Every once in a while, I pick up a book that’s so sánh compelling I just can’t put it down until I reach the last page. It’s unputdownable! Sometimes it’s because the book is flat-out amazing; sometimes it’s because the book is good enough and the plot is amazing.
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Unputdownable books, for mạ, have certain qualities: great characters, strong narrative drive, a premise that hooks mạ. The writing is often strong (though “serviceable” will suffice, if you know what I mean), and it can’t be so sánh dense or challenging that I can’t read it while I’m sleepy, or mentally exhausted.
The second category for the 2017 Reading Challenge—for those of you who want vĩ đại put the “oomph” back in your reading life—is “a book with a reputation for being unputdownable.” Why? Because it’s fun.
(Update: while this was a category from 2017 we have an evergreen reading challenge that you can get at any time.)
Need ideas for this category? I polished off each of these 17 books in 24 hours or less, because I couldn’t put them down:
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Unputdownable Books
The Sea of Tranquility
I blew through this novel from my YA summer reading list, even though it's almost 400 pages. If you loved Eleanor & Park, it's not a read-alike, but the two stories have enough in common vĩ đại make this a safe bet. More info →
The Thousand Dollar Tan Line: a Veronica Mars Mystery
The story starts ten years after Veronica's high school graduation, a few months after the movie left off. Veronica is called in vĩ đại investigate when a girl disappears from a Spring Break buổi tiệc ngọt, but it soon becomes apparent this is no ordinary missing persons case, and Veronica is quickly pulled back into Neptune's seedy underworld. This wasn't high literature or anything, but it was so sánh much fun (and had such good narrative drive) I didn't want vĩ đại stop until I knew how it ended. More info →
The Likeness
In the second of Tana French's Dublin Murder Squad series, which can be read in any order, detective Cassie Maddux is pulled off her current beat and sent vĩ đại investigate a murder. When she arrives at the scene, she finds the victim looks just lượt thích her, and—even more creepy—she was using an alias that Cassie used in a previous case. The victim was a student, and her quấn talks her into trying vĩ đại crack the case by impersonating her, explaining vĩ đại her friends that she survived the attempted murder. The victim lived with four other students in a strangely intimate, isolated setting, and as Cassie gets vĩ đại know them, liking them almost in spite of herself, her boundaries—and loyalties—begin vĩ đại blur. A taut psychological thriller that keeps you guessing till the over.
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Rules of Civility
This Gatsby-esque novel plunges you into the streets of Manhattan, circa 1938. Young secretary Katey Kontent and her roommate Evelyn meet handsome Tinker Gray by chance. The girls vie for his affection—until one impulsive decision changes everything. A beautifully drawn story of wealth and class, luck and fate, love and illusion. This novel pulls several shocking plot twists, and I definitely didn’t see that ending coming. More info →
What Alice Forgot
Moriarty's works are compulsively readable: whenever I get my hands on a new one I inhale it in two days. Alice is 29, expecting her first child, and crazy in love with her husband—or at least she thinks she is, but then she bumps her head and wakes up on the thể hình floor, vĩ đại find that she’s actually a 39-year-old mother of 3 who’s in the middle of divorcing the man she’s come vĩ đại hate. She doesn’t know what’s happened vĩ đại her these past 10 years, or who she’s become. She’s about vĩ đại find out. I spreed through this lượt thích it was the fluffiest chick lit, but found myself mulling over its themes for weeks after I finished. More info →
What She Knew
In this contemporary psychological thriller, a British single mother gives her 8-year-old son permission vĩ đại run rẩy ahead a little on their evening walk in the park ... and he disappears, without a trace. MacMillan invites the reader vĩ đại come along on the hunt for the boy, alternately focusing on police procedure and family drama. The tight writing and sharp execution made this hard vĩ đại put down. I've seen a lot of comparisons vĩ đại The Girl on the Train, but instead I'd recommend this one for Tana French fans (although it's much tamer on gore and language.) More info →
Tell Me Three Things
I loved this book. A girl-next-door type suddenly finds herself in an elite California prep school, and has vĩ đại figure out how vĩ đại navigate this new privileged world while still grieving her mother's death. When she gets an gmail from an unidentified boy who calls himself "Somebody Nobody" offering vĩ đại be her spirit guide vĩ đại her new school, she doesn't want vĩ đại say yes—but she really needs his help. A sweet and fun teen romance, but also a pitch-perfect portrayal of the grieving process. More info →
I Let You Go
