These are my favorite books that I have read for the first time this year. Some are new releases, most are not, but all are amazing!
Sections
5
Romance
Horror
Classics
Fiction
Fantasy
Romance
“You said being whole means acknowledging all our parts. And that there were parts of me that wanted to be held, want to be needed and loved.”
Can't Get Enough (Skyland) by Kennedy Ryan
“A penguin love stone. When a male likes a female, he finds a perfect stone and he brings it to her. If she likes it, she puts it in her nest and that’s it. They’re paired for life.”
Part of Your World (Part of Your World, #1) by Abby Jimenez
I don’t typically find books funny but I was genuinely laughing out loud the entire time while reading this.
Lights Out (Into Darkness, #1) by Navessa Allen
Horror
“Cora Zeng does not get angry because anger always melts through her fingers until it’s a pool of anguish under her feet. There is not enough oxygen inside Cora to keep anger burning. No matter how hard she tries, she can only wield her sharpest thou...
Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng by Kylie Lee Baker
mother nature always collects her debts.
The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones
Classics
this was my first James Baldwin and I think this is perfect place to start to get into his work.
The Fire Next Time: Baldwin, James: 9780679744726
“How many were the years of my life that went by before my body, and my self became really mine, to do with them as I wished? How many were the years of my life that were lost before I tore my body and my self away from the people who held me in thei...
Woman at Point Zero by Nawal El Saadawi
Fiction
This still haunts me months later.
I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman
a guy’s subconscious gets stuck in his works Slack. completely ridiculous, humorous and surprisingly heartwarming.
