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Name up to three books that you just could not put down.

 

Debbie
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS, MORTAL FEAR (just the first of many by Greg Iles), and almost anything by Harlan Coben --- but one that stands out is GONE FOR GOOD.

Roberta Aida
Ann Rule's BITTER HARVEST
Joe McGuinness'S NEVER ENOUGH
John Grisham's THE INNOCENT MAN

Laurel Foster
DUMA KEY by Stephen King
STILL SUMMER by Jacquelyn Mitchard
7TH HEAVEN by James Patterson

Andie Johnson
This is a hard question. The three books that come to my mind immediately are: MY SISTER'S KEEPER by Jodi Picoult, THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL by Philippa Gregory, and DOUBLE BIND by Chris Bohjalian.
They are all from different genre's and have different elements, yet they were page turners and I couldn't put them down.

Peggy Kincaid
RELIC by Douglas Preston/Lincoln Child

BLOOD DREAMS by Kay Hooper

6 SACRED STONES by Matthew Reilly

Olga Purgavie
The Kite Runner
A Thousand Splendid Suns
The Lion's Game

Carol Bosworth
Three Cups of Tea
The Kite Runner
A Thousand Splendid Suns

Michelle
THE TEA ROSE
THE WINTER ROSE 
Anything by Danielle Steel

Kathie Hackney
DRAGON'S EYE by Stephen King
WATCHERS by Dean Koontz
Anything by J. A. Jance

Angel Gebauer
GHOST RIDER by Neil Peart
WOMEN WITH ALTITUDE by Carol Stone White
DEATH OF INNOCENCE by Mamie Till-Mobley

Carol Newey
The Appeal
Smoke and Mirrors
T is for Trespass

Susan Conway
Sister of My Heart
We Need to Talk about Kevin
Transister Radio

Delta_Me
There have been way too many over the years, but more recently, the 3 that pop into my mind right now are: Nora Roberts's HIGH NOON, Sharon Sala's CUT THROAT and Catherine Anderson's SUN KISSED. Yep, My tastes are a bit eclectic, but it's awesome when you find a fiction book that has it all --- a page-turning contemporary mystery romance with thrilling action!

Susan Boisvert
The Pillars of the Earth
World Without End
The Tea Rose

Lisa
I AM THE MESSENGER by Marcus Zusack, A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS by Khaled Hosseni, and THE GLASS CASTLE Jeanette Walls

Vivian Watts
7TH HEAVEN by James Patterson
Anything by Allison Brennan

Susan
Gone With The Wind
The Chosen
Youngblood Hawke

L Merrill
Below the Surface
The House on the Roof
The Secret Life of Bees

D. L. Stewart
SHIBUMI - Trevanian
ENVY - Sandra Brown
THE DARK HIGHLANDER - Karen Marie Moning

Julia L. Rule
1. The Mists of Avalon
2. ...and Ladies of the Club
3. Dune

Marjorie L. Carmony
A GENTLE RAIN by Deborah Smith
WIZARD'S DAUGHTER by Catherine Coulter
THE GIRL WITH BRAIDED HAIR by Margaret Coel

Susan
One Thousand Splendid Suns
The Thirteenth Tale
Nineteen Minutes

Kate Green
Three books i could not put down: THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL, anything by Robert B. Parker, and the Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich.

Barbara Broberg
WRITTEN IN BONE by Simon Beckett
CHEMISTRY OF DEATH by Simon Beckett
DILEMMA by Jon Cleary

Natalie Shipman
Cane River
Judge & Jury
The Witching Hour

Brenda K. Smith
Master of the Game
The Bible
If Tomorrow Never Comes

Sandra Hughes
SLEEP TOWARD HEAVEN by Amanda Eyre Ward
PLAINSONG by Kent Haruf
THE SOUND OF US by Sarah Willis

Annie Frank
TENDERNESS OF WOLVES by Stef Penney
WHAT THE DEAD KNOW by Laura Lippmann
THE THEORY OF CLOUDS by Stephanie Audeguy

