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Whose works were catnip to fraus and gay men, and which were frequently made into miniseries for TV.
I'm a huge Jackie fan through and through. I went on a Collins kick years back. I don't care what anyone says, the original Hollywood Wives is a fantastic piece of fiction. No one did decadence like Jackie.
Reality TV had nothing on this kind of extravagance and drama.
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | August 6, 2025 3:19 AM |
Whoever wrote MANDINGO has my vote.
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | August 6, 2025 2:08 AM |
Barbara Taylor Bradford's
A Woman Of Substance
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | August 6, 2025 2:10 AM |
I didn't read trash. I read Ann Rule.
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | August 6, 2025 2:11 AM |
Ann Rule was great! She was one of the first true-crime authors. Deserves her own thread!
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | August 6, 2025 2:21 AM |
Judith Krantz of course Darling ! Still love Princess Daisy,Scruples etc . Reread them every few years.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | August 6, 2025 2:28 AM |
Christopher Pike and his horror novels. I read most of his books when I was around 10 or 11. I remember not knowing the words "condom" and "semen".
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | August 6, 2025 2:37 AM |
Krantz’s books were filthy but fun. I really liked “Scruples” though I can’t get into “Princess Daisy” as the scene where the older woman “seduces” the 14 year old boy in graphic detail is a bit much for even me and I usually let anything go.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | August 6, 2025 2:56 AM |
Jackie Collins is fun and there was always a thriller subplot. I love “Lucky” the novel, (not the entire series) and “Hollywood Wives” the best.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | August 6, 2025 2:57 AM |
R2, great suggestion. I found that book at my grandma’s house as a teen, and thoroughly enjoyed reading it.
Perhaps a deeper cut (but also one my grandma passed down) Rightfully Mine, by Doris Mortman.
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | August 6, 2025 3:02 AM |
Oooo I loved him too R10 ! Master of the game !
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | August 6, 2025 3:14 AM |
Irving Wallace
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | August 6, 2025 3:17 AM |
I attended book signings for Collins a couple of times closer to the end of her life. She was supremely entertaining, funny, aware of herself as not a literary author and she told great stories. I was sad that she died before she could write an autobiography as it would have been a gas.
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | August 6, 2025 3:19 AM |
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