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Stay far away from Harris--basically her books are romance fan fics compared to what Ball has done with them for True Blood. She should get credit for doing great work with her characters but story structure or even how to frame a decent sentence are nonexistance.

I'd recommend any of Alan Hollinghurst's four novels.

I really enjoyed reading Steig Larsson's Lisbeth Salander trilogy. The first two are out in the US: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and The Girl Who Played With Fire. The third, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, gets released in the States in June, but if you're too anxious you can be like me and order an import so you don't have to wait.

My mom has The Girl That Kicked the Hornets Nest, but my grandmother was borrowing it the last time my mom came to visit, so I have to wait until I go down in April to get it. I read the first 2.

Gertie, if you like Sophie Kinsella, I just discovered another author that is very similar. Her name is Sue Margolis. Very cute books.

I just started Paint it Black by Janet Fitch (who wrote White Oleander). So far it's pretty good.

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I enjoyed She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb. Also, A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini.

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I also agree with Mr. Matt and StockardFan. Both are worth reading. Also, The Kite Runner is a fantastic book.

Good in Bed by Jennifer Weiner. I find her more tolerable than the average chick lit author. She also wrote In Her Shoes, which they made into a movie with Cameron Diaz and Toni Colette if movie translations make you more comfortable with reading books.

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I just finished The Private Lives of Pippa Lee by Rachel Miller and just LOVED it. It's coming out as a movie soon with Robin Wright Penn.

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I was very disappointed in "South of Broad." It was like a mishmash of a story. The characters are not always consistent in the book and great leaps of fantasy are needed to believe the plot. (Spoiler alert: What's up with the crazy father plotline? The author builds it in the book and it never makes sense why it is there. And it's really a stretch of the imagination that several people would put their lives and families on hold and run to the other side of the country to search for a friend.)

"Wolf Hall" is a great subject and interesting story, but it needed someone to edit it. For example, the leading character is often referred to as "he" but in a paragraph where he's interacting with other men it gets confusing who the author is referencing. And also there are paragraphs that just come out of nowhere for no reason. It's like the author published notes that she meant to develop but didn't and they were never taken out of the book. Interesting story but extremely difficult to read.

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Hm. I really liked South of Broad. Oh well, different strokes.

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If you like Phillipa Gregory books read "The Boleyn Inheritance"...that is my favorite of hers!

Since you have already read "The Other Boleyn Girl" you know all you need to know to read this book.
Also, if you can get this book on CD's, it's great to follow it being read too!