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Help pick my next read

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ReadingInTheRain583 · 23/10/2024 19:43

I finished the book I was reading at the weekend (Fairy Tale - Stephen King). It was a bit of a slog as SK + no visual imagination to benefit from his scene setting is a lot to get through (although the best I've read this year!) and I feel like I've hit a bit of a wall.

This is my current TBR pile. I think I need a pacy twisty book next. Any recommendations from this lot?

I'll take any recommendations in general tbh! Usually a psychological thriller reader, trying to chuck in the odd classic, with the odd palate cleanser thrown in too.

Help pick my next read
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GiraffeTree · 23/10/2024 19:59

Of your pile I've read Demon Copperhead, Fahrenheit 451 and The Book Thief. All three are brilliant but I wouldn't describe any of them as a pacy twisty book so maybe leave them for another time and read one of the thrillers now.

taggy321 · 23/10/2024 19:59

I'd go for the Lisa Jewell

MyBestFriendKenny · 23/10/2024 19:58

Steve Cavanagh is an excellent palate cleanser

Ted22 · 23/10/2024 19:56

Demon Copperhead, hands down.

OrangeSlices998 · 23/10/2024 19:55

‘None of this is true’ was an easy read I got through in a few days and I struggle sometimes!

Have you read Strange Sally Diamond? Highly recommend

spartanrunnergirl · 23/10/2024 19:55

I am pilgrim. You cannot put it down, it is the best page turner I've ever read.

stayathomer · 23/10/2024 19:54

Lisa Jewell!! Great stash op!!!

Min133 · 23/10/2024 19:53

Demon Copperhead is brilliant

Preppingpenguin · 23/10/2024 19:53

Another vote for Fahrenheit 45. Breakneck Point is also very good.

GroovyChick87 · 23/10/2024 19:52

And I've read Verity. I think this is one of Colleen Hoover's better ones.

GroovyChick87 · 23/10/2024 19:52

I've read the Lisa Jewell and the Claire Douglas ones. I wouldn't say they were the best written by those authors but were enjoyable enough fast paced reads that I finished within a couple of days.

Dappy777 · 23/10/2024 19:49

I'd definitely read Bradbury's Farenheit 451. Great book. If you like high brow sci fi (which I guess that's what Bradbury wrote) try Huxley's Brave New World. I'd also recommend Solaris. Right now I'm massively into Douglas Adams, and reading everything he wrote.