Dorothy Olson
Pillars of the Earth
March
Those Who Save Us

Annie
NIGHT FALL - Nelson DeMille
PILLARS OF THE EARTH - Ken Follett
The CRIMSON PETAL AND THE WHITE - Michel Faber

Emil L. Iannelli
Playing for Pizza
Lincoln
Mindless Eating
The Things They Carried

Lindsey Hedrick
TRANSISTER RADIO by Chris Bohjalian
NINETEEN MINUTES by Jodi Picoult
All of the Stephanie Plum novels by Janet Evanovich

Joan
The three books I couldn't put down are:
1. RUSH HOME ROAD by Lori Lansens
2.THE TEA ROSE by Jennifer Donnelly
3.THE WINTER ROSE by Jennifer Donnelly

Merrilee
DUMA KEY by Stephen King
BLOODFEVER by Karen Marie Moning
PLUM LUCKY by Janet Evanovich

Mary
Water for Elephants
A Thousand Splendid Suns
The Tenth Circle

Sandy G.
SILENT IN THE GRAVE - Deanna Raybourn
THE MURDER GAME - Beverly Barton
HAVE YOU FOUND HER - Janice Erlbaum

Allison Bernstein
THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE by Audrey Niffenegger
THE RED TENT by Anita Diamant
BENEATH THE MARBLE SKY by John Shors

Gail Perryman
ON AGATE HILL by Lee Smith
THE KITE RUNNER by Khaled Hosseini
THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL by Philippa Gregory

Linda Maxine Williams
Any Alex Cross or Women's Murder Club by James Patterson
GONE WITH THE WIND by Margaret Mitchell

Kathryn Andrews
THE VENETIAN and anything else by Steve Berry
THE OPPOSITE OF FATE - Amy Tan's autobiogrsphy
THE WAYWARD MUSE by Elizabeth Hickey

Sal Williams
IN COLD BLOOD by Truman Capote
ETHAN FROME by Edith Wharton
THE STAND by Stephen King

Jeannie Hoover
THE KING OF LIES by John Hart
JOURNALS OF ELEANOR DRUSE by Eleanor Druse
NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH by John Lescroart

ann
PIECES OF MY SISTER'S LIFE by Elizabeth Joy Arnold
THE RUINS by Scott Smith
THE TORTILLA CURTAIN by T. C. Boyle

Maureen
A Thousand Splendid Suns
Nineteen Minutes
Pope Joan

Janis Tschirhart
A Thousand Splendid Suns
The Kite Runner
World Without End

Barbara Shaw
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS --- I could not put down and carried it with me wherever I went until I finished it.

AIRPORT --- this is not a new book and it is not a long book, but it was definitely a one-sitting book.

Dorothy Lechmanick
The Secret Life of Bees 
The Book Thief
A Painted House

Ivy Pittman
A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS by Khaled Hosseini
THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO by Junot Diaz
SONG YET SUNG by James McBride

Marion Webb
AMERICAN COOKERY by Laura Kalpakian
PEOPLE OF THE BOOK by Geraldine Brooks
THE ROAD HOME by Rose Tremain

Julia Manning
East of Eden
The Kite Runner
Losing Julia

Julie
Water for Elephants
All the Numbers
My Sister's Keeper

Dianne Hall
FIRSTLIGHT by Sue Monk Kidd
GILEAD by Marilyn Robinson
SOPHIE'S WORLD by Jostein Gaarder

Dayna Pritchard
The entire Harry Potter series, TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, and SILENT SPRING.

Lyla Douce
THE HOBBIT by J. R. R. Tolkien
THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS by Kenneth Graham 
THE GOLDEN COMPASS by Philip Pullman

Jane
PERFUME by Patrick Suskind
THE THIRTEENTH TALE by Diane Setterfield

THE TENDERNESS OF WOLVES by Stef Penney

Richard Jordan
The Shadow of the Wind
Perfume
The Reader

Janice
A Thousand Splendid Suns
Savannah Breeze
Gone with the Wind

Jean Hackett
MY SISTER'S KEEPER by Jodi Picoult

SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN by Lisa See

Linda M. Johnson
THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE by Audrey Niffenegger
A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS by Khaled Hosseini
THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY by Erik Larson

Phyllis
EAST OF EDEN by John Steinbeck
THE LAST JEW by Noah Gordon
SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN by Lisa See

Leanne
The Time Traveler's Wife
The Book Thief
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

Kay Stewart
A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS by Khaled Hosseini; SHADOW MAN by Cody Mcfadyen; and, of course, HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS by J. K. Rowling. Well, if you want me to be honest, all the Harry Potter books.

