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Unputdownable Book

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RayofSunshine18 · 21/11/2023 14:01

What is your number one, unputdownable book, that you would recommend to absolutely anyone and everyone that will listen. Either fact or fiction - I am looking for some inspiration!

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LadyEloise1 · 12/12/2023 08:21

I loved Star of the Sea by Joseph O' Connor

toomanykittensnow · 11/12/2023 22:55

NutellaEllaElla · 06/12/2023 22:56

I'm enjoying On The Island, thank you for the recommendations.

Yey! It's fab isn't it?

coolmum123 · 07/12/2023 12:25

The Strike series
Harry Bosch / Lincoln lawyer series
The silent Patient
Blood Orange

NutellaEllaElla · 06/12/2023 22:56

I'm enjoying On The Island, thank you for the recommendations.

StellaAndCrow · 02/12/2023 03:39

The Boys from Brazil, by Ira Levin (who wrote Stepford Wives and Rosemary's Baby).
About Nazi war criminals. I wasn't expecting to find it as gripping as I did.

I Let You Go by Clare McKintosh. An up-all-night thriller with some unexpected plot turns.

The Jane Casey books about detective Maeve Kerrigan.

endofthelinefinally · 02/12/2023 01:24

The Coroner's Lunch by Colin Cotterill. Set in Laos in the 70s. The first in a very entertaining, well written series.

ToThineOwnSelf · 02/12/2023 01:03

Trains and Lovers - Alexander McCall Smith

Blackcountryexile · 29/11/2023 22:31

One Hundred Years of Lanni and Margot Marianne Cronin
When the Dust Settles Lucy Easthope
The Appeal Janice Hallett
The Rose Code Kate Quinn
Moonflower Murders Anthony Horowitz

Theoldcuriosityshop · 29/11/2023 20:22

The Thorn Birds.

Notgoodatpoetrybutgreatatlit · 29/11/2023 20:22

I am addicted to Martina Cole but Jackie Collins is truly the definition of page turner for me. But
I love Wilkie Collins so much. We did Woman in White for O level and it didn't ruin it for me. My friend always used to say Disreali missed a cabinet meeting and the opera to read it. I don't know if this is true and I never checked because its such a lovely idea. But that was back when we had a properly serious Prime Minister.

Aroundthewaygirl · 29/11/2023 20:02

There are soooo many, here are a few of my favs which are mainly mystery/thrillers:

The Dream Daughter by Diane Chamberlain
Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage
The Last Mrs Parrish by Liv Constatine
The Family Next Door by Sally Hepworth
The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks
A Simple Plan by Scott Smith

Sofabookhotchoc · 29/11/2023 18:32

Found some of my favourites in here already and went out and found Blood Orange and A tree grows in Brooklyn in an amazing charity bookshop today.
Would also add East of Eden - John Steinbeck, and The girl with the pearl earring- Tracey Chevalier

OxfordshireMumOf2 · 29/11/2023 16:17

placemaking so I can come back to this thread for my next read!
A few of mine:
The Shining
The Housemaid
The Silent Patient
Verity

watchingsmurfs · 29/11/2023 15:09

American Dirt was great.
Also The Power as PP. Fantastic!

NutellaEllaElla · 29/11/2023 14:49

My sister's keeper by Jodi Picoult

BonjourCrisette · 28/11/2023 19:14

Emily St John Mandel is fantastic.

And another vote for Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow.

LydiaGwilt · 28/11/2023 18:58

'Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell'

LickleLamb · 28/11/2023 06:52

Fair and Tender Ladies by Lee Smith - this came out in the 80s. It's great and a bit different - set in Virginia in the early 1900s. It won an award at that time.
I read Brazzaville Beach by William Boyd decades ago but loved it - I should go back and read it again but I think most would enjoy it.
An Officer and a Spy by Robert Harris is great.
I am reading Strange Sally Diamond by Liz Nugent, recently published and it is a page turner.

SheerLucks · 28/11/2023 01:02

Jewelspun · 21/11/2023 14:53

Daniel Jupp -

Gates of Hell: Why Bill Gates Is the Most Dangerous Man in the World

Unless you're a Mac fan!

SheerLucks · 28/11/2023 00:57

Here We Are by Graham Swift

Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff

Atonement by Ian Mckewen

They changed my life...

SpeculatingRooks · 27/11/2023 22:25

Jilly Cooper's Riders and Rivals!
Cats eye Margaret Atwood
Rebecca..
and Gone Girl, when I finished it I started at the beginning again so I could read it knowing what I knew!

tunainatin · 27/11/2023 22:12

Last one at the party, couldn't put it down and my heart was racing all the way through, all the more real because of COVID.

Whylurkwhenicanjoinin · 27/11/2023 22:09

Gravity by Tess Gerritsen. Sadly it was so gripping i had to cheat and look at the end! Utterly brilliant, as a lot of her books are

AdamRyan · 27/11/2023 22:02

This Charming Man by Marian Keyes was the most recent one I couldn't stop reading.

MrsMouse03 · 27/11/2023 22:00

Just finished The Favour by Nicci French which was great. Also The Other Passenger by Louise Candlish.