recommend me an easy but addictive read

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I need distraction. Going through a messy separation and I have found myself drawn to Closer magazine and Eastenders for light relief, ignoring my poor Kindle. It has to stop!

Can anyone recommend something fast-paced and entertaining, not too heavy, definitely not romance. Usually I love authors like Maggie O'Farrell, Audrey Niffenegger, Ian McEwan, Dave Eggers... I recently read Gone Girl and enjoyed that, also loved the new Bridget Jones.

The tales of the city series by amistead maupin. There are follow up books , Mary ann in autumn, Michael tolliver lives, there's another one but I can't remember it. They are like meeting old friends and having a cuddle. I love them. Very easy to read and have enough of a story to keep you interested. Amistead maupin is a gentle writer. I am not sure how much sense that makes!

The Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich, v easy reading funny too. Does not require concentration and/or brain cells

Mister Pip. I've just finished it and it was really good (horrific in parts) but very well written and easy to read. It's not too long either.

i know this sounds a bit daft but sometimes reading through old kids books are nice.they remind you to smile at the small things again.

Jodi Taylor . A Second Chance . Modern time travel with humour. I downloaded and read all three back to back.

I know it's not a suggestion but I am currently addicted to Ollie's diary of a wimpy kid books. Unknown to him I've downloaded and read then all on my kindle and am now waiting for book nine to be released in a few months time - those books are addictive!

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Sorry posted too soon from stupid phone.

Sorry this post is so epic but I love reading and love recommending stuff. Also love threads like this as I can get ideas for new books to read!

These are some of the books that are in my bedside bookcase- books I know I can go to over and over and still enjoy....

Supper with the Crippens by David James Smith- a really well written book about Dr. Crippen which is somehow a real page turner.

The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson. The hilarious story of Bryson's childhood. Also good by him are A Walk in the Woods, Notes on a Small Island and Tales from a Big Country.

Time for Bed, Whatever Love Means and The Secret Incidents all by David Baddiel. Three quite different books but all brilliant. TfB is hilarious, WLM is clever and has an amazing twist and TSI is incredibly moving and poignant.

One Day, Starter for Ten and The Understudy all by David Nicholls.

Anything by Nick Hornby.

The Sound of Laughter and Saturday Night Peter both by Peter Kay.

Getting Rid of Matthew by Jane Fallon. She's written a few decent chick-lit reads.

The Other Boleyn Girl by Phillipa Gregory.

And then stuff I've loved on my kindle:

Life Death and Vanilla Slices by Jenny Eclair was brilliant and both her other books were a decent read.

The War of the Wives and The Mistresses Diary by Tamar Cohen.

The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey.

The Lie by Chad Kultgen. I've actually enjoyed all of his books although they're quite laddy, American college humour.

Shit my Dad Says and I Suck at Girls by Justin Halpen are both laugh out loud hilarious.

Boy A by Johnathan Tringell was amazing. Unputdownable.

One Unknown by Gill Hicks, her account, as a victim, of the 7/7 bombings.

Falling Angels by Tracey Chevellier. Really atmospheric, Victorian novel.

The Heart Shaped Bullet by Kathryn Flett. A good one if you're going through a hard break up. All about her messy divorce.

Eloise by Judy Finnigan. Much better than I anticipated. Couldn't put it down.

The Testament of Mary by Co Toibin. The story of Jesus as told by his mother after the crucifixion.

The Pornographers Diary by Danny King. Hilarious.

Jodi Taylor The Chronicles of St Mary's - saw these books recommended on here somewhere so I downloaded the 1st one cos it was free on Amazon. Read the next 2 straight after - really good & a dead easy read.

I devoured Where'd You Go Bernadette today, finally managed to get it from the library. A very easy read but not too fluffy. Im finding Sophie Kinsellas more recent stuff has strayed into sickly Celia Aherne territory.

Another vote for any of Marian Keyes' books. I absolutely love them, especially Watermelon and Last Chance Saloon.

Do you like thrillers? I like anything by Patricia Cornwell (except for when she started writing in the present tense - can't stand that), James Patterson is good, and always easy to read.

But read a new one that was free on kindle last week (not sure if it is now) and it was just amazing. Could not put it down and read it in two days. Called Gods Inc by Sarah King.

For easy and riveting you can't beat a Harlan Coben thriller.

Second for The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid. Laugh out loud funny. I also appreciate how Bryson's affection for and admiration of his parents come through in the book.

Second also for Patricia Cornwall. The earlier books are great. The later ones not so much; in fact, I stopped reading them several books ago.