Recommend a good book that grabs your attention from cover to cover?

Power of the Dog.

Tick Tock by Koontz.....extremely fast paced and I read it cover to cover in one sitting.

The Nix

"Hard to Handle" by Steve Gorman (drummer of the Black Crowes). I couldn't put the book down, and I'm usually not one of those type readers who can read a book fast like that. It's that good.

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Kings of the Wyld

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Got this on Audible. It's one of my go to "I don't know what I want to listen to but I want something fun" books.

Christopher Moore - Fool

It's a funny take on Shakespeare's King Lear. It's a hilarious book, and i need to read it again.

The other night, i was going through my library of books at home, and just thinking of books i've read, that were memorable, and that i would read again. This was one of them. Here are some that i can think of off hand.

Fool by Christopher Moore
Eye of the Needle by Ken Follett - Fiction, setting of WW2. Spies, assassins, etc... fantastic read
Camel Club by David Baldacci - Fiction, Group of eccentric people living in DC, who meet regularly, until one day, tragedy strikes one of the members. However, another one of the members was a former special forces/cia assassin and will get to the bottom of it. The entire series of books are great, but the first was the best, IMO.
Whatever you do, don't run by Peter Allison - Nonfiction, Stories from a safari guide in Africa.
Beyond Band of Brothers by Dick Winters - WW2 about easy company 501st
Brothers in Battle, Best of Friends by Bill Guarnere - another WW2 about easy company 501st
Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain - Nonfiction. Bourdain's first book about "kitchen life"
Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark: Blackwood’s Guide to Dangerous Fairies by Guillermo Del Toro - Fiction. This was a companion book to the movie "Don't be afraid of the dark". Never watched the movie, but the book was pretty good and creepy.
Agent ZigZap - NonFiction, WW2 spies. Very fascinating book, and it reads almost like a fiction book. Until you get to the end, which gets a little subdued and boring. But otherwise, a good book.
The Club Dumas by Arturo Perez-Reverte - Fiction. The movie "The Ninth Gate" was based on this book. Book about a rare book "finder" looking for a book for a client, purported to be written by the devil himself. It's a little strange, but overall a good book.

ETA: Keep in mind, i'm not a book/literature snob. I read books for entertainment and because i love history.

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Have you read Lamb? I loved it

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I did. I didn't finish it. I do own it though.

Anything by Bernard Cornwell

Paradise Alley by Kevin Baker. Takes place during the draft riots of NYC during the Civil War. Scorcese's Gangs of New York touches on the same subject but this book is infinitely better and more historically broad. One of the best books I've ever read.