i need a good read

[frazzled74]

something light, maybe chic flic,or a ghost story or a thriller, but something that i can read at night and on the bus, that will grip me and that i wont want to put down,
i like jodi picoult, kate atkinson,raphella barker,tried to read the little stranger but couldnt get into it.any ideas?

"The End of Mr Y" by Scarlett Thomas.

Sacred Hearts by Sarah Dunant. It is about nuns in 15th century and sounds very uninteresting, but is absolutely gripping-for all ages.

I'm enjoying "The Pure Land" by Alan Spence. Total escapism. It is about a young man from Aberdeen who goes to Japan at the turn of the last century to make his fortune, there is a bit of everything including a love story

THe Last Child by john Hart.

read this

'One Day' by David Nicholls. Easy to read love story which makes you both laugh out loud and reach for a box of tissues.

Ruby - Absolutely ...loved Girl with Dragon Tattoo too... have just finished Girl who played with fire...it's excellent too!

I finished Girl With Dragon Tattoo this morning after starting it on Saturday!

Fan-BLOODY-tastic!

But OP it's definitely not a light read although nowhere near as shocking as some mners make out.

Sarah Dunant's The Birth of Venus is a gorgeous book. Set in Renaissance Florence it's a love story/family saga set against art/violence/religious mania. Brilliant!

have you worked your way through the PD James' - they're easy to read but quite gripping I think (disclaimer - I never watch that sort of thing on TV)

I read Tim Binding's "Island Madness" just recently - a sort of murder mystery set on Guernsey in WWII - which I found gripping and really interesting too.

I think Margaret Atwood comes into this category too - read a lot of hers while bfing (and a lot of Arnold Bennett, too)

The Moonstone;
AA Milne - The Red House - a v amusing detective story;
Sherlock Holmes;
Susan Hill - can't remember but a couple of good ghost stories.

A secon vote for One Day. Have just finished it and it was brilliant.

thanks, have just ordered, one day, girl with dragon tatoo, one of emily barrs books, and call me madam.hopefully will keep me going for a few weeks.

Good easy crime/thriller reads for me

Minette Walters
Lisa Gardner
Harlan Coben

All in a similar sort of vein as Jodi Picoult, but better I think.

Love the Girl With Dragon Tatoo series, but found they don't really pick up the pace until midway through. Great read though.

I have just started The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo-I think that it will be good once I have got into it.

Ooh I am so jealous of you that you have only just started that book Ruby, the end is and you literally can't put it down. I just got The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest on pre-order from Amazon, came through yesterday and am already into it, they are fantastic!

Have you tried any other Sarah Waters OP? If you haven't, try Fingersmith, it is brilliant. I enjoyed The Little Stranger but it did drag at times, Fingersmith is real page-turning stuff.

Oh and just have to say yes, definitely to the End of Mr Y, that is a fantastic book, good call Cote

Try Tell No One by Harlen Coben. The best thriller I have ever read, though everyone says Girl with Dragon Tattoo is brilliant and I'm hoping to borrow it from a friend soon.