Recommendations for cheery/uplifting books

[KingLooieCatz]

Might settle for not depressing!

Since getting a Kindle last year I have realized I'm not sure what kind of book I enjoy anymore. I spend an hour and a half to two hours on public transport most days so I can get through a book a week.

A friend recommended the Earthsea books, which were okay up to appoint but they are bit of a downer.

I've taken some notes off the other thread about the best books people read last year too. I don't think it has to be easy reading necessarily, mild peril can be tolerated along the way but could we end on some sort of cheery/uplifting note?

Any suggestions?

Texasville by Larry McMurty
He wrote One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

Ken Kesey wrote One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest?

Larry McMurtry wrote Lonesome Dove (I have it on my to read pile, and will check out Texasville too, thanks!)

"The Goblin Emperor" by Katherine Addison is a very good comfort read in my opinion.

It is a bit like a Cinderella story - the Emperor's unloved fifth son inherits the throne and becomes Emperor ... and just is a very kind and decent person, trying to do what is right for the country.
Reading from this characters PoV is heartwarming. Some people who wrote Amazon reviews found that it lacked action, so it might be exactly what you need.

Seconding Adrian Mole and James Herriott

Tom Sharpe - Blott on the landscape and Wilt

Satsuki

holly they were both birds, to be fair

Cold Comfort Farm
The Hobbit
Olivia Joules and the Overactive Imagination by Helen Fielding
and HitchHikers guide, as previously mentioned

or your money back

Sorcerer to the Crown, by Zen Cho. It's historical fantasy, and pretty cheerful.

Trisha Ashley

Laurie Graham

Jennifer Crusie makes me laugh

Connie Willis, To Say Nothing of the Dog is a lot of fun (and its inspiration, Three Men in a Boat, is good too :) )

Oh and I LOVE Eva Ibbotson's Madensky Square, although it has some sad moments in it.