Can you recommend some nice books to read?

tesuhoha

Hilary Boyd is good or Danielle Sacerdoti. I've also read some good easy books lately, Straight On Till Morning, Fractured and at the moment I am reading a book called The Villa. All thoroughly enjoyable.

Also Me Before You by Jo Jo Moyles is well worth a read.

Callie22

I've just got into the first of the Cazalet stories by Elizabeth Jane Howard (The Light Years). It's the story of a large family that starts just before the Second World War, and there are five books in total. I've enjoyed the first one so much I've ordered the second before I've even finished it

I've also just finished 'A tale for the time being' by Ruth Ozeki, which I also enjoyed. It's not the lightest of stories but I thought it was great.

Bennifred

I think the OP would enjoy Maeve Binchy! Also Trisha Astley, Libby Purves and um ... my brain has gone foggy.......

maman

basilsauce wrote: »

Try Victoria Hislop - The Island. I think its a beautiful story.

I really enjoyed that too. I'm desperate to go back to Crete and visit Spinalonga.


If you want light, easy, relaxing reading I'd recommend any of the Irish authors. So Maeve Binchy as others have said but also Patricia Scanlan, Sheila O'Flanagan or Cathy Kelly.


Rosamind Pilcher has set some good books in Cornwall.


Noting too literary, all good escapism and relaxation.

markdebby

Books similar to Erica James
Erin Kaye, Cathy Kelly and Patricia Scanlan are good authors.
A great series of books set in Virgin River by Robyn Carr are all brilliant and there are 18 in the series and I read them all in a few months. Could not put them down

tealady

Hi
For any cat lovers out there then Deric Longden's "The cat that came in from the cold" is a funny light read.

Bella73

Bennifred wrote: »

I think the OP would enjoy Maeve Binchy! Also Trisha Astley, Libby Purves and um ... my brain has gone foggy.......

I've read some if the Erica James ones! I also enjoyed
Maeve Binchy
Rosamund Pilcher ... Favourite book being Winter Solstice which I re-read every Christmas time
Sophie Kinsella ...more comedy reading but loved the Domestic Goddess and Can you keep a Secret, plus all her Shopaholic ones.

Not sure the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo would suit you if you like Erica James...totally different type of reading.

Cottage_Economy

Bennifred wrote: »

I think the OP would enjoy Maeve Binchy! Also Trisha Astley, Libby Purves and um ... my brain has gone foggy.......

Love Maeve Binchy.

Rosamunde Pilcher's books are good. Her book The Shellseekers is wonderful. All the books I've read in my life and that one still sticks in my mind for its wonderful warm story all these years after I read it when it first came out.

EDITED TO ADD: just noticed Bella73 and others mentioned Rosamunde Pilcher above too!

ClootiesMum

Not sure of the author - but "pay it forward" is a wonderful book - even if you have seen the film

pennyshahin_2

Hi anyone know of any good art books preferably factual, I've read the yellow room Martin Gayford ordered one about a forger who fooled the nazis am looking for that kind of thing , I know there's one about soldiers in WW2 whose job was to find or get paintings back ( think it's been made into a film) but the reviews aren't that good.
Just any fascinating reads I think that there was one about nazi paintings or hidden secret art
Thanks