Find me something "nice" to read

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Maybe a nice village saga - without too much sadness. Something where I will like and empathise with the characters.

I want something that will grip me that I'll look forward to reading. I don't mind crime fiction but not serial killers and gratuitous violence.

A bit of escapism with a glass of wine

The Clifton Chronicles by Jeffrey Archer. Not an author I would have even considered but I was recommended the first book just before Christmas 2016 to tide me over until I received some books I'd asked for - promptly read all 7 in the series before I started my Christmas books.
It's a family saga based in Clifton Bristol.

Other ' nice ' books:
The Secret Keeper - Kate Morton
My mothers Shadow - Nikola Scott

Clifton Chronicles is good
The one by john marrs
All good things??? By Jodi piccoult

Lucy's little village bookshop by Emma Davies.

Anything by Milly Johnston or Lucy Diamond.

The Queen of Wishful Thinking by Milly Johnson is great!

I have just read the woman next door. Really looked forward to reading it and felt a bit sad when i finished it.

The disappeared by John marrs is good too

Coming Home to Island House by Erica James.

Chocolate Wishes by Trisha Ashley is good. Quirky, funny, and a good story. Quite quaint and heartwarming.

Meg Cabots adult books are good too.

Anything by Liane Moriarty. Well maybe not the Hypnotists's Secret which isn't as gentle as the other. But they're all great.

I'm reading the Clifton Chronicles at the moment and it's brilliant.

Rosamund Pilcher is my ultimate holiday read. She is like the cosiest blanket ever.

The Last Love Letter From your Lover or The Girl you Left Behind by Jojo Moyes. Both stunningly beautiful. Much better than they sound. God I adore her (apart from the Peacock Emporium which sucks balls).

There are 7 Nearlyadoctor?! I've nearly finished Only time will tell. Archer is a despicable human being but writes a yarn like no one else.

Try the No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency books by Alexander McCall Smith. I absolutely loved the whole series. Perfect gentle reading - nothing really happens but you can't stop reading!

Anything by Elin hildebrand. All her books are set in Nantucket on Americas east coast and they're fab, she's great at making you care about the characters and I feel really cozy when reading one of her books. The matchmaker is my fave although it's a bit sad but I really Recommend them (takes your mind off our dreary weather too.)

The Whitstable Pearl Mystery by Julie Wassmer. Quite well-written and nice and cosy but not bland.

How about something by Kate Atkinson? Case Histories or one of the other Jackson Brodie novels?

I also love PD James - proper detective novels. My favourite is The Lighthouse but any of the later Adam Dalgleish novels are good.

I also loved American Wife (Curtis Sittenfeld), Restless (William Boyd) The Girls (Lori Lansens) and The Innocents (Francesca Segal). None are exactly cosy but they're all very readable and I cared about the characters.

The little shop of happy ever after and the Summer Seaside Kitchen by Jenny Colgan

Louise Penny's Inspector Gamache series.

Cosy crime set in the village of Three Pines in Quebec. Interesting depiction of the tensions between the French and English speaking communities, a not-gruesome crime mystery and good characterisation of the main detective and his family plus their friends who live in the village.

Plus lots of descriptions of the mouth-watering food and drink available in the local bistro. Nice escapist stuff.

Yes, Anne, I love Jojo Moyes but the dreadful Peacock Emporium was the first book in many years I’ve given up on.
Would second a lot of these recommendations - and add Lisa Jewell, Nicholas Sparks, Maeve Binchy, Cathy Kelly, Sheila O’flanagan, Patricia Scanlan and Amanda Prowse.
Dorothy Koomson is worth a try too. They might be a bit dark for what you’re after but they’re usually set in Brighton, which I enjoy reading about.
I’m reading Amy Snow by Tracy Rees at the moment, a Richard and Judy recommended book, which reminds me of Kate Morton or Rachel Hore in style, and I’m really enjoying it.

I love the Kate Ellis 'Wesley Peterson' series.
It's set all around Dartmouth and
mixes history with present.

Alexander McCall Smith 44 Scotland Street series and anything by Maeve Binchy - nights of moons and stars is lovely

Wish I'd done the same Paper

I spent the whole thing thinking there must be some redemption before the end.

Nope!

A wonderful woman ended up dead and everyone else was miserable. Put me off Moyes for a while!

Twig that is my home town

Not sure I could bring myself to read anything by Jeffery archer

My (guilty) comfort blanket reading is Rebecca Shaw's Turnham Malpas series. Village stories with some nice twists. I always despise her dialogue for the first couple of chapters but always seem to get drawn in anyway.

Anything by Mavis Cheek is always witty and very readable.

Or the Poldark books. I read all 12 in 2 years. Beautifully written with lots of great historical detail. So much better than the TV series.

At the moment I'm enjoying Jacob's Room is Full of Books by Susan Hill. It's a book about her year in reading but has lots of lovely anecdotal writing about writers she has know , wildlife etc.

Ooh, and Kate Morton and Lucinda Riley. Forgot about them as I usually read them on my summer hols, but they might also fit the bill.

jenny colgan
Erica james
trisha Ashley
carole Matthews
mill Johnston
mc beaton
luc diamond.
I love all these ladies books.
fern britton
veronica henry