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I need light or dark humored but also very touching novels recommendation. I LOVED A Man Called Ove and A Paris Wife

Hi all! I need a recommendation. I LOVED A Man Called Ove and A Paris Wife. I love light or dark humored but also very touching novels. I need a good read, something that fills the heart, maybe makes me laugh a little but most of all is captivating and well-written. THANK YOU!

Jessica #recommend #humor and comedy

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Sue

I think you would really enjoy Love, Rosie by Cecelia Ahern. Made me laugh and cry.

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Liz

Britt Marie was Here.

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Elizabeth

i just started britt marie this morning and love it already.

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Nancy

Me too…just started!

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Gina

Loved Britt Marie and My Grandmother was my favorite of Backman’s

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Mary

Hemingway’s Girl.

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Kristine

Rosie Project

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Valerie

The Coming of Rain by Richard Marius. It’s an old one, but memorable.

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Nancy

The Little Paris Bookshop
https://www.amazon.com/Little-Paris-Bookshop-Novel/dp/0553418793

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Gail

And Nina George’s more recent book: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32283424-the-little-french-bistro

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Gina

The Chilbury Ladies’ Choir, The Summer Before the War, and of course my all time favorite, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. All great selections for audiobooks if you like listening.

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Gina

Oooh, I will add them now, thanks!

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Marie

If you haven’t read Guernsey yet, do it!

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Robin

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry and the sequel, The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy. Loved them both.

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Sarah

The Storied Life of AJ Fikry

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Valerie

Can everybody please give title and author for each recommendation. Thank you so much.

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Heidi

Phaedra Patrick’s The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper and Rise and Shine Benedict Stone. Fredrik Backman’s other books, my favorite was My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry.

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Patricia

The art of racing in the rain.

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Jean

Iris and Lily, best book I’ve read this year

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Kristy

A confederacy of dunces.

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Gail

My One Square Inch of Alaska – Sharon Short

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Sally

Elegance of the hedgehog, set in Paris.

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Karen

The Bookshop on the Corner.

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Shana

Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simonson

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Dayna

Excellent book!!

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Laurie

Naokov’s Pnin.

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Aubrey

I also absolutely loved A Man Called Ove. One of my new favorites.

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Heidi

@Vanessa‘s The Language of Flowers and We Never Asked For Wings. Not light or humorous, but very touching stories of young women in difficult situations. I don’t want to spoil them… but… they resolve well.

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Jan

I loved The Language of Flowers

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Jenn

The Seven Husband’s of Evelyn Hugo

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Karen

Looked it up and it sounds good. Reserved it.

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Jenn

I have read close to 150 books this year and this was probably the best one I have read

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Karen

Can’t wait to read it!

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Joan

Try A Gentleman in Moscow.

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Sheri

This, and Orphan Train, are the best books I have read this year.

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Mary

JoJo Mayes “One Plus One”

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Heidi

Oh yes, anything by @Jojo

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Jackie

The queen takes the train, the Rosie project, major pettigrew’s last stand.

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Joan

I haven’t read the 1st one but the other 2 I loved. Based on that I will have to check out The Queen Takes the Train.

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Jackie

sweet little book about the queen deciding to go awol

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Tracy

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18635113-elizabeth-is-missing

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Diane

Loved this book!

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Tracy

@Diane I did too! She was so cute and sweet.

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Cindy

The Clay Girl by Heather Tucker. It is absolutely amazing book – you will laugh, cry, and get very angry. I can’t recommend it enough!

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Jan

DEFINITELY the Clay Girl by Heather Tucker. It has all of that and much more! And I echo Cindy’s comment – I can’t recommend it enough. We read it for book club and it’s the first book we’ve read that EVERYONE loved!

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Margaret

Loving Frank by Nancy Horan.

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Diane

The Dry is a new debut Australian mystery novel that I found remarkable. Not a lot of laughing but it does captivate and is well- written.

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Chan

The Engagements

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Marilyn

Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout

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Mary

The Canterbury Sisters

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Julie

Saving CeeCee Honeycutt

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Jana

Owen Meany

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Carol

It Started With Dracula: The Count, My Mother and Me, by Jane Congdon

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Mary

Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue

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Nicole

A short little gem is The End of the Alphabet. I forget the author.

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