Recommend a book for my holiday.

[LaDiDaDi]

I need a good book recommendation for holiday. I seem to have read or not fancy all of the ones that are being pushed by the bookshops at the moment. Can you help?

The island by Victoria Hislop is a wonderful read (dont be put off by the fact the characters live on a leper colony). It is a well written,moving book. It all depends on your taste doesnt it. For thriller the new Harlan Coben-P4omise Me is good as is the new James patterson hardback-Judge & Jury. If you fancy something thought provoking, "We Need to talk about Kevin" by Lionel Shriver is very good. For humour, The Fish Finger Years by Fiona Gibson is very funny. I have not read any good chick lit recently. It is sad, I read A LOT, and yet cant actually come up with much I would recommend at the moment. Elizabeth Nobles the Reading Group novel is quite good and readable. Hope this helps, if not, post what sort of authors you usually like and I will try to come up with some more.

How about a bit of murakami? Always quite dreamy and diverting I find, maybe suitable for a holiday

The Corrections by Jonthan Frantzen is a book I loved reading on holiday.

I liked On Beauty too. It had a few surprises on the way. Following the members of one family, a bit like a written soap opera in a way.

Sarah Walters, Fingersmith.
Shadow of the Wind
Both superb imo

teh piers mrogan book is hilariously readable

Shadow of the Wind dill imfo

any margaret forster and also that new kate atkinsons one si fab

the rise and full of a yummy mummy.. polly willams

New Tony Morrison...name escapes me but is really funny

Phillipa Gregory - The Other Boleyn Girl - fantastic if fact her books are superb - historical though but most certainly not heavy going. If you like a thriller James Rollins Map of Bones is excellent.