lynn Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 (edited) the first one that comes to mind is davinci code. There are several others but i cant remember the title. What have been yours? Also what is your favorite book? Edited February 6, 2016 by lynn 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 Recently, I have very much enjoyed the Cormoran Strike series by Robert Gailbraith (JKR). The Silkworm was great. That is a twisted bunch of thinking, right there. It's brilliant. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mergath Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 Recently, "Bird Box" by Josh Malerman. For anyone into horror, I highly recommend it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad 4 Boys Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 Mr. Smith Goes to Prison It's about Missouri state senator Jeff Smith, who committed a campaign violation, lied about, was tried and convicted and served a year in a federal prison in Kentucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthwestMom Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 Unbroken All The Light We Cannot See Bossypants 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lllll Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 (edited) nm Edited February 22, 2016 by _ oq?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happi duck Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 Go Set a Watchman (Harper Lee) Neither Wolf Nor Dog (K Nerburn) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharonM Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss. I read it twice in one week while camping. Could not put it down and that rarely happens. I guess it is in the fantasy genre. He has a sequel The Wise Man's Fear and hopefully a third coming soon. (hopefully. He writes as slowly as the game of thrones author!) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brehon Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 Dodger by Terry Pratchet The Eight by Katherine Neville The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
displace Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 (edited) Another vote for name of the wind by Patrick rothfuss. One of the few books I read over again as an adult. Also mistborn series by Brandon Sanderson. Edited February 6, 2016 by displace 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 Yugo: the rise and fall of the worst car in history. Also, A Distant Mirror. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diane in CO Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 Anything by the author Maeve Binchy. She is such a wonderful storyteller that I get completely engrossed in her books 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plink Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 Mr. Penumbra's 24 Hour Bookstore - so fun! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cake and Pi Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 Almost anything by Orson Scott Card. The Worthing Saga and A Planet Called Treason (the original, I've never read the rework Treason) are probably my favorites, though I've read Ender's Game 20+ times over the last 20 years, so it probably tops my list and I loved it's parallel novel Ender's Shadow and all the Shadow sequels. Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett Guilty Pleasures (and it's first 5 or 10 sequels) by Laurell K. Hamilton Recently re-read Anne Rice's The Witching Hour and it was still a page-turner. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SproutMamaK Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 Yet another vote for Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss and it's sequel, The Wise Man's Fear. Hoping the final book in the trilogy comes out this year!Another one that's already been mentioned, but All The Light We Cannot See.The Magicians by Lev GrossmanAnd despite being children's books, lol, the Harry Potter series.Hmm, I'm catching on to a magical theme here, lol, I hadn't realize how much I've been drawn to fantasy lately! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrixieB Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 Anything by the author Maeve Binchy. She is such a wonderful storyteller that I get completely engrossed in her books Yes! I love love love her books! Nightingale by Kristin Hannah The Martian Outlander (but... shhh... some of the later books in the series I could put down because... I'm not that big on the war details...) 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teachaheart Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 The one I'm reading right now is pretty gripping (non-fiction): The Beast: Riding the Rails and Dodging Narcos on the Migrant Trail by Óscar MartÃnez Some others that were hard to put down & that I love: No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy The Good Lord Bird by James McBride Mr. Fox by Helen Oyeyemi The Book of Chameleons by José Eduardo Agualusa The Story of My Teeth by Valeria Luiselli Angelmaker by Nick Harkaway (who is the son of John le Carré) The Martian by Andy Weir Inherent Vice by Thomas Pynchon Zeroville by Steve Erickson Bad Monkeys by Matt Ruff 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyforlatin Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 The Rook 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucyStoner Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 Any book by Sarah Vowell. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TechWife Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 (edited) The Things that Keep Us Here by Carla Buckley Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay Edited February 6, 2016 by TechWife Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TammyS Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 The Battle of the Villa Fiorita by Rumer Godden. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizzie in Ma Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 Saying I have a favorite book is like saying I have a favorite child, it depends on the day. ;) Some single books I can't put down: The Wave, Susan Casey Enslaved by Ducks, Bob Tarte The Looming Tower, Lawrence Wright I Heard the Sirens Scream, Laurie Garrett Alex and me, Irene Pepperberg anything by David McCullough Then there are my favorite series, of which there are many, far to many to list here and I can never put down. Harry Potter The Belgariad Clive Cussler's Dirk Pitt novels Robert B. Parker's Spenser novels The Dresden Files Brent Week's Night Angel Chloe Neill's Chicagoland Vampires Shannon Mayer's Rylee Adamson LOTR Faith Hunter's Jane Yellowrock Terry Pratchett Elizabeth Peter's Amelia Peabody 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kristie in Florida Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 I read As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of Princess Bride in its entirety yesterday. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKim Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 Before I Go to Sleep Maude The Nightingale Many books by Catherine Ryan Hyde 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephanier.1765 Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 (edited) The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss. I read it twice in one week while camping. Could not put it down and that rarely happens. I guess it is in the fantasy genre. He has a sequel The Wise Man's Fear and hopefully a third coming soon. (hopefully. He writes as slowly as the game of thrones author!) I just finished these two books and I can honestly say that Patrick Rothfuss writes more beautifully than any other author I've ever read. He uses words like Rembrandt used paint. I just wanted to keep staring at his writing like I would at a painting so that I could absorb ever bit of the beauty. I know I'm laying it on thick but he truly has a mastery over words like I've never seen and I want more. ETA: Another book I recently couldn't put down is Child 44. I haven't read its sequels yet but this first one kept me up late turning the pages. Edited February 6, 2016 by slr1765 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassenach Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 Recently, Blue Hole Back Home, by Joy Jordan-Lake. This was a free Kindle book that ended up being in my top 10 books ever. It's a beautifully written and compelling story. Gilead and Home, by Marilynne Robinson. I'm not sure that these would be page turners for everyone, but both books hit me at just the right time. The third book in the trilogy, Lila, was harder for me to get into and I ended up setting it aside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyLittleBears Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 I loved loved loved, Jane Eyre. I could read it over and over. Also, CS lewis' Till We Have Faces. