i have been reading since before i knew how to read, so you can trust me on this! these are my general go-to / blanket recommendations for books i highly recommend – all arranged by genre.
Sections
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🔪 THRILLER
❤️🔥 ROMANTASY
📚 CLASSICS
📝 NONFICTION
📕 FICTION
🩷 ROMANCE
🔪 THRILLER
i am VERY picky with thrillers because it takes A LOT to surprise me now, but here are some that actually had me on the edge of my seat
one of the only thrillers that had an ending i truly could not predict
Final Girls: A Novel by Riley Sager
shakespeare, murder, excellent writing... pretty much everything i could ever want in a story
If We Were Villains: A Novel by M.L. Rio
this is my all time favorite thriller ever probably
Sharp Objects By Gillian Flynn
UNDERRATED! so unique and SO much fun
The Swap By Robyn Harding
i gave this thriller 4 stars - which is a lot for me when it comes to thrillers! honestly, it was fun
The Perfect Marriage By Jeneva Rose
this book was surprisingly so much fun and the concept is incredible: follows a doctor at a psych center who wants to take on an impossible patient. every other doctor who has tried to treat this person has committed suicide.
The Patient By Jasper DeWitt
❤️🔥 ROMANTASY
even i am not immune to the chokehold romantasy has recently had on the bookish community
not the most light-hearted love story, but so so beautiful and well-written. my gosh.
A Dowry of Blood By S.T. Gibson
if you like ACOTAR, this is a MUST read! i thoroughly enjoyed this series and it's a completed trilogy.
The Sacred Stones Trilogy (A Dawn of Onyx, A Promise of Peridot & A Reigh of Rose) By Kate Golden
the hype is REAL on this one - i can't even lie
The Shepherd King Duology by Rachel Gillig
this too, is very much worth the hype.
The Crowns of Nyaxia Duet by Carissa Broadbent
this book had me POSSESSED. kingfisher is everthing sarah j maas wanted rhysand to be
Quicksilver By Callie Hart
📚 CLASSICS
english major here – so you can trust me! my most recommended classic works of literature
why read Gatsby when you can read this? arguably 100x better!
The Beautiful and Damned By F. Scott Fitzgerald
get in ladies we're trying to figure out how to keep surviving within this seemingly meaningless life!
The Stranger By Albert Camus
short, sweet, beautifully written
Black Dogs By Ian McEwan
i recommend this book to anybody looking to dip their toes into the classics. it's very easy to digest with clear themes and it's just lovely
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
yes, this is a classic. a beautiful story to help you grapple with your life's purpose.
The Alchemist By Coelho
WORTH THE HYPE!
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Brontë
📝 NONFICTION
i am SUCH a sucker for a good nonfiction book. here are some of my favorites
the rumors are true okay!!! this book is actually so sweet and so female
Everything I Know About Love By Dolly Alderton
an actually incredible, jaw-dropping story that is so different from my usual reads. loved loved loved it
Dry: A Memoir By Augusten Burroughs
i am so serious when i say that i love this story so much and i don't know WHY. i just can't believe this happened and more people aren't talking about it and this book is SO well-written
American Kingpin: The Hunt for Silk Road
EVERYONE needs to read this book. EVERYONE. especially those who identitfy as male.
Men Explain Things to Me By Rebecca Solnit
this is a MUST if you're at all interested in literature at all even in the slightest
Slouching Towards Bethlehem By Joan Didion
holy smokes… this story is absolutely INSANE! so fascinating and very well-written
Hidden Valley Road: Inside an American Family
one of my top 5 favorite books. everybody NEEDS to know this story
The Radium Girls: America's Shining Women
this story is just so wild and it's incredible to hear it come straight from the woman who was affected so horribly by this illness
Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness
okay i actually need to re-read this. i loved in back in 2016 and it's just heartbreaking that the author did not live to see it published
The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories
📕 FICTION
some of my favorite fiction reads that i think you would also enjoy
this book is heartbreakingly GORGEOUS. loved it so much.
Our Wives Under the Sea By Julia Armfield
another beautiful story. i love the way this was written.
My Brilliant Friend: A Novel by Elena Ferrante
the hype is very real here! such sweet, heartwarming stories with a touch of fantasy
Before the Coffee Gets Cold By Toshikazu Kawaguchi
everything they say about this book is true. it is WONDERFUL
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
one of my all time favorite books - more like a work of incredible fiction than romance IMHO
Normal People By Sally Rooney
i don't care if you saw the movie, READ THE BOOK
Call Me by Your Name By André Aciman
beautiful, heartbreaking, wonderful
Norwegian Wood By Haruki Murakami
it's giving gatsby, old money, beautiful and dammed….
Rules of Civility By Amor Towles
this is my favorite book of all time.
Veronika Decides to Die By Paulo Coelho
SUCH an excellent, amazing story and truly worth the hype. a must for the literature lovers
The Secret History By Donna Tartt
one of my all time favorite quotes is located in this book. i usually feel some type of way about men who take it upon themselves to write about girlhood - but sir jeffrey is an exception. he somehow nailed it.
The Virgin Suicides By Jeffrey Eugenides
🩷 ROMANCE
these are few and far between unfortunately…
this story is criminally underrated! it's so, so sweet
Nora Goes Off Script By Annabel Monaghan
the way this book had me CRYING and I DO NOT cry from books
The Things We Leave Unfinished By Rebecca Yarros
✨ FANTASY
it's like romantasy…..without the romance being the main focus!
if you're looking for something to make you believe in magic and storytelling and fantasies again…..this is it.
