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My Five-Star Books and Best Reads to Add to Your Bookshelf
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items These are the books that truly earned five stars from me — unforgettable stories, sharp writing, and editions beautiful enough to keep on your shelf. Whether you’re hunting for your next great read or building a collection you’ll love, these are the ...
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The Gothic classic where Count Dracula brings terror to Victorian England, setting the standard for all vampire fiction.
Dracula, Bram Stoker
In a desert kingdom where souls are judged by the beasts they inhabit, two women race monsters for redemption. A fresh fantasy that trades dragons for chimera-like creatures—and delivers fierce competition, layered politics, and unstoppable heroines.
Race the Sands, Sarah Beth Durst
A shape-shifting rider in an alternate-history motorcycle race seeks vengeance against Hitler himself. Gritty, fast-paced, and surprisingly emotional, this one’s perfect for readers who loved Fourth Wing’s danger and rebellion but want sharper world-...
Wolf by Wolf, Ryan Graudin
The iconic series that redefined YA dystopia. Katniss Everdeen’s fight against a corrupt empire remains gripping, political, and emotional—proof that deadly competitions can still carry real bite. Essential reading for Fourth Wing fans craving sharpe...
Hunger Games 5-Book Hardcover Box Set, Suzanne Collins
Such a fun book! Teleportation tech goes wrong — and creates a duplicate. Snarky but deeply existential.
The Punch Escrow, Tal M. Klein
One of my top picks: Salvage crew boards a ghost ship. Claustrophobic, creepy, and full of cosmic dread.
Dead Silence, S.A. Barnes
One of my favorite horror books of all time. If you like claustrophobic horror, isolation horror, or sci-fi horror set in space, this hits the same nerve — but it’s set miles below the ocean’s surface. Think: airlocks, pressure suits, weird tech, eer...
A pandemic called The ’Gets is spreading on Earth — a kind of supernatural dementia that’s wiping out the population. But don’t worry… we’ve already forgotten those people!
The story opens after the military loses contact with a deep-sea research station where scientists were studying a strange substance that might be the cure. The main character (a veterinarian, not a hero) is sent down to make contact.
Nothing wrong here! Totally normal. Just a haunted trench full of memory-eating goo and trauma hallucinations.
A pandemic called The ’Gets is spreading on Earth — a kind of supernatural dementia that’s wiping out the population. But don’t worry… we’ve already forgotten those people!
The story opens after the military loses contact with a deep-sea research station where scientists were studying a strange substance that might be the cure. The main character (a veterinarian, not a hero) is sent down to make contact.
Nothing wrong here! Totally normal. Just a haunted trench full of memory-eating goo and trauma hallucinations.
The Deep, Nick Cutter
An evil Santa character kidnaps children and tales them to Christmas town. He wasn't anticipating these 2. You can read this book any time of this year. I read it in the middle of summer. It's funny and weird
NOS4A2, Joe Hill
If you liked Bird Box, this one might hit even harder. When terrifying creatures that hunt by sound are unleashed, a family has to stay completely silent to survive. It’s fast, tense, and surprisingly emotional—equal parts monster horror and human de...
The Silence, Tim Lebbon
What do you get when you combine a haunted house with human trafficking? This book. No One Gets Out Alive starts with a woman renting a cheap room in a rundown house because she’s out of options. It’s grim, it’s sketchy, and it only gets worse from t...
No One Gets Out Alive, Adam Nevill
Inspired by the doomed 1845 Arctic expedition, this survival horror blends freezing isolation with supernatural dread.
The Terror, Dan Simmons
At the haunted Overlook Hotel, a family’s winter caretaking job descends into isolation, madness, and supernatural terror.
The Shining, Stephen King
A darkly funny road trip novel about grief, friendship, and facing the afterlife — literally. Weird, heartfelt, and unexpectedly profound.
Earls Trip, Jenny Holiday
My favorite book in the series by far. The next Hunger Games prequel set during the 50th Games — Haymitch’s Quarter Quell. Highly anticipated, with a return to the arena and deeper Capitol politics.
Sunrise on the Reaping (A Hunger Games Novel), Suzanne Collins
Yes, it’s the list’s namesake. But it rewards a second read. Look for new clues.
The Gone World, Tom Sweterlitsch
A space-folding experiment breaks reality in horrifying ways. Fast-paced and paranoid. This is actually part of a series that has a common thread but each book can be read completely standalone.
The Fold, Peter Clines