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Originally Posted by earthpigborn
This is what I hate about mobileread I ask a simple question and now I'm swamped with books I wanna read  Keep em coming!
Just to give responders an idea of what I'm drawn to, I like these recommendations so far.
Cordelia Gray
Mistress of the Art of Death
Flavia de Luce
Still no female monk though  |
female religious - not sure you can really have female monks
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Sister/Dame Frevisse series, by Margaret Frazer - historical
Sister Fidelma series, by Peter Tremayne - historical
Sister Mary Helen series, by Carol Anne O'Marie - modern/cozy
Catherine LeVendeur series, by Sharan Newman - historical, not strictly a nun, but very strong influence in the storylines
The Catherine LeVendeur series (all except the last book) is one of my most favorite series, although I really like all of the ones I mentioned.
Also, in a similar vein, terminally cute, not religious characters, but really fun (to me) is Rhys Bowen's "Lady Georgiana/Royal" series - Lady Georgiana is 34th (or something like that) in line to the throne, eternally strapped for money since she's from a poor branch of the royal tree, and "solves" things for the Queen.
These are all pretty different than the Reichs-style books that occupied the early part of this thread, but more in line with the Flavia deLuce (great series) and Mistress of Art of Death mentioned above...if you don't like historicals, you probably won't like many (any?) of these.
And, I just started reading the "Agency" series by Y S Lee - I haven't gotten far enough into the first book to decide if I like it or not, so take with a grain of salt.