.

mansplain111 · 26/08/2018 18:40

ian Rankin is pretty damn good.

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