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I read quite a lot, mainly on the train to and from work (though that may end next week!). I have read just about all the historical military fiction there is, at least till I'm almost sick of the same plot delivered in different geographies/wars/ etc. I've read quite a lot of travel non-fiction, and quite a lot of comedy novels. I'm running out of things that interest me.
The thing is, when I wander round Waterstones, or look through Amazon online, fiction now seems to be utterly dominated by chick-lit. There seems to be very much less fiction coming out from male writers, especially if you leave out crime thrillers (not my thing) and macho stuff from supposed ex-SAS/SEAL soldiers. Am I missing a trick? I'd love to know of a genre or some authors that might hit the spot - a spot which is not really historical military, not crime/detective, not thrillers generally really, but is lightweight but well-written, perhaps comedy, perhaps travel-related, perhaps biographical... don't care about the author's gender really, just please not Jemima from Surrey having a crisis after the kids have left home
Any ideas?
The thing is, when I wander round Waterstones, or look through Amazon online, fiction now seems to be utterly dominated by chick-lit. There seems to be very much less fiction coming out from male writers, especially if you leave out crime thrillers (not my thing) and macho stuff from supposed ex-SAS/SEAL soldiers. Am I missing a trick? I'd love to know of a genre or some authors that might hit the spot - a spot which is not really historical military, not crime/detective, not thrillers generally really, but is lightweight but well-written, perhaps comedy, perhaps travel-related, perhaps biographical... don't care about the author's gender really, just please not Jemima from Surrey having a crisis after the kids have left home
Any ideas?
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