#i like a lot of other stuff as well in fiction mkgjrk just cant be bothered to write a proper thing for woolf or austen or premchand

[husbandhannie]

do you have any book recs? i’m trying to find ways to fill my free time that isn’t scrolling around on my phone 😭

i'm not sure if i'm the best person to ask for book recs, anon. my tastes are not wide by any means and i'm not really a critical reader, but i tried to list some books i enjoyed here (there are many more but i went with the ones i can remember at the top of my head):

FICTION

(organized by author)

Agatha Christie: If you're looking for comfort murder mysteries, there is no better author. My favorite is the Miss Marple series, where a gossip-loving and extremely sharp old woman solves murder mysteries.

Richard Castle: Yes, these are the Nikki Heat books from the show Castle. They're quite well written, and even more fun to read if you're familiar with the characters of the show.

Tess Gerritsen: These are more intense murder mysteries than the ones listed above, and slightly more forensic. My favorite series is the Rizzoli and Isles series, which is the inspiration for the TV show of the same name.

Nora Roberts: Still some of the best romance I've read, honestly. After reading about 50 of her books, I can confidently say that her characters fall in fixed molds and the storylines are very predictable. It's still very good. It's comforting. You can read a bunch of them in a day to destress. Some series I like are: Inn Boonsboro, The Calhouns.

NON-FICTION

(organised by theme)

Threats to Democracy: How Democracies Die by Steven Levitsky, Fascism by Madeline Albright, Twilight of Democracy by Anne Applebaum

Autobiographies: James Herriot (I cannot recommend this enough), Trevor Noah

Historical: The Great Influenza by John M. Barry, To Start a War by Robert Draper (this made me angrier than I thought was possible by a book)

Government Institutions: The Premonition by Michael Lewis, The Fifth Risk by Michael Lewis

Feminism: Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall, We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Government Intelligence Agencies: Mossad by Michael Bar-Zohar and Nissim Mishal