What Book(s) Did You Consume The Fastest?

Submitted by DoctorLove01 t3_z8vbz9 in books

I am the type of person who forces himself to start something before he enjoys it, be it exercise, books, or even movies. I generally have to spend effort to continue something and not give up halfway from boredom or laziness. With that being said, sometimes I start something, get hooked and at that point I consume it like a madman. I started reading this book series once called "Ascendance of a bookworm" and I immediately got hooked, I finished the first volume in a day, something that I have never done before, I started the second volume the next day literally the moment I woke up. My addiction didn't stop and I spent the next 12 days reading all 20 volumes. At this point in my life I had never read this much. At that time, I was on break from school and college was way off, and so I spent every waking hour reading.

I sorta miss that feeling of being completely engrossed on one thing, I get distracted easily, and was looking for a similarly addictive series. I have heard only good things about Brandon Sanderson and so I started reading Mistborn sometime in the last two months. I finished with The Final Empire and The Well Of Ascension, and while I certainly did enjoy them and think the series is pretty good, I didn't consume them nearly as fast as I did when I was reading Ascendance Of A Bookworm.

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Anyhow, What are some books that you consumed ridiculously fast just from sheer enjoyment?

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boxer_dogs_dance t1_iydhv0h wrote

At one time I was super into the Deverry books by Kerr.

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DearBurt t1_iydie5z wrote

I think the last book I read from cover to cover was Survivor by Palahniuk.

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datusernames t1_iydikwl wrote

I am on my 4th listen through of The Expanse audiobooks, my third this year alone.

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DoopSlayer t1_iydlmk2 wrote

A Memory Called Empire was the last book I finished in one sitting

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dawgfan19881 t1_iydnl1d wrote

Cloud CuckooLand and All the Light we cannot see by Anthony Doerr I read in like 3 days a piece.

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rohtbert55 t1_iydt8v0 wrote

Three come to mind: The Frontline series by Marko Kloos (read it/discovered it this year); The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruíz Zafón and A Matter of Honour by Jeffrey Archer.

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Zikoris t1_iydtg6w wrote

Jack Campbell's Pillars of Reality series. I was literally finishing one and not even getting out of my seat before starting the next one. Same with Cassandra Gannon's Wicked Ugly Bad series. And Karen Robards's Charlotte Stone series. And Anne Bishop's Others series.

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kaysn t1_iydxw88 wrote

Off the top of my head:

  • The Red Rising trilogy
  • Leviathan Wakes
  • Texicalaan duology
  • The Final Empire. (Really struggled with next two. I did not enjoy the Dragonball Z power up everybody got.)
  • Every book from Thursday Murder Club series.
  • The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
  • This Is How You Lose a Time War
  • The Shadow of the Wind
  • Small Things Like These
  • All the Lights We Cannot See
  • A Long Way to a Small Angry Planet
  • Record of the Spaceborn Few
  • A Gentleman in Moscow
  • Jade City
  • The Kite Runner
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hgaterms t1_iydy3er wrote

I read Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir over the course of 3 days. And this is a nice, fat 500+ page book too. I simply could not put it down.

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Traditional-Oven-698 t1_iydzzmp wrote

John Katzenbach’s The Analyst. I didn’t use to read on a regular basis until a teacher told me about this book in High school.

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J-blues t1_iye0pvp wrote

Hungry hungry caterpillar, consumed it in about 5 min. Engrossed the whole time.

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MuchMethod7039 t1_iye8egb wrote

I ate the Harry Potter series in the span of 3 days as a preteen. Then I consumed as my fanfiction as I could get my grubby hands on

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Kidlike101 t1_iyebaa5 wrote

This might be considered cheating but during the black Friday sales I got a bunch of Junji Ito's works for cheap... I have now read 5 full volumes each around 500 - 700 pages long.

Manga is easier to get through but dear god did I attack those!!! Such an odd mind!

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DoctorLove01 OP t1_iyeg370 wrote

Replying to Kidlike101 (#821,519)

I have been meaning to read more of his works for a while. It's definitely not cheating, manga can be just as good as any book. I'll definitely check more soon! Junji works are so creepy and scary, and the manga medium lends itself really well with his awesome art. And I've only read Uzamaki!

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jimmyrich t1_iyekoje wrote

Rachel Cusk's "Outline" series is three books and the first was published in chunks in the Paris Review over a year, so I read that one slow, and then read the second one flying to Arkansas and then read it again on the way home. Her prose is just soooo smooth.

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hgaterms t1_iyelk7e wrote

Replying to DoctorLove01 (#819,964)

I'd say yes, go straight to Project Hail Mary. That book is an absolute treat.

You can then go back and read Artemis later. It's not bad, but it's his weakest book. The plot of Artemis is great and exactly what you would expect from an Andy Weir novel, but the characters fall a little flat.

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Kidlike101 t1_iyemgpv wrote

Replying to DoctorLove01 (#823,123)

Uzamaki was the one that got me hooked actually so I ended up on amazon just buying whatever they had in-stock!

So far it and No longer human are my favorites. He's just so creative.

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ghoul_legion t1_iyentwo wrote

Dune (By frank)

Wayward pines trilogy (Blake Crouch)

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Sad_Impression_9132 t1_iyeycac wrote

Misery and The Long Walk by Stephen King. Both had me hooked with tension about what was going to happen next! I finished both of them in about 3 days.

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Tenkobar t1_iyezb7u wrote

Skyward from Brandon Sanderson. I finished the book in almost a day.. Which is insane compared to my usual reading rhythm.

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Brizoot t1_iyf2i0d wrote

You can consume books faster if you only read a couple words from each sentence.

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ava_dirnt t1_iyf63sv wrote

I read Stephen King's Misery in one sitting when I was in high school. Then watched the movie as soon as I finished. Wish I still had the time to do stuff like that.

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bongwaterbeepis t1_iyf7a5t wrote

The play Equus by Peter Schaffer is admittedly short, but I was unable to put it down once I had begun. Such a fascinating story

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avid-book-reader t1_iyfbopk wrote

I read Dark Matter by Blake Crouch in less than a day.

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