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EyeMyrrhSlapHer · 04/05/2014 09:44

I have been studying for three years and haven't picked up a fictional book in some time. I now have time to read again, but I was so stuck with the types of books I read I am now looking for some recommendations to widen my horizons.

I am/was a big reader but would read the same books over and over. If i list the type of books I have read could you give me a clue to other books i may like??

Harry Potter
A long way down - Nick Hornby
Memoirs of a geisha
Angela's Ashes / Tis
Girl in the Box series
Anything by Harlam Coben
Hunger Games

I am not really keen on any of the chick lit type stuff I have read in the past and I was a big reader of 'abuse' type books in the past (due to job) but want something new.

TIA

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CoteDAzur · 04/05/2014 17:07

I think you may like:

The End Of Mr Y
Mr Penumbra's 24-hour Bookstore
The Passage
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
World War Z (forget the movie, the book is fantastic)

If you would like to try some modern spy fiction, Charles Cummings has some great books out.

DuchessofMalfi · 04/05/2014 17:48

Here's a few I've enjoyed reading in the past year:-

The Night Circus - Erin Morgenstern
One Night in Winter - Simon Sebag Montefiore
Restoration - Rose Tremain
The Cuckoo's Calling - Robert Galbraith aka J K Rowling
A Casual Vacancy - J K Rowling
The Reluctant Fundamentalist - Mohsin Hamid
Sweet Tooth and Atonement - both by Ian McEwan
The Yellow Birds - Kevin Power
Norwegian Wood - Haruki Murakami
The Blackwater Lightship - Colm Toibin
Kitchen - Banana Yoshimoto
The Spinning Heart - Donal Ryan

Currently reading The Sea by John Banville, which is just superb writing.

EyeMyrrhSlapHer · 04/05/2014 20:37

Thank you. I have downloaded a couple and will wonder round a book shop soon and buy a couple more.

Any other ideas?

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LizzyBennet1813 · 05/05/2014 23:53

I really enjoyed captain correllis mandolin. It took a while to get into but once I was in I couldn't put it down. ignore the movie, as I'm sure many agree you just get so much more from a book :)
I also used to be a huge reader but my mind seems to have drawn a blank. I will keep my thinking cap on for you :)

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