Looking for reccomendations. What are your must read books that you would recommend?
Looking for reccomendations. What are your must read books that you would recommend?
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Looking for reccomendations. What are your must read books that you would recommend?
The Red Address book by Sofia Lundberg, lovely book .
That is a hard question, but I read a novel last month – Patty Jane’s House of Curl by Lorna Landvik – it was so sharply funny and warm-hearted and clever – a wonderful read.
I love that book.
I like Lorna Landvik!! There is a follow-up to Patty Jane’s house of Curl. It is more about her daughter, but Patty Jane and everyone else from the book is in the book. It is another great read.
I just found the sequel – can’t wait to read it.
The womens murder club series by james patterson (the 18th is due out in April) and the stephanie plum series by Janet evanovich
Old series but great….The No 1 Ladies Detective Agency
This whole series is superb on Audible.
House Kitchen & A Man Called Ove
Have that one about half way done, but had to take a break from it, but I am enjoying it.
A Man Called Ove is FANTASTIC. Have your read Backman’s “My grandmother Asked Me To Tell You She is Sorry” and “Brett Marie Was Here”? Read them in that order. Brett Marie is kind of a sequel.
….also Backman’s “Beartown”
The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah-you won’t be disappointed
The glass castle, Red Tent, and 1,000 White women.
Glass Castle is a great book
@Irene Did you read her Half Broke Horses based on her Grandmother’s life? It was really good.
@Robin yes I did, enjoyed it too
Seven habits of highly effective people, Stephen Covey
Blind your ponies
My grandmother asked me to tell you shes sorry
@Shavon loved that book!
The Kite Runner, Water for Elephants, Snowflower and the Secret Fan, Memoirs of A Geisha, Firefly Lane, The Glass Castle, Fried Green Tomatoes at The Whistle Stop Cafe and The Help.
“A Tree Grows in Brooklyn” by Betty Smith, “The Lovely Bones” by Alice Sebold, “The Red Tent” by Anita Diamont, “We are not ourselves” by Matthew Thomas, and “The Little Prince” by Antoine de Saint-Exupery.
BearTown, Poison wood bible, Ordinary Grace, Mud Bound, Bird Song, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, The One in a Million Boy, The Paying guests, The Pecan Man, The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August, Leaving Time, Not in the Heart, The Story of Arthur Trulove, Tapestry of Fortunes, Prayers for Sale for starters- sorry, so many!!!
@LaVonne lots of good ones on this list that I have enjoyed too!
“Christy”by Catherine Marshall.
It is a very good book
I’ve only ever read 3 books more than once. So Memoirs of a Geisha, the Virgin suicide, and Wicked.
Embers- Marai, Sandor
Finished A Long Way Gone months ago and still thinking about it…..(Not a fun read, but riveting and makes you think about the world).
Dianne Miller Read that book years ago. Sticks with me to this day.
The kitchen house and the sequel Glory over everything. Also Winter Garden.
Anything by P. G. Wodehouse.
I know this much is true by Wally Lamb.
@Judy “She’s Come Undone” same author also very good!
I just finished The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai, one of the best books I’ve ever read. Also recommend The Heart’s Invisible Furies by John Boyne.
The heart invisible furies left a great impression on me one of my fave books of last year.
Wasn’t it good? I rarely find a book I hate to set down, but this was definitely one.
Water For Elephants, All The Light We Cannot See, The Book Thief. Or, for just plain fun, Ella Minnow Pea or The Uncommon Reader.
I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson ☀️
“100 Years of Solitude” by Gabriel Marquez Garcia. Best book by far that I have ever read! And it’s being made into a Netflix movie!!
Anything by Jamie Ford….Hotel On the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, Love & Other Consolation Prizes. Anything by Greg Iles….anything by John Hart. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle.
@Cheri Loved Hotel On the Corner of Bitter and Sweet.
@Cheri Jamie Ford’s books are great
@Cindy he’s my new favorite!
Also love Ivan Doig….Heart Earth and This House of Sky. Memoirs about his childhood….his mother, grandmother. Have to read them in this order, though.
