Good books and authors?

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I spend a lot of time in bed and hospital and have been reading a lot to pass the time.
I will read most books and genres, although i do really like crime orientated books. I have read books by a wide variety of authors: CJ Sansom, Jodi Picoult, Donna Tartt, Bill Bryson, Tony Parsons, etc.
Does anyone know of a really good book or author worth looking up??
Hey i just wanted to say a massive thankyou to all of you, i have a great number of new authors and books to search out.
Also thanks to the many responses that also wished me well n to get better soon, that really means a lot . Many thanks X
 
hey,

dont know if you've tried the cherub series by robert muchamore its based on children being used as spies, many of them have "missions" which are based around crimes

if you like true crime stories then you might like fred and rose west it's a story as i'm sure you've guessed about fred and rose west
 
I wrote a very long answer I was very proud of, but my internet crashed, so here goes again.

Crime related I'd recommend anything by John Grisham. Grisham focuses on the law and loopholes in the law, but for readers who like me know nothing about american law and don't understand all the legalities, Grisham doesn't patronise us by explaining it as to a three year old, but he must be doing something right because I never felt lost or confused and always knew what was going on. I'd recommend starting with The Partner. The twists and turns can never be foreseen, but as with Jodi Picoult books, after about 10books by the same author, you recognise the formula. I'd still recommend Grisham though.
I personally think he beats Dan Brown hands down.

Something close to Jodi Picoult, I'd say the book Anybody Out There by Marian Keyes. It is saddening, and would be loved by anyone who's read P.S. I Love You. I personally think, out of all Keye's novels, Anybody Out There is her best and although some of the characters appear in other novels, you don't have to have read them.

Because we all need some comedy, I'd recommend Sophie Kinsella, a chick lit writer but oh so hilarious. She wrote the shopaholic series (the movie does not do it justice), but I'd recommend reading Remember Me or Undomestic Goddess first to see her writing at her best.

Khaled Housseini I'd recommend to anyone. A Thousand Splendid Suns is a set in Afghanistan and focuses on two females who both lead different lives, but their lives intertwine and the horror they are subjected to by society, the Taliban, tradition and their own family. It's a book that exposes another culture without blackening it's name. His second novel, The Kite Runner, is set in war-torn Afghanistan, roughly around the same time as his first novel, but with different characters, this time two males, from different classes of society. Both will move your heart.

Happy reading :)
 
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