Lets talk trash......what is your fave trashy novel?

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Riders by Jilly Cooper

Peyton Place for vintage trash, also wonderful Valley of the Dolls

anything by aribella weir, (is that trashy??)

Lace, soooo trashy

Also definitely Riders. Sadly, I came to Jilly Cooper late (well into my 20s). Could definitely have done with the education in my early teens (!).

I read lots of virginia andrews' books when I was 16. really trash. However, there are some books that pretend to be highbrow that are soooo trashy as well...

Ah yes, flowers in teh attic, its all coming back now

yes, I read the whole saga

anything by jilly cooper.......!!!!! or jackie collins

is marian keyes trash?

Snap Marina - I absolutely love Valley of the Dolls

Rivals by Jilly Cooper, I prefer it to Riders tbh.

Light a Penny Candle by Maeve Binchy. Wish she would do a sequel, I never wanted it to end. Especially as the ending was so pants.

Marian Keyes is trash IMO, but real good solid trash. Despite her posturing about how awful it is not to be taken seriously as an author.

Pleasant Vices by Judy Astley - had me laughing out loud on the bus - you can read it an a couple of hours.

does she really chooosy?

anyhoo, i would have to say then, hollywood wives, by Jackie Collins, Watermelon by Marian Keyes and Pandora by Jilly Cooper are my top three faves !

I love Marian Keyes, I don't count her as trash

Yes, love Rivals too but Riders was my first JC read, so its a firm fave

Oh yes Light a Penny Candle, utter trash but requiring a sequel.

Also read the Virginia Andrews Flowers in the Attic series when I was 14ish and loved them at the time.

I'm too embarrassed to read trash now as I'm a librarian and my colleagues would feather and tar me. I do, however, read some of DH's fantasy fiction but I hide it in a proper book first.

Well, posturing is pushing it I suppose, she's v funny about it. But for example, she talks about Rachel's Holiday as 'a novel about recovering from drug addiction' and that it being described as 'forgettable froth' by a journalist showed that she hadn't read it. Hmmm. Perhaps trash is pushing it too! but it's light fiction with a head and a heart. Not art.

Another vote for Riders

Also, for easy reading, Marian Keyes & co - girly, light hearted reading. It's about all I can manage at the moment!

My favourite trash - but really good trash IYSWIM - is Georgette Heyer's Regency novels. Nothing like Sprig Muslin when you're tucked up in bed with a nasty cold.

The Thorn Birds

Yes to Valley of the Dolls, was glued to it at age 14 or so, also The Virgin Soldiers and The Carpetbaggers.

Also the Bond books.

As soon as I saw the thread title I thought Jilly Cooper.
My personal fave is Polo.
Also Fiona Walker - Snap Happy, Well Groomed etc

anothetr jc rider's fan, and georgettete heyer too.

I love the earlier Jilly Coopers - recently bought a copy of Imogen (whisked off to south of France by glamorous tennis player etc) in a charity bookshop, and enjoyed it all over again - probably hadn't read it since I was 14. Also the odd Judith Krantz, although I think I've given them all away now.

Gotta be Sidney Sheldon's (RIP), 'Master of the Game'.

Did anyone read the Poldark books? I loved them.

Definately Georgette Heyer, I want to be a spirited heroine!!

For modern day trash no-one beats Nora Roberts, and I love the TriLogies eg Black rose, Blue Dahlia, Red Lily. Pure escapism.

I've just discovered Laurel K Hamilton, sort of a Buffy vibe, and lots of fun and games!!