Recommend your best books

[UrsulaBursula]

I love to read but haven’t in a while as haven’t found any good books to read. Could you suggest a few please?

Im not a fan of erotic novels but im open to reading anything else. Thanks

I've just finished a Gentleman in Moscow and it was absolutely wonderful!

The 33 strategies of war
The 48 laws of power
The philosophy of Machiavelli (basically anything Machiavelli)
The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil Philip Zimbardo
Dale Carnegie, how to win friends and influence people
Evelyn Wood speed reading course

The dead hand by David e Hoffman, the story of the cold war arms race

J Edgar hoover, by curt gentry

I hardly ever read, only on holiday 🙈 I actually prefer the audiobook version if I’m feeling lazy 😂
Last year I listened to ‘The Couple Next Door’ - loved it! Their baby goes missing from her cot, it’s really good!

I see you by Claire Macintosh, also incredible

The ones that come to mind first;

The Bricks That Built The Houses - Kate Tempest

Offshore
The Blue Flower - both by Penelope Fitzgerald

The Crow Road - Iain Banks

Brazzaville Beach - William Boyd

I have just re discovered The Shell Seekers by Rosamund Pilcher.

Sadly it isn't available in any digital format so it's back to paperbacks with this one.

@Ylvamoon Actually, Rosamund Pilcher's books are available in digital format. I downloaded The Shell Seekers a couple of months ago.

Things I Want My Daughters to Know by Elizabeth Noble

House of Glass by Hadley Freeman

His Bloody Project Graeme McRae Burnett
My sister the serial killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
The Expendable Man by Dorothy B Hughes (you might have to buy it second hand)
Burial Rites by Hannah Kent - good but quite sad.
These have stuck in my mind - more than the murder/ mystery/ detective best sellers.

I recently got hooked on Kate Quinn’s books - not the historical series - after someone in my bookclub suggested The Huntress. The Alice Network, The Rose Code and her latest The Diamond Eye were all really good, I have struggled to find anything I like as much since and I read a lot.

I'm guessing you're not in England but in case @UrsulaBursula is , The Shell Seekers is on Kindle here, I have it on my wishlist

The recommendations here are quite heavy, I'm not very good at remembering what I've read but have had found a lot of good suggestions in the reading topic, have you looked there?

Jodi Taylor - The Chronicles of St Mary's (you can thank me later)

The Book Thief is great

Hamnet
The Mercies
Witch Light
Year of Wonders

All historical fiction but I loved them all

I’m a history fanatic here are my three for the last 30 years they have not changed,
Pillars of the Earth Ken Follet,
The Physician Noah Gordon
The Henry the eighth novel by Margaret George.
I’ve got loads of other novels of course but these three I’ve loved for years.

East of Eden
To kill a mockingbird
Olive Kitteridge

That chronicles set look fabulous pity not on kindle. Oh yes Clan of the Cave Bear the best in my opinion of the whole set I’ve on audible and kindle another favourite over 30 years.

What kinds of things have you read and enjoyed before OP? What TV or genres do you generally prefer?

Robin Hobb farseer books (fantasy/saga)
Tony Hill series by Val Mcdermid (UK crime fiction)
Karin Slaughter (US crime fiction, also one of her books is on netflix now called pieces of her).
His dark materials, Phillip pullman

Thirteen and Fifty Fifty both by Steve Cavanagh, really excellent books

Escape by Carolyn Jessop - a true story about a woman's life in, and eventual escape from, the FLDS in America.

The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Such a Fun Age - Kiley Reid
Me - Elton John
The Power - Naomi Alderman
The School for Good Mothers - Jessamine Chan
Great Circle - Maggie Shipstead
Queenie - Candice Carty Williams

The Mistborn trilogy by Brandon Sanderson

I'm currently reading Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman