Most engrossing book

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When I really like a book, I can't put it down. I read Candide in an hour. I read faster when I am interested in it. Candide was probably the most engrossing book that I devoured so quickly.

Any suggestions of other great books like that? What was the most engrossing book you have read?

I recentlyread Flowers in the Attic - Not my usual material, but even I loved it.

If I am really enjoying a book, everything stops and I keep reading until I have to put it down. I'm a big fiction reader and I really get engrossed in the story. I will let the dishes pile up and generally let everything go because I can't pull myself away.

The Glass Castle was like that for me. It's not fiction, it's a memoir. Even on the second reading I couldn't put it down, which is rare for me.

Last year I read William P. Young's The Shack which was the best book I'd read in a long time. Right now I'm reading Shift of Ages by David Wilcock which is awesome. Shack was a book that I could read chapter after chapter and finish in a few nights. Shift is taking me way way longer because there's more for me to digest. Anyone else read either of these?

Any book by Tom Wolfe I have read so far:
- The bonfire of the vanities
- A Man in Full
- I am Charlotte Simmons

This guy has the clearest and most ironic view on human nature. The characters are quite caricatural to increase the comic aspect, but I think there is a lot of truth in what he describes.

I like David Wilcock too.

For me, it's the Miller's Tale from the Canterbury Tales.

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, it is my absolute favorite, I read all 47 chapters (I have an unabridged copy) in about 4 - 5 days.

The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov.

When I get really engrossed in a book, I actually read a bit slower, so I don't miss anything.