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 by Patrick Gleeson](/assets/hattie-89fabde5bd5b0a21b9556a39f814cafcefa3fa81f257ce89e7af680d6119b98b.jpg)
Hattie Brings the House Down
A reader says:
Wonderful. Absolutely wonderful. Engaging, poignant, hilarious, full of twists and turns, just the perfect mystery novel.
![Conclave by Robert Harris](/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBZzRKIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--33959608c500c43b8848178c1c09f7d21963d930/9781786140159.jpg)
Conclave
Buy this bookJudith says:
A good mix of historical accuracy and fiction.
![Diary of a Void by Emi Yagi](/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBZ3dKIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--d293d39a0d8e7f6ee3e51b462e71ea12e7edd90e/9781529114812.jpg)
Diary of a Void
Buy this bookMolly says:
I read this in one sitting. Funny and sad, simultaneously.
![Perfect by Rachel Joyce](/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBZ3NKIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--60e371d6dde99fe40d26ae3d4ae287edc29530aa/9780552778107.jpg)
Perfect
Buy this bookLibby says:
boy trying to help his mother 1972 and modern day lonely man, explores feelings, social mobility etc.
![In Memoriam by Alice Winn](/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBZ29KIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--13ac2ca5265bc0e9a260fab35a2d61761a2c7d89/9780241567838.jpg)
In Memoriam
Buy this bookMCx says:
It's the way the author sets a beautiful love story in the middle of the horrors of the First World War.
![The Running Grave by Robert Galbraith (JK Rowling)](/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBaEVKIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--d96bcc9786c629d68924140043d1f6587fbbd268/9781408730942.jpg)
The Running Grave
Buy this bookJudith says:
Wonderful descriptive writing.
![The Lost Daughter by Lucretia Grindle](/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBZ2tKIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--92f87322979d4b0f61779e5b74495616f1f5ea17/9780330509503.jpg)
The Lost Daughter
Buy this bookVari says:
Kind of mystery, political, set in Italy. Writing is fantastic and keeps you reading.
![A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson](/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBZ2NKIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--3264083f8e485882e2a67001da6f64e54bdb9ee3/9781405293181.jpg)
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
Buy this bookChloe says:
Love a murder mystery with a little bit of romance thrown in
![The Book Thief by Markus Zusak](/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBZ1lKIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--38797a8a8afe79b209ff5ea5b62e8d0175c6a88a/9781784162122.jpg)
The Book Thief
Buy this bookAndyG says:
It is dark, yet light. About love, and Nazis. About dignity, death - and a kiss.
![Hotel Milano by Tim Parks](/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBZ0FKIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--2ebd14ff47f92feeb9f992ef6d7550b76b249f7c/9781529919639.jpg)
Hotel Milano
Buy this bookRobina says:
Brand new book by a much-praised author, prolific writer I've never heard of and spotted in the library recently.
![Coming Down the Wye by Robert Gibbings](/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBdjhJIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--3e607360dfdc3bc34d660f873599d57d0a83eadc/6544832.jpg)
Coming Down the Wye
Buy this bookRobina says:
His description of nature and his beautiful engravings
![If He Had Been With Me by Laura Nowlin](/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBdjRJIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--93955cb954ca75d12bc6fd2b345e5e101eb14a82/9781728205489.jpg)
If He Had Been With Me
Buy this bookMegan says:
Enjoyable ending
Enjoy the build up throughout
![The Innocents by Michael Crummey](/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBdjBJIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--1c8afbf71c4adc5879c9e1cb8f09a3266aed180a/9780857304261.jpg)
The Innocents
Buy this bookJosie Mounsey says:
It centres around an orphaned brother and sister living in a remote cove in Newfoundland, and follows their struggles both with the harsh environment and the problems of entering adulthood on their own. It also tells of the history of this remote part of Canada.
![Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist](/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBdndJIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--fe17594a8038a10c4740ad83b38b489b129e70d6/9781848423749.jpg)
Let the Right One In
Buy this bookA reader says:
Highly recommended
![The Caller by Chris Carter](/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBZ1VKIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--e7e6a2312e35fb6cf3d01b39167624a30a52b643/Screenshot%202024-02-02%20at%2017.43.30.png)
The Caller
Buy this bookSam V says:
Totally gripping! I couldn’t turn the pages fast enough🤪
![The Skeleton Cupboard by Tanya Byron](/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBdm9JIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--527e3b233937f6edc708f86668d2152f8513869c/9781447270218.jpg)
The Skeleton Cupboard
Buy this bookSam V says:
Fascinating insight into real-lifebcase studies of a Clinical Psychologist.
![Magpie by Elizabeth Day](/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBdmtJIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--9c7f33d043e1af2ca219c702a172f4fa4ae80a06/9780008374983.jpg)
Magpie
Buy this bookSam V says:
Totally gripping with an interesting twist!
![The Dry Heart by Natalia Ginzburg](/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBZ1FKIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--e74853f4f63ffd1a11f8a63c5783e614401dcb0d/9781911547600.jpg)
The Dry Heart
Buy this bookMarcella says:
Obsessive love
![Chariots of the Gods by Erich Von Daniken](/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBZ01KIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--dee8850f2b9924a9c98ee58bc52ab2db0c03fe38/9780285629110.jpg)
Chariots of the Gods
Buy this bookEva says:
The ideas the author has put through in this book has made so many think so differently than the main stream narrative is just inspiring. While evidence is scattered all around the globe, they are however compiled in this little book. Very good read!
![Destiny of Souls by Michael Newton](/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBdmdJIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--5113c675a327cf7d78aa78469de513ed12b96a8a/123000618.jpg)
Destiny of Souls
Buy this bookEva says:
The research of this extraordinary Phd Dr Michael Newton opens up to new experience for his clients as well as for people who have never stumbled upon anything like it. A truly mind blowing study with evidence to human mind and connection to something grater than ourselves.
![What It Takes: The Inspiring Journey of Sarina Wiegman and the Lionesses’ Rise to Success by Sarina Wiegman](/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBZ0lKIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--aabca492e0949ed6582e1916a8b6909462609445/Screenshot%202024-02-02%20at%2017.37.47.png)
What It Takes: The Inspiring Journey of Sarina Wiegman and the Lionesses’ Rise to Success
Buy this bookEllenRose says:
Inspirational
![Great Expectations by Charles Dickens](/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBdmNJIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--c8b6a9a9db33703750ad29c4c3a45d4d0f3779d0/9781853260049.jpg)
Great Expectations
Buy this bookJoseph says:
Classic, accessible, gripping, enthralling mystery featuring some of the author's most memorable characters.
![The Hidden Hindu by Akshat Gupta](/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBdllJIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--437ca16b8867941bc75dd26e3fd4ced532243a56/55751155.jpg)
The Hidden Hindu
Buy this bookBhanu says:
Indian mythology mixed with fiction