Nell Zink’s Mislaid is very funny, recommended if you liked Nothing to See Here

Albert camus’s the stranger is an oldie but a goodie, for those day’s when you want to feel a little smarter after reading

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Anonymous wrote:OP, I occasionally read (slightly) smarter chick lit and liked Emily Giffin's "All We Ever Wanted." It's definitely fluffy, but the toxicity of social media felt real.

Next on my list is Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo. It's a Booker Prize winner that several of my coworkers loved.

Emily Giffen, that's the name of the author I was trying to remember! Did she write Something Borrowed, Something Blue?? Anyway, I thought it was pretty good. Maybe I'll look for the one you mentioned as well.

--OP

Yep, that’s her. She also has a newer book out.

The Alice Network

Anonymous wrote:Tana French is an amazing writer -- the first several books are mysteries/police procedurals, but really transcend the genre due to her talent.

Agree but I couldn't get into the birtch elm books. Sorry, witch elm. Other than that one, all great.Also, super extra great as audio books.

And I just read Cherokee America by Margaret Verble- a lovely interesting book.

I loved the Discovery of Witches series. I found it to be a page turner- and I judge myself to be a literary snob.

Anonymous wrote:The Wolf Hall series.

I love the first two but I can't get into the last one.

Anonymous wrote:The Wolf Hall series.

sorry, not series but trilogy

The Wolf Hall series.

The Guest List and The Hunting Party (Lucy Foley), Pretty Things and All We Ever Wanted Was Everything (Janelle Brown), My Dark Vanessa (Kate Elizabeth Russell), The Breakdown and Behind Closed Doors (BA Paris), The Kitchen House (Kathleen Grissom), Eight Perfect Murders, Her Every Fear, All the Beautiful Lies, The Girl With a Clock for a Heart, The Kind Worth Killing (Peter Swanson), The Lost Night (Andrea Bartz), The Au Pair (Emma Rous), The Last Mrs Parrish (Liv Constantine), The Last Romantics (Tara Conklin), The Great Believers (Rebecca Makkai), Before We Were Yours (Lisa Wingate), The Wife Between Us (Greer Hendricks), Summer Wives (Beatriz Williams), The Dutch House (Ann Patchett), City of Girls (Elizabeth Gilbert).

These books run the gamut from mystery, thriller, historical fiction, Chick lit, literature.

HAMNET makes me think of the saga of the misdelivered ham lol.

love Tana French. Just finishing HAMNET which is superb. Did not love Vanishing Half, tho her first the Mothers was good

Check out Lisa Jewell - female protagonist well-written mysteries

Nancy Thayer's earlier books were good chick lit

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What about The Outlander series?

Is that one fantasy / sci fi? I think I've heard of it...I read all the Song of Ice and Fire books (some multiple times) so I am totally down for that genre.

--OP

It's more romance with a touch of...time travel, but not in a sci fi way.