If you are feeling bored or slightly lazy around this holiday season, I suggest pouring yourself a cup of hot chocolate and curling up next to the fireplace with a good book in your hands. Speaking as a bookworm myself, I've read every one of these fantastic books and personally guarantee if you read one you won't be able to put it down.
"Dark Places" written by Gillian Flynn
Thirty years later, Libby Day revisits the brutal murder scene that left her without a family. This criminal novel is another bestseller from the author Gillian Flynn who brought you 2014’s thriller film "Gone Girl."
"The DaVinci Code" written by Dan Brown
A perfect combination of thrilling intensity and mystery, and written in 2003 by Dan Brown. A twisted novel full of surprises that test your abilities to solve a crime in the Louvre Museum, located in Paris, France.
"Water for Elephants" written by Sara Gruen
A daring love story that takes place in the 1930s between the two most unlikely circus performers.
"Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children" written by Ransom Riggs
Tim Burton has the film rights for this spooky and intriguing new series. Written by Ransom Riggs, these books follow the story of a young man named Jacob who follows clues left behind by his grandfather that lead him to mystic Island where he meets the most peculiar children alive.
"19 Minutes" written by Jodi Picoult
School shootings are devastating. They can rock people to their core and make them question everything they know. In this novel you take a sneak peak into the mind of a killer who was bullied as a child.
"Matched Series" written by Ally Condie
"The Hunger Games?" The "Divergent" series? If you are engrossed in these page-turning series, here is another dystopian series that is meant to entertain you for hours on end and it will leave you in awe.
"Luckiest Girl Alive" written by Jessica Knoll
A New York Times bestseller that grabs your attention and doesn’t let you go.
"My Year of Meats" written by Ruth Ozeki
More than meets the eye. This book takes you from the point of view of a Japanese television director to inside a meat-manufacturing factory with a surprising twist at the end of each chapter.
"Red Queen" written by Victoria Aveyard
Looking for a science-fiction series with another aspiring heroine? In the midst of war, 17-year-old Mare is taken from her village and placed at the throne with powers that are out of her control.
"The Outsiders" written by S.E. Hinton
This is a must-read for a book lover of any age. It takes you back in time to the age of Grease. When innocence is lost in a society of guns and violence, will Ponyboy do what it takes to survive?
"Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" written by J.K. Rowling
The next big series from J.K. Rowling who is continuing her best-selling series and traveling back into the world of Harry Potter for all her dedicated fans.
"The Giver" written by Lois Lowry
Before the "Hunger Games" or "Divergent" series, there was a black and white world with genetically engineered children and senseless adults with no morals.
"The Help" written by Kathryn Stockett
Based on true historical events, this novel of sacrifice and survival will move you to tears and appreciating the little things in life.
"The Great Gatsby" written by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The roaring 20s were filled with booze and glorious parties, and F. Scott Fittzgerald recorded it all in this timeless classic.
