Recommendations for a good book for a Christmas gift?

[OdetteOdile]

I'd like to get my mother-in-law a book or two for Christmas, and I'm looking for recommendations. She reads a wide variety of books, but does not like anything too dark or heavy. Lately I have seen her reading the mysteries by Louise Penny. On vacations she reads book by Norah Roberts. I'd especially like to get her a paperback rather than hard cover. Does anyone have any good recommendations? Thanks so much!!

 

[jaysonsmom]

Like your mother-in-law I read a wide variety of fiction, but don't like cheesy romances. I thought this was highly entertaining: Bringing Down the House

I thought the Crazy Rich Asian's trilogy was also pretty entertaining and not too heavy, it is much better than the movie! Crazy Rich Asians Trilogy

Lastly, anything by Anita Shreve:

• Past the Island, Drifting (1975)
• Eden Close (1989)
• Strange Fits of Passion (1991)
• Where or When (1993)
• Resistance (1995)
• The Weight of Water (1997) (Shortlisted for the 1998 Orange Prize)
• The Pilot's Wife (199
• Fortune's Rocks (1999)[13]
• The Last Time They Met (2001)
• Sea Glass (2002)
• All He Ever Wanted (2003)
• Light on Snow (2004)
• A Wedding in December (2005)
• Body Surfing (2007)
• Testimony (200
• A Change in Altitude (2009)
• Rescue (2010)
• Stella Bain (2013)
• The Stars Are Fire (2017)

 

[VRBeauty]

Deborah Crombie’s Kincaid mysteries are somewhere between Louise Penny and Nora Roberts, leaning perhaps a bit towards Louise Penny. The Maisie Dobbs mysteries lean a bit towards Nora Roberts. Each book in each series has a stand-alone story, but of course yhere’s a narrative that continues from one installment to the next as well, so it’s best to start at the beginning of the series.

 

[OdetteOdile]

@jaysonsmom and @VRBeauty thank you so much for the recommendations! I think I have decided on Bringing Down the House and the first book of the Kincaid series. I think my mother-in-law is really going to enjoy reading these books!! Thanks again!

 

[kgizo]

Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz is in paperback. It’s a murder story within a murder story so two books for the price of one

 

[OdetteOdile]

Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz is in paperback. It’s a murder story within a murder story so two books for the price of one

Thank you - I've added it to the list!