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Ruth Chapman's avatar

Thanks for the recommendations, always time for "Just one more chapter"

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Beth Schmelzer's avatar

Thanks, Wendy, for an eclectic list of books. I recommend Donna Andrews' humorous cozy mysteries. I'm reading them out of order to get ready for Malice Domestic 's fun fan conference in April where Donna is an honored guest. Fantasy series I recommend are Diane Duane's SO YOU WANT TO BE A WIZARD and INKHEART series by Cornelia Funke. The last book was published in 2024!

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DeeAnna's avatar

Thank you! I'm adding these to my list. I love the Sword of Truth Series by Terry Goodkind and anything by Brandon Sanderson as well as Dean Koontz!

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Karen's avatar

Oh, you're right! I even replied on that thread. Pleading old age brain here. But lots of people who read Pern have not read her other space series, which are excellent also!

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Yvonne Colache's avatar

Thank you for the list of books you recommend. I can't believe you didn't mention the Maisie Dobbs series. You got me hooked on that series.

I love the Jana DeLeon Miss Fortune series. It's lighthearted, quirky, and fun to read.

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Wendi Gratz's avatar

The only reason I didn't mention Maisie is because the series is still going. :-) I love Maisie, but I hate waiting a year between books!

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DeeAnna's avatar

Thank you! I'm adding these to my list. I love the Sword of Truth Series by Terry Goodkind and anything by Brandon Sanderson as well as Dean Koontz!

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Maggie Keyser's avatar

I've been a Spencer fan for years! I enjoy the Sunny Randall series too.

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Wendi Gratz's avatar

Sunny has been on my list of series to start - I just haven't gotten to her yet. :-)

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Karen's avatar

So glad you loved the Wayfarers series! I loved all of them but have not jelled with her other stand alone books so far. Aubrey-Maturin is one of my all time fave series, esp audiobooks read by Patrick Tull! I would also highly recommend the Dragonriders of Pern series by Ann McCaffrey, first one is Dragonflight. And she has several space series as well!

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Wendi Gratz's avatar

I love everything by Anne McCaffrey - especially the Pern books and even more especially the Dragonsinger/Dragondrums/Dragonsong trilogy. I wanted to mention them here but I felt like I JUST mentioned them in this post (https://wendigratz.substack.com/p/five-happy-things-b26) and didn't want to bore people. 😂

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