Here are 7 amazing books that will draw you in from the first chapter and stay with you long after you've finished reading. See which books won't let you sleep.
Alice Sebold, The Lovely Bones
We meet fourteen-year-old Susie Salmon when she is already in heaven. In 1973, she mysteriously disappeared, but people couldn't believe that it really happened. Susie has a traumatic death experience and then finds herself in a strange place. It looks like the playground next to her school. From there, Susie watches her grieving family with love, belonging and understanding.
Maggie Stiefvater, The Scorpio Races
The Hippo Race, The Scorpio Race, takes place at the beginning of November: a cruel competition in which riders try to stay on the hippos for as long as possible, or until the finish line. Some survive, some don't. Four-time champion Sean Kendrick and newcomer Kate 'Puck' Connolly are also competing this time around, and both could gain (or lose) the most this year. But only one can win.
Diane Setterfield, The Thirteenth Tale
The young biographer Margaret, who is constantly tormented by the hidden truth about her birth, is invited with a letter by the mysterious writer Vida Winter, who promises her that she will finally reveal her secret life. Vida tells the story of the eccentric Angelfield family, especially the wild twins Adeline and Emmeline. As she immerses herself in the narrative, Margaret realizes that the story has an unsettling effect on her life as well.
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Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood
The novel is about the growing up of a quiet and lonely young man, Toro Watanabe. He was lonely because of the loss of his only friend and he was lonely in a company that was foreign to him. He read the classics of Western literature, listened to rock'n'roll and jazz. And there were the girls, there was the search for love, there was Naoko, the girlfriend of a deceased friend, and there was Midori…
Markus Zusak, The Book Thief
The novel The Book Thief, set during World War II, tells the story of Liesel Meminger, who lives in a foster family near Munich, through the eyes of death. She finds herself there because her mother, a communist, is being transported to Dachau. Although Liesel cannot read, it is at her brother's funeral that she steals a book for the first time - a rather creepy gravedigger's manual. When she learns to read with the help of her foster father, books become her passion.
Neil Gaiman, Neverwhere
Richard Mayhew, an inconspicuous young London businessman, one evening comes across a bleeding girl lying on the pavement. When he stops to help her, his life changes in an instant. The next morning, his credit cards no longer work, taxi drivers don't stop for him, his apartment is rented by someone else...
Robert Galbraith, The Cuckoo's Calling
The slightly beaten private detective Cormoran Strik has just been put on the street by his partner, and the brother of the famous model who three months ago committed suicide from a window in the apartment block has just entered his office. The brother thinks otherwise, claiming that it was murder. Spurred on by the fat fee he desperately needs, as his business is in complete disarray, Strike sets sail into motion. A part-time secretary, who turns out to be a very resourceful assistant, comes to his aid.
