What was the last book that you couldn't put down?

Hey all! I'm on the hunt for a new set of books to read for the summer, and I CANNOT find anything that I want to read! The last book that I really got sucked into was Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen, and I'm a big sucker for historical fiction. (I loved "Dream When You're Feeling Blue" and some other time pieces are just to die for.)

So, what was the last book you couldn't put down? Whats your favorite book of all time? Do you have any other suggestions for books I should read?

Favorite Book(s): The Virgin Suicide, The Hobbit, A Tree Grows In Brooklyn, Gemma Doyle Trilogoy

Last book that you couldnt put down: Water For Elephants

Other suggestions: _____

Another book (s) that I originally started to read but put down the first time was the 'His Dark Materials' trilogy by Philip Pullman.  The next time I picked it up I set aside a few hours to get into the story ... and this stretched into a few days plus a lot of late nights!

"We Need To Talk About Kevin" for the person who asked, is a rather dark and disturbing tale written from the perspective of the mother of a teenager that commits mass murder in a high-school shooting.  The mounting horror of the narrative is skillfully handled and the reader is taken on a psychological journey that throws up a lot of uncomfortable questions.  I resisted reading this for several years because - well - I'm a delicate soul and didn't want to have nightmares!  But I do recommend it.

We should start a book club!

I liked Never Let Me Go, and Wicked (though not the easiest read, IMO).

We Need to Talk About Kevin has been recommended to me before... it may be my next book purchase.

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My Visit To Hell was an amazing book . . . right now i am reading The Tommyknockers by Stephen King, can't put it down :D

I loved the Tommyknockers! I got totally sucked into that one.

I am totally and ridiculously obsessed with the Twilight Series right now. I have not read a book since 6th grade and I have read 3 out of the 4 books in one week. I stayed up all night tonite finishing the 3rd. I am addicted.

The Book of Negroes - Lawrence Hill

The Glass Castle - Jeanette Walls

and I can't WAIT for September because the 7th book in Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series comes out! I've been waiting four years for it.

ETA: I also absolutely loved My Friend Leanord - James Frey, and The Five People You Meet in Heaven - Mitch Albom.

My Sisters Keeper...def was a book i did not want to stop reading.

I couldn't put down J.T. LeRoy's book after I picked it up off a street table (yes, I know he/she is a huge hoax, but it was horrifying, engrossing fiction.)

The Posionwood Bible.

I also love Memoirs of a Geisha and A Prayer for Owen Meany.

Crooked Little Vein by Warren Ellis

House of Leaves by Mark Danielewski

The Gun Seller by Hugh Laurie

A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore

Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures by Vincent Lam

Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman

Thud! by Terry Pratchett

Warning; every single one of these books are filled with dark humour and/or ridiculous slapstick violence and/or innappropriateness - do not read with a full bladder.

Just bought the first 4 of the Outlander series.

Love love love Christopher Moore! He's so hilarious! and someone mentioned Poisonwood Bible - one of my all time faves!

Voodoo Dreams by Jewell Parker Rhodes

Anything by Irvine Welsh or Armistead Maupin

The last book I couldn't put down was "the 100 years of solitude" by Marquez.

Maybe it doesn't have very deep meaning,but it's very absorbing.:)

Little Late to the thread but love the Outlander Series - could not put them down they just suck you in to another place.

for funny easy reading I like the Stephanie Plum series have laughed out load at those.

for smut and adventure reading I like the Skye O'Malley Series.

I have couple of others but can't remeber the titles for some reason (hmm nee dmore caffiene. I am horrible with title but I can always see the cover of the book sigh that does me no good lol.)

okay I remebered a few  all it took was a caffiene jolt lol

Straight Up and Dirty: A Memoir by Stephanie Klein

Moose: A Memoir of Fat Camp by Stephanie Klein

She's Come Undone - by Wally Lamb

The Guardian - Nicholas Sparks I like all of his bu t this is one of my favorites

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Original Post by littleallen:

I'm reading A Thousand Splendid Suns...can't put it down! i think its supposed to be a follow up to the Kite Runner or something, 

A Thousand Splendid Suns and Kite Runner are completely unrelated stories. You're not missing any previous story reading "A Thousand Splendid Suns" first... but Kite Runner is better in my opinion so if you're loving A Thousand Splendid Suns read Kite Runner when you're done.

I have heard from a tonne of people that the kite runner is soooo good. So I'm mid-way through it right now and I really have a "take it or leave it" type feeling about it. The only reason I am finnishing it is because I'm convinced it must get better.... 

The people I've encountered who didn't like it are the people who are into vampire books and other things that (in my opinion) take zero talent to write. Everyone else I've met has loved it. So... sorry you don't like it. 

(this isn't meant to sound as snarky as it does haha sorry)

The last book I read was "Prey" by Michael Crichton. I almost literally read it all in one sitting- took me from around 10am to around 4pm to read it straight though. I mostly just stopped for bathroom breaks and to eat. lol. It is a little science fictiony which I am not normally into, but if you can dig Jurassic Park, than you can dig this book.

The Wednesday Letters by Jason F. Wright atm!

The Happiness Hypothesis by Jonathan Haidt.

Recommended if you're into psychology and Eastern philosophy.