Kate Atkinson, Rose Tremain....who next?

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Love the above authors but have read all their books to date.

I think RT has a new hardback coming out soon but I can't afford that.

Any recommendations please on similar authors?

I really like those two authors.
I would suggest "A Gentleman in Moscow" by Amor Towles or "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr. Other authors you might like are Julian Barnes, Kazuo Ishuguru or Daphne du Maurier. Maybe Jonathon Coe.

I love Kate Atkinson and recently read my first Rose Tremain which I enjoyed. Other writers who I look out for, and have read most of their books, are Tracy Chevalier and Maggie O'Farrell.

Have you read Kate Atkinson’s Not The End of the World? (Short stories). I love that book and nobody has ever read it. Kate is one of my favourite authors - other suggestions are Joanne Harris and Sarah Moss.

coronabeer I've read and LOVED the two books you mentioned!

I've also read some Jonathan Coe.

tiny I'm. I'm not sure that I have read KA's short stories....will explore this.

Patrick Gale
Jane Gardam

Jane Gardam certainly. Perhaps Barbara Trapido. Sarah Waters, Michael Faber and Mary Wesley. In the US maybe Jane Smiley, Anne Tyler and Annie Proulx.

The Penelopes - Lively and Fitzgerald. Barbara Pym, Olivia Manning, Joanna Trollope, Elizabeth Jane Howard, Elizabeth Taylor.

Some great suggestions above.

Also Ann Patchett; I recommend The Dutch House, Bel Canto and State of Wonder in particular.

Try Flight Behaviour by Barbara Kingsolver.

And Sue Gee is an excellent writer who deserves to be more widely known. Earth and Heaven and The Mystery of Glass are really good.

And my favourite: The Observations by Jane Harris.

Also have a look at www.literature-map.com

All the Light You Cannot See by Anthony Doer is an absolute masterpiece - a page lingerer rather than a page turner where you will want to savour the prose-like language of every sentence. It begs to be read out loud, or at least to your inner ear. It's a slow burn and not much happens, at least in the foreground, but it is one of the most beautiful novels ever written.

I love Kate Atkinson and I think you would like Sarah Waters. I've enjoyed The Paying Guests, Fingersmith and am currently loving The Night Watch.

John Boyne's The Heart's Invisible Furies is wonderful too.

From what others have said, I would pick out Anne Tyler, Ann Patchett, Tracey Chevalier.

I'm so jealous you have so many lovely new authors to discover!

@diplodocusinermine I LOVE this website and use it all the time.

Helen Dunmore

smartypoppet I completely agree re ATLWCS. Exquisite book.

cosmopolitan I adored THIF!

Thanks everyone for all,your recommendations

The Hearts Invisible Furies is probably my all time favourite book, and I've read a lot! Highly recommend

I’d also recommend Anne Tyler, although I haven’t enjoyed “Red Head by the Side of the Road”.

Anita Brookner is a psychologically insightful writer, I enjoyed Hotel du Lac, A Private View and Visitors.

And definitely Sarah Waters

Fightthebear, Anita Brooker seems to be looked down on by a lot of younger writers/critics but Hotel Du Lac is one of my favourite books - so much said in a very few exquisite words.

I love all those mentioned. Sue Miller is similar, underrated I feel.

Diplo - I agree. In the 1990s critics at the Times and Independent compared her to Austen. I think her character insights are so well expressed.

Sorry, one more. “ Alys, Always”
by Harriet Lane is completely compelling. It’s a look at class difference through the lens of a psychological thriller.

sue monk kidd, Elizabeth Buchan, lisa jewell ..All brilliant imo!

Laurie graham is a very underrated author - start with the future homemakers of America
I'm going to have a look at rose Tremain

Kate Morton. My favourite of hers is The Forgotten Garden.
And definitely Helen Dunmore. Her book The Siege has haunted me in a way no other book has.