“The Road” by Cormac McCarthy held me captive, staying up all night immersed in its pages, awakening the next morning with a lingering sense of melancholy. Stephen King’s works, especially “The Shining,” share that unique ability to make you eagerly anticipate the next page, constantly wondering what twist awaits.
I went through an intense Stephen King phase earlier in the year and I went through about 30 of his books in a few months. Needless to say there were plenty of sleepless nights. Sadly I kinda got burned out and have a 1/4 finished copy of The Wizard and the Glass I need to get back to at some point but those were such great times.