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Sarah Waters

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SundownOnTheStair · 14/11/2022 01:13

Is she ever going to write another book or has she lain down her pen?

Sarah, if you are on here-please hurry along with a new book.

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tobee · 09/01/2024 02:03

Hooray a new book!

countrypunk · 08/01/2024 22:44

fireplacetiles · 08/01/2024 16:32

Also a huge fan and delighted to hear she has a new book coming out. Fingersmith is my all time favourite book with the best twist ever. I remember giving it to my daughter to read and she came running into my bedroom at THAT moment going- what? What? Omg mum!! Sooo good❤️

No twist has ever hit me so hard! I remember I was reading it in my living room and I was so shocked I had to go and have a walk round the block to calm down! Such a wonderful book.

tothesea · 08/01/2024 18:09

The Paying Guests is my favourite of hers. I could ‘see’ every corner of the house in my mind. Such beautiful descriptive writing.
I do love them all though and I’m due a re-read.
Fingers crossed though for a new book very soon.

LaDerniereVacheFolle · 08/01/2024 18:02

I also used to have the Paying Guests but some cheeky guest of mine borrowed it and didn't bring it back ...

TheSausageKingofChicago · 08/01/2024 17:58

Fabulous news!!

LaDerniereVacheFolle · 08/01/2024 17:49

DaisyMiller84 · 08/01/2024 13:26

Hello and thanks for writing. Sarah is deep into her new book and I hope we will have it before too long. Keep watching!

Best Lennie Goodings

message from her publisher

Woo-hoo 🙌🏻

Thank you for the update. So happy to hear of more Sarah Waters' incoming. Fingersmith was the one that hooked me but the Little Stranger and Affinity were close seconds.

Looking forward to another to add to the nook, yes SW you have a nook.

Sarah Waters
Needhelp101 · 08/01/2024 17:34

This is good new year news 🙂

Just reread The Paying Guests, it's not my favourite but it's very enjoyable (in a sweaty, anxious way!)

ChihuahuasREvil · 08/01/2024 16:40

I love The Night Watch, it’s probably one of my favourite books ever. I’ve only read The Little Stranger once, ages ago, so now I’m thinking I need to read it again. Oh, I so hope she publishes a new book soon, she’s one of the very few authors I’ll pay hardback prices for.

fireplacetiles · 08/01/2024 16:32

Also a huge fan and delighted to hear she has a new book coming out. Fingersmith is my all time favourite book with the best twist ever. I remember giving it to my daughter to read and she came running into my bedroom at THAT moment going- what? What? Omg mum!! Sooo good❤️

Turkeyhen · 08/01/2024 16:30

I watched an interview with her maybe a year ago in which she was talking about her new 1950s-set novel, I got the impression that she takes a long time doing research.

The Little Stranger is my favourite and then The Paying Guests. Absolutely brilliant.

MalcolmTuckersSwearBox · 08/01/2024 16:29

Oooh, thanks for that post @DaisyMiller84. I'm another Sarah Waters fan, this thread has reminded me of her and prompted a re-read.

buckeejit · 08/01/2024 16:25

@DaisyMiller84 excellent thank you! Hope she gets a wriggle on. Just left hospital with good news & now this. It's a good day 😁

HenryTilneyBestBoy · 08/01/2024 14:04

What fantastic news!

My order is the same as @DameHelena though maybe wth Affinity=Velvet joint runners up. I want to reread Night Watch though, possibly being too hard on it due to the unexpected shift in style/period.

Eddielizzard · 08/01/2024 13:29

I loved the Little Stranger! One of the best horror books I've read. Absolutely gripping.

Love all her books, so glad she's writing another. I occasionally search her up on Amazon in case she's written another.

DaisyMiller84 · 08/01/2024 13:26

Hello and thanks for writing. Sarah is deep into her new book and I hope we will have it before too long. Keep watching!

Best Lennie Goodings

message from her publisher

tobee · 16/11/2022 18:52

I was happily reading The Paying Guests in bed, about to turn out my light, and something happened and I had to carry on reading for another two hours!

buckeejit · 16/11/2022 18:49

I only have Affinity left & been waiting for years. Also hoped this was a here comes a new one!

The paying guests is the only book that I've read that had me wake in the middle of the night panicking. I sat bolt upright & my heart was going & I realised it was because I was so anxious for the characters

I'm actually starting to get pretty pissed off with her now. No one else I could rec that's as great a storyteller. Also love Daphne de Maurier, Amy Tan, Louise O'Neill, Maggie O'Farrell

tobee · 16/11/2022 18:36

One of my favourite books (from any author) is The Paying Guests but I've never been able to get into her other books (yet). Interesting because I know lots of Sarah Waters fans don't rate PG as highly.

DameHelena · 16/11/2022 09:38

I think mine is
Fingersmith
Tipping the Velvet
Affinity
The Little Stranger
The Paying Guests
The Night Watch

I really love the period the first three are set in. I found The Night Watch quite disappointing, actually; didn't really go anywhere IMO. She is always good at evoking period and location/atmosphere though.

NeedToKnow101 · 15/11/2022 20:48

Love her books but I think I haven't read Affinity. Thanks for the tip crosspurposes 😍

CrossPurposes · 15/11/2022 20:27

RambamThankyouMam · 15/11/2022 20:23

Fingersmith is one of the best books I have ever read.

I didn't love The Little Stranger. I prefer the more sapphic ones BlushGrin

I was making a list (as you do) and I am clear why The Little Stranger is at the bottom.
My list is:
Fingersmith
Tipping the Velvet
The Paying Guests
Affinity
The Night Watch
The Little Stranger

RambamThankyouMam · 15/11/2022 20:23

Fingersmith is one of the best books I have ever read.

I didn't love The Little Stranger. I prefer the more sapphic ones BlushGrin

JaninaDuszejko · 15/11/2022 12:35

Donna Tartt is due a new book as well, bookshops are full of beautiful 30th anniversary editions of The Secret History though. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie hasn't published a new novel for nearly a decade either.

When I discovered Sarah Waters I read all her novels in quick succession, love her writing so much.

DameHelena · 15/11/2022 09:48

RainyReadingDay · 15/11/2022 08:04

It could just be a rumour with nothing to back it up, but a booktuber I was watching recently, who works in publishing, hinted that there could be a new Sarah Waters novel in the offing. I hope so.

It's been a long time, but then Donna Tartt takes about ten years between her novels.

I hope so! Maybe it is the 50s one and it's just taking a long time.

RainyReadingDay · 15/11/2022 08:04

It could just be a rumour with nothing to back it up, but a booktuber I was watching recently, who works in publishing, hinted that there could be a new Sarah Waters novel in the offing. I hope so.

It's been a long time, but then Donna Tartt takes about ten years between her novels.