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Books That Cannot Be Put Down

A list of books that, in my opinion, cannot be put down. These books differ in genre, style, and approach, and the reasons for them being so addictive vary. But each of them gave me the impulse to not stop reading them!
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Watership Down (Richard Adams)
Watership Down
1
Richard Adams
The Time Traveller's Wife (Audrey Niffenegger)
The Time Traveller's Wife
2
Audrey Niffenegger
The Line of Beauty (Alan Hollinghurst)
The Line of Beauty
3
Alan Hollinghurst
Austerlitz (W.G. Sebald)
Austerlitz
4
W.G. Sebald
A Planet Called Treason
A Planet Called Treason
5
Life, the Universe and Everything (Douglas Adams)
Life, the Universe and Everything
6
Douglas Adams
The Girl Who Played With Fire (Stieg Larsson)
The Girl Who Played With Fire
7
Stieg Larsson
Goodbye to All That (Robert Graves)
Goodbye to All That
8
Robert Graves
Against Nature
Against Nature
9
The Penelopiad (Margaret Atwood)
The Penelopiad
10
Margaret Atwood
Oedipus Rex (Sophocles)
Oedipus Rex
11
Sophocles
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
12
William Shakespeare
Regeneration (Pat Barker)
Regeneration
13
Pat Barker
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
14
Alice Walker
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
15
Harper Lee
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
16
J.R.R. Tolkien
Necrophiliac (Gabrielle Witkopp)
Necrophiliac
17
Gabrielle Witkopp
Lancaster and York (Alison Weir)
Lancaster and York
18
Alison Weir
The Rats (James Herbert)
The Rats
19
James Herbert
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
20
John Steinbeck
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
21
Kurt Vonnegut
Twilight (Stephenie Meyer)
Twilight
22
Stephenie Meyer
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (J. K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
23
J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
24
J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
25
J.K. Rowling
The Slippery Slope
The Slippery Slope
26
The Vile Village (Lemony Snicket)
The Vile Village
27
Lemony Snicket
The Hostile Hospital
The Hostile Hospital
28
Boy Meets Boy (David Levithan)
Boy Meets Boy
29
David Levithan
A Game of Thrones (George R.R. Martin)
A Game of Thrones
30
George R.R. Martin
A Clash of Kings (George R.R. Martin)
A Clash of Kings
31
George R.R. Martin
A Storm of Swords I (George R. R. Martin)
A Storm of Swords I
32
George R. R. Martin
A Storm of Swords II
A Storm of Swords II
33
A Feast for Crows (George R.R. Martin)
A Feast for Crows
34
George R.R. Martin
A Dance With Dragons 1: Dreams and Dust (George R.R. Martin)
A Dance With Dragons 1: Dreams and Dust
35
George R.R. Martin
A Dance With Dragons 2: After the Feast (George R.R. Martin)
A Dance With Dragons 2: After the Feast
36
George R.R. Martin
The Fall of the House of Usher (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Fall of the House of Usher
37
Edgar Allan Poe
Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden)
Memoirs of a Geisha
38
Arthur Golden
The Outsider (Albert Camus)
The Outsider
39
Albert Camus
The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
The Book Thief
40
Markus Zusak
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