[Aurelius]

Every so often, I encounter a truly phenomenal book that I can't put down until it's finished.
It's the type of book that I'll carry around with my face buried in it and run home after school just to read it.
And once it's finished, it'll stay in my mind for a considerable amount of time.

I think that a quintessential example would be Harry Potter which makes even a thousand pages seem too short.


If you've read any page turning books, please list them here.

[VersusVillain]

Mysterious Skin by Scott Heim is the ultimate one for me. My favorite book.

One I read recently was Night in the Lonesome October by Richard Laymon. I only stopped reading when I had to (eat, sleep, schoolwork, shower, etc), but I couldn't get enough of it in my free time. It's a very fun, suspenseful little book. The last 60 or so pages were SO intense. My eyes were glued to the pages and I don't think my heart ever pounded so much during the last few chapters of a book. Ah! I love Richard Laymon. <3

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky is another one. Granted, it took a bit longer since the book's somewhat long, but I loved the main character, Rodion Raskolnikov, so much. I loved reading about what drove him to the crime and the guilt (or lack thereof) he felt afterward. His character develops so much toward the end of the book, making him one of my favorite characters in all of literature.

Battle Royale by Koushun Takami is another one. I had to read atleast 150 pages or so at a time. Same with The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold. I swear, one of these days I just need to clear my entire schedule so I can sit down and read an entire book in one sitting.

Also, there are a few very SHORT books that you could of course finish in one, maybe two sittings. The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker, Girl, Interrupted by Susana Kaysen, The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka, Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, and Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky were a few I devoured as quickly as my eyes could move across the pages.

[MUXU]

^nice recommandations

i got loads of books i want to read right now. and i read heck slow

haruki murakami's dance dance dance was an eye-gluer

[jvchou1316]

the house of the scorpion. i read it... in 6th grade?
but it was sooo good. cloning.... scorpions.... it's one that i'll always remember.

[iloveren]

battttleee roooyaaaaaleeeeeeeee

[Irysinon]

Battle Royale is the only one that I can think of that I haven't been able to put down.

[uruchai]

Ann Macdonald's Fall On Your Knees. i read it in my 12th grade for a major proj/essay in english. it's one of the choices so i decided to skim through it, just to see whether i'd like the story. couldn't put it down. read it in two days [considering it was really thick w/small txts]. after reading it, i threw the book on the floor. it was so wonderfully written; but i found the story so tragic and quite sickening.

also, the latter chapters of Dan Brown's Angels and Demons were quite exciting. the first chapters were quite a snoozefest but essential to the storyline.

another one would be Lovely Bones. forgot who the author was though (edit: didnt read the post above. yes, Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold). read it in 10 hours in the car [driving home from chicago to toronto].

[Sky's Crying]

I usually have trouble putting down Dan Brown books. Those go by pretty quickly, usually in 1-2 days. Battle Royale was pretty hard to put down too. lol.

[mayyeejeh]

to me it is Angels & Demon

[wonny]

tuesdays with morrie

by mitch albom

a life changing book.

[THiS ONE LOSER]

I can only think of Eragon and Eldest right now. I'm sure Harry Potter had it's effect on me at one point.

[DDuk]

Tuesdays With Morrie - Mitch Albom (the saddest more inspiring book ever read it in less than a day)
The DaVinci Code - Dan Brown
Angels and Demons - Dan Brown
The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho

[globosapien]

Memories of Silk & Straw- collection of personal stories from Japanese peasants, geishas, fisherman, and etc. before WW2
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

[My_Redemption]

Tuesdays With Morrie - Mitch Albom (the saddest more inspiring book ever read it in less than a day)
The DaVinci Code - Dan Brown
Angels and Demons - Dan Brown
The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho

^ right on with the dan brown books!
i read the da vinci code last year and i just finished angels & demons today.
couldn't put it down! finished in two days. the bomb.

[cRookedSMILE]

The Chinese Cinderella by Adeline Yen Mah (Novel)

Falling Leaves by Adeline Yen Mah (Autobiography)

I read the novel first which was a true story about an unwanted Chinese daughter and Adeline was the girl. Then I read her autobiography getting more informations on her family and their adult life.

It's one of the best asian book I've read beside the Kitchen God's Wife. I couldn't even put it down for one minute (But I had to when the bell rang)

[Classic Example]

Yeah. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is such a great book. I loved every page of it. It's one of my all time favorites.

[sweet_treats1812]

harry potter, most definitely...
most of sidney sheldon's books were hard to put down too~ i found myself enjoying the suspense and the intrigue so much that i'd finish one book in two days, three at the most
another is the da vinci code and angels and demons by dan brown...

i need to find a good book...maybe i'll try some of those books the other posters put down ^^

[&rea]

The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho

O gosh, definitely...I pretty much read the whole book on my bus ride to and from school...I couldn't put it down...It's such an inspiring story....

[Mme. De Giry]

literally, i couldn't put them down...

a tale of two cities by charles dickens
rage of angels by sidney sheldon
master of the game by sidney sheldon
a matter of honor by jeffrey archer
night by elie wiesel
hp & the half-blood prince by jk rowling
angels & demons by dan brown

[Sadana]

Coin Locker Babies

Probably my favorite book of all time. It has everything I want; sex, drugs, rock and roll, homosexuality, and violence.

A very moving book, I couldn't put it down. I've read it a bunch of times to. Every time I do I'm never disappointed.

It's one of those books that when you finish, you're just left with these intense emotions. You're just like "now what?" You're just left with these indescribable feelings. Happy, but sad, but confused, upset...very weird to describe.