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For the love of God find me something to read

102 replies

LEMtheoriginal · 24/10/2017 22:02

I need a page Turner that will hold my attention.

Will give anything a go just no mis lit

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Hotheadwheresthecoldbath · 24/10/2017 23:42

Any Tracy Chevalier's book,I've just finished The Last Runaway.
Love the Hundred year old man who climbed out of the window,read it and then watching the film.
If you look keep a good heartbreaker then The Light between oceans by ML Steadman.
Lastly if you've never tried him Terry Patcher,if you do like him you have your reading set out for a while,start with the whitches ones.I also like the Lindsay Davis Falcon books starting with the Silver Pigs.
I have also recently read The Trouble With Goats and Sheep by Joanne Cannon,this one made me stay up far to late reading.

FangsAlot · 24/10/2017 23:42

Daphne Du Maurier bloody auto correct Hmm

papayasareyum · 24/10/2017 23:43

The Handmaids Tale by Margaret Attwood

LemonysSnicket · 24/10/2017 23:45

Nevernight - it is INCREDIBLE if you give it a chance. Or The Way of Kings or Mistborn series’s

farfallarocks · 24/10/2017 23:48

The dry and the aftermath

diamantegal · 24/10/2017 23:51

Ooh, MrTrebus, I've got "All The Little Children" downloaded on my Kindle and I have no idea why - maybe it was a Prime deal? Maybe I'll give it a go then.

After all, it can't be any worse than Dan Brown why do I never learn?
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LEMtheoriginal · 25/10/2017 07:58

Wow - thanks for all of these. Have read some of them but some good ideas. Will hopefully regain my reading mojo

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bertsdinner · 25/10/2017 08:22

Sabine Durrant is very good, especially Lie With Me.
Ive just finished Peter Swanson, Her Every Fear, that was really gripping.

notanotherlasagne · 25/10/2017 08:22

I Am Pilgrim. It’s completely gripping and VERY long...

bertsdinner · 25/10/2017 08:28

Also, if you like dystopian fiction, Metro 2033 by Dmitry Glukhovsky, (recommended on another thread, and well worth reading).

permatiredmum · 25/10/2017 08:31

How is this AIBU? There is a board specifically for this!

LEMtheoriginal · 25/10/2017 09:19

And this bothers you because?

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Liverbird77 · 25/10/2017 09:22

Peter James' Roy Grace novels. I cannot put them down. Or anything by him really. I also love charlaine Harris' Southern Vampire mysteries (the books true blood was based on).

EdgarAllanPO · 25/10/2017 09:27

@OneOfTheGrundys I loved Elizabeth is missing. Infuriating to begin with but my goodness I couldn't put it down.
I'm reading beyond black by Hilary Mantel was recommended on a woo thread. It's super.

KatsutheClockworkOctopus · 25/10/2017 17:47

I also liked the Invisible Library and sequels.

Lotsawobblybits · 25/10/2017 17:54

The Killing & The Killing 2 by David Hewson.

I haven't watched the TV series but these books are really good.

Almostfifty · 25/10/2017 17:59

Yes, yes, Lianne Moriarty. Lucinda Riley is fabulous too.

Thanks for Cathy Lamb Ginaxx will look at her books.

MrTrebus · 25/10/2017 18:02

Jo Nesbo Harry hole books are amazing too.

florascotianew · 25/10/2017 18:05

Lots of good suggestions already. You might also want to look at some of the pioneer 20th cent female writers (more fun than it might sound) here. Some are excellent:
www.persephonebooks.co.uk/

cardibach · 25/10/2017 18:07

I couldn’t get on with the Dragon Tattoo books. Couldn’t begin to care about the characters or what happened to them.
Neil Gaiman - neverwhere or The Ocean at the end of the Lane
J.P.Delaney - The Girl Before
Anything by Phillipa Gregory
Neville Shute - On the Beach

LadyinCement · 25/10/2017 18:07

Can't believe someone recommended The Miniaturist. It was one of the worst books I have ever read. The anachronisms just kept on coming and there were many passages which read like a sixth-form history essay. I simply can't understand how it got published.

LadyinCement · 25/10/2017 18:11

For a real page turner I would recommend The Little House by Philippa gregory. People are recommending good books on here but the op has asked for a page turner. I have read almost all the Persephone books, but wouldn't really say most qualify as page turners. Perhaps The Expendable Man is one.

Myfanwyprice · 25/10/2017 18:12

The One by John Marrs, very short easy to read chapters, I couldn't put it down!

Sharl2017 · 25/10/2017 18:20

The Erika Foster series by Robert Bryndza (There's 5 I think the first one is called The Girl in the Ice)

Or the Adrian Miles series by Katerina Diamond (The 3 of them, first is The Teacher)