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Peter James

I recently discovered Peter James’ “Roy Grace” series. There are 17 books in the series, and they’r

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Gillian Flynn

Gillian Flynn is my all time favorite author in the mystery/thriller genre. Her books are beautifull

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CJ Sansom

C J Sansom is my favorite author. I can reread his books so many times. He is a master of words. If

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Annie Proulx

Barkskins by Annie Proulx is a really good book. The stories, characters, and places were compelling

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Barbara Kingsolver

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver is one of my all-time favorite novels – terrific, funny,

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Tana French

Tana French is a genius at creating a slow-burning, increasingly

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Richard Osman’s Thursday Murder Club

I just finished Richard Osman’s 4th Thursday Murder Club Mystery. I think it’s

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William Kent Krueger

William Kent Krueger’s Cork O’Connor Series are wonderful books, a fantastic series. Excellent chara

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Peter May

Peter May never disappoints, his writing is always amazing. I just read A Winter Grave and highly re

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Dana Stabenow

I want to recommend Dana Stabenow’s Kate Shugak series. These books help fill the empty place until

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Louise Penny

Just finished Bury Your Dead, book #6 in Louise Penny’s Chief Inspector Gamache series and it is the

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Tara Westover

Educated by Tara Westover was an amazing story of resilience and strength but is also heartbreaking

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CJ Sansom

The only books I truly adore the same as Gamache are CJ Sansom’s Shardlake series. There aren’t enou

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PD James

I love P.D. James and the Dalgliesh books. I reread and re-listen to them quite often. I even named

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Kate Morton

Kate Morton is one of my very favourite authors. The House at Riverton is brilliant! A murder myster

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Tara Westover

Tara Westover book “Educated” is a great book. A powerful book, and a resilient woman. I recommended

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Craig Johnson

Highly recommend Sheriff Longmire series by Craig Johnson. He’s a sheriff in Wyoming. There’s a tele

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Annie Proulx

Annie Proulx is one of my favorites. She may be best known for “Brokeback Mountain” and “Shipping Ne

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Peter Lovesey

I first learned about Peter Lovesey books featuring detective Peter Diamond from Louise Penny who ha

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Daniel Silva

I will literally buy and read a shopping list if Daniel Silva writes it. I love Gabriel Allon! He’s

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Iona Whishaw

I’ve fallen in love with Iona Whishaw’s Lane Winslow Mystery books. They are great reads that aren’t

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Rhys Bowen

Rhys Bowen’s Molly Murphy series is a lot of fun and well researched (an Irish immigrant turned New

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Louise Erdrich

The Master Butchers Singing Club by Louise Erdrich is an all time favorite of mine. She is an amazin

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Tony Hillerman

Tony Hillerman then his daughter Anne Hillerman, mysteries set in the Navajo Nation in the Southwest

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Isabel Wilkerson

“Caste“ is among the best of the non-fiction books I have ever read. I HIGHLY recommend it. There ar

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Abraham Verghese

The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese is one of my all time favorites. It’s a slow start with lo

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Jan Karon

Jan Karon’s Mitford series is one of my very favorites, too. It’s a wonderful series, full of fully

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Kim Michele Richardson

One of the best books I have ever read is The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek. It’s definitely not a

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Barbara Kingsolver

One word to describe Barbara Kingsolver’s Demon Copperhead is transformational. It changed my percep

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Amor Towles

A Gentleman in Moscow is a fabulous read! Amor Towles’ other two novels are great, too, but this one

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Tana French

Tana French’s The Hunter. WOW! What an amazing book. The audiobook is perfection. The writing is sub

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Laurie R. King

Laurie R. King’s Mary Russell books are up there with Louise’s on my favorites list. I just read “Th

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Gail Bowen

I’m a huge fan of the Joanne Kilbourn Shreve books. I’ve read every one, all 22. Joanne, her family

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Faye Kellerman

I recommend Faye Kellerman’s Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus series. I own every book in hard copies a

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Abraham Verghese

I just finished reading The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese. I couldn’t put it down. I loved h

