“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.
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone. Couldn’t put it down even if I’d wanted to, which I didn’t. Fortunately it’s short