Two solo long haul flights next week......what shall I read?

[ElaineMBenes]

I'm travelling for work next week and will have two 13 hour flights plus time in hotels while I'm away.
I'm travelling alone so see this an an opportunity to get lots of reading done.

I will literally read anything and have a ridiculous TBR pile but have decision paralysis!

Hit me with your recommendations of engrossing read. Extra points for anything set in Asia/China/ Hong Kong as that's where I'm travelling but anything that has been 'unputdownable' will do!

Pachinko, Wild Swans, Sour Sweet by Timothy Mo or The Ginger Tree by Oswald Wynd.i Ienjoyed all of these.

Thank you
I loved Pachinko and Wild Swans

I loved Still Life by Sarah Winman -nothing to do with Asia though.

The HOnourable Schoolboy by John Le Carre is very evocative of a certain time and place.

I also loved Empire of the Sun...not sure whether it has aged well or not...

https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2012/jul/04/top-10-books-hong-kong

Thank you!

I'm open to ANY books and will read absolutely anything!

The book of crazy, rich Asians is great.

Have you read the Robert Galbraith (JKR) Strike novels? They're really engrossing so great for long flights. (No Asia connection).

The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne.

Unravelling Oliver by Liz Nugent.

A Man called Ove by Fredrick Backman

Currently reading Lessons in Chemistry - a novel, despite the name. Very funny yet thought provoking. Easy to read but may not last you a full 13 hours.

The Poppy War - trilogy by RF Kuang. Fantasy based on modern Chinese history

Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors
Plane Crash: The Forensics of Aviation Disasters
Flight MH370: The Mystery
Flight 232: A Story of Disaster and Survival
Confessions of an Airline Pilot - Why Planes Crash: Including Tales from the Pilot's Seat

4-3-2-1 Paul Auster - I could not put this down!
Cazalet series - Elizabeth Jane Howard
The Neapolitan novels - Elena Ferrante
Bone Clocks or The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet - David Mitchell
Maddadam trilogy - Margaret Atwood

Thanks everyone! Some great recommendations

I might give these ones a miss!!

On a 13 hour flight ?!

Unlawful Killings: Trials at the Old Bailey (Paperback)Her Honour Her Honour Wendy Joseph KC

Brilliant book by Old Bailey KC - really good insight into trials

The Last to Disappear - Jo Spain
I Found You - Lisa Jewell
The Room Mates - Rachel Sargeant
Pretties - Scott Westerfeld
Hiding In Plain Sight - Susan Hill
I Made a Mistake - Jane Corey

All unputdownable page-turners, not exactly classics but very readable and engrossing.

Hotel Babylon by Imogen Edwards Jones
Legacy by Susan Kay. Good if you're in the mood for something long and historical.
There are more in the Babylon series but I think Hotel, Fashion and Wedding are the best

I'd recommend the Inspector Chen novels by Qiu Xiaolong: www.goodreads.com/series/52821-inspector-chen-cao

The Slow Horses series by Mick Herron. Even if you have seen the corresponding TV series they are different enough to still be a great read.

I loved "These Is My Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine" read it over 20 years ago and it still sticks with me.

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