Mickey Z.
The Kite Runner
The Lovely Bones
Water for Elephants

Katherine Stephens
FIREFLY LANE by Kristin Hannah
Anything by James Patterson
ANGRY HOUSEWIVES EATING BON BONS Lorna Landvik

Brenda Klaassen
WAITING FOR WHITE HORSES by Nathan Jorgenson
MY SISTER'S KEEPER by Jodi Picoult
MAGYK by Angie Sage

Lori Furan-Schultz
GHOST by Noel Hynd
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE by Jane Austen (actually I get lost in most Austen books)
DRACULA by Bram Stoker

Helene Harris
The Wednesday Wars by Gary Schmidt

Donna Tanner
The Thorn Birds
The Stolen Child
The Elfhunter

Kathy Love
THE LOVELY BONES by Alice Sebold
CONFESSIONS OF A SHOPAHOLIC by Sophie Kinsella
TOMORROW, WHEN THE WAR BEGAN by John Marsden

Amy W.
HRH by: Danielle Steel
TENDING ROSES by Kate Winsgate
A STRANGER FOR CHRISTMAS by by Carol Lynn Pearson

Darlene
- Stones From the River
- The Kite Runner
- A Thousand Acres

Michele L.
KARMA GIRL by Jennifer Estep
PRIME TIME by Hank Phillippi Ryan
THE BOOK THIEF by Markus Zusak

Freda
WILDFIRE by Nelson DeMille
THE OBSTACLE COURSE by J. F. Freedman
BY BLOOD WRITTEN by Steven Womack

Judie Hunst
Three books i couldn't put down:
1.GONE WITH THE WIND by Margaret Mitchell
2.THE FIRST DEADLY SIN by Lawrence Sanders
3.MY SISTER'S KEE[ER by Jodi Picoult

Judy Ross
1. MISERY by Stephen King
2. LADY OF HAY by Barbara Erskine
3. Any of the Stephanie Plum mysteries by Janet Evanovich

Lori Barnes
THE LONG WALK HOME by Will North
PIRATES by Linda Lael Miller
SWIMMING LESSONS by Mary Alice Monroe

Alicia Burnette
THE CHOICE by Nicolas Sparks
THE BEACH HOUSE by Mary Alice Monroe
LAVENDER FIELDS by Janette Baker

Carol
TELL NO ONE by Harlan Coben
All the Harry Potter books
THE LAST TIME THEY MET by Anita Shreve

RB
Marathon Man
The Watchman
The Delilah Complex

Cathy Doman
James Patterson's THE LAKE HOUSE
Janet Evanovich's LEAN MEAN THIRTEEN
Mitch Albom's FOR ONE MORE DAY

April Lemesh
THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PAJAMAS, ATONEMENT, and THE NIGHT GARDENER would be my recent three.

Karen Coulson
CREATION IN DEATH by J. D. Robb
THE RUINS by Scott Smith
T IS FOR TRESPASS by Sue Grafton

Peggy
NINETEEN MINUTES - Jodi Picoult
THE KITE RUNNER - Khaled Hosseini
MY SISTER'S KEEPER - Jodi Picoult

Barb Appleby
BLASPHEMY by Douglas Preston
THE CHASE by Clive Cussler
THE WHEEL OF DARKNESS by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child

reader
You Remind Me of Me
A Map of the World
Middlesex

Cathy King
SALEM FALLS by Jodi Piccoult
GONE WITH THE WIND by Margaret Mitchell
A TIME TO KILL by John Grisham

Melissa
The Kite Runner
My Sister's Keeper
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

