Nine Princes in Amber series (first five books) By Roger Zelazny – why this hasn’t been made into a movie yet is beyond me

The Harry Potter Series – J.K. Rowling
obviously

The Count of Monte Cristo – Alexandre Dumas – so lost in this book someone was directly in front of me saying hello and I was oblivious. They had to tap my leg to break me out of that world.

!984 – George Orwell

And Then There Were None – Agatha Christie

Kingdom Keepers (Pearson)
Tick Tock (Koontz)

**Island of the Dolphins=Island of the BLUE Dolphins

Do I even need to mention Harry Potter? :) Loved them all!

Lately, I couldn’t put down all of the “Peter and the Starcatchers” series by Dave Barry.

And a couple of days ago I stumbled across “Elsewhere” by Gabrielle Zevin (a first novel). Just beautifully and gently written.

Years ago I got sucked into Jurassic Park. Amazing book (hate the movie!).

Someone else already mentioned Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, so I second that vote!

More…(classics)
The Martian Chronicles
Slaughterhouse Five
1984
Dandelion Wine
Island of the Dolphins

I’m sure to add more later… =)

Also on my unputdownable list:
A Prayer for Owen Meany and The Cider House Rules by John Irving
Fall On Your Knees by Anne Marie MacDonald
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
Good Omens by Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett
The Girls by Lori Lansens
Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann
Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski (I kind of can’t believe nobody has mentioned that one yet)
Wicked by Gregory Maguire
and pretty much any Stephen King except for Insomnia, which I have to this day and through many attempts never been able to finish. Especially The Stand and IT though. I’ve read each of those at least four times and STILL can’t put them down whenever I pick them up to reread.

The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold. I tried to put the book down, because the emotions were too much, but I would have to pick it back up a minute later. I read it 5 or 6 years ago and the emotional punch of that story still lingers with me today.

My Sister’s Keeper and any other book by Jodi Picoult.

P.S. I Love You by Cecilia Ahern. I refuse to see the movie because I loved the book so much.

I too got sucked into Dan Brown’s books – The DaVinci Code, Angels and Demons, and Deception Point.

But now I’m gonna have to go get another Stephen King book, reading him is like that good warm fuzzy feeling you get every year at Christmas time. And no, I did NOT just compare Stephen King to Christ the King. LOL