The Other Boelyn Girl- A great book I could hardly put down. Perfect for a long plane flight and train ride and relaxing time in your room...it's a long book!

The Shopoholic Series-buy all 3 and start with the first one, Hilarious!

The Devil Wears Prada, funny fast read

Read them few years ago: His dark materials series(The golden Compass,The subtle knife and The Abmer Spyglass) by Philip Pullman, much much more interesting than Harry Potter's.

For people enjoying "A brief history of nearly everything", perhpas could try "Elegant Universe" by Brian Greene.

Hi! I've noticed that you've not had a reply for ages so I thought I'd write and say that I loved "The Devil Wears Prada" (Lauren Weisberger) and I can't wait to see the film on Thursday. I also enjoy John Grisham, Joanne Harris and recently tried Truman Capote - "Breakfast at Tiffiny's" - it was very good but his short story "A Christmas Memory" was even better.... Enjoy.....

For mystery fans, I really like:

Any of Fred Vargas' books - mainly focuses on Paris, one on NE Provence (if I remember correctly)

and

Ken Bruen, novels based in Galway, the only one I didn't enjoy was "Vixen" (don't let that title put you off this author).

Cheers,
Linda

I must try some of these books. Glad the thread came up again. I also liked the "Time Traveller's Wife." And "Round Ireland with a Fridge" had me actually lauging out loud. I also like Morgan Llywelyn's books. Fiction, but a lot of historical background.

I just read The Memory Keepers Daughter. Kept me engaged and truly involved with the characters. It is one of those books that you think about for days afterward. Also loved the Posionwood Bible (slow in the beginning but gets great after the first 100 pgs.)

I had given up on Sue Grafton but I've had a lot of driving to do lately so I got R is for Riccochet, it was pretty good, kept me interested on the drives. Then I was in the mood so I got S is for Silence and now I wish I would have gotten the paperback for an airplane book. It's fast moving and well written.
I've enjoyed reading: Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell.
Salt- Kurdinsky (??) The history of salt, sometimes dry but good reading a bit at a time.
Freakonomics, is waiting for me but it looks like a good read. MIght save it for the plane.

I also vote for "Running with Scissors" by Augusten Burroughs. He chronicles his bizarre childhood upbringing. He's a truly funny writer, which is hard to do. And you can say that "I enjoyed the book much better" when the movie comes out at the end of October and becomes a Buzz movie. It's a quick, funny read.

"In a Dry Season" byb Peter Robinson about a woman murdered in a small English village during WWII. The town was later flooded for a reservoir which dried up in a drought & her body was discovered.

Interesting back & forth between the 2 eras & great descriptions of what life was like in the UK during WWII.

and cross posting THE book thread here:

http://www.fodors.com/forums/pgMessa...amp;dirtyBit=1

I love anything by Dorothy Dunnet. Someone called her a bodice ripper and it's not true at all. lots of great history and a terrific story.
I loved Pillars of the Earth as well.
Look for some used paperbacks of Helen MacInnes. Great spy, intruige bestsellers from the 40's to the 80s. Set all over Europe...
The Adrian Mole Diaries are hysterical. Read them on trip to Spain.