# Recommend a book for my wife **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 9, 2017, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-book-for-my-wife/793197 "2017-08-09T21:35:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2017, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-book-for-my-wife/793197/1 "2017-08-09T21:35:17Z")
MrsB likes to take it very easy when reading on vacation. It’s a break from the medical textbooks and research papers. She likes chicklit: Polly Williams, Kim Gruenenfelder, Lauren Weisberger, Risa Green, Emma McLauglin, etc… Does anyone have any suggestions for something I can pick up on her behalf to read on a vacation? Many thanks in advance. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2017, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-book-for-my-wife/793197/2 "2017-08-09T22:18:49Z")
Replay by Ken Grimwood? > **[Replay (Grimwood novel)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Replay_(Grimwood_novel))** > > Replay is a fantasy novel by American writer Ken Grimwood, first published by Arbor House in 1986. It won the 1988 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel. > The novel tells of a 43-year-old man who dies and wakes up back in 1963 in his 18-year-old body. He relives his life with all his memories of the previous 25 years intact. This happens repeatedly, with the man playing out his life differently in each cycle. The novel was a bestseller in Japan. Its time-loop concept has been referenced as a precurs... ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2017, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-book-for-my-wife/793197/3 "2017-08-10T00:38:53Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Replay by Ken Grimwood? I’ve read that, although I had forgotten the title. ---
**Author:** ![The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_wind_of_my_soul)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2017, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-book-for-my-wife/793197/4 "2017-08-10T19:53:52Z")
[Stupid and Contagious](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/293027.Stupid_and_Contagious) by Caprice Crane. Unfortunately, the synopsis is very short. I can tell you that I adored this book, and after I read it, Kim Gruenenfelder popped up in my list of Amazon recommendations, and there are some similarities in their writing styles. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-book-for-my-wife/793197/5 "2017-08-11T03:47:26Z")
This thread may be of interest. My first post is #44:[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=828084](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=828084) ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-book-for-my-wife/793197/6 "2017-08-11T03:55:53Z")
My wife really liked Elizabeth Gilbert’s, “Eat, Pray, Love,” and couldn’t give two hoots about Oprah’s endorsement. Liked the movie, too. ---
**Author:** ![The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_wind_of_my_soul)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-book-for-my-wife/793197/7 "2017-08-11T12:20:45Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > My wife really liked Elizabeth Gilbert’s, “Eat, Pray, Love,” and couldn’t give two hoots about Oprah’s endorsement. Liked the movie, too. I’ll second this one. Well, the book part – I didn’t enjoy the movie. Eat, Pray, Love didn’t get the greatest reviews, but the fact that it was on the NYT bestseller list for 199 weeks and made into a movie should give you some idea of just how bad it ISN’T. Though the book is popular enough that I wonder if your wife has read it already. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-book-for-my-wife/793197/8 "2017-08-11T13:11:10Z")
As always, **[Outlander](https://www.amazon.com/Outlander-Novel-Book-1-ebook/dp/B000FC2L1O/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1502457048&sr=8-1&keywords=outlander+book+series)**. ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-book-for-my-wife/793197/9 "2017-08-11T14:06:18Z")
Anything by Cathy Lamb: Henry’s Sisters Julia’s Chocolates Such a Pretty Face A Different Kind of Normal You laugh and get teary eyed when reading her books. Some of the characters are hilarious. Just great stories! ---
**Author:** ![eenerms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-book-for-my-wife/793197/10 "2017-08-11T14:46:02Z")
Karen Robards books are fun. She does historical and suspense with love affairs. ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-book-for-my-wife/793197/11 "2017-08-11T23:02:24Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > As always, **[Outlander](https://www.amazon.com/Outlander-Novel-Book-1-ebook/dp/B000FC2L1O/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1502457048&sr=8-1&keywords=outlander+book+series)**. While I love the show, I haven’t been able to interest DrMrsB in it. Although my parents have the books so I’m planning to swipe them at some point in the future ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-book-for-my-wife/793197/12 "2017-08-12T00:01:46Z")
I enjoyed **Wedding Girl** , by Stacey Ballis.