Im lookin for a light hearted but good novel to read?

Question

Suggestions please?

Answer 1

read some of terry pratchett's discworld books, there's loads to choose from and they're absolutely brilliant.

Answer 2

Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum novels are great fun. Here's a review of the first one (One for the Money) from Amazon: First novels this funny and self-assured come along rarely; dialogue this astute and raunchy is equally unusual. The gutsy heroine introduced here is Stephanie Plum of Trenton, N.J., a recently laid-off lingerie buyer who has no job, no car and no furniture. She does have a hamster, a deranged grandmother, two caring parents and several pairs of biking shorts and sports bras. Finding work with her cousin Vinnie, she becomes a bond hunter and scrounges money enough to buy a gun, a Chevy Nova and some Mace. Her first assignment is to locate a cop accused of murder. Joe Morelli grew up in Stephanie's neighborhood. Possessed of legendary charm, he relieved Stephanie of her virginity when she was 16 (she later ran over him with a car). In her search, Stephanie catches her prey, loses him and grills a psychotic prizefighter, the employer of the man Morelli shot. She steals Morelli's car and then installs an alarm so he can't steal it back. Resourceful and tough, Stephanie has less difficulty finding her man than deciding what she wants to do with him once she's got him. While the link between the fighter and the cop isn't clear until too late in the plot, Evanovich's debut is a delightful romp and Stephanie flaunts a rough-edged appeal.


Also, Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett. Again, a review from Amazon: When a scatterbrained Satanist nun goofs up a baby-switching scheme and delivers the infant Antichrist to the wrong couple, it's just the beginning of the comic errors in the divine plan for Armageddon which this fast-paced novel by two British writers zanily details. Aziraphale, an angel who doubles as a rare-book dealer, and Crowley, a demon friend who's assigned to the same territory, like life on Earth too much to allow the long-planned war between Heaven and Hell to happen. They set out to find the Antichrist and avert Armageddon, on the way encountering the last living descendant of Agnes Nutter, Anathema, who's been deciphering accurate prophecies of the world's doom but is unaware she's living in the same town as the Antichrist, now a thoroughly human and normal 11-year-old named Adam. As the appointed day and hour approach, Aziraphale and Crowley blunder through seas of fire and rains of fish, and come across a misguided witch hunter, a middle-aged fortune teller and the Four Horsepersons of the Apocalypse. It's up to Adam in the neatly tied end, as his humanity prevails over the Divine Plan and earthly bungling. Some humor is strictly British, but most will appeal even to Americans "and other aliens."

Answer 3

Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels. If you're a Shakespeare fan, start with Wyrd Sisters. If you're more into musical theater, try Maskerade. If your tv never leaves CNN, read Jingo or Interesting Times. If you've ever been to Australia, read The Last Continent.

If Pratchett's humor isn't your thing, try Fannie Flagg's Fried Green Tomatoes. If you're a fan of Jane Austen and the Regency/Victorian eras, I'd recommend Connie Willis' To Say Nothing of the Dog.

Answer 4

Adriana Trigiani's books: Big Stone Gap
Big Cherry Holler
Milk Glass Moon

These are about a character Ave Maria and her family and friends in Big Stone Gap. Trigiani based the setting and characters on her childhood in Big Stone Gap, Va.

Ann B. Ross: Miss Julia books
These are about a proper Southern Lady and her relationships with the townsfolk.

Fannie Flagg- Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
Welcome to the World Baby Girl
Standing in the Rainbow
Can't Wait to get to Heaven

Lauren Weisberger The Devil Wears Prada

Answer 5

Jane Austen's classic novel Pride and Prejudice, a tale of love and misunderstanding unfolds in class-conscious England near the close of the 18th century. It's really lovely.

Answer 6

Celestine Prophecy.

It's fictional, not too long at all, and opens up a whole new way to view life, or at least offers the chance to.

Celestine Prophecy's a good read that could quite easily change the way you live life for the better!
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Answer 7

What is your style? I'm reading War Horse and Private Peaceful, both by Michael Morpurgo. Fantastic books, but a little simple.

Answer 8

Quick reads that are funny or humorous or lighthearted:
Any of the Jeeves books by PG Wodehouse
Anything Can Happen by George and Helen Papashvily

Answer 9

You can't go wrong with Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams.

Or The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde

Answer 10

I capture the castle by Dodie Smith.
I found it difficult to begin with, but was quite young when i first read it......however I know read it three times a year and I love it!
It was also made into a wonderful film, not as gd as the book tho!
Give it a go, i love it!!

Answer 11

Try reading the Wilt Books, by Tom Sharpe, excellent read