What's the best book you've read recently

[37KAT]

Hi,

My turn to chose our book
Group book this week.

What's been your favourite book or recommend recently?
Not too concerned about genre.

Many thanks

I've read three recently me before you, me after you, still me . Love them all

Normal people by S Rooney

Tattooist of Auchswitz

The Children Act - Ian McEwan

The Burgess Boys by Elizabeth Strout. Everything I've read of hers is excellent. For a book group I would recommend Anything is Possible. There's heaps to discuss.

Dear Mrs Bird. Wonderful.

My name is Lucy Barton. I'm also reading Amy & Isabelle by Elizabeth Strout who wrote Olive Kitteridge...wonderful books, I love her writing.

I can't stand Me Before You, I found it really boring. I'm halfway through the Goldfinch and I'm enjoying it
I've also just read a few by Lisa Jewell which I also liked.

The black prism - fucking mind blowing, heart rending fantasy novel series

Thank you so much for your suggestions. I'll have a look at them.

Educated - Tara Westover
Time and Time again - Ben Elton
Tangerine - Christine Mangan

Really enjoyed these 3 recently - Amazon reviews for Tangerine aren’t particularly good 3.5 stars but I personally thoroughly enjoyed it.

American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld. Really good- a fictionalised account of Laura Bush's life.

Little fires everywhere - excellent read.

Where the Crawdads Sing

Really enjoyed this one. I can see it being a great bookclub read

Thanks so much, my reading list has now grown!

The white queen
The red queen
The white princess

All by Phillipa Gregory - about war of roses, great if you like historical stuff.

Little by Edmund Carey

Sorry, posted too soon!

I enjoyed the writing style and how, even though the French Revolution happens around the central character, it's merely in the background, in a way that events are when you're only in the periphery. The author wasn't tempted to put her in the middle which I thought was great.

The characters are odd, in the best way. And the illustrations are lovely!

Mike Gayle, The Man I Think I Know. Very very powerful. Uses humor (appropriately) despite being a deep subject.

I very much enjoyed Old Baggage by Lissa Evans

This is going to hurt - Adam Kay. It's brilliant.

Currently reading The language of kindness by Christie Watson

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens, set in North Carolina. It was a Reese Witherspoon Book Club choice September 2018 (incidentally a good place to find new reads)

Thank you everyone for your suggestions. I've ordered quite a few of them.
Just to let you know I decided on 'My Name Is Lucy Barton'
It arrived this morning. I think the group will be pleased as it's less than 200 pages. We've just read Labyrinth by Kate Moss which was 700!

I’ve just read Cannery Row, which I thought was brilliant.

The War That Saved My Life - is for young readers, but don't let that put you off.