Can you give me your book suggestions please for sons kindle? He turns 28.

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I need to suggest a book for my son's kindle. His gf is arranging for his birthday and I think because they are moving to France in the summer. She's asking lots of people. Husband and I each asked to give her a request plus a message, ( and I don't know how or what she's going to do with messages).

So he is going to be 28. Racking my brains to remember books I know he's read. The fiction I know he's read includes Ian Mc Ewan, Haruki Marukami, also had a spell of reading buddhist kind of things, I think Siddartha is along those lines. I know he has read at least one book by Matt Haig and I was thinking of suggesting the Midnight Library so I'd be particularly keen to know if anyone's husband or sons etc have read it as I know the central character is female. So is it going to be relatable for a man?

I might be able to sneakily find out via his GF which Ian Mc Ewan books he hasn't read but I feel they are all so variable. I think that would be more risky.

Can I please have your ideas?

I have read The Midnight Train and enjoyed it. It’s a very similar vibe to The Midnight Library, so someone who liked Library will probably like Train and vice versa.

Thanks very much. Yes another Hermann Hesse might work. Good idea 💡 👍

@ChessieFL, I've now seen that the Midnight Train hasn't been out for long. Just curious - do you read all Matt HAig books ? And do you know any men who read them and enjoy them please.? ( Not too sure why I'm getting hung up in the gender business but there we go). Cheers

DH and some of my adult sons like the Slow Horses series, and Rivers of London. Also Last Kingdom.

No I haven’t read all Matt Haig’s books, think I’ve read three of his. I don’t know anyone else in real life who reads them so can’t comment about whether men read them or not.

Thanks @ChessieFL

Would a Kindle voucher be better, I would hate someone picking books for me?

On a French theme - some of the Sebastian Faulks books are set in France - Paris Echo, Birdsong, Charlotte Gray. The Count of Monte Cristo is a great yarn. I also really enjoyed Hisham Matar books - My Friends which is set in London but really about exile. His memoir about his father, The Return, is also very good.

The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St Mendel
Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka

Forgot one!

A Tale For The Time Being by Ruth Ozeki

Terry Pratchett

Robert Harris books - superb historical novels

John Marr books - written in the near future, so slightly futuristic, but relatable to today as well. Superb author

Black box thinking - Matthew Syed - not fiction but may be a good choice also