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My favorite Tana French is The Likeness. Really like In the Woods and Faithful Place. Broken Harbor and The Secret Place both seemed like they could use a little more editing or something.
I really enjoyed the first Flavia de Luce book, so thank you to whomever first recommended it. I will definitely read the others, but as someone else mentioned here, probably not in succession.
After Flavia, I read The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion and absolutely loved it. It is a sweet little book about an endearingly quirky, socially awkward man who is on a quest for a wife and who takes the journey with Rosie who is a quest of her own. It is well-written and you will not want to put it down until you reach the final page. Itâs also funny, often laugh-out-loud funny. Loved it.
Chris BohjalianâClose Your Eyes Hold Hands. Nuclear melt down in Vermont through the eyes of a teenager. Great read.
There were 3 in the first series (Assassinâs Apprentice, Royal Assassin, and Assassinâs Quest). Then there is the Tawny Man Trilogy, which is about the Fool â Foolâs Errand, Golden Fool, and Foolâs Fate. Now she has started another trilogy about the two of them together (Fitz and the Fool), first book is Foolâs Assassin that was just released. I was able to get them through inter-library loans.
I also enjoyed the Rosie ProjectâŠnot at all what I thought it would be. Very funny.
Another vote for Hare with the Amber Eyes, a wonderful read that stays with you.
The Peter Grant series which starts with Midnight Riot by Ben Aaronovitch. I also liked The Way of Kings and Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson.
Now Iâve been reminded that I want to read more Tana French. I enjoyed In the Woods and intended to read her others. So many good books, I canât stay on track.
I just started The Secret Place. Have loved all of Tana Frenchâs books. They have such a wonderfully visual atmosphere. Although, I am finding this one has a lot of Irish slang (if thatâs the right word) that is a bit difficult to translate.
@TempeMom, there is a sequel to The Rosie Project coming out in late December. Iâm looking forward to seeing what happens next!
IMO you should read In the Woods first and then The Likeness if you want to read Tana French books. Those two are definitely sequencial. After that it doesnât matter very much what order you read the others but I read them in this order and they made sense in terms of referencing each other.
In the Woods
The Likeness
Faithful Place
Broken Harbor
The Secret Place
I just finished a sci fi book I liked a lot. âDark Edenâ by Chris Beckett. It won the Arthur C. Clarke award in 2013 (which is how it found its way onto my reading list). I thought it was quite nuanced and interesting â as much about people as about âsci fiâ if you know what I mean.
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Putting that on my list intparent! I just finished two SF&F Iâd recommend: Ready Player One and the Goblin Emperor (which is a first novel and very sophisticated writing despite the eyerolling title which I blame without evidence on an editor).
I have read/am reading some really good thriller/mysteries:
âThe Burn Palaceâ by Stephen Dobyns - kind of a Stephen-King-meets-Michael-Connelly. Itâs got baby-napping, Satanic rituals, crime sprees, and beautiful writing. Most of all, it has some interesting observations on small-town life in New England.
âWhat Has Become of Youâ - another crime story that is also a reflection on the behavior of adolescent girls.
âThose Who Wish Me Deadâ - still working on this one, but so far itâs pretty good. I am ambivalent about Michael Korytaâs books, but this one seems to be a winner.
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I just finished reading âThe Black Hourâ by Lori Rader-Day. Itâs her first novel.
Itâs a whodunnit that I absolutely could not put down! Itâs a little dark, but very well done. The setting is a university in Chicago, and the protagonist is a professor who was shot by a student who then shot himself.
If anyone reads it, please let me know. Iâve love to discuss some thought provoking elements of the plot.
Has anyone mentioned Counting By 7s? Itâs a young adult book, but I think many here who liked The Rosie Project would enjoy this one, too.
Thanks intparent, Iâm always looking for good sci fi. Currently reading the 2 Liaden short story collections by Lee and Miller. Fun, mostly back stories about familiar characters.
Okay⊠somehow ended up on a non-fiction kick here (a whole stack of them came in at the library at once). None are new publications, but they are some of the better books I have read lately.
Finished one, âMurmurs of Earthâ by Carl Sagan. It is the story behind the gold records that are attached to the Voyager spacecraft that recently (at least by most accounts 
) left our solar system. It was published many years ago, had to go to interlibrary loan for it, but it is pretty timeless. About the decisions of what to put on it, the process of putting it together, and some of the politics involved. There are sections written by several people who were responsible for various components (pictures, music, greetings, etc.). And it describes in detail what is on the record. I found it fascinating.
The other two I am not finished with, but am reading both at once and they are quite compelling. One is âA Matter of Accountability: The True Story of the Pueblo Affairâ, about North Koreaâs capture of a US Navy vessel that they still hold to this day. I had never heard of this incident until somehow it came up recently. I was only 6 years old when it happened, and it wasnât in our history books (yet) in high school. Some of you may be old enough to remember it, and some young enough that they talked about it in school. But it was all news to me! This is a readable, but detailed account of what happened (and who messed upâŠ).
The other one is called âOperation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program That Brought Nazi Scientists to Americaâ. I knew there was a story about Werner Von Braun and his rocket scientists traveling at the end of the war so they could be captured by the Americans instead of the Russians. I also have heard hints that Von Braunâs hands were not very clean when it came to willing cooperation with the Third Reich, but never heard details. This story is about a US government program (Operation Paperclip) to try to find and bring German scientists to the US after the war. Sort of like Monuments Men⊠but some of the scientists had very questionable activities during the war. I guess I somehow thought they were mostly reluctant participants during the war, and just went along with Hitler because they had to. Apparently that was not always the case, and this book lays out that history, and how it was often brushed aside or hidden so those scientists could come here to work on Cold War weaponry for the US and the US space program. Sort of popped my bubble a bit, I have always admired those Huntsville scientists. Not done yet⊠but it is a compelling book.