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GregP
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I loved TWOFS so try not to describe it as steampunk as the term tends to send people scampering for the hills. But it *is* steampunk for all that.

I Am Pilgrim is the best big blockbuster thriller I've read for a very long time. You could try that.
Serendippily
Serendippily
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Id vote twofs. I liked "where d'you go Bernadette" too and "gone girl" on the more trashy front (nothing wrong with a light read)
GregP
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Gone Girl is hardly recent now - not only was TGOTT 'the new Gone Girl', but I believe something is now the new TGOTT - 'After Anna' possibly.

I *H*A*T*E*D* Gone Girl. I may have mentioned this before.
beebop
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Thanks, all. Probably staying away from trashy thrillers for this present (read plenty, mind); other than that, fiction is the only clue I have. I'll check out TWOFS next time I'm near waterstones or equivalent, but more suggestions welcome, unless the consensus is that crowdsourcing Christmas presents is not what this thread is for. :-)
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:) glad to see you can bear a proper grudge against a book you don't like. I was given both books this year so blame the giver I thought they were new!
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Ps plenty of opinion here beebop :)
GregP
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I think I may be speaking out of turn here - that of the 2016 paperbacks this thread has talked about, TWOFS would probably be our book of the year.
Diogenes
Diogenes
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I didn't care for it too much, but I haven't read too much new fiction this year.
Diogenes
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On the other hand, I am really enjoying BTOOT which suggests Greppers and I are incompatible book-wise
Columba
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Don't think I've read anything recent enough to recommend.

Also, I have no idea what steampunk is.

But have requested December's book from the library.

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