Michelle Miller
I AM LEGEND by Richard Matheson
PILLARS OF THE EARTH by Ken Follett
THE DA VINCI CODE by Dan Brown

Wendy Ellis
HEART-SHAPED BOX by Joe Hill
THE CELL by Stephen King
SAVANNAH BLUES by Mary Kay Andrews

Cynthia Baxter
The Gaen Trilogy by John Varley
- LOTTERY by Patricia Wood
- FINN by Jon Clinch

Debbie
HEARTS IN ATLANTIS
Any book by Robert B. Parker
WITHOUT REMORSE

Gail Cornell
The Amateur Marriage
The Partner
The Closers

Ali
Gone with the Wind
Message in a Bottle
The Bone Garden

Lisa
STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND by Robert A. Heinlein, BEHIND A MASK: The Unknown Thrillers Of Louisa May Alcott by Louisa May Alcott, and PRETENDER by C. J. Cherryh

Adam Okhai
1. LEGACY OF ASHES (about CIA) 
2. THE LOOMING TOWER by Lawrence Wright 
3. FALL OF THE HOUSE OF BUSH by by Craig Unger

Jane Bailey
FORTUNE'S ROCK by Anita Shreve
OUT OF THE NIGHT THAT COVERS ME by Pat Cunningham Devoto
FIREFLY CLOAK by Sheri Reynolds

Laura
Allison Brennan's 2 trilogies:
THE PREY, THE HUNT and THE KILLl

SPEAK NO EVIL, SEE NO EVIL, and FEAR NO EVIL

Melissa
TWILIGHT by Stephenie Meyer
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS by J. K. Rowling

Cara North
TOO MUCH TEMPTATION by Lori Foster
THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL by Phillippa Gregory
THE MARRIAGE CLAUSE by Yvette Hines

Dee
Tin Roof Blowdown
Girl With the Braided Hair
The Kite Runner

Jan Kanowitz
Keeping the House
Bridge of Sighs
Souvenir

F Tessa Bartels
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Exorcist
The Kite Runner

Betsy Woodruff
All of Julia Spencer Fleming's books!

Margit Willis
Water for Elephants
My Sister's Keeper
The Other Boleyn Girl

Marion Miller
FRUIT OF THE LEMON by Andrea Levy
TO MY DEAREST FRIENDS by Patricia Volk
THE SAMURAI'S DAUGHTER by Gail Tsukiyama

Claire Drohen
THE EDGE, BLOWOUT, and THE TARGET by Catherine Coulter

Claire Drohen
SHIVER, ABSOLUTE FEAR, and FATAL BURN, all by Lisa Jackson.

Joy Ann Martineau
Harlan Coben's TELL NO ONE
Tom Clancy's HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER
J. K. Rowling's HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE

Beth Reimer
ONE TRUE THING
WATER FOR ELEPHANTS 
All of the Harry Potter books

Fran
WATER FOR ELEPHANTS by Sara Gruen
MY SISTER'S KEEPER by Jodi Picoult
THE KITE RUNNER by Khaled Hosseini

Lynn
Three Cups of Tea
Water for Elephants
The Kite Runner

Meg
A Thousand Splendid Sons
Pillars of the Earth
The Great Santini

mlebel@freeway.net
EAST OF EDEN
LOTTERY by Patricia Wood
WATER FOR ELEPHANTS

Kathy Vieira
BEACH MUSIC - Pat Conroy
AHAB'S WIFE - Sena Jeter Naslund
SHE'S COME UNDONE - Wally Lamb

All exceptional reads that I could not put down, yet was very sad to finish. The characters all stayed with me and I still buy these books as gifts for others.

Toy Thomas
THE HISTORIAN by Elizabeth Kostova
THE THIRTEENTH TALE by Diane Satterfield
Any of the novels by J. D. Robb

Mary A
Greg Iles's THE QUIET GAME
Harlan Coben's TELL NO ONE
Lee Child's THE KILLING FLOOR

Judy Berardinone
The Kite Runner
The Thirteenth Tale
The Other Boleyn Girl

Nancy Clarke Green
MISTS OF AVALON by Marian Zimmer Bradley.
THE VICEROY'S DAUGHTERS: THE LIVES OF THE CURZON SISTERS by Anne DeCourcy.
A DISTANT MIRROR: The Calamitous 14th Century by Barbara Wertheim Tuchman.

