9 books that are read in one breath per night

2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55

Opening the book, a person breaks away from reality, forgets about his problems and plunges into the transcendent world, where he lives the life of literary characters in a few hours. At the same time, there are such books that, from the very first pages, keep the reader in constant tension and carry away so much that it is simply impossible to let go of the book. In our review, there are 9 interesting books that guarantee a bright and unforgettable night for those who decide to read them.

1. Diana Setterfield "The Thirteenth Tale"

The Thirteenth Tale by Diana Setterfield is a story with all the trappings of Gothic. Here is a gloomy old estate, and ghosts, and family secrets, and an amazing interweaving of destinies and events, and a sense of understatement. All this captures the reader and does not let go until the last page. Everything is beautiful in The Thirteenth Tale: the atmosphere, the plot, the characters, the style and the language. With this book, the most interesting sleepless night is guaranteed.

2. Ian McEwan "Amsterdam"

The protagonists - the famous composer working on the Millennium Symphony and the successful editor-in-chief of a popular daily newspaper - negotiated an agreement on euthanasia. They agreed that if one of them falls into a coma or ceases to control himself, then the other must kill him. Ian McEwan's Amsterdam is a truly mesmerizing novel about how easily a person can destroy everything that surrounds him.

3. Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams stuns the reader from the first pages. A real intergalactic journey should be like this - with many implausible situations, with incredible adventures. There is also a lot of sarcasm and humor in this novel. With Adams' novel, the hitchhiking trip will last until the morning.

4. John Fowles "The Collector"

The protagonist of John Fowles' book "The Collector" is a narrow-minded young man who was lucky enough to win a huge amount of money in the lottery. The reader is intrigued - how the main character will dispose of the winnings, given his secret passion for the local beauty and for collecting butterflies. The writer tells the story of the confrontation between the maniac and his victim, the story of the confrontation between Good and Evil, an exalted artist and a primitive philistine, Beauty, Love and Death.

5. Jane Austen "Pride and Prejudice"

Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice is neither loving nor feminine. This is a pure classic, a sincere novel about the eternal. It is impossible to close it already from the first page of the book, and one wants to stay in good old England with its cozy interiors and epic passions, having escaped from the noisy and gray reality. In this novel, you want to stay forever, as in any good book.

6. Victor Pelevin "Omon Ra"

"Omon Ra" by Viktor Pelevin is a terrible story about how the bloody Soviet regime launched human-powered ships into space, but whether these events actually took place or it just seemed to the heroes of the book is worth finding out.

7. Gabriel García Márquez "Remembering my sad sh..x"

"Remembering My Sad Sh..x" by Gabriel García Márquez is one of the books that throw the reader out of reality and make them wonder, "What was that?" A piercingly sad, atmospheric story about life and about such different love - about fake, accidental, last and disastrous love, which allows a person to see the world without blinders even for a moment.

8. Daniel Keyes "Billy Milligan's Multiple Minds"

The book begins with Billy waking up to find himself in a jail cell. Billy was informed that he was charged with robbery and rape. The main character is shocked: after all, he did nothing of the kind. His last memory is that he is about to commit suicide by throwing himself off the roof. But he is told that 7 years have passed since then.

9. Stephen King "Rita Hayworth, or the Shawshank Redemption"

Those who have doubts about the strength of the human spirit in the night simply need to read Stephen King's book "Rita Hayworth, or The Shawshank Redemption." The novel tells the story of an innocent man who was sentenced to life in prison. This is the story of survival in a prison hell, in which it is almost impossible to survive. This is the greatest story of escape and escape.

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