Which lowbrow books do you love?

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Jack Reacher is the man!
Except when Lee Child's brother started writing them. They stink.

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Liane Moriarty and Jennifer Weiner books.

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Anonymous wrote:Jenny Colgan books. Can’t get enough!

Her books are so dumb, and I cannot stop reading them!

SAME

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The Stephanie Plum ones. Janet Evanovich (sp?) I read a few then drop off for awhile. Same with Alan Bradley, though those are better.

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Anonymous wrote:I read the entire Slough House series by Mick Herron. That probably fits the definition of lowbrow but I did enjoy them!!

Also +1 Elizabeth, Jessica was kind of a b.

I’m plowing through Mick Herron’s series after watching Slow Horses. It’s becoming a tic, have other things on my nightstand that are giving side eye while they wait.

Sweet Valley High was my jam in middle school.

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Anonymous wrote:Currently reading The Palace Papers by Tina Brown. Just finished two huge assignments and I need this.

I enjoyed the front half of this book so much and then just ran out of steam. Did you enjoy the second half?

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LaVyrle Spencer novels. They have not aged well, but I still love them.

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Anonymous wrote:Currently reading The Palace Papers by Tina Brown. Just finished two huge assignments and I need this.

I enjoyed the front half of this book so much and then just ran out of steam. Did you enjoy the second half?

DP here. I really like Tina Brown's books, but I don't think they're lowbrow. They're gossipy and fun.

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Anonymous wrote:ACOTAR.

YES. I binged this as a mid-40 year old. Also loved the Bridgerton series. I read a ton of "real books," but I could never get through them without some brain candy breaks.

I also love light romances with HEA--especially the big city/small town trope. Is the main character the owner of a bakery/coffee shop/bookstore in a small town and the love interest is a CEO/lawyer/surgeon from The Big City passing through who ends up overstaying his/her welcome due to a broken car/snowstorm/sick parent and finds love and peace in the small town? Love it.

Lol same here - and McSweeney’s has a whole piece on those who love this genre: “ WE ARE A PICTURESQUE SMALL TOWN AND WE REFUSE TO BE THE SETTING FOR YOUR ROMANTIC COMEDY”

https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/we-are-a-picturesque-small-town-and-we-refuse-to-be-the-setting-for-your-romantic-comedy

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Anonymous wrote:The Hating Game
The Rosie Project
Liane Moriarty, Emily Giffin and Jennifer Weiner (for all of these authors I enjoyed some books more than others)

The Hating Game is garbage and mild smut; however, it’s my go-to re-read when I have a bad week, and I absolutely love it.

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Anonymous wrote:Georgette Heyer's regency era novels.

Yes and add Betty Neels to your list.

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Anonymous wrote:VC Andrews. I am also the poster from the other thread who is currently reading The Perfect Cheerleader. I like basically any book that would make a good Lifetime movie!

I read all of them as an adult and enjoyed them tremendously!

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Anonymous wrote:I enjoyed several of the Shopaholic books before they got too formulaic even for me.

Hunger Games series

Very much agree on Shopaholic. The original trilogy was lovely.

Kinsella's standalone books are quite good. I normally am a "check out from the library" kind of girl (ok, woman), but I purchased "The Undomestic Goddess" after seeing it in a thrift store and have re-read it multiple times.

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The outlander series, books by fionna neill (slummy mummy etc..), the pink carnation series by lauren willig

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I loved the Twilight books, the first one in particular. I devoured them in my late 30s and then discovered that aside from 13 yr old girls, the biggest reader demographic was indeed, women in their late 30s!