We are used to something that hooks us, has to be related to a series, a movie series, etc. But we do not think of books that hook when in reality there are, sometimes even to a greater extent than series or movies.
So, if you want to give a book a try and get hooked on it, here are some titles that may be ideal so that you can't detach yourself from the pages of the book until you finish it (and when you do, feel that emptiness that let have read a good story).
What do the books have that hook
Before giving you examples of books that hook, we want to take a look at why you can't put them down. Actually, an addictive book is not on a specific topic, it can be one of adventures, mystery, love, terror, a collection of poems ... Really the important thing and what makes that book make you not eat, not sleep and do nothing other than turn page after page is the story itself .
When an author is capable of to catch the reader between its words, sentences, paragraphs and pages thanks to the way of telling the story and the very plot of this, It is said that it is a book that hooks.
Is anyone susceptible to it? Well yes, the truth is that yes. You should also keep in mind that not all readers will be hooked on the same books. It is true that there are some works that have more addicted readers than others, but the truth is that there will always be someone who will "drink" the history of a book.
Examples of books that hook
Next we are going to give you several examples of books that hook and that, when you start reading them, there is a moment when you can't stop and you don't mind not eating or not sleeping in order to know how the story is going to end.
Of course, as we have said before, this is more subjective, there will be people who find these books addictive, and others who cannot handle them and end up abandoning them. That is why we give you several examples.
The disorder you leave, by Carlos Montero
In this case we are talking about the story of Raquel, a high school teacher who begins to work as a substitute in a village school, specifically in her husband's. However, he realizes that the person she is replacing committed suicide and decides to investigate what was the reason why he did it.
The Midnight Library, by Matt Haig
This is one of the books that you may have heard the least about and yet it will hook you the most.
In it you have Nora Seed who, without knowing how, ends up in the so-called Midnight Library. There, they give him the opportunity to live in different ways, as if he had made other decisions and thus know what had happened.
But sometimes those changes have consequences that can endanger your own life.
There is a very important question that is answered in this book: what is the best way to live?
Soft is the night, by Francis Scott Fitzgerald
Imagine a couple from the United States arriving on the French Riviera. They are of high standing, that is, rich. They are handsome and do not seem to be depriving themselves of anything. But the truth is that They hide a secret that they will not want anyone to know.
A Cage of Gold, by Camila Läckberg
For lovers of crime novels, this is one of the most striking that you can read, since the protagonist becomes an "avenger" and he will not stop until he makes everyone who has hurt him pay.
Moby Dick by Herman Melville
Yes, a classic. And even though the years go by, it will continue to be one of the most engaging books that must be recommended because of the way it is narrated, and how it is transmitted. that desire the protagonist to catch the whale, not many authors succeed.
If you have only seen the movie, there is much in the book that you have missed, and you will see how, after reading it, you will realize that it was better to have started it earlier.
Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen
For fans of romance, one of the addictive books that we can recommend is this one, Pride and Prejudice. In it he takes us to another era but at the same time offers us a vision of an advanced woman that she is not willing to submit to the will of society or men.
Monologues of the vagina, by Eve Ensler
This story was adapted into a play and is based, as its name suggests, on female sexuality. What did the author do? Interview more than 200 women of different nationalities and ages to tell, in a fun and entertaining way, topics related to sexual intimacy and sex.
The Book of Illusions, by Paul Auster
Imagine that you have lost your wife and your child, that you have nothing left in life. This is how the protagonist of the book, David Zimmer, feels, who only a television ad starring silent film comedian Hector Mann makes you excited to write a book about him.
So, in his research, he begins to collect the films in which he has participated, documents that refer to him and a mystery that keeps getting bigger and bigger. To the point that a woman suddenly breaks into his house pointing a gun at him.
By John Verdon, Don't Open Your Eyes
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For mystery fans who can't put down the book until it's finished, in Don't open your eyes you have a clear example of a book that you won't let go of.
In it we have David Gurney as the protagonist, a man who is thought to be invincible, until Meet the smartest assassin you've never seen before.
Of course, keep in mind that it is a second part, and in reality the saga is 7, so you may want to start with the first, I know what you are thinking.
Baztán Trilogy, by Dolores Redondo
In this case, as books that hook you, we do not propose one, but three. All of them can be read independently, although it is best to start with the first.
If the films (because they were adapted) were already quite good and hooked, in the case of books we can say that you will not want to release them until they are all finished.
How do we know that there are many more books that hook, Can you give us more examples of those that you have read and have become an addiction from beginning to end?
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