What's the one book that you've stayed up into the early hours to read?

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Despite having to get up early or whatever .. what is the one book that you simply couldn't put down as you needed to know what happened next or you were just thoroughly engrossed?

Another vote for A Little Life. Also The Goldfinch and the Madadam trilogy, Margaret Atwood.

DH regularly nudges me in the early hours of the morning telling me to turn the light of and go to sleep as I’m so engrossed in a book. In the last week I’ve stayed up way too late to finish All the Broken Places by John Boyne and Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan.

@MaryasBible I’ve recently started Still Life so I can look forward to lots more sleepless nights!

Only 1????

In that case it would have to be the first one that a read non-stop over five days at the age of 11 - Lord of the Rings. All three volumes!

Is there another way to read a book?

@TwinsAndTiramisu I’m intrigued.

Da Vinci Code

I recently stayed up half the night to finish "I Found You" by Lisa Jewell. It was compelling reading!

Audiobooks by Nicci French. Absolutely unputdownable !

I have indeed seen the "thing" about the chapters now and can't believe I didn't spot it before, but I'm not divulging in case it spoils the discovery for someone now reading

Harry Potter 5! SOOO exciting. Pre-ordered it on Amazon for delivery on the day of release (which was exciting in itself to get guaranteed on-the-day delivery!) I didn’t put it down until I’d finished it over 24 hours later - except for maybe 5 hours sleep that night. I was 18 and felt totally consumed by Harry’s anger at not being seen by Dumbledore and his emotional journey in the book. Primal stuff.

Those were the days… 🙂

Fingersmith by Sarah Waters

I had to know

Pleased to see I'm not alone!

Many! Most recently, Again, Rachel.
but also others by Marian Keyes

Serment des limbes by Jean Christophe Grangé all about negative near death experiences. Had to find a 'safe' place to put it down. All his books are the same.

War for the Oaks by Emma Bull (fantasy).
I started it the day before one of my finals as a bit of a distraction from studying, stayed up until I’d finished it, then woke up the next morning and started again at the beginning.
In all honesty though, it was very much of its mid 80s time. I tried rereading it a couple of years ago and really struggled to finish it.

I couldn't agree more.

I know!! It’s brilliant

The Beach. Many years ago. Read it in 3 days.

Kane and Abel when I was a teen. Under the covers so as not to wake my sister

I finished Silence of the Lambs at 6am. Most gripping book I've ever read. Fingersmith is amazing, but I managed to put it down to go to sleep etc.

So many when I was younger.

I agree that Fingersmith or any of the other earlier Sarah Waters books are absolute page turners. What a brilliant storyteller. I like her later books too, but the early ones are my favourites.

Some random others...

'The Colour' and most recently 'Lily' by Rose Tremain.

Guilty late night reads.... Marian Keyes, essentially, anything by her. I know it's not high culture but she just makes people's social lives come alive.

American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins

The goldfinch:)

Winter of 1973.
Penmarric by Susan Howatch.

Lots! My most recent one was Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir (author of 'The Martian'). I'm not normally big on sci fi but this was really enjoyable.

Any by Jodi Picoult .