Needing some recommendations!

[Pootle40]

I really need some good recommendations! My tastes are quite mixed but if anyone on here loved any of the following books we might have similar tastes! These are some of my real favourites over the last ten years or so!

The Harry Quebert Affair and The Baltimore Boys by Joel Decker
The Light Between the Oceans by M L Stedman
The Time Travellers Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
An American marriage - Tayari Jones
Little Fires Everywhere - Celeste Ng
We need to talk about Kevin - Lionel Shriver
The dry - Jane harper
How to stop time - Matt Haig
The Kite Runner and a Thousand Splendid Suns - Khalid Hosseini

Any ideas/recommendations ?

[Pootle40]

Just looked him up-it was his 4th book but maybe his first big hit and it was 19 years ago I read it 😮

[Pootle40]

@cola2019

Thanks. Douglas Kennedy and Jane Harper are another of my favourites. I remember reading Douglas Kennedy's first book and absolutely loved it-think it was The Pursuit of Happiness. Must be 20 years ago now

[Mooserp]

Can't recommend as I haven't read it yet!

Gentleman in Moscow has great reviews and is 99p on Kindle today

[cola2019]

The moment- Douglas Kennedy
The hunting party – Lucy foley
The revolving door of life- Alexander Mcall Smith
After you – Jojo Moyes
The Strawberry theif – Joanne Harris (kindle)
Room – Emma Donoghue
The little coffee shop of Kabul – Deborah Rodiguez
The chain – Adrian McKinty
Sheila – Robert Wainwright
The English Girl - Katherine Webb
The note – Zoe folberg
The Dry- Jane Harper
Still me- Jojo Moyes
East of the sun – Julia Gregson
Small great things – Jodi Picoult
Dear Mrs Bird- AJ Pearce

these are mine. I was quite disappointed with Dear Mrs Bird and loved The Chain. I have just started Property of a Lady which was published in 1990 and belonged to my nan. All abour Russian dynasties and 1980's America. A modern read 30 years ago feels very dated now but think it will be a good read.

[mamaduckbone]

I've read and enjoyed most of your list (especially Harry Quebert, which I loved) and two books I've read and really enjoyed recently are 'This must be the place' by Maggie O'Farrell and 'The unlikely pilgrimage of Harold Fry' (can't remember the author's name, sorry.)
I've not been able to concentrate on anything too heavy and both of these have been really engaging storylines without needing too much brain power.

[Campervan69]

Bargain. Am off to my sunlounger fully downloaded. Thanks

[Mooserp]

campervan69 - it's 99p on Kindle at the moment.

[Campervan69]

Thank you will check that out now

[Pootle40]

@Campervan69

Did you read Matt Haig's 'How to stop time'? I loved that and it was a time travelling one.

[Campervan69]

Will check that out now Moose. Any other time travelling recommends please? I love anything like that.

[Mooserp]

I've just read The Rearranged Life of Oona Lockhart. Another time travelling story. It's a quick read but I really enjoyed it.

[Campervan69]

I enjoyed The Dutch House as well. Also American Marriage.

[Blackcountryexile]

Hear, hear@Pootle40! I also loved American Wife. Curtis Sittenfeld has a new novel out , Rodham :What if Hilary hadn't married Bill It's £8.49 on Kindle from 19th May or in hardback in July. I'll be waiting for the price to come down or it to appear in the library.
You might want to look at The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin OP

[Pootle40]

I just need the library to reopen now as I tend to use that !

[Pootle40]

@MabelStark

I really tried with Her Fearful Symmetry - I don't think I actually finished it. It was a very different book to The Time Travellers Wife and I think my expectations were too high. I should maybe revisit it.

Bizarrely Audrey Niffennegger has never ever written a third book.

One of my other favourite authors Khalid Hosseini has also gone a long time without another book which is a shame

[PotteringAlong]

I will look up the plot against America!

[Pootle40]

@sportycustard

I tried silent companions last year - I did enjoy it but maybe not as much as I thought I would.

[Pootle40]

@Bookwitch

🥰 we have good taste

[Pootle40]

@Xylophonics

I have read All the light we cannot see a couple of years ago and loved it!

I did nearly pick up American wife and a few people are recommending the bee keeper of Aleppo so I will add these to my list.

[Pootle40]

@Drinksangriainthepark

Thank you!

[Pootle40]

@EnthusiasmisDisturbed

Thank you! I think I will start it tonight sounds promising.

I'm currently reading The Volunteer (Auschwitz). It is a good but quite challenging at the moment. I was holding off starting the Crawdads as I prefer to finish one before I start another but you have swayed me!

[Thirtyrock39]

Ooh and the Dutch house I really e joyed

[Thirtyrock39]

I've really enjoyed reading these in lockdown :-
City of girls
Olive kitteridge
The plot against America (v v good - fictional history about what could have happened if USA had elected a pro Nazi president )
Little friends

[MabelStark]

I loved 'Her Fearful Symmetry' by Audrey Niffenegger. It's very different to Time Traveller's Wife though. Might give it a reread actually. ☺️

[PotteringAlong]

I can absolutely recommend American wife - brilliant.

I’ve just finished “a book of secrets” by Kate Morrison. It was one of the best books I’ve read for a long time.