Recommend a good book for holiday

blondie29

Hi

I love a good book on holidays (seens to be when i only get a chance!) and i am looking for recommendations. I am going in a couple of days so was going to purchase tomorrow!

Examples of what I have read & thoroughly enjoyed:

-A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
-Me before you - Jojo Moyes
-One Day - David Nicholls
- Girl on a Train - Paula Hawkins

I have also read few autobiographies just for a lighter read or if i ran out of books! e.g. few commedians like James Corden, Michael McIntyre, Peter Kay

Is there any must have definite reads that you recommend? i love to get lost in a good book on the beach!

Loveinapril

I loved Memoirs of a Geisha if you haven't already read it.

sullivlo

The girl before
The cows

Read both of these recently. Decent reads.

Grolschevik

I read an advance review copy of 'The Last Lost Girl' from Poolbeg. Not sure if it's out yet, but I thought it was a fantastic mix of Banville-like introspection on the nature of grief and loss (think The Sea), and a more popular psychodrama like 'Girl on Train'. Which I hated, by the way!

Edit: can't remember name of author, sorry!

SimpleDimples

Graham Norton's Holding isn't a bad read...nothing like what i expected and an easy read.

I tend to read books before their film release...room and gone girl were both good much better than the film version. Neither are lighthearted but difficult to put down.

Persephone kindness

I like Catherine Mansfield. I have her complete collection of short stories. It's nice to dip into. And you don't feel overwhelmed by length it's like war and peace.

It's insightful and feminine. It's of a different age so it's truly charming but not froth. Quite middle brow and enjoyable.

Sunny Dayz

When I go on holidays I like something light and breezy, one you can dip in and out of. I find on holidays my concentration wouldn't be great, I get too distracted by what's going on around me.
Something by Marian Keyes, Sheila O'Flanagan, Cecelia Ahearne etc