Suggest me a good book to read

For the life of me, I cannot remember the name of a novel where the plot takes place during the Second World War, and it's about a girl who collects books. Does anybody know?
Well, that's another really good novel.

The Book Thief?

A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Housseini. Amazinggg book about women living in Afghanistan and how they're oppressed. Basically an idea of what life is like for women living in places where they are out of touch from the rest of the world. Very moving

Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte. Romantic. So much better than Pride and Prejudice

A Child Called It - Dave Pelzers. A true story about a boy who's been abused his whole life. Extremely moving.

Beloved - Toni Morrison. Set in the 1900's (if I remember correctly) and about the spirit of a baby girl who comes back and terrorises her family.

Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier. Another romantic, but mysterious at the same time.

Atonement - Ian McEwan

Chronicles Of A Death Foretold - Gabriel Garcia Marquez. If you're looking for a novel that's out of the ordinary. Bit strange, but pretty good.

For the life of me, I cannot remember the name of a novel where the plot takes place during the Second World War, and it's about a girl who collects books. Does anybody know?
Well, that's another really good novel.

You just basically said all of my favourite novels...including The Book Thief.
So. Much. Win.

Haha, seriously? ;D that's amazing!
Not many people actually heard of half the stuff, because some of the novels are pretty old!
So that's fantastic!

Yeah! (My degree is English lit though but shh!) And A Thousand Splendid Suns is THE best book ever. Ahhhhhhhh

:P Doesn't matter. At least you actually bother reading it. some people don't. ;D

I know! D: It was so sad, seriously. I recommend it to ANYBODY.

Really? I actually hated A Thousand Splendid Suns. I thought it was so depressing. I accept that that was sort of the point... and obviously the way she was treated was utterly horrific, but it just made me SO depressed as I was reading it. I was not a fan of The Kite Runner though (partly because I studied it at AS, perhaps) so my view was perhaps tainted...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sophie-Kinsella/e/B001H6NQJI

To the right, if you scroll down a bit, there is a bit which has a selection of authors which people who have bought Sophie Kinsella books have also bought. Lauren Weisberger wrote The Devil Wears Prada and the books which are a part of that series, which may be an option. I've only read a couple of Cecelia Ahern books off that list, and enjoyed Where Rainbows End. Those authors are fairly similar in style to Sophie Kinsella, I think. (Decent is subjective, but they are popular authors within that audience who write in a similar style, so they must be doing something right )

I wouldn't have said Atonement is really in the same league as Sophie Kinsella, but might be an idea if you wanted to widen the range of books your sister reads, although it might be a bit of a difficult read to begin with! What about The Time Traveler's Wife? It's not quite the same style and may be a little bit difficult to get her head ound, but lots of people rave about it, including friends of mine who have really enjoyed Sophie Kinsella. Or Jodi Picoult? Again, not really the same, but do tend to have a romantic plot within them as well as the main story. My favourites were Nineteen Minutes, Plain Truth and My Sister's Keeper.

If you have a look on Amazon at Sophie Kinsella books, there are always recommendations at the bottom based on what other people have bought though, why don't you have a scroll through those and see which ones have got the best star reviews and ratings, and maybe pick something she wouldn't necessarily have picked up, if you get stuck?

Good luck!

I thought it was poor, and horrendously overrated.

@OP: as above, I can't see Atonement being at all similar to Confessions of a Shopaholic, so that might be a risk (Atonement is damn good, though). Marian Keyes is apparently similar to Kinsella. Again as above, Jodi Piccoult is always a safe bet

A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Housseini. Amazinggg book about women living in Afghanistan and how they're oppressed. Basically an idea of what life is like for women living in places where they are out of touch from the rest of the world. Very moving

Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte. Romantic. So much better than Pride and Prejudice

A Child Called It - Dave Pelzers. A true story about a boy who's been abused his whole life. Extremely moving.

Beloved - Toni Morrison. Set in the 1900's (if I remember correctly) and about the spirit of a baby girl who comes back and terrorises her family.

Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier. Another romantic, but mysterious at the same time.

Atonement - Ian McEwan

Chronicles Of A Death Foretold - Gabriel Garcia Marquez. If you're looking for a novel that's out of the ordinary. Bit strange, but pretty good.

For the life of me, I cannot remember the name of a novel where the plot takes place during the Second World War, and it's about a girl who collects books. Does anybody know?
Well, that's another really good novel.

Shanghai Baby, because it is a really good, and very easy, read.

Anything by Jackie Collins

Hi,

Basically, as the title says, my sister's birthday is coming up.
I'm thinking of getting her a book but our tastes are completely different...
I know she likes Sophie Kinsella books (Confessions of a Shopaholic) but I'm trying to avoid any by this author because I don't know which ones she already has (We don't live together so it's hard to find out)

I've been looking at Ian McEwen because a friend of mine suggested Atonement but I'm not sure because I haven't read Atonement or Confessions of a Shopaholic


I'm just wondering if anyone here can think of any decent authors that write in a similar style to her and if you could recommend a book by them, I would be really grateful

Thanks in advance!

If she likes Confessions of a Shopaholic, how about The Devil Wears Prada or something else by Lauren Weisberger?

Books I like personally include;
The Wasp Factory (but that's a bit weird, it's an acquired taste)
The Bell Jar (bit depressing)
The Virgin Suicides
I Capture The Castle
Tess of the D'Urbervilles (really long winded, and imo badly written, but a really good story- watch me get negged for saying it's badly written-.-)

You do realise that Tess of the D'urbs was actually written as a story bit by bit in a newspaper which is why it's so long winded? I found it bloody boring, but I persevered and I didn't think my perseverance was worth it. Boringggg.

Also, the Bell Jar, I know it's a classic but nothing like Kinsella books.

I actually got bored of Marian Keyes really quickly. All her books are the same and I don't think she's the best author I've read. I'd probably have to steer clear of her books.




To be honest, none of these are like Kinsella books so I wouldn't get any of these. I read a lot of Kinsella esque books, but I found Jane Eyre hard word, and ditto others written around the same time. If someone gave me a Bronte book I'd be pisssssssssed.

Yeah I know, Hardy was probably getting paid per word which explains the 7-page long descriptions of trees and suchlike.