What ridiculously trashy books/authors do you love?

[Sadik]

Not the likes of Georgette Heyer (not truly trashy IMO), but the really indefensible.

Mine is Cassandra Clare - I'm currently eking out her latest book, ignoring the massive plot holes (and improbable lack of communication without which things would be resolved in about 2 chapters) in the certain knowledge that it'll no doubt end on a cliffhanger which won't be resolved until book 3 in about 2 years time.

It's so true - the first quarter is like a competely different book.

I'm comfort reading at the moment and Mhairi Mcfarlane is formulaic but funny. I'm another Chalet School fan. I'm working my way through the British Library 's old detective stories and Georgette Heyer's detective stories.

Just downloaded Flavour of the Month thanks to this thread. Work is hectic and I need some easy trash. I'm in the middle of Cazalet Book 2 and I'm honestly too tired even for that! (Cast of bloody thousands, that thing, it's exhausting)

Captive Prince trilogy is sadly a bit pricey on Kindle at the moment.

Another vote for Laurel K Hamilton Anita Blake series, getting worse the more she writes!
Will I get funny looks if I reseve Captive Prince from the library?

Can I add to the thanks for the captive prince recommendation . Totally brilliant . Agree that first few chapters are trashy by gets so much better . Book 2 is my favourite and Laurent is my new favourite character .

Can anyone recommend anything similar ?

Um, the blue Mills and Boons aren't the smutty ones. ;) You want the black ones (Blaze and Spice).

Personally, I read blue, pink (no sex at all), and purple (historical). Though I read them on my kindle which doesn't colour code. ;)

Another vote for JD Robb - I started with the first book on a long haul flight a couple of years ago and am now reading the latest 40 or so books later.

"Will I get funny looks if I reseve Captive Prince from the library? "
Yep

Excellent, might have to do that!

Can I say how much I love this thread?
I have been called 'wise' this weekend, much to my surprise.
(Though I think it may be a synonym for 'aged'!)
I am widely read, interested in lots of things but I love nothing more than to Cwtch up in bed or on the sofa with something undemanding to read.

Relaxes me like nothing else can!

But it must NOT be badly written, there is such a difference between trashy novels and bad writing.

Oh god I love a trashy book. Decently written but a bit of fluff for the brain! So relaxing.

My favourites are:

Sophie Kinsella
Jenny Colgan
Louise Bagshawe (Glamour is fab!)
Tilly Bagshawe (her Swell Valley ones)
Alexandra Potter
Lucy Diamond

Love Marian Keyes and Erica James too, but I don't find them as trashy.

I'm agast at Marian Keyes being mentioned in the context of trashy books. No way!

I'm another fan of Stephanie Lauren's bastion series, the heroines are excellent and far from wallflowers and the men are competent and sexy.

There's a vampire series I really liked. It was funny and so readable until the later ones went a bit wierd. It's driving me mad though because I can't remember the author. I think she might have been Canadian.

@FlaviaAlbia I think Marian Keyes comes to mind because it falls into chick-lit space. I agree though, I do find it fluffy and relaxing but really well written and funny too.

Betty Neels ... I know they're highly un-PC and old-fashioned, but there's something lovely about the simplicity of them! Does anyone else like her 100+ identical books?

how come no one has mentioned judith McNaught and her historical romances??!?!?!?

Goes off to google A03...

What fandoms are you interested in pinkingshears? - I'm sure some of us could recommend some really hot good reads on there :)

Jilly C is a good one but even then she's not on the embarrassingly low level

For the real low but good - Jackie Collins
Lucky series

Lesley Pearse (though I wouldn't say they were trashy but they are light fiction) and Julie Ellis. I think that Julie Ellis must have died/retired as I haven't seen any books by her for years.

I love this thread! I look a high-brow book on holiday and realised half way through that was the reason I don't enjoy reading anymore. I switched to lighter reads (calling them trashy is a bit mean when I could never have the stamina to write a whole book).

Since then I've read roughly a book a week, and have really got my reading mojo back.

My last read was The Not-So-Perfect Mum by Kerry Fisher and I loved it. Very easy read, funny and well-written. It's on for 99p on the Amazon Kindle store.

I'm reading Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty at the moment which I would also recommend.

@Redandyellowbits I always get book fatigue when I try to read something high brow. Reading to me is a leisure activity (and my only bit of peace and quiet!) so I now aim for relaxing as possible. Shouldn't be hard work.

Trashy, fluffy books all the way! I'll read a text book if I feel like I need educating

@sleepymama81 hear hear!

I also loved The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion and The Rosie Effect by the same author.

Also really liked The Keeper of Lost Things by Ruth Hogan

Has to be Jilly Cooper for me. I love the books with the girls names as the title. Emily, Harriet, Prudence etc. Loved riders etc as well, but stopped after the first 3.
I recently got rid of a lot of my books and I'm a little bit ashamed to say that my collection of Jilly Cooper novels were some of the ones I chose to keep. I've always found them to be great comfort reading.
I can honestly say that I think Imogen is one of my favourite books. I first read it when I was about 13 and have read it again many times since which is quite rare for me.

I'd also have to say Virginia Andrews. I know most people loved Flowers in the Attic, but I always loved the Heaven Casteel saga. I used to have a ton her books, but stopped buying them many years ago when they started churning them out by the bucket load with a ghost writer. They just all followed the same pattern and became tiresome.

Agree user with Lesley Pearse. I've found some of her books to be very well written and not too trashy, (loved Remember me) but recent ones have been rather poor. Nice easy reading though usually with a dash of modern history thrown in.

Nicholas Sparks.

DH says, "You know what's going to happen so why bother?" He's right but I cannot stop. Or watch those terrible film adaptions on Netflix. It's like a drug!