What are some good, "enthralling" books to read?

Question

I haven't read a good book in awhile and I feel like reading one... any suggestions?

Answer 1

Here are some excellent choices (I was going to say "page turner" until I heard the joke "why do people say this book is a real page turner--I know how books work!) Jeffery Deaver, Dennis Lehane, David Morrell and Lee Child, in my opinion they are the best thriller writers in the business!! I am a avid reader in this genre and have read Coben, King, Koontz, F. Paul Wilson, Connelly, and many others but none can touch these authors I've listed! The Deaver book I've just finished reading now is "The Sleeping Doll"--a brand new release and has literally kept me up at nights!! I'm quite sure you'll love his other thrillers as well, such as "The Bone Collector", "A Maiden's Grave", "The Coffin Dancer", "Praying For Rain", "Cold Moon", "The Twelfth Card", "The Vanished Man", "Devil's Tear Drop" et el. For Lehane, start with "A Drink Before War" (don't let the title fool you) then "Darkness Take My Hand", "Sacred", "Gone, Baby Gone", "Prayers For Rain", "Shutter Island" and "Mystic River." For Lee Child, you can start with his first and move forward, but it's OK if you don't. Some personal favs are: "One Shot", "Trip Wire", "Hard Luck and Trouble"--a new release, "The Persuader"-my personal fav, "The Hard Way", but they are all page turners! Also, last but definitely not least is David Morrell. All his books are good, but I especially enjoy his last two releases "Creepers" and "Scavenger" which are guaranteed page-turners. Enjoy, Greg



Source(s):



http://www.leechild.com/

http://www.jefferydeaver.com

http://www.dennislehanebooks.com...

http://www.davidmorrell.net

Answer 2

I like murder/suspense books for enthralling, here are some of the best I have read. Not all of these are murder mysteries, but they are all suspenseful.



Denial by Keith Ablow

Any of Catherine Coulter's FBI stories (The Cove was good and Point Blank is another one)

Don't Say a Word by Barbara Freethy

Dark Road Home by Karen Harper

Kill the Messenger by Tami Hoag

Servants of the Twilight by Dean R. Koontz (this was excellent)

Trauma by Graham Masterton (this was awesome, a single murder and this crazy twist at the end you would never guess)

Clean Cut by Theresa Monsour (a little twisted but a great book)

Impulse by Joann Ross

Anything by John Saul, especially his older books

See Jane Die by Erica Spindler

The Night Spider by John Lutz (another twisted one, but so good)

I know a ton more but this is probably overkill as it is! Happy Reading.

Answer 3

"The Stand" by Stephen King. Or "The Shining," same author. They're not new thrillers, but it's hard to put them down once you start reading.



Also, in a completely different vein: "One Hundred Years of Solitude," by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. And "Motherless Brooklyn," by Jonathan Lethem. Or "The Executioner's Song" and "In Cold Blood" (Mailer and Capote, respectively) -- all classics if you haven't read them already.

Answer 4

Anything by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child.



GREAT books.



http://www.prestonchild.com/



If I were you I would start with either The Relic or The Cabinet of Curiosities.



Here is a plot summary of Cabinet of Curiosities...



In the 19th century, New Yorkers flocked to collections of strange and grotesque oddities called "cabinets of curiosities." Now, in lower Manhattan, a modern apartment tower is slated to rise on the site of one of the old cabinets. Yet when the excavators break into a basement, they uncover a charnel pit of horror: the remains of thirty-six people murdered and gruesomely dismembered over 130 years ago by an unknown serial killer.



In the aftermath, FBI Special Agent Pendergast and museum archaeologist Nora Kelly embark on an investigation that unearths the faint whisper of a mysterious doctor who once roamed the city, carrying out medical experiments on living human beings. But just as Nora and Pendergast begin to unravel the clues to the century-old killings, a fresh spree of murder and surgical mutilation erupts around them. . . and New York City is awash in terror



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Pendergast is by far one of my favoirte characters of modern day lit.

Answer 5

Wizards First Rule - Terry Goodkind (Fantasy)



Sue Grafton's "Alphabet" Mysteries featuring private investigator Kinsey Millhone (I used my library and plowed thru A-S in order recently)



Shirley Rousseau Murphy's "Joe Grey" mysteries

Answer 6

The Lighning Thief by Rio Riordan (its an awesome book)