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If I liked Adrian Mole what else will I like?

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seperatedmum · 23/02/2023 16:56

just that really, obviously I'm an adult I've just read the "lost diaries" for the umpteenth time and I'm sad it's over, I like this level of humour and peril, I'm not having the greatest time right now... I can read thrillers like "the guilty couple" well I listened to that but that's not my usual thing, and I listened to "time after time" but that's as twee as I can handle I couldn't go any further down that road 😬 I do like a journal format and I liked Sue Townsend RIP I've read most of the books, any ideas please? I did Google but it kept leading back to teen books. thanks

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NashvilleQueen · 23/02/2023 19:06

No one is like Sue Townsend. I loved her so much and god I wish she was still around so we could hear Adrian commenting on some of the awfulness of the past few years.

I've recently enjoyed Sorrow and Bliss which has humour along with the sadness and is a good read.

I also love Diary of a Nobody which has been recommended up thread.

AristotlesTrousers · 23/02/2023 19:05

Diary of a Somebody by Brian Bilston.

WrongWayRoundAgain · 23/02/2023 19:04

Willy Russel - The Wrong Boy

HarrietSchulenberg · 23/02/2023 19:03

If you like a journal format, try Shaun Bythell's Bookseller series. It would help a lot if you've ever had an unfulfilled yearning to run a bookshop.

cariadlet · 23/02/2023 19:02

If you've read Starter for 10, you might like some of his other books. I enjoyed The Understudy, Sweet Sorrow and Us. One Day was ok but I didn't like it as much as the others (although I know it has a lot of fans).

cariadlet · 23/02/2023 18:58

You might like John O' Farrell. There's a lot of humour in both his fiction and his non fiction.

Riverlee · 23/02/2023 18:57

Patricia Fisher cruise ship mysteries - Steve Higgs , cosy mysteries series, not heavy, slight touch of humour

Frank n Stan Bucket list - (can’t remember the author)

Bridget Jone diaries

JoanJettsMullet · 23/02/2023 18:55

Oh also Louise Rennison’s Georgia Nicholson books for more teen angst.

Katrinawaves · 23/02/2023 18:53

Diary of an Edwardian gentlewoman is amusing.

for something more modern, Bridget Jones Diary? Or Why Mummy loves Gin series.

JoanJettsMullet · 23/02/2023 18:51

Bridget Jones

Ridingthegravytrain · 23/02/2023 18:51

How about the year in the merde series by Stephen Clarke

rubbishatballet · 23/02/2023 18:50

I love Diary of a Nobody by George and Weedon Grossmith.

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seperatedmum · 23/02/2023 18:33

seperatedmum · 23/02/2023 18:32

funnily enough I've read stater for 10 and I've read some Tom Sharpe; a boy that dyed his hair with carpet dye rings a bell? thanks for the reminders and I can reserve Second from last in the sack race 🙏🏽

Perigrine wasn't it?

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seperatedmum · 23/02/2023 18:32

funnily enough I've read stater for 10 and I've read some Tom Sharpe; a boy that dyed his hair with carpet dye rings a bell? thanks for the reminders and I can reserve Second from last in the sack race 🙏🏽

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Greensleeves · 23/02/2023 16:59

And you might like Tom Sharpe

Greensleeves · 23/02/2023 16:58

Try the Henry Pratt novels by David Nobbs. The first one is called Second From Last In The Sack Race. Brilliant, moving and hilarious.

Standbyguest · 23/02/2023 16:56

Nick Hornby, starter for 10