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Horsey Books for Adults

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DancefloorAcrobatics · 23/10/2024 17:11

Hi,
Inspired by the other thred and to give @DizzyBumble their own book list.

My suggestion was The Horse Dancer by Jojo Moyes

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DizzyBumble · 24/10/2024 09:30

thank you, much appreciated :-)

Roryno · 25/10/2024 08:45

Try Flying Changes and Riding Lessons by Sara Gruen (she wrote Water for Elephants).

DrivingThePlot · 25/10/2024 10:36

Jilly Cooper? Her Rutshire novels are horsey, along with a lot of other, not always good, stuff.

DizzyBumble · 25/10/2024 13:44

I read a few Jilly Cooper's years ago when they first came out, may give Riders another go as can't really remember it

DancefloorAcrobatics · 25/10/2024 14:04

Oh I nearly forgot, Sheltering Rain by Jojo Moyes , although not an exclusively horse book, it is set in the Irish countryside and does feature a few.

It's a great novel, even if you don't like horses!

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Danceswithweasels · 25/10/2024 14:12

In the Pink by Molly Watson, read it several times, really funny as well. A recent find Forging on and Where there's Muck by Catherine Robinson, about Farriers, very funny again.

redtrain123 · 25/10/2024 21:53

Horse Boy - Robert Isaacson

  • true story about a dad who travels across Russia meeting the horse tribes, as he realised his autistic son had an affinity with horses. Lovely book.
CooksDryMeasure · 25/10/2024 21:54

The Sound of Distant Cheering by K M Peyton

Ellmau · 26/10/2024 21:40

Horse Heaven by Jane Smiley is wonderful.

Alltheprettyseahorses · 26/10/2024 22:22

For non-fiction, I love all these:

Talking of Horses - Monica Dickens
The Horse: A biography of our noble companion - Wendy Williams
Lucy Kemp-Welch: The spirit of the horse - Laura Wortley
The Wild Other - Clover Stroud
If Wishes Were Horses - Susanna Forrest
Four Square - Lucinda Prior Palmer
The English and their Horses - Libby Purves

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