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Hello ED,


I don't read much and would love to start reading again, I want recommendations on a book that I will get grasped into, anything that will make me not want to put it down at all.


I am interested in genres such as Historical (based around war, Great Depression) feminism, dystopian, fantasy, tragic, play books (such as 'An Inspector calls') and books with brain teasing or mind blowing cliff hangers.



- To Kill a Mocking Bird

- Of Mice and men

- Handmaids Tale

- Harry Potter Trilogy

- An Inspector Calls

- On the Run

- Anne Franks Diary

- Street car Named desire

- Animal Farm

- 1984


The above books are examples of books I have read and has been stuck with me, I can remember these ones from page to page and now I'm looking for a book alike, something that I will never forget!


Would love to hear suggestions on books alike or what you may think I would like based on the above information.


Thank you


MrDude :)

Wind up bird chronical Haruki Murakami


1Q84 parts 1 2 & 3 Haruki Murakami


The Double Fyodor Dostoyevsky


Jude the Obscure Thomas Hardy


Grimus Salman Rushdie


100 Years of Solitude Gabriel Garcia Marquez


They all revolve around the human condition and will challenge your own perception of your id

Night Film by Marisha Pessi - took me a while to get into it but it was a cracking read by the end.


These two don't neatly fit in your preferred categories, but books that have stuck with me and which I regularly come back to include Fierce People by Dirk Wittenborn and Manhattan Nocturne by Colin Harrison (may be out of print).

The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress - Robert Heinlein


The Humans - Matt Haig


The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde - Robert Louis Stevenson


Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bront?


Mortal Engines - Philip Reeve


Sophie's Bakery for the Broken Hearted (Good Grief) - Lolly Winston

Try going to the library and looking at the section with the staff recommendations. If you like reading on a device you can also borrow audio and ebooks free.


If you liked Harry Potter, try Philip Pullman's Dark Materials series. Also for children but much more literary than HP.

Robert Poste's Child Wrote:

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> Try going to the library and looking at the

> section with the staff recommendations. If you

> like reading on a device you can also borrow audio

> and ebooks free.

>

> If you liked Harry Potter, try Philip Pullman's

> Dark Materials series. Also for children but much

> more literary than HP.



Also Phillip Pullman's new book (prequel to His Dark Materials) - first volume of The Book of Dust, La Belle Sauvage.


Agree with Wolf Hall and Bring up the Bodies, though I didn't think I liked historical novels.


And almost anything by Terry Pratchett - both wise and funny!

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