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My favorite book recs
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items Books I’ve read, loved, and would happily recommend. Adding these to your TBR list ASAP!
Sections
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Stories for the Soul
Myths, Magic, & Fantasies
For the Mind & Self
Romance, Complicated Lives, & Secrets
Stories for the Soul
A quiet, emotional read that makes you think about the things we wish we could say or do differently. I loved how each story had its own little lesson about love, family, regrets, and the importance of appreciating the people we have now.
It’s an eas...
Before the Coffee Gets Cold
For anyone who loves wholesome stories, gentle magic, and books that feel like a warm hug.
The title alone had me curious, but the actual concept is even cuter. 🥹 A mysterious hippo, a park, and people carrying their own little hurts—this is basica...
The Healing Hippo of Hinode Park
For anyone who loves magical bookshops, mysteries, second chances, and a little melancholy.
A bookshop that may disappear? Obviously I'm going in. This one has that dreamy Japanese cozy-fiction atmosphere where books, memories, and people's lives so...
The Vanishing Cherry Blossom Bookshop
For anyone who loves: slice-of-life stories, cafés, quiet conversations, and everyday human connections.
This is for when you don't want some huge world-ending plot—you just want to sit in a cozy café and observe people's lives for a while. The cha...
Days at the Torunka Café
Myths, Magic, & Fantasies
If you love fantasy with Chinese mythology, magic, romance, and a beautiful world-building, definitely add this to your TBR!
I really enjoyed the whole celestial/immortal setting and Xingyin’s journey. It has adventure, forbidden romance, mythical cr...
Daughter of the Moon Goddess
Not the book to start with. Save this one for after Daughter of the Moon Goddess + Heart of the Sun Warrior when you're not ready to leave the world yet.
For everyone who finishes the duology and immediately goes, “WAIT, I NEED MORE.”
This is bas...
Tales of the Celestial Kingdom
This is the direct sequel to Daughter of the Moon Goddess. It continues Xingyin's story and brings the main Celestial Kingdom arc to its conclusion.
If Book 1 gave you the beautiful mythology and romance, Book 2 gives you higher stakes, bigger threa...
Heart of the Sun Warrior
Immortal follows Liyen, a young queen who gets caught up with the immortal realm and forms a dangerous alliance with the ruthless God of War. Naturally, there's politics, immortals, secrets, danger, and an attraction that is probably a terrible idea....
Immortal
If you're in the mood for something more fairytale-inspired, romantic, magical, and a little darker, put this on your radar.
The title alone sounds innocent. The story is considerably less innocent. 😂
It's a new fantasy world from Sue Lynn Tan, so...
Never Ever After
If you like magic, tea, Chinese-inspired fantasy, palace intrigue, and a little murder mystery, this is such a fun one. Ning discovers that she can use tea to perform a dangerous form of magic—and when her sister is poisoned, she heads to the imperia...
A Magic Steeped in Poison
SEQUEL to A Magic Steeped in Poison
The first book gave you the magical tea and palace intrigue. This one says, okay, let's make everything WORSE. 😭
The kingdom is falling into chaos, the Banished Prince is making his move, and Ning finds herself...
A Venom Dark and Sweet
If you want Chinese mythology + music magic + mysterious gods + romance, put this on your list immediately. ✨
Xue is a talented musician who gets pulled into the mysterious realm of the immortals, where music has the power to summon beings from anoth...
Song of the Six Realms
If you're an Avatar: The Last Airbender fan, this is an easy recommendation. It takes you back into the Avatar world with a new story about characters navigating hidden dangers, conspiracies, and the aftermath of conflict.
Basically: ATLA universe + ...
Avatar Legends: City of Echoes (Avatar Legends Book 1)
If you love fairy tales, dangerous bargains, cursed princes, and romance that makes you question everyone's intentions, this is your sign.
Evangeline believes in true love and happily-ever-afters—until the person she loves is about to marry someone ...
Once Upon a Broken Heart
Book 2 of the Once Upon a Broken Heart Trilogy — SEQUEL
This picks up Evangeline and Jacks' story from Once Upon a Broken Heart.
And honestly? If Book 1 made you curious about Jacks, Book 2 is where the obsession really kicks in.
Evangeline is thr...
The Ballad of Never After
Book 3 & FINAL BOOK of the Once Upon a Broken Heart Trilogy
This is the conclusion to Evangeline and Jacks' story, so you'll be walking into a LOT of unanswered questions and consequences from the first two books.
Evangeline's search for her ha...
A Curse for True Love
For the Mind & Self
If you’re someone who overthinks everything, cares too much about what people think, or puts pressure on yourself to have everything figured out, read this.
It’s basically a reminder that you can’t care about everything—and you shouldn’t. Sometimes, ...
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
Romance, Complicated Lives, & Secrets
For anyone who loves old Hollywood glamour, complicated women, forbidden love, secrets, and stories that emotionally destroy you.
Evelyn Hugo is a famous, beautiful, and notoriously private Hollywood icon—and now, in her old age, she’s finally ready ...
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
If you want small-town romance, cozy cafés, grumpy/sunshine, and autumn vibes, this is THE Laurie Gilmore book to start with.
Jeanie leaves her boring city life behind to take over her aunt's café in Dream Harbor, only to meet Logan—the town's famo...
The Pumpkin Spice Café (Dream Harbor, Book 1)
A shy bookstore owner, mysterious messages hidden inside books, and an adventurous fisherman who gets dragged into the mystery with her? Bookish romance people, this one's for you.
It's cozy, cute, slightly mysterious, and has that “we're just solv...
The Cinnamon Bun Book Store (Dream Harbor, Book 2)
If you want Christmas romance without having to wait until December, pick this one.
Kira buys a Christmas tree farm despite apparently hating Christmas—which is already hilarious. Then Bennett enters the picture, and circumstances force them into c...
The Christmas Tree Farm (Dream Harbor, Book 3)
Single dad + nanny + small-town romance + pancakes? I'm sold.
A chef and single dad finds himself needing help, and his new nanny becomes much more important to him than either of them expected. Add found-family vibes and a cozy little town and you...
The Strawberry Patch Pancake House (B&N Exclusive Edition) (Dream Harbor, Book 4)
If you love baking, Christmas, enemies-to-lovers-ish tension, and forced proximity, put this on your TBR immediately.
A wedding brings everyone together in Dream Harbor, while a bakery owner and a bar owner find themselves getting closer. And natur...
The Gingerbread Bakery (Dream Harbor, Book 5)
A flower shop + fake dating + small-town romance? This one is practically begging to be added to a cozy-romance TBR.
Daisy is struggling with love and business when a fake relationship seems like the perfect solution. Except, as always in romance b...
The Daisy Chain Flower Shop (Dream Harbor, Book 6)