For the love of God find me something to read

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I need a page Turner that will hold my attention.

Will give anything a go just no mis lit

I enjoyed ‘Elizabeth is missing’. the way the pieces of the plot slowly fell together made it unputdownable for me.

For escapism and a good yarn I love the Cadfael series. On one at the mo as they were all 50p on kindle for a while.

If you haven't read Shogun - I stayed up all night to read it years ago. The Girl with the Pearl Earring. A Suitable Boy. For lovely easy reading with a small bit of depth, anything by Marian Keyes. Katherine by Anya Seton is a great read if you fancy historical. I found all of those to be good page turners anyway.

'Together' by Julie Cohen, could not put it down, a gorgeous story with a twist. Anything by my favourite author, Margaret Forster. Jodie Picoult also. The Stand by Stephen King.

Then she was gone by Lisa Jewell.

I read it in one sitting.

Atonement by Ian McEwan.

The Secret History by Donna Tartt. Best book ever written IMO.

Ah yes Shogun. Read that as a teenager and LOVED it. You sort to get to learn a bit of phonetic Japanese as you go along as well. No idea if it really was as never been to Japan or met any Japanese people to try it on but I like to think I have the basics.

Meant to add lighthearted!

Meant to add lighthearted!

Sabine Durant is an extremely underrated thriller writer. Great characterization. And you can get her stuff on kindle deals quite often.

Pillars of the Earth - Ken Follett (there is a trilogy for bonus points!) for a nice big meaty read.

Anything by Anne Tyler or Larry McMurtry.

Aah. I want to go have a good long read now.

Philippa Gregory. Also, just finished Conclave by Robert Harris - couldn't put it down. Anything by James Mitchener.

Anything by Lianne moriarty. I raced through everything she has written within a few months. Am now in mourning.

Bodicea - me too! I've discovered Cathy lamb though and she's similar and just as addictive! I'd really recommend starting on her books if you liked her.

Fatherland by Robert Harris.

The painted man is a fantastic series, not really my genre but gave it a try after someone recommended them. Couldn't put them down and eagerly awaited new releases

The kite runner, A thousand splendid suns, Pilgrim, the girl with the dragon tattoo. So many great books, so little reading time...

Came on to say the Rivers of London series too! Especially the first few books.

Also just finished a really weird series called the Southern Reach trilogy- sort of sci fi but creepy and good characters. I read a book a day over three joyous days of annual leave last week

The last page-turner before that was Conclave by Robert Harris

I’m a member of a (definitely not wine drinking) book club and we’ve read some really worthy and intellectual stuff over the years. I recently recommended, as an attempt at light relief, Harlan Coben. They all thanked me

Helen Simonson ‘Major Pettigrews last Stand’

(Fairly) lighthearted, will fill you with joy, it’s a book filled with warmth, and a page turner. Her second book is great too.

Agree with Station Eleven and Conclave.

Tim Moore writes some funny travel books which are variable but can make me laugh out loud on occasion.

The Simon Serrailler books by Susan Hill are easy to read. I think the first one is 'The Various Haunts of Men'.

Linwood Barclay writes great page-turners. Once you've read a few they are a bit similar; but they're brilliant.
RJ Ellory also good
Jennifer Weiner (intelligent chick lit)
Christopher Brookmyre - esp 'One Fine Day in the Middle of the Night'
Ian Rankin Rebus series

There is a poster on here who writes some quite good books Mary tor something or other one was called gone without a trace I liked it.

I also like Alex harwood books

Terry Pratchett for fantasy stuff. Jo nesbo.
For me, the stand alone James Patterson novels.

Rebecca Daphne Du Market

Instructions for a heatwave Maggie O'Farrell