Nancy Clarke Green
Every book that I read and finish is a book I cannot put down. If I find that I can put one down, I usually do not bother to finish it. Sometimes I will flip over to the end just to see what happened. This, of course, does not include text books, reading group books, and books read for information.

Shawnee
I will list the last three books I couldn't put down:

1. MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA by Arthur Golden
2. THE TRANSLATOR: A Tribesman's Memoir of Darfur by Daoud Hari
3. DUMA KEY by Stephen King

Karin
PILLARS OF THE EARTH by Ken Follet
THE SUMMONER by Gail Z. Martin
READING LOLITA IN TEHRAN by Azar Nafisi

Betty Burrier
1. INTEGRITY by Dr. Henry Cloud
2. NINE THINGS YOU SIMPLY MUST DO by Dr. Henry Cloud
3. CROSS by James Patterson

Maureen H
THE KITE RUNNER by Khaled Hosseini, THE LIAR'S DIARY by Patry Francis and ONE LAST SCREAM by Kevin O'Brien. These three books were excellent reads. I could not stop reading and found them to be unforgettable.

Jodie
Middlesex
The Poisonwood Bible
The Invisible Wall

Winterlily
Three of the most intriguing books I have ever read are:
1) THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL by Phillippa Gregory
2) A SIMPLE PLAN by Scott Smith
3) THE PACT by Jodi Picoult

Lynne Cassidy
The Redbreast
Bleeding Kansas
>Empire Falls

Joey
Three absolutely phenomenal books were
1) THE WOODS by Harlan Coben
2) KILL ME by Stephen White
3) THE CLOSER by Michael Connelly
4) PEGASUS DESCENDING by James Lee Burke

Melissa
MY SISTER'S KEEPER by Jodi Picoult
THR3E by Ted Dekker
EXTREMELY LOUD & INCREDIBLY CLOSE by Jonathan Safran Foer

Barbara Moore
The Kite Runner
Water for Elephants
Rise to Rebellion

Debbie
EXACT REVENGE - Tim Green
THE HUSBAND - Dean Koontz
THE QUICKIE - James Paterson

Debbie D.
The Lovely Bones
The Book Thief
Water for Elephants

Liz Picone
The Kite Runner
Exile
Stone Cold

Susan Overstreet
Sams Letters to Jennifer 
For One More Day 
The Christmas Train

Mark Hendricks
DEATH AT LA FENICE - Donna Leon
IN A DRY SEASON - Peter Robinson
BAD BLOOD - Linda Fairstein

Lisa
TELL NO ONE by Harlan Coben
SICK PUPPY by Carl Hiaasen
EAT, PRAY, LOVE by Elizabeth Gilbert

Anything by Carl Hiaasen or Harlan Coben is usually a "one day read."

Kathy Boucher
Pat Conroy's BEACH MUSIC
James Carroll's MORTAL FRIENDS
Jodi Picoult's NINETEEN MINUTES

Dianne
THE BOOK THIEF by Marcus Zusak
THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET by Brian Selznick
THE THIRTEENTH TALE by Diane Setterfield

Kathy
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Jaime Murray
The three books I could not put down are:
1. THE RUINS by Scott Smith
2.BIG APPLE TAKEDOWN by Rudy Josephs
3.A PIRATE'S LOVE by Johanna Lindsey
Those are my top 3 books that I could not put down and I cannot recommend them highly enough.

