“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.
An uncommon mention, but the Inkheart trilogy by German author Cornelia Funke. The first two books are spellbinding, and while the third book disappointed me in some ways, it was still good.