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Books Without Performative Yearning
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items This list is for my hopeless romantic girlies, who love the epitome of a man that yearns! These recs have some of the most INCREDIBLE yearning I’ve read 🔐
Can we talk about stunning these editions are?! But we’re here for the yearning, this is over 1,000 pages of YEARNING to another level, across several lifetimes. I can’t even begin to put into the words what this series did to me!
Stephanie Garber: Once Upon a Broken Heart (Book 1-3) 3 Books - Ages 14+ - Paperback
This is yearning done right! The found family has my entire heart. This duology will leave you on the edge of your seat from start to finish! Leigh Bardugo is an auto buy author every time
Six of Crows Boxed Set: Six of Crows, Crooked Kingdom (Hardcover)
One of my top reads of 2026! The yearning is incredible… but the writing?! Is STUNNING, the prose is breathtaking and you will be whisked away into the world immediately. This isn’t your typical booktok rec, this is beautiful and captivating
Strange the Dreamer Strange the Dreamer, Book 1, (Hardcover)
If you haven’t read this yet?! Honestly what are you doing?! This is yearning for multiple books but the pay off?! THE PAY OFF IS WORTH EVERY PAGE. I can’t say enough good things about this series, other than I’m jealous of anyone who is reading it f...
This Woven Kingdom (This Woven Kingdom Series #1)|Paperback
This is for my dystopian girlies. I’m pretty sure Aaron Warner literally invented the concept of yearning. If you want a series that has intense yearning but a plot and action that will leave you speechless… I’m begging you to pick this up
Shatter Me Series 6-Book Box Set: Shatter Me, Unravel Me, Ignite Me, Restore Me, Defy Me, Imagine Me|Paperback
This one is for my dark romance and dark academia girls. This book ripped my heart out, I was an emotional mess but the yearning is top tier. I can’t wait to get my hands on book 2 after that wild cliffhanger
Nightshade: Sorrowsong University Book 1|Paperback
I fear this series has my entire heart and soul… I don’t even know that I can put into words the emotions that this series will invoke within you
Binding 13 (Deluxe Edition)|Special
Buckle up babes! This series will you absolutely speechless with the twists and turns in the plot and the yearning… yeah you’re just going to have to read this to understand the level of yearning that this man goes through
The Wolf King (Deluxe Edition) (Hardcover)
This is yearning with a side of emotional damage and the most incredible fantasy plot. It is a dark fantasy romance but such an incredible representation of trauma and true human experience and emotions
The Lies of Lena (Paperback)