Book recommendations for my holiday please
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cheeseisthebest · 17/04/2022 15:35
Off on holiday abroad this week, first time in 5 years. I'm planning to do nothing except read and need some ideas please!
I love thrillers and books that are very easy to get into. I like Diane chamberlain and CL Taylor at the moment but feel like I just want to read something wonderful rather than something that's ok. Kate Atkinson, Curtis Sittenfield and Erin Kelley are other authors I like.
SOLINVICTUS · 17/04/2022 17:13
Where are you going? Maybe something set there?
I was in Rome last summer and read Conclave which was excellent. Dastardly goings on during the voting of a new Pope.
cheeseisthebest · 17/04/2022 17:40
I'm going to Spain
Riverlee · 17/04/2022 22:09
The Heatwave - Kate Riordan
The Cult - Abby Davies
Three Hours - Rosemary Lupton
Three books I’ve really enjoyed recently.
cheeseisthebest · 17/04/2022 22:11
Thank you.
Riverlee · 17/04/2022 22:25
Conclave by Richard Harris? Really good book.
HilaryThorpe · 18/04/2022 06:46
The Seamstress by Maria Duenas. Brilliant book set at the time of the Civil War in Spain.
SpideySenseTingles · 18/04/2022 07:08
Once there were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy. It's a murder mystery/thriller set in Scotland where a conservation group is piloting a project to reintroduce wolves in to the Highlands
cheeseisthebest · 18/04/2022 21:27
Thank you.
Schhhteeevie · 18/04/2022 21:28
GIRL A is a great beach read
cheeseisthebest · 18/04/2022 21:30
I think I've read that. Just checking.
cheeseisthebest · 18/04/2022 21:35
Oh no I haven't looks good.
Thank you for all the recommendations!
catchingzzzeds · 18/04/2022 21:47
The Push by Ashley Audrain
cheeseisthebest · 18/04/2022 21:55
My husband just bought the push for his holiday book!
catchingzzzeds · 18/04/2022 23:53
I can't put it down!
MrsEricBana · 19/04/2022 02:13
Commonwealth by Anne Patchett if you like Kate Atkinson
beccahamlet · 19/04/2022 02:18
The Lamplighters. Emma Stonex. Page turner. 3 men disappear off a lighthouse.
cheeseisthebest · 19/04/2022 08:33
Thank you. Started the push, can't put it down either! Be great for the plane!
catchingzzzeds · 19/04/2022 09:05
I'm so glad you're enjoying it, have a fab holiday!
PAFMO · 19/04/2022 12:35
Papergirl1968 · 19/04/2022 21:59
I've also finished The Heatwave that a pp mentioned - it's gripping.
Jodi Picoult is similar to Diane Chamberlain. I've also enjoyed some of Louise Candlish's.
cheeseisthebest · 20/04/2022 18:23
Just finished it, what a fantastic book!
catchingzzzeds · 20/04/2022 19:37
I've finished it too, LOVED it!
Now reading The Thursday Murder Club, I'm enjoying it but you know when you've read a book that you've been totally lost in and the next one just feels… meh?
MissAmbrosia · 20/04/2022 19:42
I'm rereading loads of Ruth Rendell's Wexford books at the mo - cheap on Kindle. Slightly dated in some ways but she is always superb on human nature and relationships and even the early books are a bit different from what you might expect.
Chelsea26 · 20/04/2022 20:00
I am Pilgrim is fantastic
If you like historical thrillers (very much based on fact) then any of Con Iggulden’s series are great, from memory he’s done Caesar, Genghis Khan and the War of the Roses - maybe another one too
I also love Wilber Smith
Slightly left field but there’s a book called Sarum which takes you from pre-historic times to the mid 1980’s through the stories of various families in Salisbury - that was epic!
If you wanted something lighter but easy to rattle through and entertaining Lee Child’s Reacher books are great beach reads I think!
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