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.
A Million Kisses in Your Lifetime
Buy this bookBookie 20 says:
It is very angsty and gets you excited about what is coming next. It is a romance and the ending is a happy one.
Agatha Raisin and the Love from Hell
Buy this bookSheila says:
Believable characters and very funny.
In Ascension
Buy this bookDean says:
Quality writing that reminds me of Ian McEwan and Ian Banks. A great story that makes me think and reconsider my perspective.
The God of Small Things
Buy this bookFaisalshabbir says:
It has beautiful prose and knits narrative together hauntingly but beautifully.
Hummingbird
Buy this bookCrowborough 70+ says:
It’s a story of two young people in the swamps of Ontario, Canada. The writing is wonderful.
The Sun Also Rises
Buy this bookDerek says:
Apart from enjoying the authors style, (crisp, sharp and precise), I think he conjures up the atmosphere of the period and location very effectively. It is the kind of book that allows you to lose yourself in the story and characters so that you don't consciously think about what you are reading you just feel immersed in the plot.
A Confederacy of Dunces
Buy this bookMatt says:
Great characterisation and very funny.
No ordinary moments
Buy this bookBook reader 12 says:
Spiritual book which enhances wisdom in life
A Court of Thorns and Roses
Buy this bookEmily says:
I love the way ACOTAR is written. She is a brilliant writer, I don’t even feel I am reading the book, I get completely lost in it.
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
Buy this bookPhil says:
Beautifully descriptive prose, but a surprising end, despite the title!
Nineteen Eighty Four
Buy this bookTom says:
My year of birth. Big brother is watching. Dystopian brilliance that predicted a little too closely what the future may hold!
Project Hail Mary
Buy this bookTom says:
A real page turner from start to finish with wonderful twists and turns along the way.
Any novels by Amor Towles
Buy this bookElaine says:
This is arguably America's finest current fiction author
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Buy this bookElaine says:
Tries to integrate science / technology with the Arts via a road trip theme
Round The Bend
Buy this bookElaine says:
It's my favourite book
1984
Buy this bookDavid says:
it is one of the first books I read for pleasure. it was thought provoking being able to see some of the themes in real time.
Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow
Buy this bookwriteone says:
A novel bout a small group of people who create computer games. Similar to writing novels; they must include a story, plot, characters, crisis and solution. Book also involves romance in an unusual way.
War Doctor
Buy this bookKatemail says:
Unusual gripping insights into a British surgeon’s experiences in war zones.
Do No Harm
Buy this bookKatemail says:
Fascinating insight into the life of a contemporary neurosurgeon. Brutal, honest, and well written.
The Martin Beck series
Buy this bookFriendly bookreader says:
humour, detail and plots always interesting - scandinavian settings described vividly - characters interestingly melancholic
Consequences
Buy this bookDiebs says:
Inter-generational and emotional relationships
Persuasion
Buy this bookNikki says:
My favourite fiction author and not the usual first recommendation but all her books are glorious. Funny, insightful and intelligently written - very engaging reads. I love classics - but also love more modern writers.
A Case of Need
Buy this bookJuliana says:
Fast reading, good detective story for the 60’s mind.