Long haul flight book recommendations

Had to force myself to finish the first Richard Osman book, didn't go back for a second!

Have you ever read any Lesley Pearse books? The earlier ones are great for travelling. The more recent ones are a bit meh though.

Have you read The Lincoln Highway? I also liked All the colours of the dark and this book likewise is a good story with interesting characters. Nowhere near as intense though.

Both the Ukestu books Strange Houses and Strange Pictures would be good for a long haul flight because they are page turning but also the nature of them (sort of a built in puzzle/whodunnit) means that you get more out of it if you read it when you can remember what's gone before. Very amenable to a one sitting or two sitting read in other words.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Americanah and Half a Yellow Sun are both absorbing and very well written. Robert Galbraith's Strike books good too and would be excellent for a long flight.

Another vote for The Luminaries although I did find it rather masculine, but I guess that shows what a good Victorian pastiche it was (it's set during the NZ Gold Rush). For something about Maori culture what about The Bone People, Once Were Warriers or The Whale Rider.

Try John Boyne's "The Heart's Invisible Furies". It is a fabulous book, so good I was raging when I finished it a couple of years ago. Then for the first time EVER, I read it again over the Summer. Just as good!

I loved Kala, Small Pleasures and The Wedding People so I think we must have similar ish taste!

Have you read The Bee Sting by Paul Murray? It’s such a good book - and long so it will take quite a while to read!

I agree with PP The Rachel Incident is very good too.

Kate Atkinson - the Jackson Brodie series

As you're a fan of Claire Chambers, her more recent novel Shy Creatures is also good. I would also second Kate Atkinson's Life after Life and its companion novel God In Ruins. Both long reads too. I loved Paul Murray's the Bee Sting which is another long read but one I couldn't put down. Joanna Glen's All My Mothers is a lovely book.

Seven Susters series - Lucinda Riley

Thorn Birds

The Covenant of Water - good long book.

I admit that I have no idea about any of the books you've read, so these suggestions might be WAY off. I have done long, long haul like this far more times than I can recall though- so do sympathise and find a book a great way to pass the hours go by. All of these are so old that you'd pick them up from ebay for a few £'s.

-Call the midwife books- I think 4 in the series
-Bill Bryson. He did one called Down Under, but obviously you are going to NZ
-All Creatures Great and Small (several books in the series)
-Kon-Tiki expedition

I love Pillars of the Earth, one of my favourite books, but it does have some pretty tense and gritty scenes.

I can recommentd Anxious People by Fredrick Backman for interesting characters and character-driven plot. It's a really easy read, it's not a conventional cozy crime novel but more about the relationships between the characters.

God of the Woods.
Ripeness. Sarah Moss.
The Frozen River. Ariel Lawhon
The Corrections. Jonathan Franzen.
So Good to See You. Francesca Hornak
Albion Anna Hope
My Year of Rest and Relaxation. Ottessa Moshfegh.
Tomorrow, Tomorrow, Tomorrow. Gabrielle Zevin
You Are Here. David Nicholls

Have youu considered something like the Count of Monte Cristo? An oldie but a goodie and IMO really gripping

The Stand is a really good suggestion. Any of the early Stephen King - Salem's Lot, The Shining. Cujo. Pet Semetary. Some of the novella collections.

After that he sort of goes off the rails into the fantasy realm.

A couple of ones I love which would definitely keep you going on a long flight are East of Eden by John Steinbeck and The Stand by Stephen King. Probably keep you going on several long flights actually 😁

I loved The Names, the Heather Blazing and Nesting.
Also enjoyed careless people the Facebook book ! What a treat I love a long flight fir the reading immersion
Have a wondholiday
Ps i enjoyed the audiobooks of the Richard Oman's!!
I'm
Easily pleased I guess

I really didn’t enjoy Richard Osmans first book and never bothered with later ones . I’m currently reading where there is evil , a true story and enjoying it . I enjoyed all the light we cannot see asee well .

I'm going to suggest, They Were Sisters by the great Dorothy Whipple. It's well written with good characters and it's hard to put down.

Lie back and listen to the audiobook version of Project Hail Mary, even if you don't like sci fi, and you will not want that plane to land so you can keep listening.

A god in ruins by Kate Atkinson

Lessons in chemistry and remarkably bright creatures are both good. Also just read the women by Kristen hannah and thought that was good.
I also like the comoran strike books.