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Seemslikethat · 25/08/2024 19:47

As the title says really…

I enjoy reading fiction and non-fiction. Fiction - some books I’ve really enjoyed are…
Penance -Eliza Clark
All the broken pieces -John Boyne
The day Shelley Woodhouse woke up - Laura Pearson
Wrong Time Wrong Place - Gillian McAllister
Tell Me How This Ends - Jo Leevers
The Nightingale - Kristin Hannah
The Satsuma Complex -Bob Mortimer
The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
Five People you meet in heaven - Mitch Albom
The Stand -Steven King
Catch 22 -Joseph Heller
The Time Traveller’s Wife

I've also read quite a lot by Michael Connelly, Harlen Coben, Joanna Cannon, Jodi Picoult, Lisa Jewell, Hazel Prior, Rachel Joyce, Mike Gayle, Fredrick Bachman and Matt Haig. I hated the Crawdads book and wasn’t keen on the Thursday Murder Club.

Non-fiction - I like people’s travel tales or when they do ‘challenges’ eg Tony Hawks Round Ireland with a Fridge or the George Mahood books. I also like insights into people’s work eg Adam Kay or other medical people or people who work in police / prisons / courts etc. I read a good one about someone who was a disaster victim identification specialist.

Looking forward to your recommendations!

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shehasglasses48 · 29/08/2024 21:17

Passmetheaero · 25/08/2024 20:05

Demon Copperhead - I can’t put it down.

Me too! And now my internal voice has an apalachian accent!

HenFenywFach · 29/08/2024 21:07

SheilaFentiman · 25/08/2024 21:05

Bill Bryson for travel stories

I second that, love his books, hilarious.

TheGodOfSmallPotatoes · 29/08/2024 20:42

lemming40 · 29/08/2024 20:31

Chris Whittaker - We Begin At The End

This is a fab book!

Ihaveneedofwaternear · 29/08/2024 20:36

Into The Darkest Corner - Elisabeth Hayes/Haynes...? Very gripping, a real page turner

leapinglizard1234 · 29/08/2024 20:36

Sue Watson is brilliant!
I also love Lisa Jewell

Anyone like either of those and can recommend another author . I've nearly finished both their offerings !

Missmarymack2 · 29/08/2024 20:33

BlessedBeTheFruitCake · 25/08/2024 20:06

The Last Thing to Burn by Will Dean had me gripped.

Seconding this. An excellent book. Anyone I know who has read it really enjoyed it

lemming40 · 29/08/2024 20:31

Chris Whittaker - We Begin At The End

missymousey · 29/08/2024 20:29

Wolf Hall
The Lacuna
The 100 Year Old Man Who Jumped Out of the Window and Disappeared

Dugs2010 · 29/08/2024 20:15

American Dirt
Educated
The paper Palace
The Glass House
Most of Kristen hannah

SirStanley · 29/08/2024 20:14

The Shock of the Fall - Nathan Filer
The Red House - Roz Watkins

Seemslikethat · 29/08/2024 20:12

friendschild · 29/08/2024 18:42

A man called Ove by Friedrik Backman. Absolutely loved this book!

Ohhh, me too!

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Britinme · 29/08/2024 20:10

I'm currently reading The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley, and finding it fairly unputdownable. Also agree with Guy Gavriel Kay, mentioned above.

evtheria · 29/08/2024 20:07

JustMeAndTheFish · 29/08/2024 20:02

The Sarantine Mosaic (duology) by Guy Gavriel Kay. Anything by him really - just remember the tissues for the endings.

I looooove Guy Gavriel Kay. Agreed about needing tissues!

MageraofCthulik · 29/08/2024 20:07

The Year of Saying Yes - Shonda Rhimes.

Dr13Hadley · 29/08/2024 20:05

Turnitoffnonagain · 25/08/2024 20:05

I've just finished Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult and it was really good, would recommend.

I've just finished that too! I enjoyed it and it's encouraged me to dig out a few other Jodi Picoult ones I had that I've not yet read.

Patiosong · 29/08/2024 20:04

The English patient.

Way, way better than the film.

JustMeAndTheFish · 29/08/2024 20:02

The Sarantine Mosaic (duology) by Guy Gavriel Kay. Anything by him really - just remember the tissues for the endings.

Patiosong · 29/08/2024 20:02

Pat Barker/ Claire North Greek trilogies. Barker focuses on the women of Troy. North takes the Atwood route of taking Penelope's story, then throws a few goddesses in.

HarpyBirthday · 29/08/2024 20:01

GreyhoundLurcher · 29/08/2024 19:49

Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout - a superb portrayal of the human condition. The follow on novel, Olive Again, is equally perfect!

Agreed.

The TV series is very good also.

Patiosong · 29/08/2024 19:59

Iamblossom · 29/08/2024 19:00

YAASS! Absolutely loved these and had forgotten all about them

I started these with half my brain: yeah yeah, vampires. Then it took a very surprising turn and I was hooked!

David Nicholls ' sweet sorrow. Nothing new, but for those of us who were teens in the 90s, nicely nostalgic.

GreyhoundLurcher · 29/08/2024 19:49

Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout - a superb portrayal of the human condition. The follow on novel, Olive Again, is equally perfect!

endofthecorridoor · 29/08/2024 19:47

Xanadu58 · 25/08/2024 20:11

Weyward by Emilia Hart

Me too loved it

NewGreenDuck · 29/08/2024 19:26

Anything by Shalom Auslander.

mamaandbabas · 29/08/2024 19:17

Just read David Baddiel's memoir in 2 days so funny, touching and heartbreaking, loved it.

The Hand Maid's Tale, Margaret Atwood, read it a few times and will probably read it again, fave book ever.

Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart😭😭😭😭, so well written.

ShergarAgain · 29/08/2024 19:16

I am absolutely loving Kate Atkinson’s new book, Death at the Sign of the Rook. It’s the latest in her Jackson Brodie series and they’re all a total joy, but this one is her best yet. I think you’d love them too, looking at your preferences.

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