Looking for a new author to love!

[Saturnista]

Hi there, I love reading and usually get through a book or two a week. I love chick fic and a smattering of crime fiction and historical fiction.
I do feel that I’ve “run out of authors” though! I’m not keen on American or a lot of international fiction so have, rather obviously, limited myself a bit. I seem to spend all my time now re-reading my favourites that include - I absolute love/d Elly Griffiths, Marian Keyes, Jane Green, Joanna Trollope, Erica James, Alison Weir, Elizabeth Jane Howard, Rowan Coleman, Sinead Moriarty, Katie Fforde, Maggie O’Farrell, Libby Purves, Prue Leith, Elizabeth Buchan, Beth o’Leary, Matt Haig, Mike Gayle, Catherine Alliott, Adam Kay, Jane Fallon, Jo-Jo Moyes, Liane Moriarty, Dorothy Koomson, Adele Parks, Celia Ahern, etc. I find Jill Mansell, Fiona Gibson, Shari Low a bit too light for me and am currently trying Jane Casey but it’s not grabbing me.
Any recommendations will be really gratefully received! BTW I’m 56 and love a series of books.

I've just finished You Are Here by David Nicholls (One Day fame) very beautiful book funny romantic, he writes brilliantly

I love Jane Linfoot, Hannah Ellis, T A Williams

I love Lisa Jewell for gripping crime fiction.

You could try Catherine Ryan Howard. I'm not generally a crime fan but I like her books. I've read The Nothing Man, 56 Days and The Trap.

Give Douglas Kennedy a go. He’s a man, he’s American, but he writes griopibg thrillers with strong female leads, and writes extremely well as a woman (he cites his mother as a major influence on his writing). His books are set all around the world, usually against a particular historical or political setting. Start with “A Special Relationship”, it’s set in London.. well it starts in London.

I second anything by David Nicholls. Also Jodi Picoult is very good, and for thrillers, Gillian McAllister.

Anne Cleeves for crime series

Alexandra Potter for chic lit

For something a bit different, try France’s Hardinge
Have you read any Kate Atkinson?

Ann Patchett would be a great addition based on your list.

Tom Lake, State of Wonder, The Dutch House, Bel Canto... all brilliant.

Rhys Dylan writes very good police detective books set in Wales, start with the Engine House.

Janice Hallet is a brilliant writer, I love her books, they are mysterious and thoughtful. The Twyford Code baffled me initially and then it clicked and I thought it was the most beautiful love story, hidden in a scary mystery.

in a completely different genre, The Authenticity Project by Clare Pooley. I really enjoyed it. Light, lovely and engaging.

Lucinda Riley seven sisters series is brilliant and would be right up your street I think

Have you ever read any Mary Wesley?

How do you feel about combining historical with crime...?

This is a list I posted on here last summer:

Pre-Tudor
Paul Doherty - Brother Athelstan (1300s)
Ellis Peters - Cadfael (1100s Shrewsbury)

Elizabethan
Fiona Buckley - Ursula Blanchard
P F Chisholm - Sir Robert Carey (Cumbria/Northumberland)
Edward Marston - Nicholas Bracewell
S J Parris - Giordano Bruno
S W Perry - Nicholas Shelby
C J Sansom - Shardlake

Restoration
Edward Marston - Christopher Redmayne
Andrew Taylor - James Marwood & Cat Lovett

Georgian
Douglas Skelton - Jonas Flynt (late 1700s)
Chris Nickson - Simon Westow (1820s Leeds)

Victorian
Anna Katharine Green - Mr Gryce, Amelia Butterworth (contemporary, American, very melodramatic writing style)
Chris Nickson - Tom Harper (Leeds)
Ambrose Parry - Raven & Fisher (Edinburgh)

Edwardian/WWI
Edward Marston - Home Front
Jacqueline Winspear - Maisie Dobbs

1920s
Cora Harrison - Reverend Mother (Cork)

1930s
Margery Allingham - Albert Campion (contemporary)
Elizabeth Daly - Henry Gamage (contemporary New York/East Coast USA)
C H B Kitchin - Malcolm Warren (contemporary)
E C R Lorac - Macdonald, Rivers (contemporary with particular warning for antisemitism. Even when sympathetic to the character her words can be quite hard to take. Fortunately many books where this is not displayed)
Patricia Wentworth - Miss Silver (contemporary, late 1920s thru to early 1960s)

1960s
Patricia Hall - Kate O'Donnell

1980s
Sue Grafton - A to Z (West coast USA)

Mhairi Macfarlane is in a similar vein as is Nick Spakding.
If you haven’t already read then Rosamunde Pilcher & Maeve Binchy wrote some classics aga sagas. Shellseekers remains one of my comfort reads.

Try Mhari McFarlane, Mike Gayle. Fredrick Backman, Janice Allett.

I really love Amanda Prowse particularly her book “what have I done “ I’ve read it a few times and still can’t put it down .

Another vote for Ann Patchett.

Also have you tried Sally Rooney? She's a bit marmite but I think she's great.

I second Ambrose Parry.
I also like Ben Aaronovitch, modern day fantasy but feels real, Peter is a met office cop.
Jodi Taylor, university with time travelling historians. You learn a bit of history as you go.

Yes to Jodi Taylor!

Also Jane Fallon. Chick lit with a bite, & strong priority on female friendships. My favourite is Just Got Real.

Clare Mackintosh has written some decent crime fiction with good twists. I Let You Go was her first and worth a try.

I recommend William Boyd who writes in a similar genre to Douglas Kennedy. He's started a new series about a writer turned reluctant spy. The first one is called Gabriel's Moon and the second The Predicament. But he's written loads of other stories with some great historical and political background and strong female characters.

B A Paris is worth a look

Lily King and Elizabeth Strout

I am a big fan of Peter granger. Detective stories set in Norfolk.
i also like Ruth Jones,
also the Healing Properties of Pottery and All my mothers.

C L Taylor & Louise Candlish are very good