Please recommend something very, very fast-paced

[TheCatOfAthenry]

Hello all! I read quite a lot. I'm open to anything and everything.

Have become much busier in recent weeks and this is likely to go on for some months.

I'd really appreciate recommendations for page-turners without too much extraneous detail (this makes a book harder to get into, for me) so I can continue to read.

All help very much appreciated!

[2tfrutti]

I am Pilgrim. Excellent page turner - you won't be able to put it down though so not too great if you are busy!

[TheCatOfAthenry]

Thank you. Will add to my list.

[Allthecake]

What about things like The Help, The Lovely Bones, the Book Thief etc? There are also some high-quality teen books which make for good reading without a lot of effort, such as Malorie Blackman's Noughts and Crosses series.

[TheCatOfAthenry]

Thank you @Allthecake - I've read all of those!

[TheCatOfAthenry]

(And actually rather liked all - interested in what you generally read now.)

[AtlantaGinandTonic]

I second 'I Am Pilgrim' for fast-paced.

[Miloarmadillo2]

The Power, by Naomi Alderman.

[AtlantaGinandTonic]

The Miniaturist is very good and if I recall, fairly fast-paced.

[Onlyaprawn]

How about Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine? I thought it was a real page turner and finished it in two sessions!

[TheCatOfAthenry]

Thank you lovely people! These all sound like things I could enjoy.

[Piggywaspushed]

Just finished An Almond For A Parrot. It's very rude but don't let that put you off. It is set in Regency England . It would be demeaning it to call it a bodice ripper but it is certainly a quick read. There's bit of a mystery to solve and some magic and some rakes and courtesans. And maypoles....

[Piggywaspushed]

And agree that Eleanor Oliphant is a quick read.

[lastqueenofscotland]

Restless by William Boyd
I literally couldn't put This Is Going To Hurt down and read it in anight

[TheCatOfAthenry]

I also loved This Is Going To Hurt. It genuinely did. (I'm also a doctor, some of it gave me horrible flashbacks!)

Thanks for all these. I like the sound of the rude book too.

[Pashazade]

All the Jack Reacher books are a good engrossing read. Altered Carbon by Richard Morgan if you can handle some sci-fi. Plus the crime series by PJ Tracy

[Allthecake]

Glad to see I've pinpointed your style OP! Do you like non-fiction too? If so how about...
Biography:

• Maya Angelou, I know why the caged bird sings or Me and Mom and Me
• Helene Hanff, 84 Charing Cross Road
• Cathy Rentzenbrink, Last act of love

Smart Thinking

• Jon Ronson, The psychopath test
• Oliver Sacks, Hallucinations
• Freakonomics (can't remember author, don't be put off by title, it's not about economics)

Kids (but still great reads)

• R J Palacio, Wonder
• Judith Kerr, When Hitler stole pink rabbit (semi-autobiographical)

Fingers crossed there are some you haven't read there OP

[Allthecake]

Re: The Miniaturist - was an amazing book and a very quick read for me too. So much better than the tv version, I thought that was pretty poor. Please don't watch it if you want to read the book, as half of the beauty of the book is that it's full of layers of secrets, sort of like a literary onion

[Piggywaspushed]

I second sacks but if you are a doctor you have probably read him?

The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat is brilliant.

The 100 Year Old Man Who Climbed Out of a Window and Disappeared is long but jaunty.

[TheCatOfAthenry]

Yes, I like Sacks. Fascinating stuff.

[lizzlebizzle33]

Running 😂

[TheCatOfAthenry]

@lizzlebizzle33 are you my dad?

[lizzlebizzle33]

😂 no but if that's your dads sense of humour then he should meet my dad

[Theducksarenotmyfriends]

Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer is very fast paced, reads like a film (I think it is being made into a film actually)

[StealthPolarBear]

Stuff by Jane Fallon (chick lit) is what I read when I'm too busy to hold a story in my brain

[StealthPolarBear]

I can't see lizzles first post, am I missing something