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Best book you've read recently

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petronella23 · 27/01/2024 08:49

I read a lot where I think 'yeah, fine, that was ok' but what have you read recently that made you think 'THAT was a cut above'

So maybe particularly gripping/funny/moving or whatever.

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Lizzieregina · 30/01/2024 00:18

Horse by Geraldine Brooks

And I’ve read a lot of drivel lately! So Horse was a nice change of pace.

whatausername · 30/01/2024 00:16

DuesToTheDirt · 30/01/2024 00:13

If you have a kindle you can get her complete works for next to nothing. The only trouble I find with complete works (by any author) is that you get short stories alongside novels, and can't get a feel for how long a read each one will be.

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Ssssssh, I have exams. And dozens in my to read pile 😂

DuesToTheDirt · 30/01/2024 00:13

whatausername · 30/01/2024 00:04

It is the only Wharton I've read. I'm sorely tempted to buy some more of her works but I put myself on a book buying ban for a while, alas!

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If you have a kindle you can get her complete works for next to nothing. The only trouble I find with complete works (by any author) is that you get short stories alongside novels, and can't get a feel for how long a read each one will be.

Windmill34 · 30/01/2024 00:08

All Lisa Jewell book are good & Susan Lewis are good

whatausername · 30/01/2024 00:04

DuesToTheDirt · 30/01/2024 00:00

Love this one. And all Edith Wharton, in fact, she is so suble a writer.

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It is the only Wharton I've read. I'm sorely tempted to buy some more of her works but I put myself on a book buying ban for a while, alas!

DuesToTheDirt · 30/01/2024 00:00

whatausername · 29/01/2024 23:20

Ethan Frome - Edith Wharton

Love this one. And all Edith Wharton, in fact, she is so suble a writer.

tobee · 29/01/2024 23:49

I've said this on a couple of threads here recently but The Children of Dynmouth by William Trevor.

Mb57 · 29/01/2024 23:27

Still Life by Sarah Winman This was the best book I’ve read in ages!

Morewineplease10 · 29/01/2024 23:26

Really enjoying Shrines of Gaiety. Put off reading it as it didn't get especially good reviews, and it's certainly not her best. But I'm still really enjoying it!

Before that, the latest Strike novel, Running Grave.

whatausername · 29/01/2024 23:20

Ethan Frome - Edith Wharton

clpsmum · 29/01/2024 18:27

Two books
Strange sally diamond
And the seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo

ZittiEBuoni · 29/01/2024 18:14

Piranesi, which I was not even expecting to enjoy, but I couldn't stop thinking about it afterwards.

carbuncleonapigsposterior · 29/01/2024 18:13

Another Demon Copperhead fan, loved it.

RoseHarper · 29/01/2024 15:24

Tom Lake and Miss Bensons Beetle.

biedrona · 29/01/2024 09:25

A fine balance by Rohinton Mistry

SilverBranchGoldenPears · 29/01/2024 08:55

Jeff Vandermeer is great. My favourite is City of Saints and Madmen but this trilogy is excellent also. I think I like all his stuff.

currently reading, All the Light We Cannot See, which is very good. My next one will be Hamnet which I never got round to earlier.

FixItUpChappie · 29/01/2024 00:25

'Annihilation' by Jeff Vandermeer - fascinating read. Not a new book, but new to me (and worlds better than the pretty awful movie).

I just finished the second book 'Authority', which while a bit plodding, was strangely compelling and now I'm a quarter of the way through the 3rd book 'Acceptance' which is super interesting. Altogether glad I picked this series up.

purpleme12 · 29/01/2024 00:14

People Like Us by Louise Feinn

Sherrystrull · 28/01/2024 23:49

Strawberrycheesecake7 · 27/01/2024 09:49

I’m reading And Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell. I’m finding it very gripping. I’ve nearly finished it in a fraction of the time it would usually take me to finish a book of a similar size. I can’t put it down and it’s been ages since I’ve read a book like that.

I've just finished this too! Really enjoyed it.

MrsSkylerWhite · 28/01/2024 23:48

The Five, by Hayley Rubenhold. Really moving.

peskykiddds · 28/01/2024 23:45

Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr - a page turner that was also literary, and about books/storytelling! Brilliant. Haven't read All the Light... but will definitely be reading this in the future now.

JaneJeffer · 28/01/2024 22:49

Miss Benson's Beetle

NewYear24 · 28/01/2024 22:35

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden.