Recommend me a specific upbeat book.

[TheBookSlug]

Following on from my February thread called Recommend Me A Specific Thriller I’m back.

This time I am looking for something more upbeat, but with bite.

Examples of similar novels I have enjoyed this list is not exhaustive, it’s just off of the top of my head:

• This Charming Man by Marian Keyes
• The Secrets We Keep by Jonathan Harvey
• Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
• Daisy Jones by Taylor Jenkins Reid
• The Cows by Dawn O’Porter
• A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby
• The trilogy; The Commitments, The Snapper, The Van by Roddy Doyle

I’m looking for novels which are funny but tell a story, believable with ups and downs and a bite.
Not necessarily RomComs, though I don’t mind anything really good.
A lighter mystery would be good too.

I have read everything by the authors above, these are my favourites.

I will add more to the list later, I’m writing this at the end of my late lunch hour so I am in a hurry!

As per my previous thread; all recommendations appreciated.

Thank you, Slug 😁

If you want lighter mysteries, consider the author Steve Higgs. His Patricia Fisher series, and his Albert and Rex series are particularly good.

The Secret Adversary - Agatha Christie - this is a lot of fun and worth reading. Not too heavy, but a solid story.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Secret-Adversary-Tommy-Tuppence/dp/0007590598/ref=asc_df_0007590598?mcid=a5858522ab6132a1867e8c1c81a5bf6f&th=1&psc=1&tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=697279013014&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=6619899470904965942&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9045111&hvtargid=pla-564847621330&psc=1&hvocijid=6619899470904965942-0007590598-&hvexpln=0&gad_source=1

The Wedding People, by Alison Espach is very funny but also moving/interesting.
Grown Ups and The Woman Who Stole My Life are two other Marian Keyes I really enjoyed.