What was the last book that really gripped you?

I have quite a list of favorite authors and I read all of their books, so I rarely end up with any stinkers. (The last time I had to put a book down after only a chapter or 2 was when I attempted my first - and last - Janet Evanovich book.)

I enjoy all of the books I read, but the last one that really gripped me, and I could not put it down, was This Charming Man by Marian Keyes. I read it over a long weekend and totally neglected my children for those 3 days.

ETA: A Child Called It was the other one that held me captive for days. 

I've read a few good books lately. I just finished The Girl On the Train by Paula Hawkins. It's a bit like Gone Girl.

I've also read the Call the Midwife trilogy. I really liked those! Jennifer Worth is the author.

Boston Girl by Anita Diamont was good. It reminded me of Angela's Ashes, which I also read recently.

Im reading Sophoe's Choice now. It's very good!

My book club had two recently that I really liked:

Wild by Cheryl Strayed; and
The Aviator's Wife (about Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh)

Still Alice is a book I will never forget. It touched me in many ways.

Sorry basket1lady but Girl on the Train is nothing like Gone Girl. I hated the latter but loved the Girl on the Train

Also enjoyed Sophie Hannah's Hurting Distance....actually all her novels are gripping.

Same here!  Our book club picked that one recently.  Based on the subject matter, and the fact that I've liked the author's other book, I thought this was a sure winner.  But I could not have cared less about anything that happened.  I did finish it, and I wish I could tell you it gets better, but for me it never did.  

I just finished Can you Keep a Secret by Sophie Kinsella.

I read it in one day and almost one sitting. I really enjoyed it and thought it was very funny.

That is my favorite fluff book! I've read it over and over!


I would say ' The House in the Sky'. I read it last fall and still think about it often. I recommended the book to you grace2882 and glad you liked it.

I have done the same thing! Can't get into a book. I finally started reading Everything I Never Told You and it took a month to read it.

I just finished Five Days at Memorial. It's incredibly compelling and infuriating. I'd highly recommend it.

Unbroken
A Game of Thrones, once I figured out all the characters.I'm on the third book, and it's losing me.
I've started The Boys in the Boat, but my attention span is questionable right now, so I haven't picked it back up- I might read that one tomorrow morning.

The Good Lord Bird by McBride... everyone in our book group liked it. historical lit telling the story of John Brown and the raid on Harper's Ferry...very very good and you never knew what was going to happen next.

I "liked" too quickly.  Should have said "the Girl you Left Behind" by Moyes.

A couple weeks ago I read The Chocolate Money in a few hours, then the next day I read Gone Girl. I couldn't put either of them down, and luckily I was on vacation at home, so I could just read. And now, I'm reading Dark Places, and I would love to just sit and read it too! It's really got my attention. I just haven't had the time like a couple weeks back.

I noticed that my mom has a copy of the Girl on the Train, so I may borrow it, since it's apparently so good!