And I’d prefer not about a rich person. Just a book to drink a cup of tea or a glass of wine and feel good 🙂 by fuzzy_zoo Related: What are some books that will help me? I want to try short story collections to get into the habit of reading, recommendations with different genres would be of great help. Books about black history Suggest me a book that uses another popular book/property/media as a major plot point Please suggest LGBTQ+ books!
SpecialKnits4855 on March 2, 2024 5:35 pm Books by [Jane Gardam](https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/20838.Jane_Gardam), except her Old Filth character is wealthy.
fosterbanana on March 2, 2024 6:24 pm Stewart O’Nan has a couple of these. Emily, Alone and Henry, Himself fit I think.
Senior-Lettuce-5871 on March 2, 2024 6:26 pm {{Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simonson}} – 68-yo retired army major potters around his English village, and gets to know 58-year old Pakistani shop keeper . Gentle and cozy read. {{The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce}} – 65yo Harold Fry heads out one day to post a letter..and keeps walking
january1977 on March 2, 2024 7:22 pm The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie has a young protagonist. The Thursday Murder Club has pensioners.
eitherajax on March 2, 2024 7:39 pm At Home in Mitford is about the daily life of a middle aged Presbyterian reverend.
reluctantredditor822 on March 2, 2024 8:09 pm The Thursday Murder Club is a cozy mystery series about a group of 4 retirees who solve murders together
LTinTCKY on March 2, 2024 8:47 pm Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry Spence and Lila by Bobbie Ann Mason Littlejohn by Howard Owen
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Books by [Jane Gardam](https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/20838.Jane_Gardam), except her Old Filth character is wealthy.
Remnant population by Elizabeth Moon
Stewart O’Nan has a couple of these. Emily, Alone and Henry, Himself fit I think.
{{Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simonson}}
– 68-yo retired army major potters around his English village, and gets to know 58-year old Pakistani shop keeper . Gentle and cozy read.
{{The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
by Rachel Joyce}} – 65yo Harold Fry heads out one day to post a letter..and keeps walking
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie has a young protagonist. The Thursday Murder Club has pensioners.
At Home in Mitford is about the daily life of a middle aged Presbyterian reverend.
The Thursday Murder Club is a cozy mystery series about a group of 4 retirees who solve murders together
Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry
Spence and Lila by Bobbie Ann Mason
Littlejohn by Howard Owen
Much of Barbara Pym’s fiction would fit the bill.