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Nosuchthingastoomuchcheese · 22/12/2020 18:24

I love reading. Always have. Really want something I can get totally lost in. Authors I like are - Maggie O'Farrell, Kate Atkinson, Charity Norman, Louise Candlish, Lisa Jewell (although didn't rate her last book) Erin Kelley, David Nicholls.
However I've been reading quite a few thrillers lately and want something a bit different.
TIA

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hollywoodstar · 16/01/2021 17:24

If still an active thread, I would recommend Barbara Kingsolver and Donna Tartt.

KarensChoppyBob · 17/01/2021 15:13

Yy to previous post : Barbara Kingsolver's Poisonwood Bible had me transported to Africa. It's a planned reread.

Also Donna Tarrt's Secret History. The Little Friend didn't do it for me though.

M0rT · 17/01/2021 15:27

I second The Guernsey Potato Peel and Literary Society
Also Britt Marie was Here was very good.

Springfern · 22/01/2021 22:46

Second The Red Tent.

Also, The Poisenwood Bible. Anything by Curtis Sittenfeld

mcmooberry · 30/01/2021 16:46

I like those authors you mention OP and would recommend all of Ann Patchett's books, have recently read "The Dutch House" and then reread all her other books, and I have a huge pile of unread books so don't have time to do that!

agirlfromHastings · 01/02/2021 12:14

@Nosuchthingastoomuchcheese

I love reading. Always have. Really want something I can get totally lost in. Authors I like are - Maggie O'Farrell, Kate Atkinson, Charity Norman, Louise Candlish, Lisa Jewell (although didn't rate her last book) Erin Kelley, David Nicholls. However I've been reading quite a few thrillers lately and want something a bit different. TIA
I have just finished The Fear, by Mark Cunnington. It's a brilliant and emotional book, based on his real experiences with scary things happening to different family members. Definitely recommend it and was a great little Amazon discovery.
Covidcorvid · 01/02/2021 12:16

Piransi
by Susannah Clark.

I can't even begin to describe it, but it's amazing.

AmandaHugenkiss · 01/02/2021 12:27

The book of lost things by John Connelly is one of my all time favourites. It’s so lovely and bittersweet and joyful and sad all at once.

CriticalWoman · 05/02/2021 17:40

I like similar authors to yours OP and have recently discovered Tracey Chevalier. Her books are historical but not in a crinolines and butlers Downton style.
You might also enjoy The, Siege by Helen Dunmore.

CriticalWoman · 05/02/2021 22:11

Also, anything by Sarah Waters

dementedma · 05/02/2021 22:12

Agree The Night Circus
Also enjoyed Appletree Yard

jennymac · 05/02/2021 23:24

OP love most of the authors you mentioned and my recommendations are Donal Ryan and Jess Kidd.

IfOnlyOurEyesSawSouls · 05/02/2021 23:33

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Inmyownlittlecorner · 05/02/2021 23:40

Anything by Sarah Addison Allen. Utterly magical.
Also Jodi Taylor’s St Mary’s Chronicles. Enjoyable & escapist.

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