best comfort books

[poppy34]

Votes for

Gerogette heyer -any but esp grand sophy
Jilly cooper (rivals and polo being particular favourites)
Katharine -anya seton
gone with the wind - margaret mitchell
the pursuit of love - nancy mitford
the course of honour- lindsey davis

any other ideas (as always open to more esp in run up to summer holidays)

I am saying 'Hairpsichordcarrier' in a Swedish sort of way.

My comfort read is PG Wodehouse but I ditched them all years ago, thinking I had moved on...

Pursuit of Love/Love in a Cold Climate - tops
Jane Austen - second tops
(most things by) daphne du
go through Fitzgerald moments too
Loads more can't think though

(I was thinking more along pirate lines 'Haar, Jim lad' etc)

Of course - Rebecca. How could I forget.

adrain mole

nancy mitford, armistead maupin, robertson davies.

The year of the cornflake

Ewes and I

Little Women, P & P, Trilby by George Du Maurier.

haarpsichord sounds Scottish to me

you have gone all Scots in Pruni's honour

rosamunde pilcher - especially Coming Home and Winter Solstice

prayer for owen meany
the english patient
the power of one - bryce courtenay
pride and prejudice

...i'm sure there's more (i need LOTS of comforting!)

oh i love john irving purple widow for one year fab, all on my comfort list actually.
have sneeky liking for bill bryson when want no brainer comfort.
absolute fave comfort stuff though is garrison keillor -all lake woebegon ones

oh yes. so many favourites her - I Capture yje Castle, Talers odf the city, jilly copoper, school books (I also read pony books), Nancy Mitford

also Majorie Morningstar by Herman Wouk

scusutyping one habd only

Frenchman's Creek and/or The House on the Strand by Daphne du Maurier.

oh yes and KM Peyton. LOVE her books

and also Barbara Pym

Mariana, Monica Dickens
Dusty Answer, Rosamund Lehmann
Brideshead
Franchise Affair, Josephine Tey
Just William
The Cazalet Chronicles, Elizabeth Jane Howard

Georgette Heyer is my ultimate comfort read, though I also like to read gardening and cookery books if I'm feeling blue.
Nora Roberts (I know they are formulaic)
Dorothy L Sayers
Three Men in a Boat
P&P
Terry Pratchett

Any police procedural set in the countryside, with a detective who lives on his own and drinks too much while listening to music, as police work has ended his family life. His Sarge is an attractive, ambitious good-looking woman, who shares smouldring glances with our hero. His other side-kick is a working class Jack the Lad,who learns to challenge himself through the example of our hero.
The crime is committed by either incomers or toffs!

Keep being reminded of others! Thanks to bakedpotato for reminding me of the Cazalet Chronicles

Mercy - I've read a couple of the Miss Read books, were there lots of them or am I getting confused? Loved the first one anyway, sort of similar to Lark Rise to Candleford by Flora Thompson.

For years my favourite book was Precious Bane by (I think) Mary Webb.

Agree with lots of these but also The Thornbirds by Colleen McCullough and Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susan.

Till We Meet Again by Judith Krantz.

Wuthering heights was an all time favourite.
Celestine Prophecies by James Redfield.

Any of the Adriana Trigiani books

I've never heard anyone else apart from me use the phrase 'comfort books'. I am so impressed!!! My personal ones are any by Dick Francis. Love him, got and read everything a dozen times but find them so easy to slip into. An easy read and can rattle through one in a couple of days.

Another vote for a Jane Austen - Emma.
I've also enjoyed the Cazalet Chronicles.
Also Cold Comfort Farm, Pursuit of Love and The Warden (Troloppe, 1st Barchester novel).

poppy34 - Grand Sophy is my absolute fave. That and These Old Shades. Georgette Heyer is my ultimate comfort read.