Csimar
THE ROAD by Cormac McCarthy

OUT STEALING HORSES by Per Petterson

SWEET EVERLASTING by Judson Mitcham

Cheryl Thompson
The Tea Rose 
The Other Boelyn Girl
Forever

Jane Haase
Assassination Vacation
The Amazing Adventures of Cavalier and Clay
My Sister's Keeper

Susan
Any Stephanie Plum book by Janet Evanovich
LADY OF HAY by Barbara Erskine
THEM by Nathan McCall

Lindsey Hedrick
NINETEEN MINUTES by Jodi Picoult
THUNDER BAY by William Kent Krueger
JUDAS ISLAND by Katherine Wall

Book Festival
CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR, THE NAMESAKE, and any Harry Potterbook

Sal Williams
IN COLD BLOOD by Truman Capote
ETHAN FROME by Edith Wharton
A TAN AND SANDY SILENCE by John D. Macdonald

Brita Borden
Pillars of the Earth
The Next Thing on My List
The Color of Water

Kathryn
LOSING GEMMA by Katy Gardner
ANGRY HOUSEWIVES EATING BON BONS by Lorna Landvik
MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA by Arthur Golden

Karen Brinegar
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
Galileo's Daughter
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Judy Fluke
The Thorn Birds
The Thirteenth Tale
The Swallow

Nicky
The Red Tent
A Thousand Splendid Suns
The Stand

Tara Brown
SHADES OF GRAY by Jessica James 
YANKEE STRANGER by Elswyth Thane
BETWEEN THE LINES by Captain Charles Kin

Haseena Ali
The books I could not put down were THE BREADWINNER, A RAISIN IN THE SUN and HOOT. I really enjoyed reading those books and was excited to finish them.

Sue Leven
HEARTSICK by Chelsea Cain
THE FOLLOWER by Jason Starr
7TH HEAVEN by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro

Ross Nunamaker
STALIN'S GHOST by Martin Cruz Smith
THE POE SHADOW by Matthew Pearl
CLEMENTE: The Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero by David Maraniss

Deb French-Alesi
The Lovely Bones
Water for Elephants
Here on Earth

Steven Carter
GERM by Robert Liparulo
GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS by David Wolstencroft
THE FOURTH BEAR by Jasper Fforde

Whitney
NOTORIOUS by Michele Martinez, most of Carl Hiaasen's novels, and all of Lee Child's Jack Reacher novels!

Claire Wilkins
SLOW HEAT IN HEAVEN by Sandra Brown
BEACH MUSIC by Pat Conroy
THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES by Sue Monk Kidd
Almost anything by James Lee Burke
Presidential Agent series by W. E. B. Griffin

Michelle Herzing
I KNOW THIS MUCH IS TRUE by Wally Lamb
THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE by Audrey Niffeneger
WATER FOR ELEPHANTS by Sara Gruen

Judy O.
THE BOOK THIEF by Marcus Zusak
MERLE'S DOOR by Ted Kerasote
GARDENS OF WATER by Alan Drew

Cathey
MY SISTER'S KEEPER by Jodi Picoult
ANGELS AND DEMONS Dan Brown
NINETEEN MINUTES by Jodi Picoult

Linda Rischoni
The Kite Runner
A Thousand Splendid Suns
Pillars of the Earth
The Shadow of the Wind

Nancy Clark
PRODIGAL SUMMER by Barbara Kingsolver; THE CANAL HOUSE by Mark Lee; THE GLASS CASTLE by Jeannette Walls

Elaine Campbell
THE STAND by Stephen King
LOVE WALKED IN by Marisa de los Santos 
LADDER OF YEARS by Anne Tyler

Barb W
MONKEEWRENCH (and its sequels) by P.J. Tracy
T IS FOR TRESSPASS by Sue Grafton
THE ANATOMY OF DECEPTION by Lawrence Goldstone

Steve Black
Three books I devoured are TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD by Harper Lee, THE TESTAMENT by John Grisham, and HUNDRED DOLLAR BABY by Robert B. Parker.

Carolyn Waring
THE MEANING OF NIGHT by Michael Cox, THE BOOK THIEF by Markus Zusak, and WHAT I LOVED by Siri Hustvedt

Orchid
The three books for me would be:

1) THE CLOSERS by Michael Connelly
2) ECHO PARK by Michael Connelly
3) THE OVERLOOK by Michael Connelly

Hmmm. I'm beginning to see a trend here.

