It’s hard to find a book that’s so gripping that you can’t put it down. Whether it’s the engaging story, fleshed out characters, or just the style of writing, these books keep you hooked all the way through.
(1) A Game of Thrones (1996) by George R.R. Martin
Following the POV of several characters, the story centers on the growing conflict for control of Westeros, an exiled princess Daenerys Targaryen seeking to reclaim her father’s throne, and the growing threat of the supernatural Others from the north.
(2) The Lady of the Lake (1999) by Andrzej Sapkowski
After walking through the portal in the Tower of Swallows while narrowly escaping death, Ciri finds herself in a completely different world… and knows she must escape to finally rejoin the Witcher, Geralt, and his companions – and also to try to conquer her worst nightmare.
(3) On Target (2010) by Mark Greaney
Four years ago, Court Gentry was betrayed by his handlers in the CIA. To survive, he had to eliminate his own brothers in arms. Now, as a master assassin known as the Gray Man, he makes his living killing other people. But when an old comrade he thought dead returns to haunt him, his own life is put in the crosshairs.
(4) A Monster Calls (2011) by Patrick Ness
Conor has the same dream every night, ever since his mother first fell ill, ever since she started the treatments that don’t quite seem to be working. But tonight is different. Tonight, when he wakes, there’s a visitor at his window. It’s ancient, elemental, a force of nature. And it wants the most dangerous thing of all from Conor. It wants the truth.
(5) Ama (2016) by Daniel MacKillican
After Jason’s world falls apart when his young daughter is brutally murdered, a demon offers to give him another life where she is alive and well, but there’s a horrifying catch.
(6) The Hunger Games (2008) by Suzanne Collins
Katniss Everdeen volunteers to take her younger sister’s place, and with her district’s male tribute, Peeta Mellark, travels to the Capitol to train and compete in the Hunger Games; where a boy and a girl from each of the nation’s 12 Districts are chosen annually as “tributes” and forced to compete in a match to the death.
(7) Starship Troopers (1959) by Robert A. Heinlein
The story follows Juan “Johnny” Rico through his military service in the Mobile Infantry. Rico progresses from recruit to officer against the backdrop of an interstellar war between humans and an alien species known as “Arachnids” or “Bugs”.
(8) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (1997) by J.K. Rowling
The story follows Harry Potter, young wizard who discovers his magical heritage on his eleventh birthday, and his acceptance to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
(9) Ghosts of Onyx (2006) by Eric S. Nylund
The planet Onyx is virtually abandoned and the perfect place to set this new plan in motion for the UNSC to create hundreds of soldiers. But when the Master Chief destroys Halo, something is triggered deep within Onyx: Ancient Forerunner technology stirs, and fleets of UNSC and Covenant race to claim it to change the course of the Human-Covenant War.
(10) Predator: If It Bleeds (2017) by Bryan Thomas Schmidt, Holly Roberds, Steve Perry, John Shirley, Jeremy Robinson, Jonathan Maberry, Kevin J. Anderson, Weston Ochse, Mira Grant, Tim Lebbon, Larry Correia, Dayton Ward, Peter J. Wacks
The story follows the Predators stalking prey in 12th Century Japan, 9th Century Viking Norway, World War I, Vietnam, the Civil War, Hurricane Katrina, and the modern day, as well as across the far reaches of future space.
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