If I like Rose Tremain and Tracy Chevalier....

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What else might I enjoy? I love these two authors, having recently read the Gustav Sonata and Fallen Angels, and I also enjoy Ian McEwan (apart from Nutshell, didn't enjoy this), some Sebastian Faulks (not the ones set in the wars), and the odd Thriller if I have time for a cover-to-cover read.
I have only just freed up some time to start reading again so would appreciate some recommendations.

Have you tried Dorothy Dunnett, Lymond Chronicles? The first one, Game of Kings, is a bit difficult to get into, but once you're in the whole series (6 books) is amazing. Set in 16th century Europe and North Africa. They're being reprinted, and are available on Kindle.

Thank you Allington that sounds very much up my street, I'll check it out

As I said, don't give up too soon. Skim read most of GoK or start with book 2 - Queen's Play. Calling @somerville @ franciscrawford and @damededoubtance to back me up.

Also Olivia Manning's Balkan trilogy and Levant trilogy. Philip Pullman's 'his dark materials' is just as good for adults as for children. Starts with 'Northern lights'.

As I said, don't give up too soon. Skim read most of GoK or start with book 2 - Queen's Play. Calling @somerville @ franciscrawford and @damededoubtance to back me up.

Also Olivia Manning's Balkan trilogy and Levant trilogy. Philip Pullman's 'his dark materials' is just as good for adults as for children. Starts with 'Northern lights'.

And Sally Vickers. Have you tried Iain Banks? The Crow Road or Espadair Street to start. Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere or American Gods. Donna Tartt 'The secret history'. Sophie's Choice by Styron. Paul Scott's Raj Quartet starting with 'The jewel in the crown'. Pat Barker's Regeneration trilogy

C.J. Sansom is great - his main series is the Shardlake series, about a lawyer in Tudor times caught up in Henry VIII politics (Dissolution is the first) but he also did a WW2 alternative history called Dominion.
Maybe Philippa Gregory as well? She's written lots and quite varied.

How about Stef Penney? I have read a The Invisible Ones and Tenderness of Wolves - both really good.

If you like Merival and Restoration by Tremain you may like some of Jude Morgan's books - I especially liked A Taste of Sorrow about the Brontes and Passion about the Shelley's.

Elizabeth Gilbert - the Signature of Everything and Jane Harris's The Observations and Gillespie and Me might also fit the bill

Maggie O'Farrell?

Jodie Taylor's St Mary's Chronicles are huge fun, set in different historical times (with a twist). Great core characters and very funny.

Thank you for all your suggestions- I'm about to get a bit click-happy on Amazon!!!

I loved The Tobacconist by Robert Seethaler - it was Waterstone's book of the month earlier this year. I read that after The Gustav Sonata and found it equally good. And an outsider (with a terrible cover) Leopard at the Door by Jennifer McVeigh (set 50s Kenya, so it is a bit bloody but akin to the writing of Barbara Kingsolver). The Dry by Jane Harper is getting accolades....

What about the Cazalet Chronicles by elizabeth Jane Howard? I like both the authors you mentioned and loved these books so much. Felt like I'd lost an old friend when I finished them.

Maggie O'Farrell's brilliant, I agree wrinkles

Penelope Lively, Deborah Moggach and Margaret Drabble might be worth following up OP?

Lucia Berlin is my latest favourite.

can definitely agree with Dorothy Dunnett - huge fan here
Worth looking at Margaret Forster too ?

As another Tracy Chevalier fan, I quite enjoyed The Watchmaker of Filigree Street by Nathanial Pulley. Set in Victorian London but a bit of sci-fi about it.

I also like the Cazalet Chronicles mentioned above.

Have you tried Helen Dunmore? (Sadly she died very recently). I especially liked The Siege, Exposure, and the newest one, Birdcage Walk.

I love those authors, so am watching with interest.
I was about to say Helen Dunmore too. Her books are well written and researched on a whole range of topics but not a slog to read. Also Victoria Hislop, Georgina Harding (especially Painter of Silence) and Joanne Harris might appeal to you.