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Book Recs!! (For Romance, Fantasy, Gen Fic Fans) All My 5 Star Reads
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Romance
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TOP TIER MMC, amazing banter, rom-com vibes, made me feel happy and forget about life for a bit
Funny Story by Emily Henry
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POPULAR FOR A REASON!! I annotated the crap out of my copy
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
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Makes you believe in mankind again. Follows a group of professional male athletes who start a romance book club to better understand women. So funny and cute
The Bromance Book Club by Lassa Kay Adams
Fantasy
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imagine the hunger games but with greek gods!! Trials, steamy romance, suspense, amazinggg banter and the absolute coolest fantasy realm. I read this book in 2 days I was soooo engrossed in this world.
The Games Gods Play by Abigail Owen (Hardcover)
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I laughed out loud reading this. A historical YA fantasy that had me giggling. Strong FMC, animal magic, kingdom/royalty, shapeshifting. ALSO AN AMAZING SHOW ON AMAZON PRIME
My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows
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pure YEARNING. vampire x werewolf. SPICY AF my fav romantasy of the year!!
Bride by Ali Hazelwood
Non Fiction
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Somehow the most shocking read and also the most unsurprising read. Discusses in detail just how our world is not at all designed with women in mind, and how simple and yet unmistakably difficult it would be to change this. Eye opening. Based on scie...
Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez
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This entire book is a trigger warning!! I think about “Know My Name” so often and I read it years ago. Will change your outlook on many things.
Know My Name: A Memoir by Chanel Miller
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A Black man explains “how the world will treat him” to his son; a raw depiction of racial bias. He answers his sons questions, and in turn ours. I get goosebumps every time I read this. I try to reread every few years because we all need the reminder...
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
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You will never read words strung together more beautifully. I cried multiple times over a single sentence. Backmans writing is effortless, easy to read, will give you goosebumps, and make you think. A book “about hockey” but NOT AT ALL about hockey. ...
Fredrik Backman: Beartown: A Novel (Paperback)
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A story that spans generations and reflects on the effects of british colonization (into africa specifically, and then later into america) among so much else. Read trigger warnings beforehand! An impactful read I think about often. A hard read for su...
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
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A beautiful story on family and growing up. Follows a family of 7 as they navigate life with their youngest son who says he “wants to be a girl when he grows up”.
This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel