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A good book you have read lately?

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AngryBird6122 · 01/10/2025 23:14

I like something that makes you think

don't like anything too cheesy if it's fiction

TIA

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MrsFantastic · 01/10/2025 23:16

I really enjoyed The Wager by David Grann. It's non fiction but as gripping as a novel.

ElizabethVonArnim · 01/10/2025 23:31

I loved The Wedding People by Alison Espach - I was expecting trashy fun but found it a bit of an emotional wringer. The Safekeep is also excellent, in a very different way (bleak, saucy, shocking). Both v g reads. I also always find I like William Boyd novels much more than I think I’m going to.

tfu · 01/10/2025 23:48

Currently reading Olive Kitteridge which is surprisingly good

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RubyTuesday10 · 01/10/2025 23:50

Still Life by Sarah Winman - I’m loving it. So well written, poignant but so funny too. Actually miss the brilliant characters when I’m not reading it!

ChickpeaCauliflowerSalad · 01/10/2025 23:52

Tell no one. Harlan Coben.

AngryBird6122 · 02/10/2025 00:06

Thank you - checking all these out now

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MagpieCastle · 02/10/2025 00:08

Bring the house down by Charlotte Runcie.
Thought provoking story about cancel culture and the role of critics with believably imperfect characters.

Scoose · 02/10/2025 00:16

The family upstairs by Lisa Jewell I've just started the follow up the family remains
behind closed doors by ba paris
and I started another one today called girl a
by Abigail dean

Pistachiocake · 02/10/2025 00:18

Wasps' Nest. The Inheritance. Frenemy. Re-read some Agatha Christie at a co-worker's insistence.

All good. And, more than one, I know.

Teenagequeenwithaloadedgun · 02/10/2025 00:23

The Examiner by Janice Hallett. It looks like a cozy crime mystery but is far creepier with far more twists.

Bbq1 · 02/10/2025 00:47

I loved The List of Suspicios Things. Currently reading Lady Macbethad

MarchionessVonSausage · 02/10/2025 01:38

Scoose · 02/10/2025 00:16

The family upstairs by Lisa Jewell I've just started the follow up the family remains
behind closed doors by ba paris
and I started another one today called girl a
by Abigail dean

I just read The Family Upstairs too, love Lisa Jewell. Will have to read the follow up.

The Only Suspect by Louise Candlish was a good one.

About to start Our Beautiful Mess by Adele Parks.

beebee25 · 02/10/2025 02:20

The Paris assignment by Rhys Bowen... set in WW2... I'm making my way through all her books and love them

BadActingParsley · 02/10/2025 07:14

Another vote for Still Life, kept me reading.

DancefloorAcrobatics · 02/10/2025 07:17

Biography with lots of background information about the middle east plus just an amazing woman:
Queen of the Dessert: The extraordinary Life of Gertrude BBell by Georgia Howell

Hurumphh · 02/10/2025 07:19

Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors.

It’s described on the cover as a modern day Little Women

staringatthesun · 02/10/2025 07:21

Wally Lamb's The river is waiting is a brilliant book. One of my favorite books this year.

staringatthesun · 02/10/2025 07:21

Hurumphh · 02/10/2025 07:19

Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors.

It’s described on the cover as a modern day Little Women

I enjoyed this one too

Bbq1 · 02/10/2025 07:59

Scoose · 02/10/2025 00:16

The family upstairs by Lisa Jewell I've just started the follow up the family remains
behind closed doors by ba paris
and I started another one today called girl a
by Abigail dean

If you' like thrillers /twists, I recommend Will Dean, particularly The Last Passenger and Firstborn. Frieda McFadden writes fantastic novels full of twists with a dark undercurrent.

Isabella40 · 02/10/2025 08:00

Just finished midnight library by Matt haig. Just started Bridget jones mad about the boy

babasaclover · 02/10/2025 08:02

Stephen king - thinner

lessee167 · 02/10/2025 08:02

The Never-Ending End of the World by Ann Cristy

really different and willl make you think

BobLobla · 02/10/2025 08:04

Love everything by Janice Hallett. Treated myself to her new one The Killer Question and it’s brilliant so far. Also really enjoyed Everything's Fine by Cecilia Rabess - modern love story in America . Very thought-provoking but also hugely enjoyable.

mumisfull · 02/10/2025 08:18

ElizabethVonArnim · 01/10/2025 23:31

I loved The Wedding People by Alison Espach - I was expecting trashy fun but found it a bit of an emotional wringer. The Safekeep is also excellent, in a very different way (bleak, saucy, shocking). Both v g reads. I also always find I like William Boyd novels much more than I think I’m going to.

I had the exact same thoughts about ‘The Wedding People’! Thought it would be more of a trashy beach read from the blurb and front cover. It was actually really well-written, thought-provoking and I missed it when I’d finished!

List of Suspicious Things was also really good.

I read Blue Sisters and it was okay, a bit pretentious I thought.

Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano is also about sisters and I loved it so much that I’ve bought copies for my friends and family so I can talk about it with them. 100% recommend!

AngryBird6122 · 03/10/2025 10:00

@DancefloorAcrobatics that sounds right up my street, thanks!

Thanks for all the recommendations, have ordered a few

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