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Please recommend a book for my friend

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riotsnotdietsx · 08/05/2019 09:54

I would like to buy her a couple of good new books for her birthday.
She has enjoyed

Room
Life after life
Gone Girl
The Goldfinch
Eleanor oliphant

Help!

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Petalflowers · 25/05/2019 21:48

One Day in December
He says, she says (a bit slow at first, but persevere and it’s really good)

JoyceDivision · 25/05/2019 21:45

The Mandibles Lionel Shriver

tobee · 25/05/2019 21:44

Frog Music by Emma Donoghue.

Pinkruler · 24/05/2019 16:57

Our House by louise Candlish
American Wife by Curtis Sittenfield
Elizabeth is Missing
How to stop Time by Matt Haig

HappydaysArehere · 24/05/2019 08:29

A Place Called Winter. Loved it.

OneKeyAtATime · 15/05/2019 21:46

A god in ruins?

KatsutheClockworkOctopus · 15/05/2019 20:42

I'm enjoying The Overstory by Richard Powers at the moment.

tripfiction · 15/05/2019 15:12

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens, it will be a future classic

Please recommend a book for my friend
RatherBeRiding · 08/05/2019 14:04

If she enjoyed The Goldfinch, she ought to love Secret History! (Donna Tartt)
The Shipping News. (Annie Proulx)
House of Sand and Fog. (Andre Dubus)
Notes on a Scandal (Zoe Heller)

horizontalis · 08/05/2019 14:01

The Future Homemakers of America - Laurie Graham

graziemille567 · 08/05/2019 13:53

Normal People - Sally Rooney
The Wych Elm - Tana French
Sharp Objects -Gillian Flynn
The Secret History - Donna Tartt

catnip100 · 08/05/2019 13:46

Book of night women by Marlon James. My favourite book and I always give as a gift

Modestandatinybitsexy · 08/05/2019 13:45

Dear Mrs Bird - AJ Pearce
The Rumour - Lesley Kara
Everything I Never Told You / Little Fires Everywhere - Celeste Ng

ParmaViolet44 · 08/05/2019 13:28

I recently read The Keeper of Lost Things. Different from my usual stuff but a very thoughtful and lovely read!

DarlingCoffee · 08/05/2019 13:27

Ive just finished this one, it was really good! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/567281/where-the-crawdads-sing-by-delia-owens/9780735219090/

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