A book you couldn't put down!!

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I'm hoping just to dedicate some time to getting back into reading...
Have a young child so it's not always possible!!

I think I've been trying to read Rosie Project for three years now !!

Looking for recommendations for your best book, book you couldn't put down to try and start something new that will keep me interested....
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The Viceroy's Daughters.

Also second this! Great book.

I can remember someone I met being very scathing about Marianne Keyes. I think because she’s funny and often deals with human relationships which are often dismissed as “ chick lit”. There are quite a few dark undercurrents running through her books - I like her.

Absolutely agree. This Charming Man (domestic abuse), Anybody Out There (bereavement), Grown Ups (eating disorder) but these issues so thoughtfully addressed in brilliant, funny and easy to read books. Anybody Out There had me dripping tears like no other book ever. I love her.

I really liked this. Felt like I wanted to drag it out so I wouldn't have to finish it. The voice reminded me of Vernon God Little.

Enjoyed The Goldfinch, but did find it a bit of a slog at times. And it reminded me of another book, which I have now forgotten.

Couldn't get on with Milkman at all. But perhaps because I was reading it as a holiday read.

Everything by Lucinda Riley. If you've only read the Seven Sisters series, you're missing out. Her stand alone novels are utterly fabulous too.

Deborah Harkness is a genius, Discovery of Witches is one of the best series I've ever read in my life.

Lianne Moriatry books are all very good.

Marianne Keyes is great for slightly lighter reads, and very funny.

For balance - and as a signpost - I hated all of these; The Goldfinch, The Rosie Project, Elinor Bloody Thing. So if you like those, happily ignore my recommendations

Milkman isn’t an easy read, took me a bit to get into it! I don’t think I could have read it on holiday! Prefer a James Patterson or something similar for holiday 😃

Yep. I tried and tried but couldn't finish it.

The 7 husbands book was much more a holiday read. I need fluff or thrillers written by people whose names are just initials when I'm on a plane or beach. Or had small children.

I’ve not read Vernon God Little. Maybe I should! I read DC a bit fast because he swept me up and took me along with him so much; I feel like I need to reread it at some point because I know it’s massively rich and textured and I think I’ve probably missed things.

I also loved The Goldfinch and Sorrow and Bliss.

Last year I adored Flight by Lynn Steiger Strong (her other book, Want, is also superb) and Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin.

If you haven't read it already, Normal People by Sally Rooney is chef's kiss.

A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles.
Beautifully written.

Karen slaughter
Micheal robotham
T.m logan
Tami hoag
Louise candlish
Lisa jewell
Colleen hoover
Patricia scanlan
Heidi Swan
Cathy Kelly
Heather Morris
Cathy bramley

Lovely thread thanks op
I'd add
Elly Griffiths the Ruth Galloway series and Lindsay Davis the Flavia Alba novels, light but engaging.

I’m a Jodi fan too and so happy that she just never seems to stop writing! 😁

I am reading this now and am utterly compelled by it. It is so painfully sad but also beautifully written with such tenderness.

There is a play in London starting very soon - am interested to see how it translates on screen.

If you want a really easy, funny read then anything by Nick Spalding. I laugh out loud with his books.

I’m re-reading David Copperfield atm and can’t put it down. Dickens really is a wonderful storyteller. God, the characters and voices! It’s just astonishing. Even the minor characters seem vivid and real. And it’s so crammed with life - with such a range of human experience. Tolstoy thought it was the best novel ever written, and I can see why. I much prefer it to Great Expectations.

I couldn’t put Pride and Prejudice down either. I’d never read a word of Jane Austen until last year, but I’m now a convert. I really wanted to know what happened. In fact, I sat up until two in the morning and had eye strain all the next day.

Kipling’s Kim had me gripped until the end, and Agatha Christie always hooks me in, as do the Sherlock Holmes novels. There’s a reason these books have stood the test of time.

Just finished Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus. Cant remember the last time I loved a book so much. Brilliant.

Ruth Ozeki- A Tale for the Time Being.
Couldn't put it down.

Most recently:

The Thursday Murder Club
Another vote for Liane Moriarty - loved The Husband’s Secret
The Couple at No 9

I love Ruth Ozeki. She's one of my favourite authors. I loved A Tale For the Time Being.

Just read Sarah Moss: Bodies of Light and Signs for Lost Children. She is an absolutely sublime writer.

Bitter by Francesca Jakobi - rather sinister, mum stalks son's girlfriend
Cassandra at the Wedding by Dortothy Baker - bit melodramatic
Sal by Mick Kitson - gripping but upsetting
Secret Life of Bees By Sue Monk Kidd - great characters and plot
Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane - saga of two families
She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb - follows one character for years in of near soap opera but very plausible adventures
We Begin At The End by Chris Whitaker - crime. Even though I thought it was a bit rubbish I got very swept up.

Many! the latest of that calibre already mentioned here, Demon Copperhead, loved it, I shouldn't be surprised really, I'd previously read Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver and that had the same effect, a book that stays with you long after finishing it.

Dated now, but Arthur Hailey's books are fantastic. Especially 'Hotel' and 'Strong Medicine.'