Opening a book in front of everyone, every reader wants to forget about reality, break away from it, leaving all the problems of dull everyday life behind. With the help of the book, you can immerse yourself in another world, relive the events of past times, or live the life of the main character, imagining yourself in his place.
There are books that are difficult to start reading or impossible to read, despite their popularity. However, the list provided is a selection of those that can be read in one breath. Each of the works draws into itself from the first pages and does not let go until the last words, keeping its reader in constant tension.
Daniel Keyes "Billy Milligan's Multiple Minds"
An amazing and unique book of its kind that can absorb its reader from the first lines for long hours. Here is an unimaginable and ambiguous story that can make you forget about sleep or hunger, since it is impossible to break away from the pages of this work.
The story will tell us about a simple young man, within which 24 individuals get on together, radically different from each other. As you know, there is such a thing as a split personality, the main character has something similar, but here it is not divided into 2 parts, but 24. At the same time, girls, men, children, and old people, connoisseurs of art and criminal personalities live in it . And the main question that arises is who will win and defeat the body?
John Fowles "Collector"
This book is a real shocking novel, which begins as a banal love story “nerd” to a beautiful girl, with whom he cannot be, because she does not even look in his direction. Fate gives the main character a chance, because he won a large sum of money and acquired an incredible mansion. Many may think that the girl changed her point of view regarding the hero after that, but no. How events will unfold, what bold and unexpected moves the author came up with - the answers to these questions on the pages of the book "The Collector".
Diane Setterfield "The Thirteenth Tale"
This book contains all the attributes of Gothic - dark and ancient estates, ghosts and family secrets that are covered in darkness. The author describes the intricacies of events and the fate of the characters so that it is not possible to understand everything that happens until the last page of the book, which carries away and delays. Everything is beautiful in this novel, starting from the plot and atmosphere, ending in the style and language of writing the work.
Daniel Keese "Flowers for Algernon"
Not so long ago, this book was considered fiction, breaking stereotypes. The novel was considered intriguing and beyond the conventional wisdom. Many critics did not perceive the book, considering it the sick imagination of the author, expanding the traditional boundaries.
Now this work is relevant, describes the modern and everyday life of a person. The author, like a real jeweler, describes events, developing the theme of love and responsibility. The book itself is imbued with piercing, great psychological power, thanks to which it falls into the very heart of millions of readers around the world.
Ray Bradbury "451 degrees Fahrenheit"
This novel is a true bestseller of all times and peoples, which brought its creator world fame and universal recognition. Avto presented his reader with a dystopian post-industrial future, where the storage of books is punishable by law, and the firefighters ruthlessly destroy all print publications. Television has so deeply eaten people's minds that they have become weak-willed and obedient, but if you think differently, then electronic dogs kill you and chase you. The title of the book is explained very simply, since 451 degrees Fahrenheit is the melting point of paper.
Neil Gaiman "Nikogde"
The book tells about another reality - a world about which no one knows. As it is known, it is easy to enter there, however, it is almost impossible to find the right door and only favorites can do it. Everything is possible here and every little thing can gain unimaginable power. On the pages of the book, the author will tell about ladies and knights, angels and saints, cruel monsters and murderers. In this work all those who fell through the cracks of reality found life. Richard - the main character, who appeared in the form of a young and kind man, stranded in a strange world, Nikogda, lost under London.
Joan Harris "Five Quarters of Orange"
The book tells about the heroine that she received from the mother an album with recipes. It would seem that in this such, but her sister became the owner of the wine cellar, and my brother inherited the farm. The girl thinks that she has remained offended by fate, but along with the usual recipes of the girl she finds the records of her late mother. Here are hidden all the innermost thoughts and desires, confessions and other facts from the life of the mother. Now it turned out that it was Framboise who received the true treasure, which allows to discover the mysteries of her family’s past.
Stephen King "Dead Zone"
The main character is John Smith, who in a collision on ice gets a head injury, which subsequently leads to unexpected consequences. After that, the man began to pursue terrible vision, get rid of which he can not. However, this is not the worst thing, because he has discovered unusual abilities in himself - he can help people, easily discloses complex and complicated crimes. Fate drives John to the politician, rushing to power. On the way to the goal, he is not afraid of anything and is ready to do anything, stop him and save people only under John Smith.
Stephen King Green Mile
As you know, the green mile is a prison block for suicide bombers with the name "Cold Mountain". In the book of the author, this is a real separate and creepy world, into which people doomed to death through an electric chair fall. This world has seen different criminals, but John Coffey is unique and not at all like previous criminals. The man was accused of brutal murder, but in fact it is clear that he is not able to offend even a fly. Whether he will receive an excuse or will receive an undeserved punishment is the answer to this question at the end of the book.
Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice
One of the few novels that over the years does not lose its popularity and relevance. This book is still light and brilliant, thanks to which it is read in one breath. Bennett has five daughters in the family, so parents realize that it’s impossible in principle to marry everyone. With the help of subtle humor and psychologism, the author demonstrates to his reader how even the most ordinary and not very smart girl can meet the “hero of her novel”.
