What is the most gripping novel you've ever read? Fantasy or otherwise?

[Stevie]

The Hunt for Red October.

Mind, I was stuck on an areoplane over the Atlantic at the time. And this was back in the day, when you all got to watch the same movie on a big screen at the front of the cabin. Picked it up in the departure lounge, just about finished it by wheels down at Heathrow. I do like a good techno-thriller from time to time.

 

[Datar]

City of Lies by Sam Hawke. I didn't finish it particularly quickly, but every time I read it, my heart was beating up to my throat.

 

[neodoering]

What is the most gripping novel you've ever read? How long did it take you to read it, and why do you think it grabbed you so well?

My all-time favorite page-turner was one of Anne Rice's vampire books, Blood and Gold. If you've read the earlier vampire books this one will grab you and not let go until the end.