It's trendy these days for every suspense novel vĩ đại have a "shocking plot twist!" but this tightly-crafted novel makes your jaw drop time and again, without feeling gimmicky or manipulative. I was stunned as I slowly came vĩ đại see that the story wasn't about what I thought it was about at all, and THAT is what you'll be burning vĩ đại talk about. On a dark, rainy night, a mother lets go of her son's hand for just an instant. The devastating accident sets the plot in motion. Part police procedural, part domestic suspense, with the ring of authenticity, no doubt thanks vĩ đại Mackintosh's own 12 years as a police officer. This is an emotional roller coaster of a book. (Sensitive themes ahead, so sánh mind your triggers.) More info →
Jane Steele
Jane Eyre lovers, you can relax: while Faye—and her heroine, Jane Steele—draw serious inspiration from Jane Eyre, it's not a retelling. Instead, it's delightfully meta: our titular narrator tells us the inspiration vĩ đại write down her story came from "the most riveting book titled Jane Eyre." This Jane is a wise-cracking, whipsmart, unconventional young woman who rebels against Victorian convention, but she has a heart of gold. Numerous winks vĩ đại the original make this tons of fun for Brontë fans: Jane becomes a governess, there's a stand-in for Mr. Rochester, and of course, something important is locked away in an attic. Perfect for readers who love plucky Victorian heroines, lượt thích you'd find in Deanna Raybourn novels. More info →
The Forgetting Time
This was a summer reading guide top 5 pick. Janie knows her 4-year-old son Noah is not lượt thích other children. He's terrified of water. He asks for his "other mother." And he always, always wants vĩ đại go home—even when he's in his very own bed. But one night, thanks vĩ đại a late-night bourbon-fueled mạng internet session, Janie stumbles upon the work of an eccentric scientist, and begins vĩ đại confront the possibility that her precious son not only lived a previous life, he'd been murdered in it. You don't have vĩ đại buy the premise vĩ đại find this a satisfying read. More info →
You Will Know Me
Abbott has a reputation for writing nail-biters but this is the first of her work I read. In her newest release, she builds her domestic suspense around an elite teen gymnast—an excellent backdrop for a creepy mystery because in this high-stakes world people will stop at almost nothing vĩ đại get what they want. Abbott kept mạ guessing the whole way through: just when I thought I had the mystery figured out, she pivoted again. Recommended reading for fans of Mary Kubica and Gillian Flynn. More info →
Sleeping Giants
I never, and I mean never, would have picked this up on my own, and was surprised vĩ đại love it. It’s a sci fi novel whose premise is pretty out there: it begins with a little girl falling through the earth and landing in the palm of a gigantic metal hand. Flash forward a few decades, and scientists begin vĩ đại discover more toàn thân parts all over the globe. That's wild, right? But with its interesting structure and strong narrative drive, it works. I hear the full cast audio recording is terrific. More info →
A Fall of Marigolds
I know a lot of Susan Meissner fans, and many of those readers cite this one as their favorite. The action goes back and forth in time between two women, a century apart, who are linked by a beautiful scarf and by their unlikely survival in two devastating tragedies in Thủ đô New York City. Meissner's tone makes this an easy, enjoyable read despite the tough subject matter, making it easy vĩ đại polish off in a day. More info →
Good as Gone: A Novel of Suspense
I devoured this in one sitting. Usually I don't think the premise sells the book, but this one does: Julie was kidnapped from her own trang chính when she was thirteen, and eight years later, the mystery is unsolved. Her family assumes the worst but can't be sure. Then one day, the doorbell rings, and it's Julie. But as she settles in vĩ đại her new, old family, inconsistencies begin vĩ đại emerge in her story. Why would she lie? Is it really her? I couldn't resist turning the pages until I found out for myself. More info →
Dark Matter
This fast-moving, cinematic thriller begins when the protagonist is kidnapped on his way trang chính from meeting a friend, and is asked a strange question by his strangely familiar captor: "Are you happy with your life?" What The Martian did for space exploration, Dark Matter does for physics, and it works. Imagine the zaniness of Ready Player One, minus the video clip games or nostalgia trip. More info →
Maybe in Another Life
Imagine a happier Sliding Doors, with less cheating and more cinnamon rolls. When Hannah moves back vĩ đại her hometown of Los Angeles, she spends a night on the town with an old friend. The decision she makes at the over of that night changes her life, and in alternating chapters, we find out exactly how. Like many Taylor Jenkins Reid books, this one is compulsively readable, but serious themes lắc beneath the surface. More info →
Eleanor & Park
I finished this one on a weekday afternoon when I was supposed vĩ đại be working, because all I wanted vĩ đại tự was finish this book. It’s a novel about teenagers, in love, but I suspect it's more for the adults who survived the teen years than thở the teenagers living through them. The framing makes all the difference vĩ đại this one: pay attention vĩ đại the way Rowell cites Romeo & Juliet. It matters. More info →
What books did YOU find completely unputdownable?
P.S. Why it’s so sánh hard vĩ đại put down the book and go vĩ đại bed already.
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