The Most Addictive Books of the Last 25 Years
Here they are, in no particular order: the books we passed on to our closest friends,
fought over at book club, lugged with us on every move and think about still. You can
view the full list or start with...
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One Day
By David Nicholls
437 pages;
Vintage
Because star-crossed love makes you crazy—but in a book it's crazily addictive.
Not
your average boy-meets-girl fairy tale, this novel about growing up, moving on
and never letting go resonates with just about everyone who's had to struggle
to find themselves as well as find somebody to spend their life with. The story
is told in snapshot versions of the same day in different years, as Emma goes
from student to Tex-Mex waitress to writer and Dexter goes from student to
reality-TV host to down-and-out reality-TV host. How their relationship evolves
and shifts over the course of two decades is interesting, but their
well-written personal lives (flaws and all) are what really draw you in. While
many parts are laugh-out-loud funny, at the center of this love story is a
specter of loneliness about what in life can pass us by if we don't decide to
do something about it. If you're looking for an honest depiction of romance
that's still delicious and dizzying to read, this combines the best of both
worlds.
— Amber Kallor
Published 04/03/2015