Someone asked: “I want a book I can't put down.”
Books you can't put down.
For the beach, a long flight or a weekend with nothing else to do. Every one of these has the same superpower: you'll say 'one more chapter' and look up two hours later.
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Gone Girl
Gillian Flynn · 2011
A wife disappears on her anniversary and nobody is who they seem. Halfway through, it flips everything. Clear your evening.
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid · 2017
An old Hollywood star finally tells her story to an unknown journalist. Glamour, secrets and a reveal you won't see coming.
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The Shadow of the Wind
Carlos Ruiz Zafón · 2009
A boy in post-war Barcelona finds a forgotten novel and someone is burning every other copy. Gothic, romantic and pure pleasure.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
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Stieg Larsson · 2005
A journalist and a hacker dig into a rich family's cold case. Dark, meticulous and ferociously addictive.
The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides · 2018
A painter shoots her husband and never speaks again. Her therapist wants to know why. Short chapters, one big twist.
Jurassic Park
Michael Crichton · 1990
Better than the film, and that's saying something. Science, chaos and dinosaurs. The ideal plane book.
Dark Matter
Blake Crouch · 2016
A physicist is kidnapped and wakes up in a life that isn't his. Fast, clever sci-fi that reads like a thriller.
Big Little Lies
Liane Moriarty · 2014
School mums, a trivia night and a death. Funny, sharp and gripping. Nobody writes gossip with more heart.
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