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I like reading in bed, so I don’t want anything heavy, a romance type story.
I’ve just re-read my Rosamunde Pilcher and Maeve Binchy’s, so something like that. Thanks.

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I like Sarah Addison Allen, cosy, small town tales, romance, family and normally a little bit of magic/mystery in there too.

If you like a bit of crime with your romance, or a touch of romance with your crime, try any of JD Robb, SR Garrae, Kathy Reichs, Dorothy L Sayers (old-fashioned), Ngaio Marsh (also old-fashioned), Jayne Ann Krentz.
If you want a lovely, soft story, try To Serve them All My Days.
Garrison Keillor is good on small-town American stories; Bill Bryson ditto but non-fiction.

I love both of those authors so I can offer great advice!😉
Marian Keyes
Patricia Scanlan
Sophie Kinsella
Fabulous authors

Another one if you like a bit of crime/intrigue or history - Elizabeth Peters' Amelia Peabody mysteries (romance, crime, late 19th/early 20th century sensibilities, and Egyptology). The characters and stories are so well written.

Terry Pratchett always. Can read and reread and get something different each time. Not heavy but makes you think.

Rhys Bowen - writes superb books

Lucinda Riley - both her Seven sister series and her stand alone books

Jean Grainger - just discovered this author and really enjoying The Tour and Robinswood series - reminds me a lot of Maeve Binchley.

kate Riordan - good author.

Georgette Heyer is my go-to for easy, lovely reading.

Urban Fantasy/PNR is also good. Helen Harper, Donna Augustine, McKenzie Hunter, Kelly St Clare, Marina Finlayson and Linsey Hall (though the latter gets a little formulaic so she's not good for binging).

Thanks all, lots to look at !

What about something like Susan Howatch (Penmaric and Cashelmara)

Marian Keyes - I really enjoyed Grown Ups.

You might enjoy The Hearts Invisible Furies by John Boyne - an all time favourite of mine.

Colleen Hoover It ends with us.
Also enjoyed the Bridgeton series by Julia Quinn
Sophie Kinsella
Jill Mansell
Lucy diamond
Emily Griffiths

Definitely Georgette Heyer. All of her work is available on Kindle. The Grand Sophie, Venetia, These old Shades, are all great ones to start with. She's the inventor of the "Regency Romance" genre, and 50 years after her death, no one has come anywhere near close to doing it as well. Her novels are hilarious and romantic (but no sex. You get an allegedly passionate kiss on the last page when H and h decide to get married, that's it).

I suggest the universal William Shakespeare, especially the "Macbeth" book. You said you love to read in bed before sleeping, so I found in the StudyHippo source's examples a definitive and clear explanation of the masterpiece's message. Their essays emphasize the destruction wrought when ambition goes unchecked by moral constraints. I find its most epic expression in the play's two main characters. Therefore, I recommend reading Shakespeare; this legend is perfect before a sweet sleep.😌

I always recommend these, but the Cazalet Chronicles. Family saga covering the pre-WW2 period, the war itself and into the 50s. They are very perceptive about people and relationships, and some sad and troubling things do happen, but they feel like a night light read, and are quite nostalgic, as well as gently witty.

Jodi Taylor’s books are fabulous. Time travelling historians, very imaginative, great characters and lighthearted for the most part

Yy to Patricia Scanlan. They are my go-to comfort read - the early ones in particular - so heart-warming and funny! Try Foreign Affairs.

I've also just finished Marian Keyes' Grown Ups and really enjoyed it.
Currently reading Liane Moriaty 's Small Big Lies and Lucinda Riley's The Love Letter.
Can also recommend Jenny Colgan and Cathy Kelly.

Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty, I meant!

Maureen Lee is amazing. Stepping Stones fantastic. Second pp's suggestion of The Hearts Invisible Furies - brilliant. And Patricia Scanlan, Francesca's Party is great. Marian Keyes, Last Chance Saloon is her best, I think.
I've just read Home Stretch, Graham Norton. Very good.