Reader recommendations
Looking for a good read? Below you'll find some of the books our readers have been recommending recently.
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Hattie Brings the House Down
A reader says:
Wonderful. Absolutely wonderful. Engaging, poignant, hilarious, full of twists and turns, just the perfect mystery novel.
The Kite Runner
Buy this bookSofia says:
Such an incredible story and it flows so well.
Wuthering Heights
Buy this bookReny says:
The imagery
Gone with the Wind
Buy this bookJune says:
The writing is superb ..it combines a great story with unforgettable characters and increases the reader’s knowledge of early American history.
Change One Thing
Buy this bookSunflower says:
Practical and reflective messages which I can relate to my life. I like to read real story books and inspirational books.
If on a Winter's Night a Traveller
Buy this bookDawn says:
It's unlike anything I've read before, confusing and engaging.
Twisted Hate
Buy this bookSam says:
It’s an enemies to lovers that would make your toes curl
A Court of Mist and Fury
Buy this bookJasmine says:
It is spicy and great twists. Mostly predictable but soo good.
Ragdoll
Buy this bookDebbie says:
Thrillingnpschological thriller, the Starr if a trilogy.
Very well written and despite the nature of the book, Daniel writes with a lot of humour. The trilogy is fantastic and keeps you guessing throughout.
In Memoriam
Buy this bookSandy says:
Hits your heart and makes you think with out you realising
Sacred Country
Buy this bookBlue Shed Girl says:
Beautiful writing, well-developed characters, challenging subjects handled with sensitivity
The Trees
Buy this bookPhil M says:
Like any great satire this book is side splittingly funny and terrifyingly sombre. Set in the Deep South of USA it is essentially a whodunit with the murders occurring with cartoon like regularity. I have told so many about this book and am looking for more Everett - the guy's a genius!
Escape
Buy this bookAsh says:
A look into the closed life of female members of the FLDS (Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints) especially Carolyn Jessop who documents her life story and eventual escape from the many abuses she suffered.
A Thousand Splendid Suns
Buy this bookMillie says:
A story of survival and female friendship against a backdrop of war in Afghanistan.
One that has stuck with me for many years.
The Black Tower
Buy this bookCatherine says:
The Queen of Crime keeps suspense, side-plots, dry humour until the end.
The Heat of the Day
Buy this bookJane says:
Very atmospheric & superbly written. The book is about people still living & working in London during the height of the Blitz in World War II.
A Skinful of Shadows
Buy this bookEleanor says:
Set during the English civil war, about a servant girl who has an inherited ability to carry the live, conscious souls of other humans (and large, angry animals) inside her mind. One of the most original super powers I’ve ever read, and a genuinely intriguing story. I was sucked in from the first page.
Shuggie Bain
Buy this bookBookgal85 says:
Gritty realism with a backdrop of 1980s Glasgow, this book tells the story of family dramas and the inner torment of a young boy growing up in chaos.
The Testaments
Buy this bookBookgal85 says:
Unpopular opinion but I preferred this book to the first - obviously you do need to have read The Handmaid’s Tale for The Testaments to make sense, and even better if you’ve seen the TV series after the first book, as an in-between filling.
Small Pleasures
Buy this bookBook reader says:
A well written novel
Our Wives Under the Sea
Buy this bookJoe says:
It's a story of falling in love, loss and grief. Miri thinks she has got her wife back, when Leah finally returns after a deep sea mission that ended in catastrophe. But It soon becomes clear that Leah may have come back wrong.
Mouth to Mouth
Buy this bookJoe says:
It’s a fast-paced thriller, told from an interesting POV with a moral quandary to draw you in.
The ritual
Buy this bookMaddiexwithers says:
It’s dark, (smut) *cough,cough but shows that love can seriously soften up some dark people