Are there any "literary" page turners?
>>7929338
I think a lot of them are. Middlemarch probably tops it for me, because of just how long it was, and how much I still wanted to read it despite sitting there for 5+ hours at a time.
Libra certainly is.
>>7929338
Finnegans Wake. Every time I picked it up I would turn back the page I was on and think "wtf, I don't remember reading any of this".
>>7929746
You don't "read" Finnegans Wake
Picture of Dorian gray was a bit of a page turner if I remember correctly.
>>7929338
The Devil to Pay in the Backlands
Stoner was a page turner for me. Constantly captivating, easy to read, and always moving promptly on to the next section of his life which I would always want to read about.
Brothers Karamazov.
Montana 1948 by Larry Watson
>>7929338
yeah I turned ur mum's pages last night
Ferrante's books are page turners for me.
The Idiot made me read some 200 pages in one sitting, up till the point where the narration took a break from focusing on Myshkin in favor of focusing on events happening with the passage of time. Afterward though, when Myshkin came back into the picture, I couldn't put the book down again.
>>7930082
savage
>>7929358
Seconding Middlemarch. Other than that, I'd say Mason & Dixon and A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.
>>7929338
A lot of 19th century novels, especially the ones that were serialized like Dostoevsky, Dumas and Dickens.
Started reading this today during a walk in the park and ended up spending five hours in the park, unable to stop reading and just walk home. I'd get to another bench and have to excuse myself to sit down to read again. Really recommended if you haven't read this classic!
>>7930384
That's not literary. It's just a page turner.
>>7930384
I read that last week and loved it. Good call.
>>7930363
only non meme in this thread and just barely.
but anyways.
pic related. thrill ride.
Hate it or not
>>7930444
>literary
>>7930412
>that fucking turnaround right before the anarchist's meeting
godamnnnnn
Count of Monte Cristo
>>7930412
Only time I've seen an actual chase scene work in a book.
Against the Day by Pynchon was surprisingly fun and easy to read
>>7930841
>literary
>>7930841
This. Read it in a week, a few hours each day.
>>7929338
Mickey Spillane
http://www.cosmoetica.com/B61-DES29.htm
>>7930448
>he confuses pitch-precise lean prose for simplicity.
>>7929961
you'd have to be a 'stoner' to enjoy any of his books
Serious response. Read it recently and it moved like a thriller. Dope novel.
Underworld was a really fast read for me.
Min Kamp was a paige turnah tbqh
>>7929961
seconded. despite being told across his entire life, the narrative was smooth and at no point through his depressing life (even when he described his weariness and exhaustion) did I feel like taking a break.
I thought Lolita had a pretty engaging story. I'm not a pedo or anything but it was always interesting to see what he was going to do next in order to get what he wanted.
>>7933598
don't you think the part in the middle (when he's evading the shady dude) kind of slows down a bit?
>>7933603
It is true that it loses steam, but a lot of books do that, and in this case the elegance of the prose made it easier to trudge through than it often would be in the usual case of a book straining your patience.
>>7933616
>in this case the elegance of the prose made it easier to trudge through than it often would be in the usual case of a book straining your patience.
I agree. The prose throughout the book was great. The way humbert described everything was delightful through and through.
>>7933614
Vollmann must be read in paper.
Once you read enough, every book can be a page turner
I couldn't put down Origin of Species the other day
>>7933598
this
It's almost a thriller at times
>>7933566
god damn it
i've masturbated 3 times today already dont do this to me
bumpin
All in one siting
>>7934669
kekd
>>7929886
This. Also a few Dumas books were page turners in my adolescence...i've tried to re-read The three musketeers recently though and couldn't be bothered to go back into that.
Once you make it onto the boat in Moby Dick it's really easy to digest, the short chapters and constant theme switches are great for keeping things fresh.
>>7939216
I couldn't finish it. The description of the different whales chapters were terrible to go through. So i started to skip it but then i was like "why am i reading this at all if it's to skip it" and so i stopped reading it.
>>7929338
Moby-Dick probably maximizes the ratio of page-turn-iness to expectations-of-slog. Obviously not the quickest book I've ever read, but I couldn't believe how quickly I wanted to read it and how quickly I got through it.
>>7939229
this is a common complaint, i don't really get it though. they weren't that long and I found the information pretty interesting. i think you'd benefit by continuing on though, even if you do skip them, the final ~200-300 pages of the book are really what makes it such a classic.
>>7929338
Pynchon
>>7930444
I'm reading this after I finish V., I hope I don't get memed
>>7939299
Don't expect anything literary especially coming off V.
>>7929338
Bonfire of the Vanities is lit enough really
Much of Nabokov. I started and finished rereading Pnin today.
>>7929746
Topkek & underrated
>>7939265
Until that point in the book, i was pretty impressed by the book actually, it was a page turner for me. But those description parts felt like "ok you had your fun, now i'm really gonna transform into a memoir on whales for a while just to annoy the fuck out of you, son."
It's what it felt like to me.
>>7930841
Agreed. I wasn't even aware that it was the longest book I've read because it went down so easy.
I have trouble believing that Gravity's Rainbow is so much shorter (almost 50% longer) because the meme takes so much more effort to read
>>7939299
Cats Cradle is better senpai
Don Quixote tbph senpai baka
>>7929746
10/10 post
>>7938263
It's been for a while on my reading pile but is it "literary"? Is it more than Vietnam war pulp? Not that there's anything wrong with that.
Perhaps not the most literary book in the world but I read A Clockwork Orange in one sitting. Really enjoyed it.
Read War and Peace right now. It's really readable. Even though the plot is somewhat predictable, I still find myself really really interested in the development of the characters and the overall arc.
>>7930297
>The Idiot made me read some 200 pages in one sitting
Your dad may be strict with you but that's no way to speak of him.
>>7939928
What a roast, 10/10
>>7929746
>literary
As soon as a book is enjoyable it can no longer be patrician. Sorry OP, it's the truth.
>>7939928
That was great.
>>7939559
only the first half though, and those side stories are a slog to go through
