What book are you reading now?

[kentgal]

Why you chose it and would you recommend it?

Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
I’m only a few chapters in so far but I’m enjoying it.

Just finishing the last of Jeffrey Archer's Clifton Chronicles. I know he's not fashionable as an author, but I really enjoyed these books

I'm also reading Tombland by CJ Sansom. So far, so good. As with the whole Shardlake series.

TinklyLittleLaugh The Secret History is terrible. I don't think it does improve. I just hated all of the characters. It was so pretentious! Sorry.

Havana Bay by Martin Cruz Smith. Russian detective goes to Cuba to see friend ...or has his body just been recovered? Loving the sense of place (not been myself!) and he writes strong females too.

I really enjoyed Secret Histories. None of the characters were likeable but I think that was the point. I found it quite intriguing to be given the ending of the story first and then to unravel how the characters arrived at that point and what events lead to it.

I am recovering from yet another poncy book group choice by reading the Jack Reacher thrillers by Lee Childs. Just read number 2. Bloody hell they're good, and I don't normally read thrillers. I love Elizabeth Strout (mentioned earlier). But phillippa Gregory writing well researched books? I don't think so.

I'm reading Thirteen (or as the title on the cover is styled, Th1rt3en) by Steve Cavanagh.

It's about a trial in a serial killer case, where the guy on the stand is innocent, and the actual killer is on the jury. That isn't giving anything away I shouldn't have done, as the 'plot hook' on the back of the book, includes this information. I love a good crime novel.

I'm half way through and it's pretty damn good!

The green mile, it's a fantastic read

I’ve just finished The tattooist from Auschwitz, I don’t think I’ve ever been as moved as I was reading this book. I need a new book to read now.

Pilgrim. It's about a spy trying to bring down a terrorist planning to attack with a strain of smallpox.
It's not my usual type of read but I can't put it down.

I never liked Jane Eyre much. I'm obviously thick as shit though.

I've just finished The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle. I really enjoyed it, but it was scary! Especially at the start. Needed to read it with the light on

Just finished Tombland, have read all the Shardlake books but was disappointed with this one.

Have recently finished the All Souls Trilogy (Discovery of Witches)

I've abandoned The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle for the moment - just too slow.

I'm part way through An Unremarkable Body by Elisa Ladato. It's ok but not thrilling me.

i loved the fourth Sarah Ward book The Shrouded Path. Gripping and really clever. Ward writes very clever crime novels rooted in the Brampton countryside.

Currently reading Mudbound - Hillary Jordan. It's set in the Deep South in 1946 and is quite depressing actually (racism, PTSD, adultery etc) but I'm enjoying it! Looking forward to watching the Netflix adaptation once I'm done.

Before that I read the Tattooist of Auschwitz - very moving and surreal to think it's based on a true story.

Think I need a more cheerful book next time!

Fear by Bob Woodward and Heroes by Stephen Fry. Both wonderful in their own way.

Pat Barker’s Regeneration which describes the horrors of war & their psychological effects. Set in a psychiatric hospital in Edinburgh during the First World War. Conjures up some harrowing images but surprisingly not difficult to read.

Haven't read the full thread so it may have been mentioned already, but I have just read Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer and it had me in bits. It's a post 9/11 novel and it's magnificent stuff. Heartbreaking though too

Chronicle of the Chinese emperors. Love some history

Night by Elie Wiesel, which is the author’s memoir of his time in Auschwitz and Buchenwald. It is a very sparse, brutal account and I found the language incredibly moving.

I read it because I was thinking about the subject around Remembrance Day and it was in a list of books to read about WW2. I would highly recommend it. I haven’t stopped thinking about it since.

heymammy I would persevere with Jane Eyre as I think it is worth it. Read Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys after for another perspective of ‘the madwoman in the attic’ trope, I absolutely adored it.

Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn. I chose it because of the TV adaptation ... it's depressing.

Great thread, I am getting back into reading and making lots of notes of books thank you! I love Jane Eyre but then I am a sucker for Bronte/Austen. I have read Villette countless times but never managed to finish Wuthering Heights. However aged 51 I think if you are not enjoying something just put it down and try something else. I have just started Life After Life by Kate Atkinson, 100 pages in and enjoying it.

Thanks to a pp (sorry I can’t remember the name), I picked up Follow You Home.
I started it last night and am gripped! Can’t wait for bedtime.

Pilgrim. It's about a spy trying to bring down a terrorist planning to attack with a strain of smallpox.
Is the author Terry Hayes?

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I did the same! It sounded so good!
Turns out it's by Nella Last, not Nessa. That should help you find it