TTT: Top Ten books I devoured the quickest

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I don't usually read books in one sitting. I like to digest books slowly, and my attention span for books is pretty small;  I can't sit and read for more than an hour at a time. Sometimes I'll love a book so much that I read it for an hour, take a break, and keep coming back for more! Other times I'm stuck at the airport with nothing to do, so I end up reading for a lot longer than I usually do. And sometimes I just think "One more chapter..." and end up staying up hours past my bedtime. Here are the books that grabbed my attention so well that I devoured them really quickly.

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One of my favorite books ever, this book grabbed my attention from the first paragraph and did not let go until I was up waaay too late turning the last few pages.
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Sleeping Giants was a quick read because it's entirely dialogue/journal entries, but it's also an intense, fast-paced, and intelligent sci-fi novel that keeps you hooked.
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In case it wasn't clear from my love of Locke Lamora, I have a soft spot for heist stories. This one was a lot of fun and I read it on every bus ride, lunch break, and free moment I could.
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I read this book as a study break during one of my finals weeks. My study breaks always ended up being way longer than I expected because I just couldn't put this book down!
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Who knows what happens in the world of catty teenage girls? This book had such a sinister mystery and such unbelievable suspects that I was racing to find out the answer to the mystery.
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This book is sort of a mystery, sort of a coming-of-age story, and sort of contemporary fiction? It's a quick, entertaining, and insightful read.
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This book was hilarious, but I kept turning the pages to see what twists and new connections were in store.
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I'm an engineer and science geek, so the Martian was really hard for me to put down. I really enjoyed this book!
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This book was a lot of fun, and a really quick, fast-paced read.
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The only book I've actually read in one sitting! By the end of it I had gone through so much emotional whiplash I was completely catatonic and sitting on the couch until my roommates all got home and wondered what on earth was wrong with me haha


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