" I really and really sent an email to the email savoir-faire given at the end of the book expressing my love for the narrative . "

Some books are what you’d call a slow burner, others, however, are practically impossible to put down.

So, weaskedthe BuzzFeed Community for their page-turner recommendations, and here are some of the best responses:

1.The Beach– Alex Garland

2.The Good Earth– Pearl S. Buck

3.The Kiss Quotient– Helen Huang

4.Iron Widow– Xiran Jay Zhao

5.The Frozen River– Ariel Lawhon

6.The Hunting PartyorThe Guest– Lucy Foley

7.Being Mortal– Atul Gawande

8.The Night Circus– Erin Morgenstern

9.Station Eleven– Emily St. John Mandel

10.The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo–Taylor Jenkins Reid

11.A Good Girl’s Guide To Murder– Holly Jackson

12.Jurassic Park– Michael Crichton

13.The Bee Sting– Paul Murray

14.Jonathan Livingston Seagull– Richard Bach

15.The Book of Doors– Gareth Brown

16.Skulduggery Pleasant– Derek Landy

17.Thursday Murder Clubseries – Richard Osman

18.I Capture the Castle– Dodie Smith

A young girl, Matilda Wormwood, is lying on a couch and smiling while holding an open book. She is wearing a floral shirt and overalls with a bow in her hair

Book cover of "The Beach" by Alex Garland, 20th Anniversary Edition. Features various illustrations including a skull, gun, and leaves on a gradient background

Cover of "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck, an Oprah's Book Club selection and Pulitzer Prize winner. Features an illustration of a person in traditional attire

Book cover of "The Kiss Quotient" by Helen Hoang. The cover shows a couple embracing, with a pencil sketch of mathematical equations in the background

Cover of the book "Iron Widow" by Xiran Jay Zhao, featuring a woman wearing intricate, futuristic attire, framed by large, stylized bird wings

Cover of "The Frozen River: A Novel" by Ariel Lawhon features a top-down view of a person in red amidst frosted trees and includes "New York Times bestselling author" and awards

Book covers for "The Hunting Party" by Lucy Foley and "The Guest List" by Lucy Foley. Both covers feature the titles, author’s name, and excerpts from reviews

Book cover of "Being Mortal" by Atul Gawande, with a subtitle "Illness, Medicine, and What Matters in the End" and an endorsement by Malcolm Gladwell

Book cover of "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern, features circus imagery with illustrated figures of a man and woman wearing Victorian-era attire

Cover of the book "Station Eleven" by Emily St. John Mandel, featuring a deer in front of a cityscape and praise from Jessie Burton and The Times

Book cover of "The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo" by Taylor Jenkins Reid: a woman in a flowing dress stands against a dark background

Book cover: "A Good Girl's Guide to Murder" by Holly Jackson. Text mentions it includes a sneak peek of "Five Survive" and a closed case with an A-grade student digging deeper

Cover of the book "Jurassic Park" by Michael Crichton, featuring a dinosaur silhouette and highlighting the 25th anniversary edition

Book cover of "The Bee Sting" by Paul Murray, shortlisted for The Booker Prize 2023. Features a quote from The Observer and a bee illustration

Cover of the book "Jonathan Livingston Seagull" by Richard Bach, with a seagull silhouette and text highlighting it as a beloved classic for over 50 years. Photographs by Russell Munson

Book cover of "The Book of Doors" by Gareth Brown. Several open doors depicted among stacked books, with the tagline "Some doors should never be opened…"

Book cover for "Skulduggery Pleasant" by Derek Landy. Features a skeleton in a hat, two men and two women in dramatic poses with mystical elements

The book cover for "The Thursday Murder Club" by Richard Osman, a bestseller. Quotes from Marian Keyes and Ian Rankin praise the book's humor and warmth

Cover of the book "I Capture the Castle" by Dodie Smith, featuring an illustration of a castle and a winding path. Quotes from J.K. Rowling and Jenny Han