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Kate Atkinson, Rose Tremain....who next?

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BaconAndAvocado · 04/09/2020 22:42

Love the above authors but have read all their books to date.

I think RT has a new hardback coming out soon but I can't afford that.

Any recommendations please on similar authors?

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WildCherryBlossom · 27/09/2020 21:31

I'm another huge Helen Dunmore fan. Have read most Kate Atkinsons. Elizabeth Strout is worth checking out and I don't think yet mentioned on this thread. I quite like Jessie Burton too. I have her latest book, The Confession lined up on my bedside table to read next.

Magicbabywaves · 23/09/2020 06:14

Currently listening to the latest Rose Tremain.
Try A Single Thread by Tracey Chevalier.
Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers.

Thirtyrock39 · 19/09/2020 17:39

Small pleasures is so good- I've since read a couple of others by Clare chambers that were also excellent reads

WatershipDown7 · 19/09/2020 04:32

HelenDunmore is one of my favourite writers. I was devastated to hear she’s died.
Love Kate Atkinson but only the Jackson books. The last one I didn’t enjoy at all however.
I love Joanne Harris.
Just finished House of Glass by Hadley Freeman. Very powerful memoir of her Jewish family.
About to read Small Treasures by Clare Chambers.

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BaconAndAvocado · 18/09/2020 08:57

I'm currently reading the second book in the Cazalet series and loving it.

Very different to Tremain and Atkinson but still has that same depth and richness.

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Hilda41 · 15/09/2020 20:09

I love Rose Tremain and Kate Atkinson too. Would really recommend Brooklyn by Colin Tobin. Also Helen Dunmore - The Siege and House of Orphans.

milienhaus · 13/09/2020 14:36

Curtis Sittenfeld, American Wife.
Audrey Niffeneger, Time Travellers Wife (if you somehow missed it previously!)

babybythesea · 12/09/2020 14:26

Kate Morton. My favourite of hers is The Forgotten Garden.
And definitely Helen Dunmore. Her book The Siege has haunted me in a way no other book has.

Thirtyrock39 · 09/09/2020 16:06

Laurie graham is a very underrated author - start with the future homemakers of America
I'm going to have a look at rose Tremain

toomanyspiderplants · 05/09/2020 16:44

sue monk kidd, Elizabeth Buchan, lisa jewell ..All brilliant imo!

Fightthebear · 05/09/2020 16:38

Sorry, one more. “ Alys, Always”
by Harriet Lane is completely compelling. It’s a look at class difference through the lens of a psychological thriller.

Fightthebear · 05/09/2020 16:26

Diplo - I agree. In the 1990s critics at the Times and Independent compared her to Austen. I think her character insights are so well expressed.

Arcadia · 05/09/2020 16:05

I love all those mentioned. Sue Miller is similar, underrated I feel.

diplodocusinermine · 05/09/2020 14:14

Fightthebear, Anita Brooker seems to be looked down on by a lot of younger writers/critics but Hotel Du Lac is one of my favourite books - so much said in a very few exquisite words.

Fightthebear · 05/09/2020 14:11

And definitely Sarah Waters

Fightthebear · 05/09/2020 14:09

I’d also recommend Anne Tyler, although I haven’t enjoyed “Red Head by the Side of the Road”.

Anita Brookner is a psychologically insightful writer, I enjoyed Hotel du Lac, A Private View and Visitors.

runningtogetskinny · 05/09/2020 14:06

The Hearts Invisible Furies is probably my all time favourite book, and I've read a lot! Highly recommend

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BaconAndAvocado · 05/09/2020 14:04

smartypoppet I completely agree re ATLWCS. Exquisite book.

cosmopolitan I adored THIF!

Thanks everyone for all,your recommendations Flowers

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Bamaluz · 05/09/2020 12:15

Helen Dunmore

TheBitchOfTheVicar · 05/09/2020 12:03

@diplodocusinermine I LOVE this website and use it all the time.

TheBitchOfTheVicar · 05/09/2020 12:03

From what others have said, I would pick out Anne Tyler, Ann Patchett, Tracey Chevalier.

I'm so jealous you have so many lovely new authors to discover!

cosmopolitanplease · 05/09/2020 12:00

I love Kate Atkinson and I think you would like Sarah Waters. I've enjoyed The Paying Guests, Fingersmith and am currently loving The Night Watch.

John Boyne's The Heart's Invisible Furies is wonderful too.

Smartypoppet · 05/09/2020 11:56

All the Light You Cannot See by Anthony Doer is an absolute masterpiece - a page lingerer rather than a page turner where you will want to savour the prose-like language of every sentence. It begs to be read out loud, or at least to your inner ear. It's a slow burn and not much happens, at least in the foreground, but it is one of the most beautiful novels ever written.

diplodocusinermine · 05/09/2020 09:30

Also have a look at www.literature-map.com

highlandcoo · 05/09/2020 09:30

Some great suggestions above.

Also Ann Patchett; I recommend The Dutch House, Bel Canto and State of Wonder in particular.

Try Flight Behaviour by Barbara Kingsolver.

And Sue Gee is an excellent writer who deserves to be more widely known. Earth and Heaven and The Mystery of Glass are really good.

And my favourite: The Observations by Jane Harris.

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