Book recommendation for someone with a short attention span

[Orchid1]

It's been too long since I last read a book so was wondering if anyone had any psychological thriller/horror/mystery type book recommendations for someone who usually only has a short amount of time each evening to read?

[Orchid1]

Bump.

[boyse7en]

Not fitting into any of the genres you specify, but I just finished This is Going to Hurt by Adam Kay - its a humorous autobiography by a doctor but it is written in diary style so each little anecdote is short and bite-sized.

[Orchid1]

boyse7en said:

Not fitting into any of the genres you specify, but I just finished This is Going to Hurt by Adam Kay - its a humorous autobiography by a doctor but it is written in diary style so each little anecdote is short and bite-sized.

Thanks i'll give it a look.

[lufbramatt]

Stephen King's Bazaar of Dad Dreams

[Mastiff]

I'm the same - so usually look for authors who write in smaller chapters. Lee Child and the like suit me.

[TorqueDirty]

Ulysses by James Joyce or Bleak House by Dickens?

[Scabutz]

Doesn't fit your genres but have you tried the Flemming bond books? I like them and have read most twice. A lot of them are very easy going, like a men's Mills and Boon.

Most have short chapters so perfect for a few mins before bed

[Hotel Indigo]

Anything by Jo Nesbo or Dean Koontz.

If you fancy being more literary, The Old Man And The Sea by Ernest Hemingway is short but quality.

[davepoth]

Hotel Indigo said:

Anything by Jo Nesbo or Dean Koontz.

If you fancy being more literary, The Old Man And The Sea by Ernest Hemingway is short but quality.

Hemmingway is a good shout; his journalistic roots show through in his writing - no wasted ink!

[227bhp]

Peter and Jane?

[Fallon]

For short reads, I'd recommend:

Fiction:
'The Waking That Kills' , Stephen Gregory (gothic part-horror/part-mystery novella)
'We Have Always Lived in The Castle', Shirley Jackson (more gothika)
'The Glamour', Christopher Priest (eerie tale of lost memory and invisibility)
Any collections of M.R. James ghost stories (in my view, the master of supernatural storytelling)
'The Uncommon Reader', Alan Bennett (charming, gentle, 'what does she get up to all day?' literary imaginings of the Queen)

Non-fiction:
'Reach for the Ground: The Downhill Struggle of Jeffrey Bernard', Jeffrey Bernard (drunken, gambling-heavy shenanigans with one of Soho's most notorious rogues)