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Sophie Kinsella's Top Book Recommendations

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Diary of a Provincial Lady

When Diary of a Provincial Lady was first published in 1930, critics on both sides of the Atlantic greeted it with enthusiasm. This charming, delightful and extremely funny book about daily life in a frugal English household was named by booksellers as the out-of-print novel most deserving of republication.

This is a gently self-effacing, dry-witted tale of a long-suffering and disaster-prone Devon lady of the 1930s. A story of provincial social pretensions and the daily inanities of domestic life to rival George Grossmith's Diary of a Nobody.
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Recommended by Sophie Kinsella, and 1 others.

Sophie KinsellaThis is chick lit of the 1930s, and the wry, self-deprecating ‘provincial lady’ is one of the funniest characters in literature. (Source)

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Old Maid

Recommended by Sophie Kinsella, and 1 others.

Sophie KinsellaThe joy of the book is in her relentlessly witty, dry-as-a-bone take on marriage, advertising and life. (Source)

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31 Dream Street

Who lives in a house like this?

An Air Hostess. A Teenager. A Wild-Haired Recluse. A Rock Chick. An Old Man. A Human Chameleon.

Leah is fascinated by the strange mix of people living across the street from her at 31 Silversmith Road. She'd give anything to find out more about them, so when their reclusive landlord approaches her unexpectedly to ask for some advice, Leah is more than willing to help.

Toby is a failed poet and incurable romantic. For fifteen years he has lived happily in his rambling house filled with waifs and strays, until a quiet tragedy and...
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Sophie KinsellaRich with Lisa Jewell’s trademark warmth, wonderfully drawn characters and descriptions. Funny, touching and true. (Source)

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Amanda's Wedding

Melanie and Fran are two charmingly wisecracking young Londoners who simply can't believe it when their old schoolfriend Amanda, Satan's own PR agent, manages to get herself hitched to a laird (Scottish for lord). Who cares that Fraser McConnel has worn the same ratty Converse sneakers for years and that his castle is really a pile of rubble -- all the social -climbing queen of preen cares about is the title she'll soon have. She's got Fraser by the nuptials, and she has no intention of letting go. Gentle, decent Fraser is completely innocent Amanda's wiles, so Mel and Fran, still smarting... more
Recommended by Sophie Kinsella, and 1 others.

Sophie KinsellaThis fast, funny romp was Jenny Colgan’s debut. (Source)

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Meet Rachel Walsh. She has a pair of size 8 feet and such a fondness for recreational drugs that her family has forked out the cash for a spell in Cloisters – Dublin’s answer to the Betty Ford Clinic. She’s only agreed to her incarceration because she’s heard that rehab is wall-to-wall jacuzzis, gymnasiums and rock stars going tepid turkey – and it’s about time she had a holiday.

But what Rachel doesn’t count on are the toe-curling embarrassments heaped on her by family and group therapy, the dearth of sex, drugs and rock’n’roll – and missing Luke, her ex. What kind of a new start...
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Recommended by Sophie Kinsella, and 1 others.

Sophie KinsellaAddiction is a gritty subject, but the story of Rachel’s progress is told with such humour and reality that you devour the pages. (Source)

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