Recommended Reading

A few of my personal favorites – alphabetically by author

“The keeper of lost causes” by Jussi Adler-Olsen

“Five night stand” by Richard J. Alley

“Shadow” by Karin Alvtegen

“A man called Ove” by Frederik Backman
“Beartown” by Fredrick Backman
“Us against you” by Fredrik Backman

“Snap” by Belinda Bauer

“The Woman at Number 19” by J.A. Baker

“The story of Arthur Truluv” by Elizabeth Berg

“Home” by Amanda Berriman

“Under the harrow” by Flynn Berry

“Little black lies” by Sharon Bolton
“Dead woman walking” by Sharon Bolton

“Jane Eyre” by Charlotte Brontë

“The Visitors” by Catherine Burns

“Lost for Words” by Stephanie Butland

“Black Rabbit Hall” by Eve Chase
“The Wildling sisters” by Eve Chase

“Raven black” by Ann Cleeves

“Pocketful of names” by Joe Coomer

“Under your skin” by Sabine Durrant

“A place for us” by Harriet Evans

“The yellow house” by Patricia Falvey

“The crossing places” by Elly Griffiths

“The girl in the red coat” by Kate Hamer

“84, Charing Cross Road” by Helene Hanff

“Unspoken” by Sam Hayes

“The devotion of Suspect X” by Keigo Higashino

“The various haunts of men” by Susan Hill

“Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine” by Gail Honeyman

“Seas of snow” by Kerensa Jennings

“I Found You” by Lisa Jewell

“The Sea Gate” by Jane Johnson

“Breakers” by Doug Johnstone

“The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy” by Rachel Joyce
“The Music Shop” by Rachel Joyce

“The Lies We Hide” by S.E. Lynes

“I Let You Go” by Clare Mackintosh

“The Blackhouse” by Peter May
“Entry Island” by Peter May

“The Day She Died” by Catriona McPherson
“House. Tree. Person.” by Catriona McPherson

“The Ruin” by Dervla McTiernan

“Garnethill” by Denise Mina

“Silent Victim” by Caroline Mitchell

“The Forgotten Garden” by Kate Morton

“The Secrets of Strangers” by Charity Norman

“Where the Crawdads Sing” by Delia Owens

“Still life” by Louise Penny

“The Shell Seekers” by Rosamunde Pilcher

“The Bird Tribunal” by Agnes Ravatn

“The tree of hands” by Ruth Rendell

“Caedmon’s song” by Peter Robinson

“Soft in the head” by Marie-Sabine Roger

“The Possible World” by Liese O’Halloran Schwarz

“The broken girls” by Simone St. James

“The Birdwatcher” by William Shaw

“The boy who shoots crows” by Randall Silvis

“All in her head” by Nikki Smith

“Missing, presumed” and “Persons unknown” by Susie Steiner

“The Help” by Kathryn Stockett

“The Chalk Man” by C.J. Tudor

“The Brimstone Wedding” by Barbara Vine

“The girl in the garden” by Melanie Wallace

“The Sculptress” by Minette Walters

“Into the shadows” by Shirley Wells

“Tin Man” by Sarah Winman

“Weathering” by Lucy Wood

“The storied life of A.J. Fikry” by Gabrielle Zevin