Need a gripping, long book to download to my Kindle. Any recommendations?

[gastrognome]

Leaving tomorrow morning for a very long drive down to France. Luckily i wont be doing the driving, so this will be a rare occasion for me to have a good read, as both children will be strapped in to their carseats and plugged into a Disney film or three (thank you iPad).

Would love to get some recommendations for really good page turners that I could download to my Kindle. The longer the better!

Mystery/ thriller / fantasy genres all good. Or indeed anything that just has a cracking good story. But not too hard going as must be able to dip in and out easily.

[thestringcheeseincident]

Millennium trilogy?

[Loshad]

The childrens book (not for children honestly)

[Columbia999]

Fingersmith by Sarah Waters, absolutely gripping and I resented every time I had to put it down!

[AgentProvocateur]

A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry. I read it on holiday this year, and it was one the best books I've ever read.

[AnnOdyne]

little voice?

[gastrognome]

Thanks, those are all great suggestions and haven't read any of them.

[Moanna]

Game of Thrones pentalogy?

[infin]

A Fine Balance is my favourite book. However, just a warning; some find it depressing and disturbing.
Let me add The Book of Negroes by Laurence Hill to the mix. It is the life story of a girl captured into slavery at the age of 11. It's an inspiring read.

[BeehiveBaby]

'World on Fire' by...er...the woman who wrote The Duchess. Just finished it, amazing and loooong!

[coastgirl]

The Crimson Petal and the White.

[Flowerista]

The Man from Beijing

[PrincessJenga]

Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts. Long, gripping, elements of a thriller
(tho not really!) & travel related so good for holiday

[DouglasPouch]

The Passage is good.

I am reading Blacklands atm which has me gripped.

[Kayano]

2nd game of thrones

[Bluebell99]

I have just read quite a few Diane Chamberlain books. A bit like Jodi Picoult.

[BitOfFun]

Fingersmith.

[VivaLeBeaver]

Game of thrones
The passage
The help

[Sam8082]

Ditto Columbia999, in my view anything by Sarah Waters would be a good read - her most recent novel "The Little Stranger" is fab

[PotteringAlong]

Curtis sittenfeld - 'an American Wife' is excellent

[Katisha]

I really recommend The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins, which is free to downlaod (or was when I did). It's the first ever detective novel, written in Victorian times by a friend of Dickens.
But don't be put off worrying it might be wordy and worthy - it's a page turner. And strangely modern.
Go on - might as well for free!

[Humourme]

How about Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell? It is very long and gripping in so many different ways - Probably in your buttocks first though :o However, if you like heavy literary stuff it will blow you away. Something lighter but very absorbing is Phillipa Gregory.

[Marlinspike]

Wolf Hall (Hilary mantel)
Another vote for Crimson petal and the white, cloud atlas and the Help.

I am re-reading all the Harry Potter books at the moment - great page turners!

[Katisha]

Oh yes The Help - excellent.

Cloud Atlas...well it's hard work...

[gastrognome]

Thanks again for all the suggestions.

Ended up downloading Fingersmith and A Fine Balance. Loved Fingersmith and couldn't put it down - all those great plot twists! Will start the other today. And will probably download The Cloud Atlas too.

[Humourme]

Stick with Cloud Atlas Gastrognome even if you find the opening chapter difficult at first (try the Kindle sample and you'll see what I mean) - after a few pages the language become more familiar and easier to understand. It doesn't persist throughout the whole book! There is another chapter approximately half way through that uses a futuristic language - I found that section a bit wearing at times but there is also some wonderful writing and subtle humour too which far outweigh the clunkiness of that section (hears literary critics gasp:)) Actually, a much easier read of David Mitchell's is The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet. A great read all round and much easier to dip and out of.

Happy holiday reading:)