Which Barbara Kingsolver book would you recommend reading next?

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As the title says, really! I read The Poisonwood Bible earlier this year and ADORED it, read Demon Copperhead a couple of years ago and enjoyed the way it was written but it felt like a bit of a chore to get into the story. I would like to try another of her books as I enjoyed TPWB so much, so looking for recommendations.

I haven't really got on with any of her others, TPB is one of my top 5 favourite books.

It’s definitely up there for me as well. Just so well crafted - great characters, interesting plot, funny in parts, heartbreaking in others. Political but not dry. I loved everything about it.

I love flight behaviour

Loved the Poisonwood Bible. Have read some of her others including Demon Copperhead but none come close.

I really like The Bean Trees - found it in a secondhand bookshop and bought it because I'd just finished The Poisonwood Bible. Very different story, but again with engagingly written characters.

The Lacuna is genuinely one of my favourite books, highly recommend!

Same here!!

Prodigal Summer
(Eddie Bondo…swoon!)

I really loved Lacuna so would definitely recommend it

I absolutely loved The Lacuna and Flight Behaviour. Both amazing books and real page turners.

like others here, the PWB is one of my favourite books. I recommend it everywhere! Could not get into The Lacuna at all. Tried three times. I also LOVED Demon Copperhead.
OP, have you read We Need To Talk about Kevin? It’s dark, but incredible

Also couldn’t get into Flight Behaviour!

I find her books hard to get into in. I’ve read Unsheltered, but it was honestly a struggle. I started Prodigal Summer too, but couldn’t continue.

The Bean Trees and its sequel Pigs in Heaven.

Those are the two of hers that I’ve loved. Unsheltered is ok, but I haven’t managed to finish Lacuna even though on paper I should enjoy it.

I second this. Early Kingsolver, and not quite morphed into what eventually became her groove, but both highly enjoyable.

(waves at Sheila 😊 👋)

I loved Unsheltered and it’s themes of how we define home and family

Me too, TPB is one of my favourite books.

I love most of them. The Lacuna is my absolute favourite as I really loved the historical aspect. The Bean Trees is short, you can't possibly not get into it.

I like The Poisonwood Bible very much but I like Demon Copperhead even more. I have read Prodigal Summer but it didn't make much impression on me, to the point I just had to remind myself of the plot. I did enjoy Unsheltered very much. In fact now I am reminded of it I am tempted to borrow it from the library again.

Yes, both these are lovely novels. I’ve always wished she would revisit Turtle, Taylor and Alice — or their world at least. It always seemed as if she had more to say about Annawake Fourkiller. I also quite like Animal Dreams, from the same period.

My favourite is Prodigal Summer, though.

The one about the butterflies was amazing

I agree with The Bean Trees.

Flight Behaviour I also enjoyed, and I struggled to get into Lacuna but it was good once I did.

I loved Unsheltered