Suggestions for holiday reading

[KateW]

I second Molly on the Company of Liars; it's fab.

Also, 'The Book Thief' by Markus Zusak is an amazing read.

Edited to add: 'Child 44' by Tom Rob Smith is an unputdownable thriller.

[crystal7]

I'm reading The Other Half Lives by Sophie Hannah- a thriller, gripping but v readable.

I 2nd (3rd 4th??) Maggie O Farrell books- My Lover's Lover is great (not chick lit)

The Angel's Game (Same author as Shadow of the wind)

[EmmaCC]

I'd second A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini.. it's such an amazing, moving book. Me and my hubbie loved it so much that we named our daughter after the heroine of the book, a wonderfully strong woman! It's a great read ..about the treatment of women in Afghanistan, which probably doesn't sound too appealing but such a brilliant read. Also the Larsson trilogy.. half way through the 3rd and they're addictive. The other book I'd really recommend is The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen... funny and sad in equal measures!

[plimsoul]

i'm there with english passengers, absolute classic could not recommend it more highly.

any of the recent julian rathbones for historical fiction

william boyd restless, female spy. daughter discovers mums past...i am about to start his new one thunderstorms (can't remember full title) and i am assured that this too is a page turner.

any of the aurelio zen italian detective novels are hilarious by dibden. just finished cosi fan tutti and his description of life in naples and the corruption is fantastic.

[BeccaL]

Recently read Brooklyn by Colm Toibin which is excellent - very readable and compelling. Also would back anything by Maggie O'Farrell - she's a fantastic writer.

[Belle]

Agree restless is totally compelling. We shd have a family rm bk group if a) we had more time to read and b) more time to meet up!

[ludoscotts]

hi I can third a shadow of the wind-loved it, also half way through her fearful symmetry by the time travellers wife author and really enjoying it. Just finishe a savage garden and that was great.

[sian]

Sebastian Faulks "A Week in Decemeber" is great

[legalalien]

I'm having a paperback clean out, fair amount of crime fiction (Val McDiarmid, Peter James) and some modern fiction and chick lit - basically bookshelves are full so I am shedding some of the books I don't think I'll read again. If you want to come around and help yourself to some, PM me.

[Alec John Moore]

Labrynth by Kate Mosse. Probably been read by most but it was "a good read".

[ClareC]

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini is another fab read :-)

Anything by Paulina Simons (may be double m) are really good!

[new mother]

Iain McEwan anything by this guy is beautifully crafted, every single word. For me, personally too heavy and the sort of thing I like to svaour more than holiday reading allows but worth it at some stage.

[candj]

I'm currently on the third book of the Millennium Trilogy (Stieg Larsson) and am really enjoying them. My intent was to read them on an impending 12 hour flight, but ended up finishing them before even leaving.

[legalalien]

fuschia - just tried to PM you but your mailbox is full! if you delete a few items I'll try again later...

[Fuschia]

OOps

[lillyanginger]

I have just discovered Jo Nesbo - he writes crime stories that play mainly in Norway. I liked it better than the Stieg Larsson trilogy.

Some great suggestions in here, I will definitely read some of it.

[Fuschia]

sanity girl Wrote:

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> Also Star of the Sea by Joseph O'Connor - about a

> ship taking irish emigrants to the US during the

> potato famine - totally gripping and great if you

> love historical fiction

Got that and read it and it was great

[Fuschia]

jenc Wrote:

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> Maggie O Farrell's The Distance Between Us is fab,

I read that one, enjoyed it

[Fuschia]

sophiechristophy Wrote:

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> Just read The Help - black perspective of working

> as domestic help in Mississippi in the 1960s,

> really good:

>

> http://www.amazon.co.uk/Help-Kathryn-Stockett/dp/0

> 141039280/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=127912702

> 7&sr=8-1

Yes, brilliant!

[Fuschia]

plimsoul Wrote:

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> william boyd restless, female spy. daughter

> discovers mums past...

I enjoyed that

[Fuschia]

Still have a few of these recommendations in the pile I took on holiday (read about half what I took) so thanks to everybody that made suggestions/lent me books!