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Books you couldn't put down

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whyhastherumgone · 05/08/2017 16:41

Just read Then She Was Gone and found it really gripping - looking for a follow up read, so tell me, which books did you struggle to put down? Ideally looking for a thriller/mystery type

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Tuttytoffee · 16/10/2017 09:40

Can I just say thanks to the person who recommended into the darkest corner. I've only started it last night and really enjoying it already and I just know it's gonna be a great read

TheGoodEnoughWife · 15/10/2017 15:05

I love these threads as I find lots of books to add to my reading list!

mstrotwood · 14/10/2017 22:22

I just read 'In a Lonely Place' by Dorothy B. Hughes. LA crime noir from the 1940s. It kept me reading all afternoon and evening until I got to the end.

EssentialHummus · 14/10/2017 19:53

Y to The Road
Hugely divisive, but A Little Life- flew through it, wished I had another 700 pages!

ShowMePotatoSalad · 14/10/2017 19:40

Ditto Gone Girl
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie) - I found it compelling
Peruasion, Jane Austen (as a die-hard fan of Pride and Prejudice, I was worried I wouldn't like it as much but it was wonderful. Ditto Sense and Sensibility. I find most of her works to be unputdownable actually)
The Shining, Stephen King. Frightening, gripping, memorable.

lljkk · 14/10/2017 18:49

I read The Half Life of Joshua Jones in one night, recently.
I was bored by The Road, though.

AllGoodDogs · 14/10/2017 18:28

YY to Into the darkest corner! I read it with my book club years ago and we all agreed it was a real page turner! Not found a book quite like it since!

IsabellaMorgan · 14/10/2017 17:48

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (quite like Dangerous Liaisons by Laclos), I am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes ( terrorist thriller) , The Artist's Muse by Kerry Postle ( feminist Girl with Pearl Earring), A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth (set in India - pulls you in. Didn't want it to end. Very long though...)

CountFosco · 07/10/2017 21:49

Jane Eyre. I find some of Margaret Attwood unputdownable - Alias Grace most of all. Sarah Waters books are good page turners as well, especially Fingersmith. I know a lot of people found 'Wolf Hall' difficult to get through but 'Bringing up the Bodies' is incredible and because we know what is happening before the characters do it's very compelling. I read it very quickly. I also lovedloved I Capture the Castle (very good classic teen fiction).

flimflaminurjams · 06/10/2017 22:11

To kill a mockingbird. Took me ages to decide to read it. My word what a fool I had been to ignore it for so long. Read in about 4 baths lol

CharlieBoo · 04/10/2017 23:31

Loved the couple next doir

suzisso · 04/10/2017 16:06

Just read
All the light we cannot see
And
Eleanor Oliphaht is completely fine
Both brilliant

Tigertots · 04/10/2017 16:02

The Watcher by Charlotte Link

Whatshouldmyusernamebe · 10/09/2017 19:32

Just following for recommendations. I've read a few of these. :)

woman12345 · 01/09/2017 08:32

The Road is a real page turner, I agree. Smile
William Boyd's brilliant too.

Just read 'A Manual for a Cleaning Woman' by Lucia Berlin. Collection of short stories. Funny and truthful; great writer.

PinkIndustry · 27/08/2017 23:30

The Road by Cormac McCarthy

ScarletSienna · 27/08/2017 20:22

I See You by Clare Mackintosh. However, I've read that her other book is even better!

Serenrose · 27/08/2017 20:18

Ones which stand out for me are:

Atonement - Ian McEwan
Ordinary thunderstorms and Restless - William Boyd
We need to talk about Kevin - Lionel Shriver
Pp mentions Erin Kelly, I've read a few of hers (the poison tree, the ties that bind and the sick rose) and found them all gripping.

My all time favourite though- Rebecca , Daphne DuMaurier I remember reading it in the staff canteen (something I never do) as I literally could not put it down! Love it!

antimatter · 27/08/2017 19:48

His bloody project if you haven't read it yet

gemmiebaby · 27/08/2017 19:26

He Said She Said by Erin Kelly was good. Have just finished After I've Gone by Linda Green. Read in less than 24hrs! Fantastic book

Wormysquirmy · 27/08/2017 19:21

Shamelessly following

Outlander had me hooked

melissasummerfield · 27/08/2017 19:18

Ive just read a great thriller - the girlfriend by michelle francis and thought it was great!

Cherrypi · 27/08/2017 19:15

Dark Matter by Blake Crouch.

judgejudyandexecutioner · 27/08/2017 12:49

The Stone Man by Luke Smitherd was an amazing read. I was feeling a bit jaded with fiction so much more of the same and then a friend recommended this book which was only an audio book. Now it's on kindle so I gave it a go and it was a phenomenal read.

hookiewookie29 · 20/08/2017 20:19

Into the Darkest Corner by Elizabeth Haynes.
Brilliant page turner......couldn't put it down!
Also anything by Sharon Bolton