To ask for the best book you've ever read?

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Recently got into reading again and want to ask for suggestions!

I've just finished The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena after it being recommended by a friend.

Needless to say I was so disappointed with the ending

TIA

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That's just my discreet place marking

Sorry I don't have anything to add

Trustee from the toolroom

I read the couple next door- very disappointing. Do enjoy the genre though. Recommend Rachel Abbott, fantastic plots and easy to read. Also quite like KL Slater and a few others I can't think of right now

Burial Rites by Hannah Kent - immense beyond words

The Snow Child by eiowyn ivy. Bloody gorgeous

Life after Life and A God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson - flipping fantastic

Home Fire by Kamila shamsie

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden.

Another vote for Time Travellers Wife, by Audrey Niffenegger. I have re-read this so many times, and will do many more times. It's like an old friend.

Middlesex - Jeffrey Eugenides
The Secret History - Donna Tart
The Sun Also Rises - Hemingway
His Dark Material Trilogy - Philip Pullman
Vilette - Charlotte Bronte
Rebecca - Daphne du Maurier

Can’t pick one favourite sorry!

Ten thousand splendid suns - I read it on my honeymoon and I balled my eyes out on the beach much to DHs amusement. It was beautifully written and epic. I also love Gone with the wind - I read it when I was 14 and it sparked a life long interest in history (randomly)

The stand Stephen King

*A thousand splendid suns (bloody auto correct)

The Time Travellers Wife - Audrey Niffeneger
Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
Fingersmith - Sarah Waters
She's Come Undone - Wally Lamb
Behind The Scenes in the Museum - Kate Atkinson
The Way I Found Her - Rose Tremain
After You'd Gone - Maggie O'Farrell
I Capture The Castle - Dodie Smith
Where'd You Go Bernadette - Maria Semple

If you're after a good thriller OP, I can highly recommend The Woman in the Window (author has slipped my mind, it it's on the best sellers at the moment). Utterly gripping!

Tuesdays with Morrie

Anything by Haruki Murakami. Loved Norwegian Wood, Dance Dance Dance and 1Q85.

Another vote for A thousand splendid suns.

Also anything by Jodi Piccoult. Her latest is very thought provoking. I really enjoyed The Woman in the Window by AJ Finn which is relatively new too.

Dr sleep by Stephen king, not for its literary accomplishment obviously but it helped me through a really difficult time

Watership down, what an incredible story

Oh yes, A God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson is incredible. To the pp who loved life after life, you've got to read a god in ruins!!!

The kite runner if you want to cry a lot

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine. Best book I've read in ages.

I hate the time travellers wife personally, unlikeable characters and disjointed, boring story

I can't possibly choose my favourite book of all time as I read so many but The Nightingale has been the best book I've read in a long time. It will make you cry though

The Goldfinch

The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy

Shantaram and then The Mountain Shadow by Gregory David Roberts

To Kill A Mockingbird is my favourite of all time.