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Jonathan Kellerman

Jonathan Kellerman is one of my all time FAVORITE authors. I just read Serpentine. It starts out slo

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Anne Perry

I recommend the William Monk series by Anne Perry. He loses his memory and has to pretend to know ho

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Julia Spencer-Fleming

I absolutely love the Russ Van Alstyne books!! I salivate just thinking about them. Sooooo GOOD!!! H

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Annie Barrows

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows is a WWII st

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Ian Rankin

Ian Rankin is a fantastic storyteller and writes well on so many levels. Has a great ear for dialogu

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Ruth Ware

Ruth Ware has been dubbed ‘the modern day Agatha Christie’ and I completely agree. She really knows

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Kim Michele Richardson

The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek authentic piece of historical fiction and so wonderfully written

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Louise Erdrich

The Sentence by Louise Erdrich is a book lover’s book. My favourite read this year. It was hard to g

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Margaret Maron

While we wait for the next Gamache, I want to recommend the late Margaret Maron’s wonderful Deborah

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Donna Leon

Donna Leon’s books are fantastic! Start from the first book since

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MC Beaton

MC Beaton writes funny, cool mysteries. I love her Agatha Raisin Mysteries. Quick reads and so very

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Ann Cleeves

If you love the Vera Stanhope series by Ann Cleeves, try

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Jane Harper

Jane Harper is a very good “go to” while waiting for LP’s next book. Harper is an excellent writer a

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Barbara Kingsolver

Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver is eye-opening and so well-written. Raw, powerful, and heartb

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Anne Perry

I have read many of the recommended series here and my favorite is still Anne Perry. I love her seri

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Isabel Wilkerson

I recommend Isabel Wilkerson’s “The Warmth of Other Suns.” It’s an excellent non-fiction book. She t

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Anne Perry

I have read many of the mysteries that have been recommended here and I find the Charlotte and Thoma

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Rhys Bowen

Rhys Bowen’s Molly Murphy series is great. Good stories with a sense of humor. This is one of my fav

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Rhys Bowen

I love Rhys Bowen’s stand-alone novels and the three called the WW collection. I particularly recomm

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ML Longworth

One of my favorite authors while waiting for LP’s newest book is ML Longworth. Her mysteries take pl

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Dorothy Gilman

Mrs. Polifax is so much fun. We listened to her books as a whole family on road trips and even the t

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Kate Atkinson

I absolutely love Kate Atkinson. I don’t buy many books, because I’m an avid library patron and our

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Amor Towles

A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles is one of my all time favourite books. Absolutely magnificent.

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Margaret Maron

I love every book of Margaret Maron’s Deborah Knott series. This is a favorite series of mine. I liv

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Donna Leon

The Donna Leon, Commissario Guido Brunetti is excellent. They are set in Venice which becomes as muc

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Tana French

Just finished The Searcher by Tana French. Riveting, great mystery and the main character reminded m

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Jacqueline Winspear

Of all the movies and books I have read about WWl, The Care and Management of Lies touched my heart

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Michael Connelly

Michael Connelly writes great mysteries. My husband and I both enjoy them. He sometimes includes a s

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ML Longworth

M.L Longworth’s books are under appreciated in my opinion! I love the series and recommend them as v

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Jean-Luc Bannalec

Jean-Luc Bannalec’s Brittany Mystery Series follows the cantankerous, Parisian-born caffeine junkie

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Elizabeth George

Elizabeth George is one of my top 4 favorite authors. That whole series has the best character devel

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Faye Kellerman

I am completely addicted to Faye Kellerman’s books. Her main characters are Peter Decker, policeman,

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Faye Kellerman

I love Louise Penny’s books, but I wait for the Kellermans’ books with bated breath. Of all the Kell

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Nita Prose

I want to recommend Nita Prose. I just finished “The Maid” and really enjoyed it. It took me a while

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Richard Osman

Just finished The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman. Delightful! Can’t

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Louise Erdrich

LOVE Louise Erdrich. She is brilliant and one of my favorite authors! I love all of her books but Th

