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If I love Marian Keyes Sophie Kinsella and some Jane Green, what shall I read next?

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NoRoomForMeInMyBed · 04/05/2013 20:18

Need tips havent read a great chick lit in a while! Please help!!

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NotAQueef · 17/05/2013 13:09

Angels Yes, do - Emily Barr's are always set in part in another country so I like that element. Cuban Heels, and the Backpack are ones I've re-read.
I love reading or watching things set in places I've lived - though where I live now is unlikely to appear anywhere in fiction

GoingToBedfordshire · 17/05/2013 13:13

Just finished You Had Me At Hello by Mhairi Mcfarlane. Debut novel, recommended by Marian Keyes on Twitter. I enjoyed it.

Also Jojo Moyes as others have said.

NoRoomForMeInMyBed · 28/05/2013 18:22

Read You before me, very different from what I thought, very much enjoyed it. Will try First last kiss next! Thank you! Have also ordered a few of your recommendations for later, thank you all for your tips!:)

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holidayseeker · 01/06/2013 12:33

Paige Toon
Lindsey Kelk

poshbeaver · 01/06/2013 12:39

I've just finished Rose Petal Beach by Dorothy Koomson, I could not put it down. Definitely worth a read!

LadyVJJ · 07/06/2013 15:48

merringue33 I was going to suggest Lisa Jewell too! Also Dorothy Koomson. Smile

DuchessofMalfi · 07/06/2013 17:55

Not really chick-lit, but I would recommend This Is How It Ends by Kathleen MacMahon. I finished reading it last night. It really is good.

Iwritechicklit · 29/09/2014 16:39

Try some of the debut authors out there. And I agree, all the authors mentioned above are excellent. The rest of us aspire to these standards of excellence...

TsukuruTazaki · 06/10/2014 01:17

Liane moriarty

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YonicScrewdriver · 06/10/2014 07:05

Elizabeth Noble
Mhairi something... MacFarlane, I think.
Jennifer Wener (US based)

coffeecups · 06/10/2014 07:05

Surprised no one has mentioned Harriet Evans yet. Havent tried her latest but the last one was excellent.

YonicScrewdriver · 06/10/2014 07:06

Oops, did not notice it was a zombie!

sandgrown · 06/10/2014 07:10

Adele Parks

joanofarchitrave · 06/10/2014 07:21

YY to Erica James and Patricia Scanlan/Cathy Kelly.

BikeRunSki · 06/10/2014 07:33

I loved Milly Johnson, the Yorkshire Pudding Club, but then I read it when I was of with my first, booked in at the hospital in the book.

I second Lisa Jewell.

LottieMumofWilfJenkins · 06/10/2014 10:01

Ali McNamara is my new find! She is very good. I also recommend Katie Fforde!

elkiedee · 11/10/2014 05:02

Sarra Manning
Rowan Coleman

elkiedee · 11/10/2014 05:05

Pippa Wright

elkiedee · 11/10/2014 05:05

Freya North

whatsbehindthegreendoor · 14/10/2014 15:08

Christina Jones (she's fab), Carole Matthews, Milly Johnson, Catherine Alliott, Trisha Ashley, Jill Mansell - they're all brilliant. Oh and Jenny Colgan and Chrissie Manby are fab too...

MimsyBorogroves · 14/10/2014 16:51

Mhairi McFarlane is brill.

haveagoharibo · 15/10/2014 21:40

Jenny Colgan and Lucy Dillon, love their books

JuanPotatoTwo · 23/10/2014 22:37

Did anyone see MillyJohnson on Come Dine With Me once?

Madaboutthrows · 26/10/2014 15:16

The celebrity shopper series by carmen reid