“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.
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie.
Apart from not being able to put it down, I had to turn on all the lights in my room because the murder parts were so intense.
The Neapolitan Novels by Elena Ferrante. I could not put them down. I urgently had to study for exams, but all the time I was studying, my head would drift back to the books, and everytime I’d take a 20 minute reading break it would turn into 3 hours.
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.
The Harry Potter books back in the day, but it was school in the morning, not work.
Also “While England Sleeps” by David Leavitt. I find I don’t like his plots after I’m done with them but while I’m reading it his writing style pulls me in
“The Marble Quilt” is on my list, but now il add that book as well thank you for commenting :)
It’s a Belgian crime thriller/sci fi called The Methusalem Myth by Jo Claes and it gave me so many goosebumps that I read all day and night. I developed a kidney stones from not drinking in the sun while reading and at night I let too many mosquitos in my room because I forget where I was. I was pretty scared too cause I was alone at home. There is no English translation though I believe