“The Road” by Cormac McCarthy held me captive, staying up all night immersed in its pages, awakening the next morning with a lingering sense of melancholy. Stephen King’s works, especially “The Shining,” share that unique ability to make you eagerly anticipate the next page, constantly wondering what twist awaits.
I guess most good thrillers would do that, but even in the genre, I give The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo trilogy my vote. Lisbeth is still living rent free in my mind now.