I need a gripping, totally in your face you can't put it down book!

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Hi all

I'm being admitted to hospital for a few weeks and was looking for some books to take with me.

Nothing sad. I like stuff like "this is going to hurt" or a guilty pleasure something naughty and dramatic.

Any recommendations please x

I love Lisa Jewell anyway but this just exceeded my expectations of her. Absolutely fantastic!

Tipping the velvet as well as Fingersmith. Both brilliant.
A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth

The Kind Worth Killing by Peter Swanson.

Pm!

Just read it/ soooooo good!!

Yellow face

I just wanted to say that it is one of the best and troubling books I've read

I loved this and am desperate for a sequel

I’ll second How to Kill Your Family - I read this on holiday a couple of months ago and absolutely loved it - couldn’t put it down.

I like anything by Jane Fallon, Adele Parks and Lisa Jewell too for light reading. And I’ve just discovered Richard Osman’s Thursday Murder Club series (I’m late to that party, I know!) so I’ve just ordered the next three - I can’t wait to read them.

The Running Grave by Robert Galbraith

Agree lessons in chemistry and anything Galbraith

would you get audible? Loved demon copperhead - prob one of my fave books ever

The Maeve Kerrigan detective series by Jane Casey. They’re addictive

For audio books (or ebooks) if you haven't already, then do check with your local library if you can sign up for free to Borrowbox or CloudLibrary or others as there's so much free content available through your library membership.

You will love Papillon. Similar story but slightly more modern and possibly true story. It's a proper adventure story

Ah me too.

I've read american dirt, gone girl, girl on a train, daisy Jones, Lisa jewel... and found them all a bit 'meh'. None of them got me excited in any way. I love a proper adventure book like I am Pilgrim, though it was silly at times, it kept me hooked. Other favourites are a thousand splendid suns, the prisoner of Tehran, Brooklyn, Wild, one hundred years of solitude. Anything that physically transports me to a different country basically 😆 when I was a bit younger I used to be obsessed with proper adventure books like into thin air, touching the void, into the wild, etc.

Music and Silence by Rose Tremain.

I'm going to go way retro here, but: Wuthering Heights! I couldn't put it down the first time I read it. The reccs above are great too.

I also agree with FingerSmith, it was recommended on another thread like this one, many times, and I really could not put it down!!

A Place of Execution by Val McDermid (as with many of her books, CW for graphic crime, but it’s the best stand alone)

If you like it, she has written many.

Another vote for Lisa Jewell.

Tana French is amazing, IMO - Into the Woods and The Likeness are her best.

The Rivers of London Ben Aaronovitch. Lots of fun. Its got a couple of gory bits though, so dodge it if you don't want that.

An unexpected one for me was The Sea The Sea by Iris Murdoch. I decided to read the booker prize winners and I couldn’t put it down!

The Nightingale - Kristen Hannah

Recently enjoyed The Marriage Act by John Marrs. In fact all his books are very good. He takes current trends, especially around technology and does a thought experiment in them. He also wrote ' The One' ,about a world where your perfect match was found through DNA which was made into a TV series.

Wild Swans is also v good. And long!
also really loved Circe.

If you have Spotify, there's loads of books you can listen to for free if you have a premium account. Currently listening to Running Grave by JK Rowling on it now.