What Books Can't You Put Down?

[Koopmans]

I would love to hear what books you find that once started you just can't put down and have to read pretty much straight through to the end!

[mamabeca]

I've been working very steadly through The Lacuna, which I'm loving. The People of the Book was a very fast read for me too, and Rebecca's Key. Under the Dome was OMG fast for me, though if you are not a King fan, it's pretty gross (death etc.).

[annettemarie]

Moving out to the general Books forum

[snozzberry]

Here are a few recent reads I couldn't put down!

The Adoration of Jenna Fox
17-year-old Jenna has been in a coma for over a year. Now she’s awake, but her parents have moved her to the other side of the country, her body doesn’t feel quite right, and her grandmother hates her.

Looking for Alaska
16-year-old Miles leaves his comfortable but friendless life in Florida to go to boarding school in Alabama. His roommate Chip quickly adopts Miles as a friend and introduces him to a girl who lives down the hall—Alaska. Beautiful and brilliant, Alaska flirts with Miles and he falls for her. But it could never work, and they both know it.

Catching Fire
Sequel to The Hunger Games, which was also IMPOSSIBLE to put down! Can't wait for the 3rd in the series to come out later this year...eek!

Broken Soup
Rowan’s older brother is dead. Her father has left. Her mother sleeps all day, leaving Rowan to take care of her little sister. So when a stranger at the store insists she dropped a photo negative, she doesn’t have the energy to argue with him. But then she can’t get that mystery photo out of her mind. And who was that boy anyway?

Jellicoe Road
At a boarding school in the Australian bush country, Taylor Markham has been selected as the reluctant leader to represent the school in negotiations with their rivals, the Townies and the Cadets. But when the only adult in her life disappears and Taylor finds out the Cadet leader knows her better than she’d like, will she be able to hold it together and protect her kids from retaliation?

Graceling
Katsa is Graced with the ability to kill, which her uncle the king exploits for his own gain. She has no friends—how could a wild, predatory animal have friends? Then one day, she meets another Graceling who not only challenges her idea of friendship but her idea of herself. And it just so happens he’s pretty darn cute, to boot.

[woodchick]

I couldn't put down "The Life of Pi"

In fact, I was reading it on the train on my way to work one day. A few days later friend said that they had been sitting directly across the aisle from me. I had no idea. She said that I didn't look up from the book during the whole 40 minute train ride.

[Freedom~Mama]

Recently it was 'The Art of Racing in the Rain'. Great book!

[*bejeweled*]

[A&A]

I'm currently in The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks and it's pretty fascinating!

[Maadi]

I love to read Alcott, Louisa May Novels.

[ticklemegreen]

I love Jodi Picoult's books. Everyone I've read has grabbed me!

I also couldn't put down the time travelers wife, the 19th wife and come back

[Proxi]

I kept seeing The Hunger Games in the youth lit area, and I finally picked it up to see what the excitement was all about. Well worth it... couldn't put the book down, nor could I put the sequel down. I can't wait for the third!

[Trinitty]

American Gods by Neil Gaiman.
Trin.

[zinemama]

Originally Posted by Proxi

I kept seeing The Hunger Games in the youth lit area, and I finally picked it up to see what the excitement was all about. Well worth it... couldn't put the book down, nor could I put the sequel down. I can't wait for the third!

Me, too! The writing was just ok, but my oh my can that woman tell a story! I'm reading the sequel right now.

Recently I read The Help (for similar reasons) and couldn't put that down, either.

Also: Little Bee by Chris Cleve.

[raksmama]

the Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingssolver
Zorro by Isabelle Allende, actually amost everything from her Eva Luna,House of the Spirts
Khul- Khaal Five Egyptian Women Tell Their Stories by Nayra Atiya
Bless Me Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya
The Twilight Saga by Stephanie Meyer
The Sookie Stackhouse series by Charlaine Harris
The Mercedes Thompson series by Patricia Briggs
Almost everything from Charles De Lint but in particular "Jack of Kinrowen",
"Moonheart" "Memory and Dream"
Many more but that is what pops in my mind at the moment

[Traci mom23boys]

Originally Posted by Proxi

I kept seeing The Hunger Games in the youth lit area, and I finally picked it up to see what the excitement was all about. Well worth it... couldn't put the book down, nor could I put the sequel down. I can't wait for the third!

Yeah that

[Lisalee2]

I also really loved The Hunger Games and Catching Fire.

[csekywithlove]

WooHoo!!!

The Southern Vampire series by Charlaine Harris.
Drowning Season, Illumination Night, Practical Magic, The Foretelling, Turtle Moon, and Here on Earth by Alice Hoffman.
The Vampire Chronicles and The Mayfair Witches books by Anne Rice.
Harry Potter- I read all of each book the night they come out.
The Twilight Saga by Stephanie Meyer.
The Cirque du Freak series by Darren Shan.
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan.
Wicked, Son of Witch, A Lion Among Men, by Gregory Maguire.
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis.
The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley

And at the moment, The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel....


I LOVE THIS THREAD!!!

[prescottchels]

The Maximum Ride Series by James Patterson

The Outlander Series by Diana Gabaldon-just slog your way thru the first 50 pages and you're good to go!

Summer Sisters by Judy Blume

Emissary of Love by James Twyman

[philomom]

Today my can't put down is this one...

The Physick Book Of Deliverance Dane

[kdescalzi]

The Hunger Games and Catching Fire....impossible to put down. I cannot wait for the 3rd. Absolutely love these books