A Good Book

[evadora]

I am looking for my next book to read but after looking at Amazon and visiting my local bookshop I still have not found anything that looks interesting!! I have read thousands of books in the past but don't want to re-read something unless desperate! Any advice on a good read (not romantic slush or chick lit). Thanks.

[naomi24]

I agree with Chris. I loved 84 Charing Cross Road.

Stephen Fry’s books on Greek mythology are well-written and rather amusing.

[ToraToraTora]

I have not read this yet but it's on my pile and I am told it's a cracking read: Amazon.co.uk User Recommendation

[MargoTester]

I enjoyed The Kite Runner too. A friend recommended A Suitable Boy by Vickram Seth, I found it quite hard going but good. Have you read any of Jean Plaidy's historical novels, lots to de love into there

[evadora]

The Shadow of the Wind, Still Life, Red Notice and 84 Charring Cross are on the list to check out.

[evadora]

Tora@ 15.22
It is a brilliant book , I am sure you will enjoy it. (This Much is True by Miriam Margolyes).

[WSpa]

Have you read R F Delderfield? It's a long time since I discovered this author - his books are absolutely wonderful.

[naomi24]

I guess you’ve read the Brontes too then? Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, and one by Anne Bronte that’s often overlooked but deserves a reading, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall?

[evadora]

Margo - Got left all Jean Plaidys books by my grandmother, read and enjoyed them all.

[Ken4155]

I very much looked forward to reading the MM book as i think she's very funny. However, a third of the way in i've consigned it to the bottom of the pile - it's utterly boring.

[evadora]

Naomi - Not a favourite of mine. I also struggled with some of Charles Dickens but persevered with them. Some were like wading through treacle - A Tale of two Cities and Matin Chuzzlewit.

[MargoTester]

The Island by Victoria Hislop is excellent and I enjoyed The Suffolk Series by Nora Lofts - the Town House, the House at Old Vine and the House at Sunset. I also loved Georgette Heyer's books because the Regency period fascinates me, might be a bit flimsy for you but An Infamous Army is based around the Battle of Waterloo

[fraser]

have you tried nick hornby's books very easy to read and interesting.

[JimF]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Antonia-Senior/e/B00MTCZH5U?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1566072567&sr=8-1

[piggynose]

84 Charing Cross, is it in any way similar to The Diary of a Bookseller?

[Arksided]

I may have suggested this before but 'Fat' by Rob Grant (Co creator and writer of Red Dwarf) is an excellent sad, yet funny read. A total sidestep from Sci-Fi.

[Arksided]

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1910769.Fat

[naomi24]

Piggynose, I haven’t read The Diary of a Bookseller, but you’ve reminded me of The Bookseller of Kabul, a non-fiction book written in the style of a novel by a Norwegian journalist who spent some time living with an Afghani family. It’s a good read.

[brainiac]

I'm halfway through the new 500-page biography of Nick Drake - a pretty astounding feat of research, helped by the fact that Joe Boyd (who produced ND's first two albums) and ND's sister Gabrielle, who has the full family archive, have given their full co-operation.

It's beautifully written, and more than makes up for the hugely disappointing biography by Patrick Humphries of about 25 years ago, which had gaping holes all over the place.

[Hazlinny]

Though not a great reader of books now, I enjoy some of Alexander McCall Smith's books if you want to check them out.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Alexander-McCall-Smith/e/B001BOPZXG

[Rosetta]

Perhaps try books by Isabel Allende, Daughter of Fortune is my favourite.
Or The Gift of Rain, by Tan Twan Eng set in Japanese occupied Malaya
or Kazuo Ishiguru's books
or any Lee Child for a ripping yarn , though I would guess you have already read them, Personally I prefer his earlier books