Reader recommendations
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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.
![The Island by Victoria Hislop](/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBczRJIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--8803b556c918bcd70634969f3703d13e4c246dd1/9780755309511.jpg)
The Island
Buy this bookGeraint says:
Written in 2005, "The Island" is a beautiful and moving tale of four generations rent by war, illicit love, violence and leprosy, from the thirties, through WW2, to the present day. The story of Spinalonga - Greece's former leper colony is incredible, heart-warming and educational. The follow up novel "The Return" continues the story to a modern day conclusion. Both brilliant.
![Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe](/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBc3dJIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--e2c3f6d1878999d73eab662f798afd6015fcc884/9780008159269.jpg)
Say Nothing
Buy this bookGeraint says:
A true story of murder and memory in Northern Ireland. Superbly, sympathetically and accurately written, the account focuses on the Troubles in Northern Ireland.
![The Black Angels by Maria Smilios](/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBczBJIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--acdeb42cc7ee8f93e4d40a085e6fe5212c481e32/181892997.jpg)
The Black Angels
Buy this bookGeraint says:
The untold story of the nurses who helped to cure Tuberculosis.
![Play To Kill by PJ Tracy](/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBc3NJIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--d634451e1fed9da7622a7829bc5090ec21fcf7fa/161998516.jpg)
Play To Kill
Buy this bookJoe87 says:
Lots of twist and turns and great writing.
![The Ritual by Shantel Tessier](/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBc29JIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--f87d14580f0ecc136e3e5cbca19c6b80157706ae/9798218160197.jpg)
The Ritual
Buy this bookBookish says:
Amazing start to finish
![Haunting Adeline by H D Carlton](/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBc2dJIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--3279690339cf7da96d83fb962a95065f5690a888/9781957635002.jpg)
Haunting Adeline
Buy this bookBookish says:
Dark romance check trigger warnings
![To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee](/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBc2NJIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--f382c6a994a3842d825ffbda3b05e025e3a5eec2/29008550.jpg)
To Kill a Mockingbird
Buy this bookBook&Coffee says:
The subject matter and one man’s journey to do justice in difficult times.
![Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty](/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBc1lJIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--ce9c09e799906ce83a1e0756dc9208618d8af04f/9781405942256.jpg)
Apples Never Fall
Buy this bookLola loves books :) says:
The author is an expert at picking out the finer details of familial relationships to allow the reader to truly understand the characters and what drives their actions. There is mystery, intrigue and laughs throughout! I love this author and loved everything about this book.
![Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman](/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBc1VJIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--9cc514e6ea25425309290b44d3cc36ee6c3b17d4/9780008172145.jpg)
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine
Buy this bookLola loves books :) says:
I loved the originality and found the book heartbreaking and touching in equal parts. Unforgettable book!
muriel says:
Eleanor leads a simple life and happy in her own way but something happens to change her life its about loneliness and the power of kindness very funny at times and unforgettable a book one loves to read over and over again
![The Princess Bride by William Goldman](/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBc01JIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--790e047b59771ae7c6fde032094784246ff8f535/9780747545187.jpg)
The Princess Bride
Buy this bookGemma says:
This is my favourite book. It has everything - pirates, revenge, sword fights, giants, poison, true love, miracles... it makes me laugh every time I read it!
![Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve](/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBc1FJIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--0e5b501e7ef3df99010640640f2f5010b4abaf4e/Screenshot%202024-01-23%20at%2009.16.59.png)
Mortal Engines
Buy this bookJack says:
Read this (and it’s 3 sequels) when I was in my teens and the story/characters have never left me. Highly recommend to anyone who reads this.
![The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey](/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBc0lJIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--f108ed6ded3dbe52e7b043075338944244c1a748/Screenshot%202024-01-22%20at%2014.01.45.png)
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Buy this bookMon says:
It gives you a lot of knowledge about how to improve your life. It is not a kind of book gives you some technics. Instead, it is fundamental in my opinion.
