I don't care about the genre. It can be anything from grotesque horror to spicy chick lit. I don't care about the prose nor the length, either. I want a story so captivating and enthralling that you're tempted to finish it in one sitting. It also takes off immediately on the first page and doesn't mosey on the minutiae in order to establish the mood/setting. This kind of story grabs you by the collar within the first paragraph and demands that you hop in and fasten your safety belt because it's going to be a hell of a ride. So in essence, yeah, I guess I'm in search of a plot-heavy tale.
And please don't suggest Project Hail Mary. I already read it, it was mid in my personal opinion and get so sick of seeing it recommended on this sub.
by AnyWhichWayButLose
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World war z by max brooks
Red Rising
Dan Brown gets a lot of shit, but that guy knows how to make you turn a page.
The stand- Stephen king
Hail Mary was mid AF!!
I HIGHLY RECOMMEND: Observer, Lanza. The quantum evolution trilogy, Derek Kunsken. The altered carbon trilogy, Richard K. Morgan.
{{11.22.63 by Stephen King}}, was like this for me. I was so curious about what the main character was going to do next and how the story was going to unfold that it kept me captivated for all 900 (or so) pages.
The Nothing Man by Catherine Ryan Howard.
Peter Watts’ *Starfish* did this for me. First line: “The abyss should shut you up.”
The Devotion of Suspect X. I read it in one day.
*Gone Girl* by Jillian Flynn
” El Fugitivo” de Stephen King.
For me, the only books to fit this requirement were Zafon’s “Angel’s Game”, Koontz’ “Phantoms” and Barker’s “Dracul”. I crave more books to fit this descriptor, but they are rare indeed.
The Firm by John Grisham.
The first “Games of Throne” books. I just couldn’t stop.
The Martian
Flanders, Patricia Anthony.
WW1 fiction, but with ghosts as well.
Blood over bright haven by m l Wang
For me it’s easily “Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff Christ’s Childhood Pal” by Christopher Moore just sets the tone for the entire story (you can read the excerpt on the author’s website as well)
Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts
I couldn’t put down The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E Schwab.
Eragon (and the whole series, “Inheritance”) by Christopher Paolini