Isolation reading recommendations

Highly recommend a gentleman in moscow - amor towles Read it a month or so ago and now want to read again - very appropiate for my situatiion in lockdown!

I love Kate Atkinson and realised I hadn't read Life after Life. Really really good and reading what people went through during the blitz is very sobering.

id rec karin slaughter for the crime lovers.she is one amaing woman.and you get sucked into her series you will never go back,and will fall for the characters you follow.
pillars of the earth books.they are huge which is part of whyi love them.
emma hannigan books are beautiful reads.shes no longer with us but her books are wonderful.they have lovely irish flo to them all.
georgia hill books are lovely.
cathy kelly
claudia carroll
sarah morgan is chic but very racey,no qaurm of sex scenes
gervase phinn again are wonderful uplifting book.he has one series where you follow him as school inspector,and another in a different school setting
david baldacci
harlan coben
jane linfoot
cara hunter
phillipa ashley are lovely warm books
louise candlish is a woman who loves a ending twist

I always love Anne Tyler for a well written slow read, but Lianne Moriarty for a page turner. I'm reading The Mirror and the Light (Hilary Mantel) myself but finding it slow going as I can't remember what happened in the last two books and I'm not rereading those. It's beautifully written so I just need to spend some time on it instead of reading it at bedtime!

Full Agatha Christie collection here that I normally read on the lawn in summer, great to whiz through one a day. I just read The Haunting of Hill House which was amazing but it's such a psychological creep out that it might not be best for being shut in.

I'm not into particular authors I just love a good murder especially 'Who Dunits' and serial killers. I have a kindle for which I pay subscription for kindle unlimited and download 10 books at a time . These usually last approximately 2 weeks and then I order my next 10. Granted , some are rubbish so I just delete them but most I really enjoy. I definitely get my money's worth

And I loved 'How I Live Now' so may reread. Thanks for reminder of this wonderful book.

Also reading The Testaments. Got a pile of books by my bed and for once am wondering if I have enough

Going to look up the Ruth Ware book.

Someone at work recommended Ghost Wall and The Binding so may look for those too.

Leanne Moriarty and Kate Macintosh also good reads

The rise and fall of Becky Sharp a modern re-telling of Vanity Fair by Sarra Manning chick lit but pretty good so far!

I love Sophie Kinsella and Kate Morton

Rather than a single book, can I recommend signing up to your local library ebook service, if you don't use it already? It's great for having a library's worth of books without having to leave the house!

But I can also recommend The Gallows Pole as a absorbing read, set in historic West Yorkshire. Also recommend Little by Edward Carey as a fictionalised story of Madame Tussaud's life. My copy is full of beautiful illustrations too. I don't really see either book recommended much on Mumsnet, but they really should be!

@ cobwebsoncornices I love Year of Wonders. I first heard about Eyam when I was in primary school and was so impressed by their bravery. A bit different from some of the behaviour we've seen over the last couple of weeks.

All The Light We Cannot See is fantastic as well. WW2 novel, which I don't normally go for but I devoured it!

I'm reading 11 22 63 by Stephen King

Time travel novel based on the JFK assassination.

Nice and chunky (700ish pages) but without being too taxing and quite pacey. I'm tired and pregnant so easily defeated at the moment!

I've had Wolf Hall on the shelf for a while so might finally give that a fair shake as it's always highly recommended on these threads.

I've got The Wonder Years down off the shelf which is set in Eyam during the plague. I remember finding it very moving when I originally read it so will arm myself with a box of tissues for re-reading it now (actually, perhaps a towel as I might need the tissues for other things if the loo roll crisis continues!)

I think troubled times call for a series to help you through, you get to know the characters well and see them develop, and the well established themes, settings, in-jokes etc are comforting. Some of my favourite series are
Aubrey/Maturin by Patrick O’Brian about life in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars.
The Dark Tower by S King, absolutely stunning! The ultimate Quest!
Marcus Corvinus by David Wishart, Roman detective on chatting terms with Livia, Tiberius, Claudius amongst others. Although there are murders, there is little blood or gore!
Another vote for the Shardlake series, I’ll be finishing Dissolution tonight.

I'm in the mood for real-life stuff from WWII to remind me how much worse it could be!

Currently reading Few Eggs and No Oranges by Vere Hodgson, diaries of the war years in London.

For cheering me up: anything by Jasper Fforde, A walk in the woods (Bill Bryson)
For gripping escapism: David Baldacci esp the Amos Decker series tho King & Maxwell also great
For brilliant writing: I love Sarah Moss, Ali Smith, John Irving, Kate Atkinson
For learning stuff: just started Mindfulness-based CBT workbook, also got Daniel Levitin's The Organised Mind to try.

I've just read The Foundling by Stacey Halls for my book club and loved it.

The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton was good too.

I'm thinking of rereading How I Live Now (Meg Rosoff).

Rake’s Progress by Rachel Johnson- listened to it in one day while doing other things.

I'm currently reading The Testaments by Margaret Atwood

But my favourite books so far this year are :

The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
Lincoln In The Bardo by George Saunders
Jamaica Inn by Daphne Du Maurier
and
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng

Ann Cleeves - the Shetland series
Rosie Thomas - The Kashmir Shawl
Elizabeth Kostova - The Historian

I'm re-Reading Wolf Hall and Bringing Up the Bodies before I start The Mirror and the Light 😁