I have an entire weekend to myself. What book should I read?

[ohkevin]

DCs are with exH this weekend and I have deliberately made no plans other than to sit on my arse and read a book in the garden whilst drinking gin

Need book recommendations though, something really gripping that I can just lose myself in. Any suggestions? I'm easy when it comes to genre, although for some reason I seem to prefer books set in more recent years rather than anything historical.

Thanks in advance

The Goldfinch.

I recently read The Break by Marian Keyes. I started it at 10am and read through to 2am to finish it. Easy read but thoroughly captivating!

The Hearts Invisible Furies

Ooh that sounds wonderful.

Recommend American Dirt and 28 Summers both of which I’ve read recently and enjoyed x

Alice keeney is a recent author discover for me
Quite gripping and you will have finished it before you know it so buy / download more than 1!

I'm reading The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry.

Non-fiction but I read all of Relentless Pursuit: My fight for the victims of Jeffrey Epstein in its almost 400 page entirety yesterday. Would highly recommend.

Under The Jewelled Sky by Alison McQueen. It's stunning.

I've been gripped by
Try not to breathe - Holly seddon
Nine perfect strangers - liane moriarty (defo the most lighthearted out of this list)
Vox - christina dalcher
Happy reading

Brilliant. Thank you all for taking the time to reply. Going to research your suggestions now.

I thought 'so lucky' by Dawn O'Porter was brilliant.
Idiot by Laura Clery is a good auto biography.
Mix tape by Jane sanderson was enjoyable.

"We begin at the end" was my most favourite book that I've read recently and I also loved the Nickel Boys.

Thank you! Keep the suggestions coming, I'm hitting Waterstones tomorrow (and I can't wait) xx

Discovery of witches. It's great. Especially I'd you like history and magic.

How to stop time - Matt Haig

Queenie was brilliant.

Massively enjoyed The Five, social history about the victims of Jack the Ripper.

Loved Girl, Woman, Other - sometimes books that are so well reviewed and acclaimed as this was can be a let down as expectations are so high but this really lived up to everything I had heard.

1Q84 by Murakami. I can't even begin to explain it - it's a parallel world kind of story but not how you'd expect. I found the way he writes to be so soothing and yet gripping at the same time. Totally loved it.

Also Blackout and All Clear by Connie Willis. This is one book split into two because it's very long. It's about historians who can time travel to experience events in the past. So different from anything I'd ever read - I binged it over a weekend and am envious of people reading for the first time.

Hope you have a lovely weekend.

The institute - Stephen King

Ooooooh, Stephen King...the last one of his I read was Cujo!

Into the Darkest Corner. Or The Age of Miracles. Two of the best books I've ever read.

The Go-Between. Will really suit the weather too - it’s set during a really hot summer.

Bella by Lesley Pearce
Martina Cole books are also good

Where the Crawdads Sing is absolutely sublime. It is like a beautiful lyrical song you never want to end. So well written and so many links to nature. I adored it.

I've just started to re-read Marian Keyes' book Rachel's Holiday - definitely one to make you laugh and cry!
Also some recent book club favourites were : American Dirt (Jeanne Cummins), Educated (Tara Westover), Where the Crawdads Sing (Delia Owens) - all different but all equally excellent.