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If I loved these books, what next....

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Hunning · 06/09/2018 13:03

I'm really struggling to find a good book to read next. I've started a few that haven't grabbed me so I'm started to re-read old books now

What would you recommend if I loved these:

  • A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara (I know there are mixed views on this on MN but I loved it. TBH, it ruined reading for me because I haven't found a book to match it)
  • The People in the Trees by Hanya Yanagihara
  • Everything written by Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche
  • Everything written by Donna Tartt
  • Almost everything written by Isabelle Allende
  • Almost everything written by Andrea Levy
  • The Cemetery of Forgotten Books series by Carlos Ruiz Zafon (hurry up the English translation of the final one for gawd sake)
  • Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Attwood (but I've really struggled with her other books)

I also enjoy historical fiction but I find it a bit hit-and-miss. I like CJ Sansom's books and most of Karen Maitlain's.

Please help me find my next read.

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Hunning · 06/09/2018 13:12

I've read The Kite Runner, A Thousand Splendid Suns and The Bookseller of Kabul but not Memoirs of a Geisha.

Thanks for those other two recommendations as well - will have a look Smile

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Whitney168 · 06/09/2018 13:06

Have you read The Kite Runner or A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini? (Particularly Kite Runner)

The Bookseller of Kabul?

Memoirs of a Geisha?

For no good reason than that they're my favourite books, I will also recommend The Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy and Take Me With You by Brad Newsham.