You know when you finish a book...

[RosieLemonade]

And you just miss it because it was so good. And you just want to talk about it but no one wants to talk to you about it.
Which books have been like that for you?

Troubled Blood since I clearly forgot to put the title in with the excitement.
Also recently loved The Seven Husband's of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid. Could have stayed in that story!

I'm reading the Snow Child at the minute and so caught up in the landscapes and people, I'm going to mourn for Alaska when I'm done.

And yep, Mirror and the Light too. I reread the last couple pages a few times and actually took a photo on my phone to remember the language. (Was a library book)

In fact, it's books with beautiful language that I mourn finishing the most. Steinbeck is my favourite author and I noticably slow my reading down when with him to savour every image and always take a few days before starting something new. I'm usually reading 2/3 books at a time, but not with his.

Gone with the wind
And weirdly
Scarlett

I missed her when both books ended. Every time.

Back in 2010 I read Ian McEwan's Atonement and I couldn't get into a book for almost a decade afterwards, it was so stunning.

Then this summer I read Graham Swifts's Mothering Sunday and his next book Here We Are and was finally blown away in a way I haven't been in a long time.

I mentioned it to a number of friends who all bought them and feel the same way, and I've recently read that Mothering Sunday has now been made into a film starring The Crown's Josh O'Connor and Olivia Coleman and Colin Firth. I can't wait!!

The Silence of the Girls left me feeling really bereft and angry. It made all the Grrek & Trojan stuff very real and involving.
Kate Atkinson's Small Gods and Time After Time both gave me the bereft feeling.

Another vote for Eleanor Oliphant. I wanted it to go on and on. Felt like I'd lost a good friend.

@LadyGAgain, reading Gone with the Wind is a very immersive experience. There's another sequel called Rhett Butler's People. I liked it better than Scarlett.

So many I loved are mentioned already but one that I haven't seen on this thread is The Narrow Road to the Deep North - god I loved that book. Also Birdsong and A Fine Balance.

The Starless Sea, by Erin Morgenstern. I listened to it as an audiobook on my commute and spent weeks mentally wandering around its library as I physically wandered around the city.

The Night Circus~ Erin Morgenstern.
Never Let Me Go ~ Kazuo Ishiguro

The night curcus. And its such a hard book to explain to other people that it was frustrating to not be able to share my feelings properly!

And i feel a bit ashamed admitting this but my absolute guilty pleasure books, the twighlight books.... 🙈 theres a couple of points that make me actually cry every time i read them, and then when im finished i feel devestated that they are finished. Have read them so many times now its a complete comfort blanket read at this point. I know they arent the best, amd i am actually quite well read, but these books just hit me in a way that others dont!

Interesting, I always end with a smile when I close the last page of a brilliant book, even if the ending was sad, because I know I've just spent time with a brilliant bunch of characters and a great story.

I can also start another book within the hour.

Another vote for The Mirror and the Light, I was just so sad there weren't going to be any more Hilary Mantel books about Cromwell.
And I missed The Goldfinch so much I had to read it again after a couple of months. It's one of the very few books I've read more than once.

The Narrow Road to the Deep North was haunting. I still think about Darky. Another Australian book that I really loved was Cloudstreet by Tim Winton. I think anyone who likes Steinbeck would enjoy it.

@DontCryForMeNextdoorNeighbour

Another vote for Eleanor Oliphant. I wanted it to go on and on. Felt like I'd lost a good friend.

This ^

Previously 'We need to talk about Kevin'

Ive just bought elianor oliphant for my kindle to start tomorrow! Lots of good suggestions on this thread, i need to get back into reading more and browsing internet on my phone less!

A book hangover.

Crawdads for me too. Also Cilka's journey.

This year it's American Dirt is my big standout and also Lincoln In The Bardo

The Dresden Chronicles by Jim Butcher

We Begin at The End, Chris Whitaker.

I read Remains of the Day (Kazuo Ishiguro) yesterday in one go. It was so good I haven't stopped thinking about it. I totally get what you mean about wanting to talk about it. I always go straight on Amazon and read everyone else's reviews when that happens.

@Meredithgrey1 I also loved A Little Life. I read it on New Year's Day this year and had finished it by the second of Jan. It had its flaws but the characters were so compelling.

Educated by Tara Westover, thank goodness I did get to discuss it at my book club.

@AnneLovesGilbert

Never let me go was like that for me. I bawled for an hour after putting it down for the last time. No one I knew had read it and still haven’t! I tear up thinking about it.

@AnneLovesGilbert - I was the same with that book, just couldn't stop crying the last few chapters. It was devastating. When I saw the film of it afterwards I cried from start to finish knowing how it was going to turn out.

Agree about I am Pilgrim. Most gripping book I've ever read. Was gutted when it finished.