![The Fraud by Zadie Smith](/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBcjRJIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--aca8e94d74429be5e812e5a9db358c2a3e0eadfa/9780241336991.jpg)
The Fraud
Buy this bookMadam Jazz says:
An intense portral of Life in Victorian London in this most excellent murder mystery.
![The Secret by Lee Child](/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBcm9JIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--bdfd3ab198ca7831d47f85516f5735e8e189fe13/9781787633773.jpg)
The Secret
Buy this bookTigress says:
To me this book is a definite page turner, fast paced, a joy to read, I can't gobble the words up quickly enough. Main character is a modern day hero who tends to flout the rules of normal society
![Cradle by Will Wight](/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBcjBJIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--dc68bf2e5781873b9bb84be0d804d1020667e558/30558257.jpg)
Cradle
Buy this bookMarkStanley84 says:
Love the entire series
![The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake](/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBcmdJIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--20b26f63e5c8ad0094eca6b0ba4e89051d950947/9781529095258.jpg)
The Atlas Six
Buy this bookParzival says:
First of a recently completed trilogy about a world where magic societies, schools, institutions operate on both sides of the law. Six people are chosen to study and promised power, wealth among other things but they have to work together for a common goal…the kicker, one must die!
![I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes](/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBcndJIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--bfcaa95d3561a68ff9bf5c090afbd6e563fb9653/Screenshot%202024-01-21%20at%2019.02.39.png)
I Am Pilgrim
Buy this bookPrivate Frankenfurter says:
Everything
![The Awakening of Miss Prim by Natalia Sanmartin Fenollera](/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBcllJIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--d257ad6f46c39f7a0275ad0709efe46d01f3786d/9781476734248_p0_v10_s600x595.jpg)
The Awakening of Miss Prim
Buy this bookBookReader25 says:
It’s very cleverly written and captures the themes of literature, philosophy and the search for happiness through the life of one woman who moves to a small town, away from the modern education system.
![The Smoke Jumper by Nicholas Evans](/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBclVJIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--8bacfe12acaca5cbacb3e37b93e70ef0445f172d/9780751539387.jpg)
The Smoke Jumper
Buy this bookBradley says:
Action, romance, love, heartache just about everything.
![A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by holly jackson](/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBclFJIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--7aaebff7a5fc885e30dfa6f0a8b1c46ad9f51db7/9781405293181.jpg)
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
Buy this bookellie says:
it’s got mystery, murder and romance all in one and keeps you on your toes a lot as your constantly wondering what happened or what is going to happen
![Dune by Frank Herbert](/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBck1JIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--7b5d6e037f1784c9d90834921d3a68f01745aa16/9780340960196.jpg)
Dune
Buy this bookParzival says:
The first book to win both the Nebula and Hugo award. Opened up the genre to include more cerebral matters and influenced all science fiction since its release in the 60s. Fantastic story, brilliant world building, complex relationships and copious amounts of life extending drugs.
![All Systems Red by Martha Wells](/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBcnNJIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--e01e7ea35101378559893934102a7b9237163b39/32758901.jpg)
All Systems Red
Buy this bookParzival says:
This is the first book of a series and the main character “Murderbot” is one of the best characters in any book series. Loads of heart, funny, and great action.
![The Midnight Library by Matt Haig](/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBckFJIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--b4d4387054b6a2e7090c17ca8d8d8cf1c21090ac/9781786892737.jpg)
The Midnight Library
Buy this bookTara says:
One of those books that you really don't want to finish because it's so good
![The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett](/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBcTBJIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--5bfd16b6484ac15bc2602bafb4b66842f4a337b6/Screenshot%202024-01-20%20at%2008.59.01.png)
The Pillars of the Earth
Buy this bookLynn says:
It was based in an earlier era than I had read before with historical facts woven into the story but mainly it had good character and story development.