Have you ever read a story and suddenly find yourself reading it for hours?

[Sylver]

It's beautiful when it happens, and I hope my work has that effect on people too.

What are some stories that captivated you in that way, and how and why did it get you hooked?

 

[LuoirM]

Ughhh I got a Chinese love novel translated into Vietnamese (my native language) from this known writer in the area, in English her name would be written like "Chiyung Yao" or 瓊瑤 and she got a SHITLOADS of novels made into film, some even famous

The novel title in questioned is translated as "Bên Bờ Quạnh Hiu"
Bên Bờ = Beside The Shore/Edge (the land around a body of water)
Quạnh Hiu = Lonely/Cold/Quiet/Empty

I loved this novel as a 7th grader with nothing to do in school, rereading it hundreds and hundreds of time and it shaped me into the writer I am today. I don't know how to give you more information

Edit: found her English wiki

Chiung Yao - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Edit 2: It could be "Mist Over The Dream Lake" which was made into a movie but I'm not sure since the plot summary on Bard.ai had some wrong parts

 

[Enkiari]

Ah! I still remember the first time it happened.
Back when I was eleven, my family got me two first Harry Potter books for Christmas.
I leafed through the first few pages and got hooked. I didn't sleep that night and read the first book wholly. It was the same for the following books.
Too bad Rolling turned out to be not such a great person and tainted that memory.
It has happened several times since then. The most notable example would likely be 'Mother Of Learning'. I love that story, how it is structured and how the characters develop.

 

[RepresentingWrath]

Yes.

 

[APieceOfRock]

"The Alchemist" simply because it's the first non-academic book I read.

 

[Graceful_Ghost]

Oh, absolutely! 'I' am such a ‘fool’ not being able to stop myself from reading (⁠~⁠‾⁠▿⁠‾⁠)⁠~. Allow 'me' to introduce "Lord of the Mysteries". You’ll be finding yourself in ‘sleepless’ nights!

 

[Sabruness]

yes, many many many times.

 

[2wordsperminute]

One Piece.

 

[Hard_Persimmon]

LMS.. those were good days, i got inducted into the f5 sects because of it

 

[Satansoul]

Hours? When I first became familiar with web novels, I saw a Chinese novel called "The legendary mechanic" and started reading it. I think it had 1400 chapters, and I read nearly a thousand chapters in a row. I'm not sure, but I feel more than One day I was awake and I was reading it.(Now that I think about it, I was very stupid, novels don't run away.)

 

[Lomyril]

I enjoyed the Percy Jackson novels. I had picked up the first few books at a bookstore to try them, and then had to go back later to get the next two. I liked the series from the first novel up to and including the novels with the Romans.

Hours? When I first became familiar with web novels, I saw a Chinese novel called "The legendary mechanic" and started reading it. I think it had 1400 chapters, and I read nearly a thousand chapters in a row. I'm not sure, but I feel more than One day I was awake and I was reading it.(Now that I think about it, I was very stupid, novels don't run away.)

That is definitely a good choice. For something similar I also have enjoyed "The Legendary Moonlight Sculptor" and the first few books of "Overlord".

 

[Tempokai]

Many times. Nowadays, I try to not do it, because being tired while working sucks.

 

[FlameSpeaker]

Haha, that was me the first time reading the absolute joy that is Katelepsis, truly my favorite book ever written, I did the same thing with the authors other book necroepiligos, I think everything Hungry makes just absolute genius at its finest.

 

[Dieter]

James Joyce's Dubliners. I found his short-stories other than 'The Dead' to be deceptively simple yet deeply enchanting. I don't think I've ever read anything else that came close to making me feel that deeply real as when I had first read those short stories, particularly An Encounter & Araby.

 

[SternenklarenRitter]

While I frequently spend hours engrossed in reading, I have never suddenly found myself reading for hours. It takes me hours to read for hours, and that is not a sudden process for humans you timebenders. Sometimes I find myself engrossed for several days, stopping only to eat or torpedo the toilet. Some of the stories I have read straight through like this are "The Reincarnation of Alysara", "I was betrayed then Reincarnated as a Kitsune", "Isekai'd Shoggoth", "Fluff", "Cinnamon Bun", "Chronicles of Sol: The Fall", "Boosted Restart", "Princess Fox". Also this thread should be moved to reader general.

 

[QuercusMalus]

Not me, I can't sit still to save my life. But my wife can't start new books too late in the evening as 'Just one more chapter' becomes 'Why is the sun rising already?'

 

[Deleted member 84247]

Happened many times.

 

[J_Chemist]

Yea and then the book ends and I get angry/sad. Especially if there isn't another one after.

 

[Sabruness]

"Isekai'd Shoggoth", "Fluff", "Cinnamon Bun",

"Boosted Restart"

i see you are also a very cultured reader.

 

[melchi]

Hours? When I first became familiar with web novels, I saw a Chinese novel called "The legendary mechanic" and started reading it. I think it had 1400 chapters, and I read nearly a thousand chapters in a row. I'm not sure, but I feel more than One day I was awake and I was reading it.(Now that I think about it, I was very stupid, novels don't run away.)

I read some of that but got hung up on how much a jerk the main character was. It was good for a while though.

The daughter of the drow trilogy by Elaine Cunningham was one I couldn't put down.