Novel recommendations

[amaranth]

I don't have time to look through old threads. I need quick novel recommendations for my trip. I will probably check out/purchase 3 for my kindle tonight.

I love mysteries and I guess just generic modern perspectives (just finished "Room" and loved it). I prefer significant stories as opposed to just a straight up romance or beach drama. Hate fantasy and sci-fi.

[wanderingenough]

I read "Everything I never told you" by Celeste Ng last month. I'd give it a solid 3/5 stars.

[wanderingenough]

Also, "The girl on the train" if you haven't read that. 4/5

[amaranth]

Oct 14, 2015 16:41:56 GMT -5 wanderingenough said:

Also, "The girl on the train" if you haven't read that. 4/5

Heard this title a lot but never looked it up. Thanks for both ideas!

[estrellita]

I really liked War Brides surprisingly. A friend suggested it and I didn't think I would like it but I did! Also reading The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and I like it so far but I know a lot of people have read that already.

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I'm listening to the nightingale right now. It's very good.

I recently read The Kind Worth Killing, which was a really good mystery.

Liane Moriarty's books are good and not as fluffy as some beach reads. My favorite is big little lies.

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Oct 14, 2015 16:35:27 GMT -5 wanderingenough said:

I read "Everything I never told you" by Celeste Ng last month. I'd give it a solid 3/5 stars.

I have this on my to read list!

[wanderingenough]

Oct 14, 2015 17:07:06 GMT -5 suzv said:

Oct 14, 2015 16:35:27 GMT -5 wanderingenough said:

I read "Everything I never told you" by Celeste Ng last month. I'd give it a solid 3/5 stars.

I have this on my to read list!

If you'd like, I'm happy to send it your way.

[ginkgoleaf]

Oct 14, 2015 16:41:56 GMT -5 wanderingenough said:

Also, "The girl on the train" if you haven't read that. 4/5

I just got this from the library today, we're reading it in my book club.

[grover]

Some recent ones I've read are Winger by Andrew Smith and Every Day by David Levithan. Both were really good, though are YA.

[amaranth]

Thanks for the recs everyone. I couldn't snag any of them for free through the library, but did manage to get "Gone Girl" which I haven't yet read. If I finish that quickly I'll buy one of these others. They all sounded so interested that I placed library holds on all of them. I'm anywhere between #7-#346 depending on the book's popularity, so thankfully I don't have to worry about them all coming at once

[anyastroud]

The Stephanie Plum Series you can get the first 3 books all in one (three plums in one. is what it is called)

[Skyesthelimit1212]

I liked the Witch's Daughter by Paula Brackston, I tried reading her other books but this was the only one I really liked. Then there's a series called Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children that I recommend to everyone.

[cgpm]

Oct 14, 2015 16:50:52 GMT -5 estrellita said:

I really liked War Brides surprisingly. A friend suggested it and I didn't think I would like it but I did! Also reading The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and I like it so far but I know a lot of people have read that already.

I read War Brides (I think I managed to snag it for free somehow on Amazon) and really enjoyed it.  I also really enjoyed The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.

Just finished Girl on the Train.  It was decent, although not my favorite.

The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult was excellent.  So was And the Mountains Echoed (same author as The Kite Runner)

[estrellita]

cgpm I got it free too (or 99 cents?) Which was good because I didn't read it before our Prime trial was up, haha. Then there was a deal on it maybe a week later!