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Best book you’ve read this year

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lastqueenofscotland · 25/11/2019 23:26

Doesn’t need to have been released this year, just one you’ve read in 2019 and why.

I really enjoyed The Dust That Falls From Dreams recently, which was far better than its shitty title implied it would be

Also reread Oryx and Crake. Which is one of my all time favourites.

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PickleChipsareyummy · 26/11/2019 17:32

Yes, zafferana I loved ‘Educated’

What a strong woman she is

Grumpbum123 · 26/11/2019 17:08

The tattooist of Auschwitz

zafferana · 26/11/2019 17:03

I also enjoyed 'The Heart's Invisible Furies' and 'My Sister, the Serial Killer'. You can't beat a good book, particularly on a dreary day.

zafferana · 26/11/2019 17:01

I can't choose between 'The Nightingale' by Kristen Hannah, 'The Goldfinch' by Donna Tartt, 'Circe' by Madeline Miller and 'Educated' by Tara Westover - they were all brilliant and very different!

bookishtartlet · 26/11/2019 16:58

The Heart's Invisible Duties was recommended and I loved.

The Testaments.

My sister, the serial killer.

My year of rest and relaxation.

PickleChipsareyummy · 26/11/2019 16:50

Too many to list this year.

Non fiction:

All That Remains by Sue Black

I am I am I am by Maggie O’Farrell - totally gripping

Fiction:
Slammerkin by Emma Donoghue

Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid is a really fun and easy read

After You’d Gone by Maggie O’Farrell - I know I’m late with this one but I’ve read and loved loads of hers and this was my most recent

The Wicked Cometh by Laura Carlin - so well written and atmospheric

Recommendations please !!!! Can’t get enough of reading at the moment with the turn in the weather

beguilingeyes · 26/11/2019 15:11

Moving by Jenny Éclair - fantastic
Tamar by Mal Peet - superb wartime story with a twist that genuinely stunned me.

NorthernLightss · 25/11/2019 23:35

I really enjoyed The Alice Network, which is largely about a female spy network operating during WWI.

www.amazon.co.uk/Alice-Network-Novel-Kate-Quinn/dp/0062654195?tag=mumsnetforu03-21