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.

Millennium trilogy?

The childrens book (not for children honestly)

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

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

little voice?

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

Game of Thrones pentalogy?

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.

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

The Crimson Petal and the White.

The Man from Beijing

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

The Passage is good.

I am reading Blacklands atm which has me gripped.

2nd game of thrones

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

Fingersmith.

Game of thrones
The passage
The help

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

Curtis sittenfeld - 'an American Wife' is excellent

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!

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.

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!

Oh yes The Help - excellent.

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

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.

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:)