Page Turners discussion

I'll start: Moonlight Mile by Dennis Lehane. I love Lehane's books anyway but I breezed through this one in one night (although I had to stay up until 1 a.m. to finish it). He's a funny, intense writer who creates riveting scenes that won't allow you to set the book aside. Five stars!

Revolution by Jennifer Donnely. Slow to start, but you can't stop reading after.

Thanks, Bubbles. It's not the kind of book I typically read but I'll have to look into it.

Rules of Deception by Christopher Reich. The book takes off from the beginning and never slows down.

Reich writes page turners all right, but I can't tell his "Rules of..." books apart anymore.

A Discovery of Witches. Devoured it. Pure escapism.

I have recently started reading Tess Gerritsen and find her books definite page turners I read all night till it is finished

I find Kathy Reichs books excellent too. I liked Patricia Cornwells earlier books but they went stopped being page turners a while ago.

I just finished The Twelve by Justin Cronin. Despite the complex plot and multiple characters and locations, it's definitely a page turner. I loved it.

I also read the twelve. Great book. Have u read the passage?

I did. I'm thinking of re-reading it now because I've forgotten so much of it. Probably should had done that before reading The Twelve...

Yes I know what you mean. The third of that series will be out late next year. Can't wait

Am currently reading Waterfall (Lisa Bergren), Death From the Skies, the Windup Girl, A Northern Light, and the Ship Breaker series (rereading first book).
All seem promising, half way through Waterfall already.

Just finished Life of Pi. Very good.

Just finished Brownie Points by Jennifer Coburn and loved it

Bubbles: Reading five books at once is impressive. I'd be interested in your take on The Windup Girl. I thought it was an interesting premise but found it hard to get through.

I love this! I am always looking for really good books and they are so hard to find! 11/22/63 by Stephen King was great and I really love almost anything by Jeffrey Deaver. Also Lee Childs - great author!

I also loved 11-22-63 Jan

Wendy: I also like Tess Gerritson - Laura Lippman also writes some great page turners!

Bryan: I just downloaded Rules of Deception - this looks like a great series. I am not really into post apocalyptic novels so I think I will skip Passages, but it does seem to have some different reviews. People either love it or hate it. Thanks for the recommendations!

I agree about 11/23/63.

Jan, how are you liking rules?

I read Wool by Hugh Howey a couple months ago and was reminded of it while reading The Twelve. Not because it has vampires - it doesn't - but because it's a post-apocalyptic page-turner. It' also claustrophobic, taking place in a very controlled environment because the outside air is lethal. It's a great story!

Stargirl.

Kill me if you can by James Patterson.

I enjoyed that book, too. Patterson definitely writes page turners.

yes he does. so did Sidney Sheldon.

I jus finished reading Millennium-trilogy. All the three books are equally good. Coulnd't stop reading it and feel like reading those again. :) These 3 books are really absorbing and u cant put them down until u finish it..

I agree, Navya. I was impressed that Larson could keep me riveted throughout what are fairly long books -- and then do it three times!

I'm seeing that if you guys like page turners and action packed books..have you read the Joe Ledger series? the first book is patient zero...big huge two thumbs up on all these books by Jonathan Maberry.

I read Patient Zero and enjoyed it. I didn't realize there were more Joe Ledger books. Do you know what order they were published? Or does it matter?

book 2 is dragon factory
book 3 king of plagues
book 4 assassins code
there is a book 5 and 6 coming soon...
I think you will breeze through these books Steve. Let me know what you think. Strap on your seat belt and talk to 'ya when you're done. Enjoy the ride.

Thanks Aileen. Sounds like good fun on these cold winter days.

True Steve. Its really sad tat there will be no more books from him. Can u suggest some similar kinda books ? Which is as interesting as Millennium-trilogy.

I think Jo Nesbo's books are even better than the Millenium Trilogy. Start with The Redbreast. You can find the order of the rest by Googling it. I envy your introduction to his protagonist, Harry Hole.

What is 11/26/63?

I suppose we mean 11/22/63. I can't think of anything earthshaking that happened on 11/26/63.

sorry about the typo..lol. So this book by King is pretty good? I will add to my TO-READ list.

I enjoyed it. It's a big book but a quick read.

BTW, I called the book 11/23/63 in an earlier post in this thread and I couldn't blame that one on a typo. I just got the date wrong.

A book from a while ago, but Vertical Run has got to be the fastest and most exciting thriller book I have read. It played like a Die Hard movie in my head.

It sounds good. I just checked it out on Amazon and the blurb for it may be one of the best I've seen. I'll have to add it to my list of must-reads. Thanks!

thanks Steve. I have put Vertical Run on my "to read". checked out some reviews, they're all 4-5 stars.