Hi everyone,
I am finding it incredibly hard to find new novels to read in the genre that I want to write in (I must be going about it the wrong way, surely!), and so am wondering whether I could get recommendations from fellow AWers.
So, what am I after?
- contemporary, real life women's fiction
- written in third, past tense
What I would rather avoid:
- chick lit
- topics that I find cliche (life change because hubby/ child dies or leaves...)
- based on mystery/ who done it?
- no erotica (sex is fine if just an incidental part of the story, not its motivation)
As a clue, I have loved novels by John Irving (just would like less adultery), Barbara Kingsolver, Patrick Gale and Chris Cleave.
If you have read books that you have loved and feel fits these descriptions, please please recommend them to me.
If you are writing a book that would fit these descriptions, let me know, I might be interested in beta reading it!
Looking forward to finding out what might crop up!
(and if you have advice on getting better at finding what I want in book stores and online, I am all ears also!)
I am finding it incredibly hard to find new novels to read in the genre that I want to write in (I must be going about it the wrong way, surely!), and so am wondering whether I could get recommendations from fellow AWers.
So, what am I after?
- contemporary, real life women's fiction
- written in third, past tense
What I would rather avoid:
- chick lit
- topics that I find cliche (life change because hubby/ child dies or leaves...)
- based on mystery/ who done it?
- no erotica (sex is fine if just an incidental part of the story, not its motivation)
As a clue, I have loved novels by John Irving (just would like less adultery), Barbara Kingsolver, Patrick Gale and Chris Cleave.
If you have read books that you have loved and feel fits these descriptions, please please recommend them to me.
If you are writing a book that would fit these descriptions, let me know, I might be interested in beta reading it!
Looking forward to finding out what might crop up!
(and if you have advice on getting better at finding what I want in book stores and online, I am all ears also!)