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allearia Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 Life After Life by Kate Atkinson Daggerspell (long series) by Katherine Kerr Grave Sight by Charlaine Harris Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler Enders Game by Orson Scott Card Outlander by Diane Gabaldon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reefgazer Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 (edited) Hiroshima and Nagasaki (Ham), Spillover (Quamann), Dreams of My Mothers (Peterson), Inside the Gas Chamber (Venezia), and The Book Thief (Zusak). I tend to gravitate toward non-fiction. Edited February 6, 2016 by reefgazer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pink and Green Mom Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 I started The Expatriates, by Janice YK Lee at 7 am and just finished. I may have told my children to do what they want and leave me to finish my book. :lol: I read a review that compared this to Sex and The City. I am not sure why as there are absolutely no similarities between the two. Also: The Light Between Oceans, by ML Steadman Brain on Fire, by Susannah Cahalan (nonfiction) The Last Days of Rabbit Hayes, by Anna McPartlin Code Name Verity, by Elizabeth Wein Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tm919 Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 (edited) Some others (reads from long ago but I still remember I couldn't stop reading): *The poisonwood bible *Rebecca *The Woman in White *The Passion I agree on Gilead, I couldn't stop, somehow the book just broke my heart. Another one like that is The Dog Stars. Sometimes nothing is happening, but I just couldn't stop! I have to agree on Name on the Wind too, it's hard to put down even though the entire time I knew I was reading a giant pile of tropes. Another one that won't appeal to everyone but I couldn't stop was The Girl With All the Gifts. Edited February 6, 2016 by tm919 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom-ninja. Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Before reading the other posts the first book to pop in my head was The Night Circus followed by The Book Thief and The Ocean at the End of the Lane 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
displace Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 I just finished these two books and I can honestly say that Patrick Rothfuss writes more beautifully than any other author I've ever read. He uses words like Rembrandt used paint. I just wanted to keep staring at his writing like I would at a painting so that I could absorb ever bit of the beauty. I know I'm laying it on thick but he truly has a mastery over words like I've never seen and I want more. . Ita with this description. Beautiful writing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6packofun Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Recently, "Bird Box" by Josh Malerman. For anyone into horror, I highly recommend it. I really liked this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JadeOrchidSong Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 I loved loved loved, Jane Eyre. I could read it over and over. Also, CS lewis' Till We Have Faces.I love Jane Eyre, but hate Till We Have Faces. Sorry. I just couldn't understand it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linders Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (how have I missed this book all these years?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tm919 Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 I love Jane Eyre, but hate Till We Have Faces. Sorry. I just couldn't understand it. I loved Till We Have Faces -- my favorite C. S. Lewis! but I wouldn't say it was a book that I couldn't put down. It was also a book that grew on me over time. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anne Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute is an old one that I Ioved. Anne 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trulycrabby Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Shantaram: A Novel of India, by Gregory David Roberts: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0312330537?keywords=India%20mafia&qid=1454811094&ref_=sr_1_8&sr=8-8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonFaerie Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 I LOVE the A Discovery of Witches trilogy by Deborah Harkness. I was so sad when I finished the last one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SereneHome Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 First of all, I would like to state for the record - I was fighting reeeealy hard to not open this thread. I can NOT add any more books to my list. I just can't!!! That being said.... A Prayer for Owen Meany and Never let me go - couldn't put it down and still think about it years later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnMyOwn Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Follow the River by James Alexander Thom. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura in CA Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Angela's Ashes, by Frank McCourt Peace Child, by Don Richardson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fdrinca Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Life After Life by Kate Atkinson I LOVED this book. I just checked out the sequel today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vida Winter Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Follow the River by James Alexander Thom. This is one of my favorite books - I have read it several times. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forget-Me-Not Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 (edited) I loved Life After Life too! I listened to it on audiobook so I can't say I couldn't put it down, exactly, but same principle. I also agree with the Patrick Rothfuss and Maeve Binchy suggestions. Both write books that I will read over and over. Rothfuss's books are the kind that really feel like I've stepped into another world and leave me with a book hangover :D And, FTR, the fantasy genre usually holds zero appeal for me. I read him at the recommendation of a friend who raved about his writing and fell in love. I'm so so looking forward to the third book! I loved All the Light We Cannot See but it was so incredibly sad in some parts that I almost couldn't breathe. I really love Kate Morton's novels (though her latest book I'm kind of feeling "meh" about). The Secret Keeper is my favorite. Edited February 7, 2016 by Forget-me-not Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forget-Me-Not Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry I just read this last week and adored it. It was just so wonderfully quirky and poignant. Looking forward to more by that author. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allearia Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 I just thought of another one: The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlett Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Nothing lately. I dont read any more it seems. I miss that thrill of a good page turner....a few that I remember vividly The Firm Fortunes Rocks (Anita Shreve) Sigh. I miss reading. I should take it up again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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