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My 5 Star Books By Year
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items All the books I've fallen for every year and I want you to fall for too!
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5✨ 2025 reads that left me breathless 💗
5✨2026 reads I highly recommend💕
5✨ 2025 reads that left me breathless 💗
Such a sweet, slow-burn romance with loveable MCs!
Picking Daisies on Sundays - Liana Cincotti
This historical fiction romance lives rent free in my head STILL, over a year later! The character development, plot twists, and world building are peak! 💗🌻
The Sunflower House: A Novel
The banter in this story between the lead MCs was everything!!💕
Wild Love: Small Town Brother's Best Friend
There are no words to describe the masterpiece this is! If you love historical fiction with female MCs this book will stay in your heart forever! It’s worth the page count!
The Nightingale: A Novel
This book of poetic story telling was so beautifully done! A coming of age story and discussion for girls and women! I don’t rec for young readers because of sexual themes and language.
The Poet X: Classic YA Novel in Verse (13+)
Definitely a must read before summer is over!!
Problematic Summer Romance
This book is a masterpiece romance. The way the authors string you along for this slow burn, coming of age and then tie all the strings together so beautifully and intricately will have me coming back to read it again and again!
Love and Other Words
Each of these stories in this series are incredible!! This one is so tender and tense. I loved the angst!
Wild Eyes (Deluxe Edition) (Rose Hill, 2)
I don’t love a cheating trope, but this was written so well. The MCs discover their partners have been cheating on them and they agree to hangout very Friday afternoon in the one NYC summer. I love how the author helps the reader explore how complica...
Summer Fridays: A Novel
A great read for a cozy fall evening! Perfect for mystery lovers!
Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers
I really love the storyline here! Figure skating world. It was a refreshing twist!
The Favorites: A Novel
Hands down one of my fave hot summer recs for anyone who love NYC and/or loves a good summer read!
Summer in the City: A Novel
If you’re just discovering Emily Henry, this is a must read!
Great Big Beautiful Life: Reese's Book Club
This thriller was eery and moody and only a little predictable but not until I was about 92% through! Such a great story that kept my full attention!
Beautiful Ugly
This book has the MOST special place in my little romantic heart! 💜✨💗 I read this book in the spring although it could be read anytime of the year as it goes through multiple seasons.
What If I Never Get Over You
I love this book so much! The edition of this classic is stunning and an absolute beauty in my collection!
Little Women (Masterpiece Library Edition)
Wasn’t a Lucy Score fan until THIS book! It is hilarious and so emotionally deep! I absolutely couldn’t get enough of Story Lake and the characters! I love the sprayed edge design of this book and how it ties in with the theme. It looks absolutely ch...
Story of My Life: Small-Town Romantic Comedy
One of my Favorite 🤩 Christina Lauren books OF ALL TIME!
The Unhoneymooners
This retelling about the true writer of Romeo and Juliette is a masterpiece! It’s absolutely brilliant!
By Any Other Name: A Novel
Halfway through this book I IMMEDIATELY wanted to start over from the beginning because I just wanted to read it for the first time all over again! This was the first I read in this series and can be read as a standalone. I absolutely adore this town...
Practice Makes Perfect: A Novel (Rome, Kentucky)
In my opinion this is one of Ashley Poston’s most BRILLIANT Novels! I haven’t read The Someday Garden yet so I’ll have to update when I do!
A Novel Love Story
My favorite EH book of all time!!
Beach Read: Deluxe Edition
Go deep into the life of The Iconic Voice of Ariel - Jodi Benson
Part of My World: Lessons from The Little Mermaid
This book!! The epitome of summer romance! Justin - the book boyfriend is incomparable! A must read this summer or ANY summer!!
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Just for the Summer
I love how Abby takes mental health and shed light on it in her characters. This book was so deep and sweet!
Yours Truly (Part of Your World, 2)
This Christmas romance doesn’t get enough credit! It has the perfect snowy mountain vibes, but with deep rich character building and such an emotional plot! It will leave you with all the feels at Christmas time!
In a Holidaze
5✨2026 reads I highly recommend💕
I’m a soccer player and just started getting into this subgenre of soccer or football romance ⚽️. It is steamy, but so well written and isn’t just porn the whole way through! A slower burn than I expected from Ana Huang! 🔥
The Striker (B&N Exclusive Edition) (Gods of the Game #1)
One of my TOP reads of 2026 and possibly ever!!!! Right up there now with, Little Women, Love & Other Words, The Correspondent, What If I Never Get Over You, Summer In The City, Story of My Life, and Just Friends🩵💜💖This book along with the abo...
Our Perfect Storm
Witty, lyrical, beautiful! Emma is an absolute gem of a character and personality! I can’t wait to devour the ENTIRE Series!
The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 1
Tilly’s husband died. After he passed she lost her love for reading. But before he died, he made a plan to leave her one book a month that he hand picks, along with a letter telling her why he thought the book made him think of her and what he hoped ...
This Book Made Me Think of You
2 families house swap in a novel about love, self-discovery, owning who you are, and navigating the journey to each of them.
Far and Away: A Novel
Madison’s fear of failure was so relatable for me! I really loved her character! James was the SWEETEST MMC….almost too sweet or too perfect. But Adams did a great job peeling back the layers on him as the story went on! My second fave of the When in...
In Your Dreams: A Novel (Rome, Kentucky)