Book recommendations

What is the genre you prefer?
I read loads of crime and thriller in English

Jeffery Deaver

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffery_Deaver#:~:text=Jeffery%20Deaver%20(born%20May%206,a%20career%20as%20a%20novelist.

Karin Slaughter

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karin_Slaughter

Kathy Reichs

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathy_Reichs

Joy Fielding

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joy_Fielding

Val McDermid

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Val_McDermid

Hmm interesting choices - if you want some where the English is a bit more challenging - in that it also has English (or Scottish, or Irish) humour and irony you might like to try:

Christopher Brookmyre https://www.brookmyre.co.uk/

Richard Osman (currenlty hugely popular in the UK) https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/141792/richard-osman

Jodi Taylor https://joditaylor.online/

…and more seriously perhaps Michael Russell https://www.hachette.co.uk/contributor/michael-russell/ (about an irish Police Inspector in the 1930’s)

...my all time favs are def Douglas Adams "Hitch hikers guide to the galaxy - A trilogy in five folumes" and David and Leigh Eddings "Belgariad" and "Malloreon Saga", all together 10 Books plus two huge volumes concerning two of the main characters.

I have read all of them in the german translation and (of course) in the english original !

I could not agree more, that all too often important jokes and details get "lost in translation" so I too love to read books in their original (english) language.

Btw anyone ever tried Roald Dahl ??

Soulless: 1 (Parasol Protectorate)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Soulless-Parasol-Protectorate-Gail-Carriger/dp/0316438952/ref=sr_1_3?crid=1OIW2QDHWK5I6&keywords=parasol+book&qid=1683361052&sprefix=parasol+book%2Caps%2C101&sr=8-3

very funny, and u can learn about the british society

its more fantasy/steampunk

Anything by Terry Pratchett, for fun and a very particular type of cult geek culture - fabulous! 😁

The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield is an absolutely cracking story.

Barcelona Plates by Alexei Sayle is a bit dated but still very funny and a good insight into British humour.

Iain Banks is my go to author. His science fiction series is absolutely awesome but he also has standard fiction that is lively.

T.C. Boyle is awesome especially if you are in to somewhat more political stuff and current events.

Neal Stephenson is sort of all over the place as far as subject matter but for fans of really well researched books that sometimes verge on speculative journalism ( and aren’t afraid of commuting to a 1000 pager) he’s one of the best.

Yes to Iain Banks - ans his Iain M. Banks series too - excellent!

"children of time" from adrian tchaikovsky, just made a podcast about the book, sadly in germany. No one wants to make an english podcast with me.