T. Semidey
The (3) three books I couldn't put down was: ME AND EMMA by Elizabeth Flock, THE TENTH CIRCLE by Jodi Picoult and FALL ON YOUR KNEES by Ann-Marie McDonald

Shannon Jensen
CODE 61 by Donald Harstad
RETRIBUTION by Jilliane Hoffman
SHADOW MAN by Cody McFadyen

Edie
Bones to Ashes
All Through the Night
P.S., I Love You

Jill
Gone with the Wind
The Thorn Birds
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

Billie
Water for Elephants
The Shadow of the Wind
Itty Bitty Lies

Augusta R. Malvagno
The Bridges of Madison County
The Guardian
The Notebook

Karen Coulson
BLUE HEAVEN by by C. J. Box
I just finished reading this one and had only started it yesterday. Box writes a tension-building story about 2 children who witness a murder and are pursued by the killers.

Elinor
Earth in the Balance
An Inconvenient Truth
Diet For A Small Planet

Barbara Walker
7TH HEAVEN by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
IN FOR THE KILL by John Lutz
DARK OF THE MOON by John Sandford

Eileen
The Song Reader
Water for Elephants
Freakonomics

Cecile
WATER FOR ELEPHANTS by Sara Gruen
PLAIN TRUTH by Jodi Picoult
THE DARKEST EVENING OF THE YEAR by Dean Koontz

Patricia
RELIC
THE DA VINCI CODE
THE BONE COLLECTOR

And almost any other books by these authors!

Lynda Schaffer
DECEPTION by Judith Michael
TANGLED WEB by Judith Michael
THE HOUSE by Danielle Steel

Linda Moeller
ODD THOMAS, MARLEY & ME, and the Stephanie Plum books.

R. Honey
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN 
THE TOMMYKNOCKERS
PEYTON PLACE (when I found it in the attic at age 14)

Teri
DUMA KEY by Stephen King
JOSIE AND JACK by Kelly Braffet
WATER FOR ELEPHANTS by Sara Gruen

Manish Patwari
1. NEVER CRY WOLF by Farley Mowat
2. A COFFIN FROM HONG KONG by James Hadley Chase
3. THE DEAD ZONE by Stephen King

Thomas
1. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
2.The Stand 
3. Intensity

Geri Dosalua
ENTER THREE WITCHES by Caroline B. Cooney
THE THIRTEENTH TALE by Diane Satterfield
THE CHOCOLATE WAR by Robert Cormier

Veronica Sarama
The Kite Runner
The Life Of Pi
The Secret Life of Bees

Toni
SOME DANGER INVOLVED by Will Thomas
PLUM LUCKY by Janet Evanovich
WILD GIRL by Jim Fergus

Bob Coghill
Lately:
Jodi Picoult's NINETEEN MINUTES 
John C. Wright's Orphan's of Chaos Trilogy (the 3rd book is coming out soon)
Jon Clinch's FINN

Lynn
- A MILLION LITTLE PIECES by James Frey
- MY HORIZONTAL LIFE by Chelsea Handler
- THE LOVELY BONES by Alice Sebold

Jean
IF TOMORROW NEVER COMES by Sidney Sheldon, THE SHELL SEEKERS by Rosamund Pilcher and MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA by Arthur Golden.

Roberta Aida
Anything by Ann Rule.

KC Strykher
Books that I simply could not put down included:
1) DREAMING THE EAGLE
2) DREAMING THE BULL
3) DREAMING THE HOUND
4) DREAMING THE SERPENT SPEAR

These books are part of the Boudica series from Manda Scott. Excellent stories.

Juanita Adamson
1. To Kill a Mockingbird 
2. ...And the Ladies of the Club
3. Strange Fits of Passion

Trish Thomas
Anything by Connie Willis or Marcia Muller.

Rebecca Booth
SOMEDAY - Karen Kingsbury
COME WALK WITH ME - Joan Medlicott
SURRENDER ROCK - Robyn Carr

Susan
TWILIGHT
NEW MOON
ECLIPSE
All by Stephenie meyer

Jeanette F. Milliner
The Historian
Silent in the Grave / Silent in the Sanctuary
Harry Potter series