Have you read a book so engrossing that it didn’t let you sleep at night?
Reading is an amazing hobby, those who love to read and devour books would tell you it is a feeling like no other. You can completely forget yourself, your life, your cares and worries, and transport yourself to another world. In this world you live, laugh, love, cry with characters, and suddenly you contemplate questions that are bigger than you, your existence. That is the magic of reading. But sometimes books are light, funny humorous, and sometimes heavy and slow where you patiently go through chapters waiting for the story to be clearer. But sometimes you get your hands on books that engross you, enthrall you and you can seem to put it down from the moment you set your eyes on its first page. Let us know more abouta few such books.
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Zafon has such an incredible way of narrating a gripping tale that it would keep you awake at night. The Shadow of wind is his finest work. A captivating tale of young Daniel Sempere who finds peace and comfort in books after the demise of his mother. One book which he found in the Cemetery of forgotten books fascinates him so much that he is eager to read all other works by its writer Julian Carax. But someone mysterious and nefarious is erasing all of Julian Carax’s works from the face of the earth. Why is he doing so? And where is Julian Carax? Read and lose yourself in this award-winning masterpiece.
In the Woods by Tana French
This New York Times bestseller is a perfect book that would keep you on the hooks and keeps you awake at night because you can’t put it down. The eerie sense of suspense and what might have happenedmakes the read thrilling and enjoyable. The plot of the book revolves around four children who went to the woods to play but never returned except for one. He has no memory of what happened and grows up to be a detective. Now he comes across a case similar to what happened in his childhood. Would he solve the mystery? Is it linked with his own story? Read to know more about this nail-biting mystery novel.
Tell us about your favourite book that grabbed your attention from the very beginning?
