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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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Windthebloodybobbinup · 28/01/2024 22:32

Notellinganyone · 28/01/2024 22:19

@Windthebloodybobbinup - I’m in the middle of that. Beautiful writing but I’m getting a bit restive.

I found it definitely to be a book you have to be in a certain mood for. It's not going to satisfy for anyone looking for a neat resolution and I was tempted to skip a bit towards the end. But the writing is brutally beautiful!

Notellinganyone · 28/01/2024 22:19

@Windthebloodybobbinup - I’m in the middle of that. Beautiful writing but I’m getting a bit restive.

MissyB1 · 28/01/2024 22:19

rumred · 28/01/2024 21:57

Small things like these - Claire Keegan
Superb

That is a beautiful book - well short story really. Best thing I’ve read in a very long time.

CheeseCakeSunflowers · 28/01/2024 22:18

I read The Tattooist of auschwitz by Heather Morris last year a true story and very thought provoking. I have just started Cilka's Journey which is the story of one of the character's in the first book.

Hohofortherobbers · 28/01/2024 22:03

Just finished choke chain by Jason Donald which I saw recommended here. Really well written book, 2 brothers growing up in 1980s south africa, with an explosive ending.

Hohofortherobbers · 28/01/2024 22:02

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 was gripped by this too.

rumred · 28/01/2024 21:57

Small things like these - Claire Keegan
Superb

Riverlee · 27/01/2024 12:42

Hide - Nell Paterson - thriller set in a snowy nature reserve.

Hostage - Clare Douglas - another thriller

Three Hours - Rosemary Luton

These are the first three books that have sprung to mind.

Actually, just thought of John Marr books, including Passenger, which are set in the near future so you could believe the scenarios actually happening. The books are linked, but also standalone.

Robert Harris - can’t go far wrong wrong with his books either

Blackcountryexile · 27/01/2024 12:36

Once Upon a River Diane Setterfield
The Earth and Heaven Grocery Store James Mcbride
Very different books but both are well written and full of fascinating characters.

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.

DisplayPurposesOnly · 27/01/2024 09:02

The Last Secret of the Secret Annex - Joop van Wijk-Voskuijl and Jeroen De Bruyn

Story of one of those who helped Anne Frank and her family hide during WWII. Really interesting, wider context, impact on the helper (Bep Voskuijl) and her family.

Windthebloodybobbinup · 27/01/2024 08:51

The vaster wilds by Lauren groff