Hey all!! So I read a lot. Love reading. It occurred to me last night that I’ve never read a book from cover to cover in one sitting. This feels a bit shocking with how much reading I do. I’ve definitely read plenty of books I “can’t put” do but clearly do at some point lol. I typically read history, fantasy, and science fiction. However, with me wanting to challenge myself and read a book in one sitting, I’m open to most things. It can be weird, extremely unique, or just something you swear by. I just want to find something that allows me to say I actually read a book cover to cover in one sitting.
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All Systems Red by Martha Wells.
The first Murderbot novella.
The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula Le Guin
Brandon Sanderson’s The Emperor’s Soul. Great writing. Excellent story.
I randomly picked up An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green at the library and devoured it the next day. Kinda sci fi I would say.
***Of Mice and Men*** **by John Steinbeck**
A classic with heart and tragedy, all in under 120 pages. The kind of book that hits you emotionally *and* gets you thinking.
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White nights by Dostoyevsky
The Far Arena truly kept me up all night
Small things like these – Claire Keegan. It’s a short book and helped me get through a reading slump. Read it in one sitting in a few hours x
A short stay in hell
Incidents around the house
Starter Villain
A Short Stay In Hell
I Who Have Never Known Men
Tender Is The Flesh
The Postman — David Brin
Last Night at the Lobster — Stewart O’Nan
Very different but both slim little novels or maybe they’re actually novellas. I don’t know. It’s rare that I remember anything about a work of fiction, but these have stuck with me for years.
Boulder by Eva Baltasar. The prose is chefs-kiss and ugh I just couldn’t put it down.
Independence By Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
The things shes seen by Ambelin and Ezekiel Kwaymullina just over 200 words
Turbulence by David Szalay. Read it in a day.
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
It felt like if I stopped reading the characters wouldn’t survive, totally engrossing story and almost impossible to put down.
Any of um if you’re not a quitter.
*The Law* by Frédéric Bastiat.
*Ladies of the Lamplight* by Kay Reynolds Blair.
*Outrageous and Indefensible: The Sinking of the S.S. Robin Moor* by George Haber.
*General Alphonse Juin* by Ludovic Danigo.
*Bezmenoz:* *Love Letter to America* by Tomas D. Schuman.
City of thieves by David Benioff
If you read a lot it shouldn’t take you more than one sitting.