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Books that are definitely worth reading and praising
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items There are books that we read, forget, and move on... and then there are those others - those that stay with us, that we feel, and that we take with us long after we finish them. This list is exactly that: a selection of titles that touched me, intrig...
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Books That Break You and Heal You
Mysterious Reads & Page-Turning Crimes
Dark, Twisted & Unputdownable
Fantasy Worlds & Forbidden Feelings
Books That Break You and Heal You
This list is dedicated to books that don't leave you indifferent. Stories that break, touch, but somehow bring you back together in the end. If you like novels full of emotions, struggles, and inner turmoil – you'll find them here. Each of these book...
This book really touched me deeply – and honestly, it’s hard to put into words how emotional, raw and powerful it is. I read it in breaks because there’s so much in it that makes you stop, think and feel. Girl in Pieces follows Charlotte, a girl tryi...
Girl in Pieces Deluxe Edition by Kathleen Glasgow
This book completely surprised and broke me in a way I didn't expect. I started reading it thinking it was just another love story, but I soon realized it was much deeper and more real.
It's about love that hurts, about the hardest choices to make,...
It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover
This book is a huge emotional experience. It should be read slowly, not because it is not interesting, but because the heart is heavy from everything the characters go through.
The story of Jude is so layered, painful and deep that it has remained ...
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
This book brings back all the feelings you had growing up – loneliness, confusion, the need to belong. Written in the form of letters, you follow Charlie’s inner world in a way that is incredibly honest and vulnerable.
I connected with him because ...
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
I read this book in one sitting, but it kept me going for days afterward. Finch and Violet are characters who captivated me with their vulnerability and their unusual ways of finding light in the darkest of times.
Their story is both beautiful and ...
All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven
This book slowly, quietly, but deeply got under my skin. At first, Ove seemed like a classic grumpy old man – one who complains about everything and everyone, locked in his everyday life and the pain he carries silently, almost invisibly. But the dee...
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
You know this book will destroy you emotionally from the first few chapters – and yet you keep going because Hazel and Augustus are characters you fall in love with immediately. Their story is tender, deep, sarcastic and difficult – all at the same t...
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
This book literally blew my mind. Not through drama or big events – but through subtle, everyday moments that are full of tension, insecurity and unspoken words. Connell and Marianne are so real that I was almost embarrassed to read some of the scene...
Normal People by Sally Rooney
Mysterious Reads & Page-Turning Crimes
For lovers of mysteries, secret agencies, dark corridors and unexpected plots. These books are full of clues, suspicious characters, and tension that builds from page to page. If you like when you have to think, look for clues and be ahead of the det...
If you like mysteries with the atmosphere of old London, secret passages and unusual agencies – Marion Lane and the Midnight Murder is an absolute hit. I read it with great pleasure – the book is full of tension, intrigue and hidden secrets, and the ...
Marion Lane and the Midnight Murder by T.A. Willberg
This book is a real treat – tense, creepy and incredibly cleverly written. And I Would Not Have Any More is, in my opinion, one of Agatha Christie's best works, because it manages to keep you in suspense literally until the last page. Every character...
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
This book literally pulled me into a dark and complex world full of intrigue, family secrets, and unexpected twists. Although it starts off at a slower pace, it's all worth it because once you get going, you can't stop.
The character Lisbeth Saland...
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
When I say this book shocked me – I mean really shocked me. I started reading it out of curiosity because everyone was praising it, and I finished it with my eyes wide open.
The story follows Alicia, a painter who stops speaking after her husband i...
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
The book immediately captivated me with its atmosphere – the action takes place on a remote, misty island where the elite gather for a luxurious wedding. But behind the glamour lies a whole web of secrets and animosity.
Everyone has a motive, every...
The Guest List by Lucy Foley
This book totally hooked me with its perfect blend of everyday life, dark secrets and sharp irony. On the surface, everything looks perfect - beautiful houses, happy families, school parents who take care of the children - but under that perfect faca...
Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
This is the type of book that pulls you right in and doesn't let go. It starts simply - dinner at the neighbor's house, the baby is left alone in the crib with a baby monitor, and when the parents come back... the baby is gone. From that moment on, t...
The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena
This book was like a ride through a fog for me – you know something is wrong, but you don’t know what exactly. The main character, Anna, is locked in her house, facing severe trauma and isolation. She watches her neighbors through the window – and on...
The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn
Dark, Twisted & Unputdownable
If you like books that are psychologically suspenseful, emotionally disturbing, and full of morally ambiguous characters – welcome. These stories are dark, sometimes disturbing, but incredibly addictive. Love, obsession, manipulation, and shocking tw...
“Verity” is a book that I couldn’t put down – literally. From the first page to the very end, everything is filled with tension, paranoia and that feeling of “something is not right here”, which makes you want to read on. This is not your typical Col...
Verity by Colleen Hoover
If there's a book that made me read every sentence with caution and suspicion - it's "Gone Girl". This story is dark, manipulative and so cleverly written that I stopped several times just to think about what I had read.
Amy and Nick are the perfec...
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
This book kept me in suspense from the first page. Everything about Jack and Grace seems perfect – too perfect – and it's immediately unsettling.
As the pages go by, you realize how twisted everything really is. Honestly, there were times when I fe...
Behind Closed Doors by B.A. Paris
This is one of those thrillers that deceives you with its simplicity – you think you know everything, but you really have no idea what awaits you. We follow a young woman who gets a job as a housekeeper for a seemingly perfect family, but as the days...
The Housemaid - Freida McFadden
This book completely broke me emotionally. At first glance, it seems like a typical YA story about a privileged family on vacation – but as you delve deeper, you realize that nothing is as it seems.
Every sentence carries traces of truth that are s...
We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
Fantasy Worlds & Forbidden Feelings
If you like to escape to worlds where power rules, secrets lurk around every corner, and love is more dangerous than weapons – this list is for you. Heroines who defy the system, tense relationships, and worlds where you could easily be trapped for h...
“Powerless” totally surprised me – in the best possible way. The story introduced me to a world where power and status are literally everything, and the main character Paedyn is one of those characters you fall in love with immediately. Although she ...
Powerless by Lauren Roberts
You don't read this book - you live it. Everything I heard on TikTok about "Fourth Wing" is true - and more. Set in a world where students must survive a deadly academy to become dragon riders, this book is full of adrenaline.
Violet, the main char...
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
ACOTAR took me to a completely different universe – and not only did I not want to get out, I wanted to go even deeper. This story starts out as a fairy tale, but quickly becomes something more complex, darker and full of real emotions.
Feyre is a ...
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
"These Hollow Vows" fulfilled every fantasy romance I could ever want: forbidden feelings, dark fairy courts, political games, and a main character who has to survive, lie, and choose between bad and worse options.
Everything in this book has conse...
These Hollow Vows - Lexi Ryan
I can’t say enough about how emotionally wrenching this book was for me. The writing style is unique – fractured, poetic, chaotic – just like Juliette, the main character.
Her isolation, her sense of being a monster, her struggle to find her worth…...
Shatter Me - Tahereh Mafi