Anyone else feel bereved after they finish a book they loved?

[WhiteWinterWitch]

I have just finished The Goldfinch and I'm totally lost! I enjoyed it so much that I can't get my head cleared to read anything else. I've ordered The Secret History& the little friend to see if I can get interested again in the same way as i really enjoyed Donna Tartts writing style. Anyone any suggestions what would be good to get into next?? TIA

I can't bring myself to finish Terry Pratchetts the Shepards Crown because I know he will never write and other book, and it makes me really sad. 😢

**Shepherd's FFS

Ooh there's some on here that I really need to read! Looking forward to enforced sobriety next week when school starts so I can go to bed early & read instead of staying up late drinking wine 😬

Still not over A little life. Think I need to reread. Had this today finishing Home fire too. Non fiction and short stories for me whilst I’m book grieving.

Yes
I'm another Maggie O'Farrell fan
I desperately wish I hadn't read some books so I could have the pleasure again
I wander round feeling such a loss

@Dottierichardson, Clarissa is a slow burn, but once you are hooked, it's a place you can't wait to get to every reading chance :-)

I felt like that about The Goldfinch.

The Goldfinch
A Prayer for Owen Meany

Ha.

Well I'm glad it's not just me - some great recommendations here i must make a new list. I had a look through my reading pile and have finally started on a new one. It's called my absolute darling by Gabriel Tallent, I'm hooked so far. Yes cherrypi I'm the same usually try to read non fiction in between fiction reads. I've ordered Coal Black Morning's by Brett Anderson too so looking forward to that. The sample piece i read was beautifully written

Gloopy I also haven’t finished the Shepherd’s Crown, too sad to feel that there are no more.

I felt the same about the Goldfinch when I read it three years ago, I remember it often and recently spent a weekend in New York and it brought it all back to me again as I walked the streets. Also felt the same about Secret History (DT) and Fingersmith by Sarah Waters. Off to read A Little Life now!

I found The Goldfinch a very profound read too - still think about it from time to time. I didn't like The Secret History though and I liked most of the Little Friend (but not the ending!)
I loved David Copperfield and can remember laughing out loud on a bus reading it. I had to have breaks from reading Touching the Void (non fiction) as I felt nauseous and couldn't sleep properly after reading Smoke and Mirrors (Neil Gaiman) but the Time Travellers Wife (good but not exactly a classic) actually made me sob at the end!
Wolf Hall was a book I slowed down reading to try and stave off finishing, but I haven't enjoyed Hillary Mantels other books.

Lots of books, lots of times. Can't remember any of them now. So obviously not as bereaved as I thought.

I have just found Fingersmith in my pile too! I like the look of Wolfhall, must add to the list.

So agree about that feeling. Experienced it several times over the years. The first time was as a child when I read Little Women and Good Wives. I tried Jo’s Boys and Little Men but the magic had disappeared.
Then when I read Wuthering Heights and then War and Peace. Only Gone With the Wind saved me from real despondency after War and Peace ( I was thirteen and had the two books for Christmas, didn’t stop reading.). Agree also about Eleanor Oliphont, loved that book. Then there was All The Light We Cannot See........etc. What would the world be like without authors of such great fiction.

Lincoln in the Bardo. You love it or hate it. I loved it, most of my book group didn't.

@SallyOMalley I too felt a bit lost after Captain Corelli - it was such a gentle, absorbing read, it became like a friend. I didn't start another novel for weeks - it would have been like a rebound relationship!

I've never been particularly into fantasy or historical fiction but decided to start some book series this year (Shardlake, also due to start on Pratchett and Pullman) so I can go onto the next one if I feel bereft.

Then there are times when I love a book and just feel deeply satisfied at the end instead of sad (happened with Americanah). Not sure why this is.

I've often felt like this, was really down in the dumps after finishing A Game Of Thrones series. I'd read them all back to back which took months, I used to think about the characters all the time while reading. I've felt like this reading other books but GOT was the worst because I was reading for so long.