As I’m sick at the moment, I’m way behind on reviews, and just about everything else. I’m not much of a re-reader but there are a few books and authors which I come back to on a regular basis. Here’s a brief list of my favourite comfort reads when I’m feeling under the weather:
- The Reluctant Widow by Georgette Heyer
- The Nonesuch by Georgette Heyer
- The Unknown Ajax by Georgette Heyer
- Anything by Agatha Christie
- Anything by Dorothy L. Sayers
- Riders by Jilly Cooper (I know, I know!)
- In Desolate Heaven by Robert Edric (don’t ask me why, as it’s relentlessly depressing)
- The Cazalet Quartet by Elizabeth Jane Howard (The Light Years, Marking Time, Confusion, Casting Off)
What are your favourite comfort reads when you’re not feeling well?
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OMG I’m ashamed to say I’ve not read any of these. Not even the great Ms. Heyer. My education is severely lacking.
@Stacy ~ I’m not sure if they’re all available in the US. I think the Robert Edric book is out-of-print, unfortunately. Jilly Cooper writes trashy, British blockbusters. I doubt I’d like them if I read them for the first time today. If you enjoy Regencies, Georgette Heyer is brilliant.
I also like Georgette Heyer, but I’d have picked different ones. My faves (and ones I have reread several times) are These Old Shades and Devil’s Cub (the latter being a sequel of sorts to the former). Other comfort rereads for me:
Patricia Gaffney’s To Love and To Cherish
Mary Jo Putney’s story, “The Beast of Belleterre”
Susan Elizabeth Phillips’ romances, specifically the ones about the Chicago Stars (a fictional American football team; no specialized sports knowledge needed!), but I also really like First Lady & Kiss an Angel.
August, by Judith Rossner
A Little Princess, by Frances Hodgson Burnett (if I really need a comfort read; just add a duvet & hot tea!)
Laurie R. King’s Beekeeper’s Apprentice series
Lee Child’s Jack Reacher thrillers
Thomas Perry’s Jane Whitefield series (starting with Dance for the Dead)
. . .
Just to name a few! (I’ll be thinking of titles all day now, kicking myself for not including them.)
I am not a massive re-reader, but there are a couple of authors I will dig up if feeling carpy, generally SEP and Kenyon. Actually I think they may be the only authors I have ever re-read books of. (not counting those ones that I pick up and don’t realise til I a third of the way through that I have already read.)
@Magdalen I’ve liked almost all of Georgette Heyer’s books but the ones I listed are my absolute faves.
@Edie Susan Elizabeth Phillips is also great. I’ve never read anything by Lee Child.