Recommendations for a good series.

[mrsjackrussell]

I'm going away and would like something I can get my teeth into. I enjoyed The Hunger Games Trilogy although didn't think I would. Handmaids tale and The Testaments. I particularly like historical fiction. Was thinking of the Ken Follett trilogy Kingsbridge. Please give me some suggestions. Thankyou.

Deborah Harkness A Discovery of Witches. It's a trilogy. Long books but very good. I think I am going to reread them this year.

Thanks for the recommendation.

Have you read the CJ Sansom Shardlake series?

A great mixture of Tudor history and mystery.

The first one is Dissolution, set in a monastery. Most of the others are set in London.

I've only read the first four so have some catching up to do.

Thanks v much. I will have a look at that one.

Shardlake is bloody marvellous! I've enjoyed a trilogy of space boos by Becky Chambers - the first one is called A long way to a small angry planet.

I liked the Ken Follett books a lot- hes a brilliant storyteller, and I became more I terested than I expected about the mechanics of cathedral building! I would also recommend City Of Brass by Shannon Chakroboty. It's a series of 3 books (the third is due out this year) based on Muslim folklore, set in 19th century near/middle east. A great page turner, but it's also got some interesting things to say about living in a city historically occupied by many different groups of people. I think the 1st one is on a 99p deal on kindle, and I was sucked in by about the 5th page!

The Becky Chambers books look interesting and not something I'd normally go for but I really want to broaden my horizons and read some different genres. Thanks

I love a 99p kindle book. I was going to buy the Ken Follett books on kindle. They're 5.99 each though and I reckon I probably would end up buying all of them if I like the 1st one. Thankyou for your recommendations they're all going on my goodreads account.

I was going to recommend Beckie Chambers too. Set is space, the books have a lovely human aspect. I've re-read the first two and now I'm reading the third one.

I also like Robert J Crane books. I like Southern Watch but it's dark. I'd recommend the Sànctuary and Girl in a Box series, both are in Kindle Unlimited.

Dorothy Dunnett.

Thankyou all. Some good stuff to be getting on with.

The Rivers of London series by Ben Aaronovitch are fab. Have you read the Mad Addam trilogy by Margaret Atwood - Oryx & Crake, Year of the Flood and Mad Addam? Brilliant series.

@MaudebeGonne no I haven't read any of those and particularly like Margaret Attwood. Thankyou