If you like Hilary Mantel* …

… then try these …

• Bilgewater by Jane Gardam
• The Country Girls by Edna O’Brien
• Invitation to the Waltz by Rosamund Lehmann
• Cat’s Eye by Margaret Atwood
• Behind the Scenes at the Museum by Kate Atkinson
• The Getting of Wisdom by Henry Handel Richardson
• The Dressmaker by Beryl Bainbridge
• Caledonia by Elspeth Barker
• The Millstone by Margaret Drabble
• Room for a Single Lady by Clare Boylan

Also by Hilary herself:

• Every Day is Mother’s Day (1985)
• Vacant Possession (1986)
• Eight Months on Ghazzah Street (1988)
• Fludd (1989)
• A Place of Greater Safety (1992)
• A Change of Climate (1994)
• An Experiment in Love (1995)
• The Giant, O’Brien (1998)
• Giving up the Ghost (2003)
• Learning to Talk (2003)

* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilary_Mantel, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/7345476/Hilary-Mantel-interview.html and http://literature.britishcouncil.org/hilary-mantel