Read A Wild Sheep Chase and Dance, Dance by Haruki Murakami each in two days total.
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Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
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Doc by Mary Doria Russell. It was one of the best character studies I’d ever read.
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All the Tana French mysteries and all the Robert Galbraith mysteries because in addition to some amazing plots, you get complex and fascinating character interactions, and with the Galbraith series, it is an evolving story arc of how the two main characters become important to each other.
For a stand-alone novel, I found The Lost Man by Jane Harper very compelling!
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I have a few. For thrillers I recommend The Push by Ashley Audrain, The Girls by Emma Cline, City on Fire and City of Dreams by Don Winslow, Boy Parts by Eliza Clark, The Night Shift by Alex Finlay, Layla by Colleen Hoover (and I didn’t think I’d like her books), Bunny by Mona Awad, The Vanishing Half by Britt Bennett. Obviously not a thriller but I loved My Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion and read that one pretty quick. Other ones I read within a short amount of time were On The Road by Jack Kerouac, A Little Life, Acts of Service by Lillian Fishman, My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh, The Great Gadsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell, What We Talk About When We Talk About Love by Raymond Carter (it’s a compilation of short stories so it’s easy to get through), To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Gonzo Girl by Cheryl Della Pietra, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Russell Reid.
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**Senlin Ascends** by Josiah Bancroft
(Also seconding **Project Hail Mary** by Andy Weir)
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For me, whether a book is a “page-turner” is based on quality and ease of engagement. I’ve read plenty of great books that I didn’t whip through, often because they took more mental effort or had parts that were relatively less engaging or interesting in the moment while I was going through them (although they belonged in the book and the overall effect was worth it.)
That said, a few books I’ve really whipped through in the past 5-10 years:
*Room*, Emma Donoghue (Novel)
*Still Alice*, Lisa Genova (Novel)
*The Hate U Give*, Angie Thomas (YA novel)
*The Giver*, Lois Lowry (YA novel)
*Brain on Fire*, Susannah Cahalan (Memoir)
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A recent one is The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. I really enjoyed it!
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Read A Wild Sheep Chase and Dance, Dance by Haruki Murakami each in two days total.
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Doc by Mary Doria Russell. It was one of the best character studies I’d ever read.
All the Tana French mysteries and all the Robert Galbraith mysteries because in addition to some amazing plots, you get complex and fascinating character interactions, and with the Galbraith series, it is an evolving story arc of how the two main characters become important to each other.
For a stand-alone novel, I found The Lost Man by Jane Harper very compelling!
I have a few. For thrillers I recommend The Push by Ashley Audrain, The Girls by Emma Cline, City on Fire and City of Dreams by Don Winslow, Boy Parts by Eliza Clark, The Night Shift by Alex Finlay, Layla by Colleen Hoover (and I didn’t think I’d like her books), Bunny by Mona Awad, The Vanishing Half by Britt Bennett. Obviously not a thriller but I loved My Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion and read that one pretty quick. Other ones I read within a short amount of time were On The Road by Jack Kerouac, A Little Life, Acts of Service by Lillian Fishman, My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh, The Great Gadsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell, What We Talk About When We Talk About Love by Raymond Carter (it’s a compilation of short stories so it’s easy to get through), To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Gonzo Girl by Cheryl Della Pietra, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Russell Reid.
**Senlin Ascends** by Josiah Bancroft
(Also seconding **Project Hail Mary** by Andy Weir)
For me, whether a book is a “page-turner” is based on quality and ease of engagement. I’ve read plenty of great books that I didn’t whip through, often because they took more mental effort or had parts that were relatively less engaging or interesting in the moment while I was going through them (although they belonged in the book and the overall effect was worth it.)
That said, a few books I’ve really whipped through in the past 5-10 years:
*Room*, Emma Donoghue (Novel)
*Still Alice*, Lisa Genova (Novel)
*The Hate U Give*, Angie Thomas (YA novel)
*The Giver*, Lois Lowry (YA novel)
*Brain on Fire*, Susannah Cahalan (Memoir)
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A recent one is The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. I really enjoyed it!
Ready Player One.
So much fun. Quick paced and kept me hooked.