Feel good books?

[2020times]

Not romance and not the 'everything was shit but we triumphed' type.

I'm feeling a bit down and would like a book to make me believe in the good in the world

Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons.

I Capture The Castle by Dodie Smith.

Any of the PG Wodehouse Jeeves books.

I like Rainbow Rowell, Eleanor and park, Fangirl and Carry on. Not usually my sort of book but I picked one up at the NT book shop and loved it. One of the reviews for Eleanor and park summed them up for me " remind you not just what it's like to be young and in love with a girl, but what it's like to be young and in love with a book"
Carry on was my favourite, easy to read but not trashy iykwim.

I seek out these kinds of books myself. You might like to try:
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, The Music Shop, Perfect,The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessey all by Rachel Joyce.
The Lido By Libby Page
The Trouble With Sheep and Goats by Joanna Cannon
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
The Cactus by Sarah Honeyman
Saving Missy by Beth Morrey
The Wisdom of Sally Red Shoes and Queen Malone's Paradise Hotel by Ruth Hogan
The Wild Air by Rebecca Mascull
Any of the seven novels by Clare Morrall- not a series, all different
The Museum of You by Cary Bray
The Man I Think I Know by Mike Gayle
Old Baggage by Lissa Evans
Maggsie McNaughton's Second Chance by Frances Maynard,

The Tent, The Bucket & Me by Emma Kennedy

Thank you everyone- I'll look them up

I don’t know if you want non-fiction, but I’m rereading for the umpteenth time 84 Charing Cross Road (bundled in with its sequel The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street). A joy to read, though it is so touching in places you want to cry.

Boy

Absolutely loved this true life story.

Seven Sister - Lucinda Riley - does have romance in it but a good read

Jilly Cooper or Jackie Collin books - pure fun and escapism (although may not fit your remit)

Horse Boy. - Rupert Isaacson