The Night Circus, The Shadow of the Wind, The Sparrow, The Red Tent, Molokai ?
@Sherrie Molokai has a sequal coming out! Its only been 15 years ?. Still looking forward to reading it.
@Robin You will love it, I was lucky enought to get an ARC! It was on my Kindle or I could have shared it with you.
@Sherrie YAY! Did you ever read Honolulu by Alan Brennert?
@Sherrie I totally agree with you on The Shadow Of The Wind. One of those magical carpet rides that can happen with a book.
@Sherrie love Alan Brennert books….have the sequel to Molokai on my desk, next in line to be read.
@Sherrie I loved the Night Circus!
@Robin Ooh, I did not but have just added it to my list!
@Linda Amazing, wasn’t it!
Georgette Heyer’s Regency and Georgian novels. Witty, sparkling and romantic.
Six of One, White Rose Black Forest, A Man Named Ove, The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry, Beautiful Ruins
I need to give up work to read all these brilliant books x
Boys Life, Robert McCammon, Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett ( a recent addition to my must read list)
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd; Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fanny Flagg; Christie by Catherine Marshall – the first ones I can think of
Where the Crawdads Sing, The Great Gatsby
Here are my recent must reads…<3
Happy reading.to you...:)
White Oleander, Middlesex, The Harry Potter books, 11-22-63, To Kill A Mockingbird, The Rabbit Novels
Cider House Rules
Outlander, Sword of Truth, Game of Thrones.
Anything by Wally Lamb, Being Mortal – Gwande, When Breath Becomes Air, Red Tent, Small Great Things – Piccoult.
Anything by Louise Penny (in order preferably) and Kate Atkinson. Longbourne by Jo Baker. The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay. Pride and Prejudice. The Pickwick Papers. Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel. I could go on, but I’ll stop there.
Moira, The Crimson Petal and the White was so gripping and brilliant! I enjoyed the TV version too.
1,000 white women by Jim Ferguson.
I appreciate all of you
The obsession by Nora Roberts!!
Love Barbara Kingsolver
Rainwater by Sandra Brown
A Land More Kind Than Home Wiley @Cash
All The Light We Cannot See
Anything by Lisa See, Kristin Hannah or Erik Larson.
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah.
Oldies but greaties: Flowers for Algernon, A Prayer for Owen Meany. The Shoemakers Daughter (Adriana Trigiani) , Water for Elephants, Kite Runner, Love Rosie. I could go on & on!!!!!!
Eat, Pray, Love – all time fav
All Patti Callahan Henry, Diane Chamberlain and MaryAlice Munroe books.
The Last Child by John Hart
Anything by Marisa de los Santos or @Barbara.
<3
EMILY Giffin and the Mitford series from Jan Karon
Where the Crawdads Sing, Educated. Everything by Jane Austen. Too many choices.
The Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon excellently!
The Glass Caste, To Kill a Mockingbird, 1984, Ellen Foster, A Child Called It (and sequels), The Poisonwood Bible, Jan Karon (Mitford Series), James Herriott (all of his books), Cider House Rules, Night, Stephen King (too many to mention)
Rebecca, Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, Little Women
Secret Garden, A Wrinkle in Time, Tom’s Midnight Garden
memory’s of violets, The life she was given, The kite runner.
The shadow of the wind
Pride & Prejudice, the Kopp Sister’s Series, Utopia, Weetize Bat series, I have many more, but drawing a blank right now.
Poison wood Bible, A Man Called Ove, Beartown, A Prayer for Owen Meany…..so many more.
@Lori I loved every one of those! Great minds…
@Dana so many books, so little time…..
I always read Georgette Heyer when stressed or ill. Have read all of the Georgian books at least 5 times each!!!
Ooh! a lot of suggestions. Here are a few.
1. The Bridget Jones diary 2. The in death series by J.D. Rob. 3. To Kill a Mockingbird 4. good me bad me 5. A time to kill John Grisham 6. Apple of my eye Mary Ellen Bramwell
A Darker shade of magic by VE Schwab, SCYTHE by Neal Schusterman, Good Omens the nice Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter witch by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman, NIght by Elie Wiesel