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Please recommend me a good book that I will get straight into?

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cheeseisthebest · 13/06/2021 21:26

Rubbish attention span at the moment could someone please recommend me something that will grab my attention immediately?
Tia

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MsAmerica · 13/06/2021 23:52

If your attention span is short these days, how about short stories?

ComeDoonTheStairs · 14/06/2021 01:26

I can relate to a shorter attention span, and short stories can do the trick! I'd also recommend books with multiple POV's such as Gervase Phinn's Dales series or William Nicholson's Sussex series. The books follow a ton of different characters, so if you find yourself bored by one plot you can quickly get to reading about somebody else whom you might find more interesting!

Time40 · 14/06/2021 01:52

Room

or

The Girl on the Train

Aquamarine1029 · 14/06/2021 01:59

Intensity by Dean Koontz. Came out a million years ago but it grabs you from the start.

RaeRaeMama · 14/06/2021 02:27

I'm reading Normal People atm and it's managing to hold my attention

SpareASquare · 14/06/2021 02:30

The Silent Patient. SO good.

musthavebeenlove · 14/06/2021 03:14

The walking harlot by Inny Lorentz.

Just have started rereading it again and it really does grab your attention from the first page.

MajesticWhine · 14/06/2021 03:43

I recently read The Family Upstairs and that was quite easy to get into.

FlamingVictoria · 14/06/2021 10:33

American Dirt
The Midnight Library

Both grabbed me from the start.

Nattalie18 · 14/06/2021 10:41

Another vote for American Dirt!

GloriousMystery · 14/06/2021 10:42

Louise Kennedy’sThe End of the World Is A Cul de Sac or Lucy Caldwell’s Intimacies — both new short story collections.

Rainbowqueeen · 14/06/2021 10:47

The mother in law by sally hepworth

Dunlin · 14/06/2021 10:49

American Dirt, one of the most shocking starts to a novel I have ever read.

cheeseisthebest · 14/06/2021 10:58

Shocking as in disturbing??

I've read quite a few of these good suggestions thank you.

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Sparkletastic · 14/06/2021 10:59

Grown Ups by Marian Keyes. Deals with some serious issues in a very entertaining way.

MissyB1 · 14/06/2021 11:04

Another vote for The Family Upstairs. I couldn’t put it down.

TheWindOnTheMoon · 14/06/2021 11:31

I Let You Go by Clare Macintosh. Dramatic start, and it doesn't let up all the way to the end. But trigger warning - death of young child and domestic abuse storylines.

NoMoreMuchin · 14/06/2021 11:39

Also came on to say American Dirt like several pp's. It's not shocking as in disturbing, I don't think.
It's about a woman and her son trying to escape to the US after a drug cartel kill her husband. Its enthralling.

cheeseisthebest · 14/06/2021 13:17

I let you go is great!

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Handoverthechocollate · 14/06/2021 13:21

Some good ideas on here😊

Thirtyrock39 · 14/06/2021 13:22

The push
Girl a

Oneearringlost · 14/06/2021 13:54

The Push was excellent. Well written, unputdownable and lingers in one's memory.

MayIDestroyYou · 14/06/2021 14:12

Josephine Tey, 'The Franchise Affair'.

Gripping story, and a masterclass in writing.

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