Good reads please.

Thank you all again.

I'm now four weeks into this and hopefully another two will see me right.

I did have to take up your suggestion Gill as ended up with chronic neck ache and it was lovely to lie back and listen to (mainly) Radio 4.

Downloaded the Simon Seraillier (sp?) books onto my kindle and read them all, but have to say I didn't like him much as a 'hero'. I did like some of Susan Hill's other books which I downloaded as audio books, but kept falling asleep listening to them and couldn't always remember where I was up to

So now going back through other suggestions. Quite a few Ive already read and enjoyed, such as Pure, The Kashmir Shawl, the Seamstress, etc, so will trawl through your posts above and doubtless find more good reading material.

Try PURE by Andrew Miller , There is a good review on Literary corner Café .
It is my favourite book , I have read it four times and will read it again at some point .A beautifully written story about The engineer in 18c Paris charged with relocating the graveyard which was poisoning the city it was so full ! It really is a fascinating look at life in those times with all the essential elements of a brilliant read and it is a true story . I went on to read all his other books after this one .

There are lots of thriller writers recommended already, so I`ll recommend anything by Ruth Hamilton or Annie Murray. Must mention one more thriller writer though, Graham Masterton`s Katie Maguire books, need reading in order though.(Warning, they can be a bit gruesome)

Tarquin Hall set in India, New Dehli, detective fiction but funny and interesting. Bill Bryson reading 1927 at the moment, full of information and facts, husband has started reading it too. He is interested in planes and There is a chapter ,on the first airflights, which would give H&S vapours. I like Alex Grey too and Susan Hill Simon Serialler. Old favourite is John Mortimer and Dorothy Sayers. John Grisham, the Theodore Boone series are interesting. Not read the Granchester novels by James Runcie yet but have one to start. Lisa See also set in China again an insight to another world, some are detective stories but a couple of novels set in the time of the Red Guards,

Sorry to hear of your terribly inconvenient predicament Anya. I find Radio 4 a great companion and you can download a lot of their series and fiction. May be good for laying back and listening, easier than propping up a kindle or book! I endorse Kate Morton as an author and her book called the Kashmir Shawl is a wonder.

Oh poor you Anya, get well soon.

I was very surprised at how much I have enjoyed Richard Madeley's books, and can highly recommend them.

The Seamstress by Maria Duenas. One of my favourite books.
The Cazalet Chronicles by Elizabeth Jane Howard.

Oh yes! And having spent the best part of 45+ years training him to screw the tops (tightly) back on things like toothpaste, shampoo, milk, etc. I'm now having to untrain him as I can't unscrew any sodding lids either

That's why they are called ' the wee small hours' Anya
That could all have gone seriously wrong foryou though, if you hadn't got your mobile and couldn't bang on the wall, eeeek.

Like the sound of that pillow, will follow your link riverwalk ..thanks.

Re housework roses it's driving me mad seeing all the little jobs undone, but he's trying his best, looking frazzled, learning how to blow dry hair and apply face cream (on me). I can't turn door knobs with these useless arms and he's sleeping in the spare room to give me space at the moment. Only he shut the bedroom door on his way out, which I didn't realise until,I woke in the wee small hours needing a wee.

Couldn't turn the door knob so had to ring him on his mobile to come and release me!

I'm lucky he heard it as he needs two hearing aids and has taken both put for sleeping

Big thanks to all for great suggestions. Should keep me in reading material for the next six weeks.

kitty I tripped out walking.

Look at it this way Anya....... You can't do any housework! Hope that makes things more bearable, you can direct your DH and be management for a change.

Camilla Lackberg another scandi author I enjoy.- again best read in order. Get well soon

Elizabeth Taylor's short stories might be good for a ten minute read or Barbara Pym is pleasant rather than gripping. And short stories by Saki or the Father Brown stories.

To prevent the arm ache Anya why not try a book/tablet 'pillow'

Pillow

Unlike a normal pillow or scatter cushions, or any other other item to prop-up a book, this clever thing sits in place comfortably at the right angle and holds both books and tablets. There's a sort of ridge thingy that the book/tablet rests on.

There are cheaper versions but the above is the one I've seen in use by a patient of mine.

if you like fantasy The Dwarves series by Markus Heitz or Earth's Children (Clan of the Cave Bear etc by Jean M Auel)

Hope you feel better soon!I would recommend anything by Jodi Picoult or Kate Morton-both great authors whose books are very absorbing.

Sorry to hear you're injured! Reading is certainly a good way to pass the time away

anya how awful for you however did you manage it?
My favourite authors for absorbing reading are Anne Tyler, Anita Brookner, Anita Shreve- all their works are excellent.
I hope you are feeling better soon.

Anya, apologies, The Dressmaker is by Rosalie Ham, not as above. Not awake yet, so don't know where that came from.

What a wealth of suggestions.

Some of these authors I'm familiar with and have already enjoyed their writings but others sound like they're worth a try.

Thank you

Anya, do hope that evry day you feel a bit stronger. Have you tried Peter May? Nicci French, and I've just finished The Dressmaker by Heloise May.

I second a Man Called Ove and also My Grandmother sends her Apologies. The Susan Hill books(no1 is on offer on Bookbub) might be hard on someone who can only hold the books for ten minutes as you might want to know what happens next - frustrating. So awful for you.

Shayne Parkinson - Promises to keep, theres four books in the collection all available on kindle, the first book is free to down load.

Wishing you a speedy recovery Anya.

I've just read some semi Scandi on Kindle by Torquil MacLeod. They are all cheap and with links to the uk with the female detective! And some daft American mysteries which are Very Light Weight by C Bevill about an family in the Deep South. The titles put me off "Bubba and......."but they open up a new American world. And The Bertie Project by McCall Smith. I find the 44 Scotland Street repetitive but light reading and I love the little boy called Bertie.

"Sweet Offerings" by Chan Ling Yap
The Rebus books by Ian Rankin (Amazon helpfully lists them in order)
Alexander McCall Smith"s Ladies Detective Agency series or his Isabel Dalhousie Novels are good too.
Harry Potter?!

Hope you feel better soon and enjoy your reading.