“A really haunting, beautiful, and sometimes creepy read.”

Well,u/rdr16recently askedr/suggestmeabook, for the books that “took over your life.”

Cover of "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" by Stieg Larsson, described as "#1 National Bestseller" with a quote from The Washington Post praising it as "wildly suspenseful."

Book cover of "The Overstory: A Novel" by Richard Powers, featuring a forest scene and text indicating it is a Pulitzer Prize winner and a #1 New York Times Bestseller

Cover of "Flowers For Algernon" by Daniel Keyes. The title and author's name are shown with an image of a white mouse on a geometric background. Winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards

Book cover of "The Master and Margarita" by Mikhail Bulgakov, featuring an abstract illustration of a black cat in a dramatic pose, with human figures in the background

Book cover of "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier, featuring intricate red floral designs. Text at the bottom reads: "One of the most influential novels of the twentieth century… A stunning book." - Sarah Waters

Cover of "The Vampire Chronicles Collection" by Anne Rice, featuring a cloaked figure. Text highlights "Interview with the Vampire," "The Vampire Lestat," and "The Queen of the Damned."

Cover of the book "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse, showing an illustration of a man rowing a boat on a river with lotus flowers and full moon above

Cover of John Steinbeck's "East of Eden" featuring an illustration of a pensive young man with a cigarette, accompanied by New York Times Book Review praise

The cover of Clive Barker's book "Imajica," featuring a quote by Stephen King, "Clive Barker is so good that I am literally tongue-tied."

Book cover of "The First Husband" by McGarvey Black, featuring a fishing hook with a wedding ring and engagement ring hanging from it. Text reads: "An unputdownable psychological thriller with a breathtaking twist."

Book cover of "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins, featuring a bird holding an arrow in its beak within a circular emblem

Book cover of "Dungeon Crawler Carl" by Matt Dinniman, showing a man holding a weapon, a menacing figure behind him, and a cat-like creature in the foreground

Book cover of "The Three-Body Problem Trilogy" by Cixin Liu. The cover features abstract interlocking circles

Book cover: "Gravity's Rainbow" by Thomas Pynchon. The illustration shows a surreal depiction of a figure with a skull head intertwined within a geometric design

Cover of "Titus Groan" by Mervyn Peake. It features black birds, tree branches, and text stating, "It is uniquely brilliant and we are right to call it a modern classic" by Anthony Burgess

Book cover for "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas. A white-haired female warrior holding two swords with text: "A heart of ice. A will of steel. Meet the assassin."