Comfort reads (or rather re-reads)

I'm surprised no one has mentioned Lionel Shriver. I have enjoyed most of her books but 'So much for that' is my top favourite.

Diggindoris

My dad brought The Thorn Birds into hospital for me to read when my son was born (ten days back then) I absolutely loved it, thanks for reminding me

I have a few books on my shelf that I can't part with, Colleen McCullough' s Thorn Birds, Rosamunde Pilcher' s Shell Seekers, and September, and although it was a chore 50 years ago for my Eng.Lit O level, Great Expectations, I have re-read it a few times since.
Can't part with my full collection of Agatha Christies either as they are a quick read compared with some of the modern 600page thrillers. I especially like to read her books that have been made into films, and I try to spot the changes they make with these 'adaptations'.

Coincidence Alima! My grandfather is mentioned in A horseman riding by! He was head groom at Beaumanor Hall in Woodhouse Eaves,

His name was Clifford Payne, never thought I’d see him referred to ever again!!

Gin
I have a copy of The L Shaped Room, also Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, which for some reason made me think of Georgy Girl, and the late wonderful Margaret Forster, Hidden Lives is one is my all time favourite books. This started me thinking about the wonderful Margaret Drabble, and the amazingly brilliant A S Byatt, Possession would definitely make it to my top ten list.

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is winking at me from my book shelf and I was thinking that I should reread it the other day!

I love the Morland series by Cynthia Harrod Eagles. There are about 35 of them, well researched historical novels. ❤️

I loved the Maisie Moscow books and would love to reread them
I also read Miss Pym books over and over again. Recently read for the second time after a gap of many many years ‘A Tree Grows in Brooklyn’.
Ann Tyler is always a lovely gentle read. Showing my age now but have a falling apart copy of ‘The L-shaped Room’ which has been devoured many times.
For a laugh, ‘Lucky Jim’ and ‘Saturday Night and Sunday Morning’.
Any one else a fan of ‘Tales of the city’?

Wow what a lot of ‘proper’ books are being read. I read anything and everything but not ‘proper’ literature. I read about twelve books a week and my particular favourites are anything apocalyptic. The more zombies and diseases the better.

Sarah Paretsky's VI Warshawski detective series. Long books, with short chapters... great main character.

Dorothy Dunnett's historical novels ... dense with detail. I have read the Lymond series several times.

To Kill a Mockingbird

After reading this thread yesterday,
I have been trying to call the name an author.

I read her books years ago (80s) and would like to re-read them.

I was actually going to ask GNers for help, but I have just had a light bulb moment and think her name is Maisie Mosco(w) sp?

From memory I believe her books were set around the Jewish community in Manchester.

Hopefully I am on the right track

The Darling Buds of May series, love reading it and have re-read many times.

Miss Read, Alexander McCall Smith, H E Bates

Dogsmother. I am reading Cutting for Stone at the moment, for the third time!

Wow I think I'm in the minority here!!
When I was a teenager my mum said to me "I don't care what you read just as long as you read something!"
A friend of mine have me Steven King's Christine ( as it's my name ) and I have never looked back I've almost read all of his books now
Now I love anything by Karen Rose , Cassandra Clare , P.C.Cast , Deborah Harkness (discovery of witches) Margaret Harwood (Handmaids tale) and strangely Wilbur Smith
But I always to back to Steven King's The Stand

Can’t stand Jane Austen but Dickens is good

As a teenager and young adult re- read many times the Chalet School series by Elinor M Brent-Dyer. Loved them. Adult authors Maeve Binchey for easy reading and anything by Patricia Cornwall and Stephen King

Giulia

I like Joanna Trollopes early books, but find her more recent ones very mediocre.

I rarely re-read anything. My current faves are modern romances, generally involving tattooed hunky men. But I do love Janet Evanovich, and Nora Roberts' romances and spooky tales.

Joanna Trollope's name has not come up yet. I have re-read all of mine and still enjoy them. Possibly because I live away from Britain these aga sagas are so nostalgic. Her descriptions of gardens appeal to me as well.

Thank you Wicklowwinnie. I will look there.

Anything by Barbara Erskine or Audrey Howard.
The Secret Garden and The House at Green Knowe - takes me back to my junior school when our teacher (who was originally from Yorkshire herself) read it to us at the end of the day.

Georgette Heyer, Dornford Yates, Dorothy L. Sayers, Jane Austen, the entire Brother Cadfael series and of course Winne-the-Pooh, some of E. Nesbit's books, and most of Kipling.

Secret Seven, Famous Five - Enid Blyton, What Katy Did trio of books as a child as well as other children’s classics. As a young teen I felt immensely more grown up to read A Greengage Summer by Rumer Godden and the books by Malcom Saville. Fav classic was Jane Eyre. I also read Harold Robbins in secret belonging to my SF. Yes, I was shocked?

As a young adult I read The Women’s Room which made me quite feminist as a result and books by John Fowles.I’ve enjoyed books more recently, such as The Frieda Klein series by Nicci French (8 books), and enjoy Scandinavian crime thrillers.

I could go on forever.

All the Miss Read books, I especially like the Thrush Green series....they are like old friends!