I recently read a book called "We never asked for wings". It's not a mystery but there is no violence. It is different from what I usually read and I really, really enjoyed it.

Jeez, some of you are nasty.

OP, I sometimes really enjoy YA fiction - Tell the Wolves I'm Home was an excellent coming of age story. Also Code Name Verity was wonderful, though there was some violence. John Greene books.

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Anonymous wrote:This is the most basic bitch reading list I have ever seen.

Just go on Amazon and buy whatever is the top seller.

You are so helpful! Thanks! Hope we run into each other some day! You seem so friendly.

Okay, and you seem needy and resourcefulness...

Man who got up on the wrong side of the bed this morning? Trying to make everyone else be as miserable as you? Troll.

Anonymous wrote:The Red Tent
Girl with the Pearl Earring
Memories of a Geisha
The Poisonwood Bible

All great ones from 15+ years ago .

I would suggest OP look into books that were made into major movies starring familiar actors. These are the types of books OP will enjoy.

OP, have you tried the works of Anne Tyler? That might be just right. Some of Stewart O'Nan's books might work for you, too.

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Anonymous wrote:Spoiler alert, but Poisonwood Bible has at least one of the things on the OP's "no go" list. I am having a hard time thinking of adult books that have no violence or deaths of children.

If OP reallly wants books with no violence at all, she probably should just stick with fluflfy books like Shopaholic.

I didn't say no violence at all. I said no violence to children.

I was the PP who recommended the Shopaholic books--The Poisonwood Bible is one of my favorites but I figured OP wouldn't like the violence in it. Hence, Shopaholic. What about the Kitchen God's Wife?

Happy Family by Tracy Barone

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Anonymous wrote:Spoiler alert, but Poisonwood Bible has at least one of the things on the OP's "no go" list. I am having a hard time thinking of adult books that have no violence or deaths of children.

If OP reallly wants books with no violence at all, she probably should just stick with fluflfy books like Shopaholic.

I didn't say no violence at all. I said no violence to children.

Such as a nonfiction book about children in African who become soldiers. That's a no go for me.

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Anonymous wrote:Spoiler alert, but Poisonwood Bible has at least one of the things on the OP's "no go" list. I am having a hard time thinking of adult books that have no violence or deaths of children.

If OP reallly wants books with no violence at all, she probably should just stick with fluflfy books like Shopaholic.

I didn't say no violence at all. I said no violence to children.

Also ignore the jerk face from page 1. I love book threads, and wouldn't discourage anyone from looking for their next read.

New Curtis sittenfeld

You probably have access to the NoveList online database through your local public library. You can get recommendations based on books you have read and loved.

+ 1 for the Red Tent - one of my all time favorites.

The Rook.

OP, you have a lot of books that my book club has read, so I'll recommend Fates and Furies