Another thread asking for recent book recommendations please!

[Whohashiddenthebiscuits]

Just that really! I usually spend a lot of time reading, have a fair idea of new releases, browse bookshops etc but after a pretty stressful 18 months I’m really out of touch. My Dad passed away and my teenager was school refusing and all I felt up to reading was thrillers & trash.

Life is getting back to normal now & I’ve recently read the latest Jonathan Coe and Maggie O’Farrell but any brilliant books that I might have missed in the last 18 months, please let me know!

I enjoyed -
The Thing We Do to Our Friends by Heather Darwent
Medusa by Jessie Burton
Cleopatra and Frankenstein by Coco Mellers
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
The Whispering Muse by Laura Purcell
Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder
Broken Summer by Jung-Myung Lee

I'm sorry for the loss of your dad.

@GalileoHumpkins thank you, will go and take a look! Re Jessie Burton, I really hated The Confession and didn’t much like The Muse so did wonder if she was a one book wonder (The Miniaturist was decent).Will check her latest out though.

One Day I Shall Astonish the World - Nina Stibbe, Ruth and Pen - Emilie Pine, This Time Tomorrow - Emma Straub, Darling - India Knight, Our Missing Hearts - Celeste Ng, Lessons in Chemistry - Bonnie Garmus, Lucy By the Sea - Elizabeth Strout, The Memory of Animals - Claire Fuller, Hello Beautiful - Ann Napolitano, Romantic Comedy - Curtis Sittenfeld.

If you check out the 50 and 26 book challenge threads you'll find lots of recommendations on there too.

Love Marriage by Monica Ali is worth looking at.

I've just finished When I First Held You by Anstey Harris. Really beautifully written.

I’m very sorry for your loss @Whohashiddenthebiscuits The books I have read recently and loved are Demon Copperhead (incredible) and Romantic Comedy (really sweet and easy to read but not just chick flick). @shumway Did you like romantic comedy?

Keeper by Jessica Moor

My Name is Lucy Barton and Oh William, both by Elizabeth Strout.
Slow Horses by Mick Herron
In the Company of the Courtesan by Sarah Dunant.
The Weekend by Charlotte Wood

Oh I might look at that Sarah Dunant one myself. Thanks @Chocolateismyfavourite