Ideas for long haul flight reading list

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I’m going to New York just after Christmas and don’t particularly enjoy flying anymore. Am planning to download loads of books to my kindle hoping to lose myself in a really good read as a distraction!

Would love to start a series of books- maybe detective or historical fiction.

Any recommendations?

Not quite what you were asking for, but I read The Handmaids Tale on a flight and it was so gripping I stayed awake throughout and had minimal jet lag.

The Seeker by SG MacLean, there are 5 books in the series, historical crime set during Cromwell’s protectorate, very good.
Edited to add; Just spotted whilst checking spelling of authors name all 5 are £20 as a Kindle set on Amazon right now.

Like this idea thanks - I could read The Testaments on the flight home! Watched first couple of seasons of Handmaids Tale but would still like to read it

@Pashazade these look great- am buying as soon as Kindle is charged. Thanks so much

C.J Sansom? Mysteries solved by one of Cromwell's men.
Tanya (sp) French-murder mysteries set in Ireland. Each one can stand along but recurring characters are highlighted in each one.

Crime and Punushment. I couldn't put it down.

Sherlock Holmes, you can get the complete works on Kindle for 99p.

If you want a fictionalised French Revolution, Hilary Mantel's 'A place of greater safety'.

Much less highbrow - in fact not highbrow at all - Margaret Mitchell's 'Gone with the wind'.

Diaries are good for longhaul flights, I discovered, reading Conservative politicians Alan Clark's years ago.

@ThomasinaHardy I have read all of C J Samson and absolutely loved them. I’ll have a look at the Tanya French

@Knittedanimal been on my to read list for ages- maybe it’s time has come!

@Hellohah great idea. I love watching Sherlock Holmes stories on film and TV
Never read any yet

@IdaGlossop Place of Greater Safety is one of my favourite books. Diaries could work - hadn’t thought of that but could be good to dip in and out of

thanks everyone 😊

C. J. Sansom’s Shardlake novels

Sherlock Holmes (at their best, they’ve never been bettered. Heaven, for me, is listening to Stephen Fry read Sherlock Holmes and P. G. Wodehouse)

T. H. White: Sword in the Stone

Robert Graves: I Claudius (and watch the superlative TV adaptation with Brian Blessed)

Second Gone with Wind - read it over one or 2 days when travelling. Also Roots - if you haven't read already.

Not a series, but on the way to New York I'd read Francis Spufford's Golden Hill. Set in New York in 1746, so should start getting you in the right mood.

@Beachhutgirl This looks so good- not heard of it before but it’s on the kindle now ready to go!

@springintoaction2 not sure in Gone With The Wind- only because I really hate the film 🤣. Interested in Roots though

@Dappy777 read all Shardlake- my favourite type of book, brilliant writing, characters you care about and great storylines. Got Sherlock Holmes downloaded and good to go.

Will have a look at your other recommendations too- sound interesting

thanks all - not looking forward to the flight but can’t wait to get started on my reading list

Entitled kept me gripped on a recent long haul flight.
I then listened to Leonard & Hungry Paul on Audible on the way back and realised listening to a book was better than reading as my headphones blocked out a lot of background noise

I've just read Elizabeth Freemantle's Disobedient and really enjoyed it. Very well written and good characterisation.

I read the first of these ages ago (MIL passed it on) and enjoyed it - just looked on Amazon and the first volume of 10 is only £1.99, so picked them up! Deryn Lake - John Rawlings historical mysteries set in Georgian London.

www.amazon.co.uk/HISTORICAL-MYSTERIES-unputdownable-mysteries-Historical-ebook/dp/B0CBSDS383/ref=sr_1_3?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.QU9Y6lDMinFfr42UrstUyxiYYHc7CLdOIRuL-uVYZYBiLg-7NM1xRXXf3LBP0gCEo2b3Mh9s28xkiMWmpk_gPw4N5X6_ahfBngLBoPgxj5OyJD1o1ukiCGKwbWMqWfrQbHUX9Smz9mNABnTXqg-j3F2ERjj_PQcx09a3ZqmptaXZLn-ZvKaDcEvBRo83H7howF-vTyelDPpXTSZrJlhqhyE_-TBMGXdAVe4KB8HfgYM.sn1qVhJjZezDLTjmhDVU1Wt9EcXTL1N6_zETadIEh_0&dib_tag=se&qid=1766330850&refinements=p_27%3ADeryn+Lake&s=books&sr=1-3

I also really like the Falco mysteries by Lindsey Davies which are set in Ancient Rome.

Elly Griffiths, the Ruth Galloway series. I love the Shardlake novels & also love these. Set in modern day Norfolk, but the protagonist is an archeologist specialising in bones, so they often have a historical aspect.