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Shelby Van Pelt

I just finished “Remarkably Bright Creatures” by Shelby Van Pelt. I got the recommendation from my L

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Rhys Bowen

I love Rhys Bowen’s Royal Spyness series. Such fun! They’re light, but clever and amusing. I started

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Dorothy Gilman

The Mrs Pollifax series by Dorothy Gilman are beyond terrific. The books are about a middle aged, mi

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Charles Todd

Just finished the newest Charles Todd. Excellent historical mystery series featuring Inspector Rutle

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PD James

PD James is my all time favorite mystery writer. I’ve reread the books several times. I also immense

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Charles Finch

Charles Finch mysteries with Charles Lenox as detective are excellent. Start with first or there are

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Jan Karon

I started reading, and for some reason, did not enjoy. THEN, a few years later, I started again and

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Donna Leon

A friend of mine recommended the Guido Brunetti mysteries by Donna Leon, and told me they were “as g

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Laurie R. King

I just finished reading The Lantern’s Dance by Laurie R. King and loved it! If you’ve never read any

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Kate Morton

I just finished reading “The Lake House” by Kate Morton and I would recommend her books to Louise Pe

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Craig Johnson

I recommend the Walt Longmire books by Craig Johnson. Just finished “Hell and Back” and it is outsta

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CJ Box

I recommend CJ Box’s Joe Pickett series. I’m already on the 4th book! Love the setting – knew nothin

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Annie Barrows

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society is a very sweet and charming book with wonderful c

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Tara Westover

Tara Westover’s Educated is a beautifully written memoir of an amazing young woman who overcame unim

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Amor Towles

A Gentleman in Moscow is a jewel! I had a hard time getting into it on my first try, but I went back

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Jacqueline Winspear

I love Maisie Dobbs! One of my favorites. Maisie is a very strong woman with an exceptional mind and

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Jo Nesbo

Jo Nesbo is one of my favorite authors. Great mysteries. Much darker in tone than the Louise Penny b

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Jo Nesbo

I love Jo Nesbo’s Harry Hole books. Excellent series. The main character is intriguing and I grew to

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Peter Robinson

I’ve read all of Peter Robinson books, some more than once. He is a bit of an unsung hero I believe.

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Jacqueline Winspear

Jacqueline Winspear is an excellent writer. Maise helped me get through a tough time in my life. She

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Tana French

Let me just say if you have never read author Tana French you need to. Her books are brilliant. Trul

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Louise Penny

Before I discovered Louise Penny, I was very taken with Elizabeth George and Laurie R. King. I devou

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Louise Penny

I read the entire Gamache series every year, starting with Still Life, and every time, it’s as thoug

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Martha Grimes

Martha Grimes’ mysteries with Richard Jury and Melrose Plant are well written and entertaining. I en

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Kim Michele Richardson

The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson is one of my very favorite books. This

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Donna Leon

While you’re waiting for the next Gamache book, I recommend Donna Leon’s inspector Brunetti. He too

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Louise Erdrich

Louise Erdrich is one of my all time favourite authors. You need some perseverance to read her earli

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Julia Spencer-Fleming

I’m really enjoying Julia Spencer-Fleming’s Fergassun/Van Alstyne series! Just keep getting better a

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Elizabeth Peters

I have read the whole Amelia Peabody series at least four times! Like the Inspector Gamache series,

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Margaret Coel

Margaret Coel’s Windriver Series, also called the Father John series is great. The series is set on

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Shelby Van Pelt

I really loved Shelby Van Pelt’s Remarkably Bright Creatures and have recommended it to everyone. I

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Martin Walker

I LOVE the Police Chief Benoit Courreges series by Martin Walker. They are lighter in tone and not a

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Ann Patchett

Ann Patchett is one of my favorite authors. She never disappoints! I just listened to the audio of T

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Lindsey Davis

I think Lindsey Davis is underrated. I enjoy her crime books recommend her books. The books are set

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William Kent Krueger

I love the Cork O’Connor series. Read those first before

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Ann Patchett

Ann Patchett is one of my favourite authors, and Bel Canto is one of my all time faves. Truly a wond

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