Unputdownable Book

[RayofSunshine18]

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!

Definitely agree that American Dirt is literally unputdownable … already recommended earlier on thread but The Poisonwood Bible will stay with you forever, anything by Agatha Christie (you won’t want to stop reading) and I also love Michael Connolly’s crime novels (Bosch is also a great TV series)

Another one for the Strike series. I just got on the wrong train because I'm glued to Lethal White.

The push was excellent.

I also love everything by Kristen Hannah and am currently reading The great Alone which I love

Another vote for A Tree Grows In Brooklyn. I read it as a teenager, absolutely loved it, then read it many years later and still loved it. There are scenes in it I'll never forget.

Oh yes, that was really good. It's stuck with me too. I looked at some reviews of it after I read it and was struck by the many different views of what the book was about. For me it's about grief in its many forms. It's remarkable.

I'd also recommend Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel. It's a touching and intriguing story with strong characters and some truly beautiful passages.

Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow, by Gabrielle Zevin.

I remember reading this when it first came out. I was on a tube train when I got to the plot twist and I remember putting it down on my lap and loudly exclaiming, 'Well!!!' because I was so surprised. Great book.

@Alighttouchonthetiller I think I listened to the audiobook (the narration on Audible by Juanita McMahon is superb) and gasped at that part of the book. It was fantastic! Probably due a re-read of it soon.

A great read.

Agreed - it's a magnificently crafted story.

Also love the Strike books (I've just finished The Running Grave) and The Lacuna by Barabara Kingsolver.

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

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

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

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.

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!

Here We Are by Graham Swift

Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff

Atonement by Ian Mckewen

They changed my life...

Unless you're a Mac fan!

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.

'Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell'

Emily St John Mandel is fantastic.

And another vote for Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow.

My sister's keeper by Jodi Picoult

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

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

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

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