" A really haunting , beautiful , and sometimes creepy read . "

Sometimes we just want to get fully engrossed in a book, and immersed in the story it tells us. Well,u/rdr16recently askedr/suggestmeabook, for the books that “took over your life.”

Here are some of the best responses:

1.The Millennium Seriesoriginal trilogy – Stieg Larsson

2.The Overstory– Richard Powers

3.Flowers for Algernon– Daniel Keyes

4.The Master and Margarita– Mikhail Bulgakov

5.Rebecca– Daphne du Maurier

6.The Vampire Chronicles– Anna Rice

7.Siddharta– Hermann Hesse

8.East of Eden– John Steinbeck

9.Imajica– Clive Barker

10.The First Husband– McGarvey Black

11.The Hunger Games–Suzanne Collins

12.Dungeon Crawler Carl– Matt Dinniman

13.TheThree Body Problemtrilogy – Cixin Liu

14.Gravity’s Rainbow– Thomas Pynchon

15.Titus Groan– Mervyn Peake

16.The Throne of Glass– by Sarah J Maas

H/T tou/rdr16andr/suggestmeabookfor having the discussion!

Cover of "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" by Stieg Larsson, described as "#1 National Bestseller" with a quote from The Washington Post praising it as "wildly suspenseful."

Book cover of "The Overstory: A Novel" by Richard Powers, featuring a forest scene and text indicating it is a Pulitzer Prize winner and a #1 New York Times Bestseller

Cover of "Flowers For Algernon" by Daniel Keyes. The title and author's name are shown with an image of a white mouse on a geometric background. Winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards

Book cover of "The Master and Margarita" by Mikhail Bulgakov, featuring an abstract illustration of a black cat in a dramatic pose, with human figures in the background

Book cover of "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier, featuring intricate red floral designs. Text at the bottom reads: "One of the most influential novels of the twentieth century… A stunning book." - Sarah Waters

Cover of "The Vampire Chronicles Collection" by Anne Rice, featuring a cloaked figure. Text highlights "Interview with the Vampire," "The Vampire Lestat," and "The Queen of the Damned."

Cover of the book "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse, showing an illustration of a man rowing a boat on a river with lotus flowers and full moon above

Cover of John Steinbeck's "East of Eden" featuring an illustration of a pensive young man with a cigarette, accompanied by New York Times Book Review praise

The cover of Clive Barker's book "Imajica," featuring a quote by Stephen King, "Clive Barker is so good that I am literally tongue-tied."

Book cover of "The First Husband" by McGarvey Black, featuring a fishing hook with a wedding ring and engagement ring hanging from it. Text reads: "An unputdownable psychological thriller with a breathtaking twist."

Book cover of "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins, featuring a bird holding an arrow in its beak within a circular emblem

Book cover of "Dungeon Crawler Carl" by Matt Dinniman, showing a man holding a weapon, a menacing figure behind him, and a cat-like creature in the foreground

Book cover of "The Three-Body Problem Trilogy" by Cixin Liu. The cover features abstract interlocking circles

Book cover: "Gravity's Rainbow" by Thomas Pynchon. The illustration shows a surreal depiction of a figure with a skull head intertwined within a geometric design

Cover of "Titus Groan" by Mervyn Peake. It features black birds, tree branches, and text stating, "It is uniquely brilliant and we are right to call it a modern classic" by Anthony Burgess

Book cover for "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas. A white-haired female warrior holding two swords with text: "A heart of ice. A will of steel. Meet the assassin."