Have you ever genuinely read a book you couldnt put down?

[working class]

I am about to start reading Sniper one after a couple of mates who have read it said you literally cannot put it down.
I must admit the amazon reviews do seem to back this up.

So what have your best ever reads been?

Edited by working class on Sunday 4th April 05:52

[Colonial]

Yep.

Some bd had put superglue on the front and back covers of a John Grisham book.

Both embarrassing and awkward to carry out daily tasks.

[working class]

Colonial said:

Yep.

Some bd had put superglue on the front and back covers of a John Grisham book.

Both embarrassing and awkward to carry out daily tasks.

[sassthathoopie]

I read Grisham's 'Playing for Pizza' on a flight from Dallas to LA. No food served so the only time I looked up was to placate the attendants during the safety brief.

Finished with 1 minute to touchdown :-)

It's about playing American football in Italy. Easy yet entertaining read.

[aussiebeano]

the Da Vinci Code was pretty hard to put down

[grumbledoak]

"His Dark Materials" is pretty good for that.

"Night's Dawn", too.

[Jem Thompson]

Some of Ben Elton's books have had this effect on me. Also the autobiography of the New Zealand rally driver Possum Bourne. Sat for 6 hours straight reading that one.

[HOGEPH]

Not a book, but plenty of magazines.

Had to hold them one handed though.....

[CommanderJameson]

The Remains Of The Day by Kazuo Ishiguro had me rivetted throughout.

[Colonial]

CommanderJameson said:

The Remains Of The Day by Kazuo Ishiguro had me rivetted throughout.

Definately with you on that one.

[Ross1988]

grumbledoak said:

"His Dark Materials" is pretty good for that.

"Night's Dawn", too.

Agreed! Most things Peter F Hamilton writes is unputdownable to me.

I'll raise you http://www.amazon.co.uk/Debatable-Space-Philip-Pal...

I've just checked my collection to see if I still have 'His Dark Materials'....I do, I know what I'm doing today.

[pacman1]

A book that really captured my imagination was Chickenhawk by Robert Mason Bloomin 'eck, he's even got a website now with loads of piccies!"
I first bought it 20 odd years ago, the only book to have read many times since, and when I leant it to someone and they lost it, I went straight out and bought a replacement.
It caught my imagination from him being a kid who wanted to fly (jumping off the garage roof with an umbrella), through the day to day realism, the tricks they learn, and how he gradually becomes accustomed to the danger, and how it ultimately affects him.
Some great stories in it too. Stuck 2 feet above a minefield, whilst full of ammunition, which is so small that he can't achieve transitional lift and he's too heavy to go straight up. Amazing how he gets out.

Edited by pacman1 on Sunday 4th April 08:16

[kippax]

The Firm by John Grisham.

[AlpineWhite]

Touching the Void by Joe Simpson

[jmorgan]

Usually true life stuff. Guy Gibsons book for example.

[OzzyR1]

I remember reading Sleepers by Lorenzo Carcaterra years ago before the film came out - very powerful story about how life can change in a split second.

[Jonny671]

Mine will sound abit gay compaired to that lot!

p.s. I Love You, such a good book with a really good story. I don't usually read books but that had me hooked.

[Nardies]

Wolf of the Plains by Conn Iggulden was a good read, the whole series was infact. I just wanted to motor through each book.

[TooLateForAName]

aussiebeano said:

the Da Vinci Code was pretty hard to put down

You can never find a waste bin when you need one.

[HOGEPH]

pacman1 said:

Some great stories in it too. Stuck 2 feet above a minefield, whilst full of ammunition, which is so small that he can't achieve transitional lift and he's too heavy to go straight up. Amazing how he gets out.

Edited by pacman1 on Sunday 4th April 08:16

Wasn't that the one where he put it in a right spot turn to give more power to the main rotor?