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HoraceCope · 13/06/2026 06:59

i loved this
what can i read next?
i like graham norton's books
read a Welch book
used to love william boyd and ruth rendell
nothing too heavy but hate rubbish endings - where the crawdads sing i loved, but hated the end

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Legallygrey · 13/06/2026 07:10

The women by Kristin Hannah ? I have enjoyed all of her books however this was the first I came across. I absolutely loved lessons in chemistry.

profiterolesarelovely · 13/06/2026 07:17

The World According to Gaap by John Irving. A similar narrative style to the brilliant Lessons in Chemistry

SoftAsSteel · 13/06/2026 07:26

The Names by Florence Knapp. I think you’d 100% enjoy this if you enjoyed Lessons in Chemistry.

SoftAsSteel · 13/06/2026 07:27

Or put into ChatGPT the most favourite books you read and he (mine is male) will suggest some good options.

HoraceCope · 13/06/2026 18:53

thank you @SoftAsSteel
that seems to give american books only but i never think of chatgpt

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WinterNightStars · 13/06/2026 18:59

Ive just read lessons in chemistry too! Recommended to me by a friend & really enjoyed it

Bitofhelppls · 13/06/2026 19:03

I loved lessons in chemistry and couldn’t put The Names by Florence Knapp down- so would agree with pp.

Bitofhelppls · 13/06/2026 19:04

The Safekeep by Yale van der Wouden is slightly different but I also really enjoyed

Pinkissmart · 13/06/2026 20:03

The Names

Daisy Jones and the Six

Atmosphere

By Any Other Name ( by Jodi Picoult )

The Lake House ( Kate Morton)

Have you read A Gentleman in Moscow?
and Midnight Library

Celia Aherne - A Thousand Different Ways

OliviaBonas · 13/06/2026 21:34

The Names

PauliesWalnuts · 13/06/2026 21:37

The same person who loaned me Lessons in Chemistry also passed on The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid which I really liked.

Worthalltheyears · 13/06/2026 21:41

Try ‘A Single Thread’ by Tracy Chevalier. I loved it and I loved Lessons in Chemistry too.

Sheeppig · 14/06/2026 19:49

I am going to recommend the Correspondent by Virginia Evans- it's brilliant. (I also loved Lessons in Chemistry).

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