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📚the reading slump rescue kit

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Nina

i've been in more reading slumps than i can count, and these are the 20 books that have pulled me out every single time. i sorted them by mood so you can just pick whatever you're craving right now. if you finish one of these and DON'T immediately wa...

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fantasy

romance

thrillers

chill fiction

fantasy

for when you want to completely disappear into another world for a few days

this is the one that broke the internet and honestly it deserves it. synopsis: a girl too fragile for war gets forced into training as an elite dragon rider, where the professors want her dead as much as the enemy does

Fourth Wing — Rebecca Yarros

the sequel and somehow it's even more unhinged. don't start this unless you have nowhere to be for a while. synopsis: violet survived year one. year two is about to teach her that surviving and winning are very different things

Iron Flame — Rebecca Yarros

this one's slower to start but once it grabs you it does not let go. it's the book that made me cry, no shame. synopsis: a retelling of the trojan war through the eyes of the boy who loved achilles more than anyone

The Song of Achilles — Madeline Miller

dark academia at its most delicious. morally grey characters everywhere, exactly what a slump needs. synopsis: six magicians are chosen for a secretive society, but only five will make it in, and the sixth won't survive the choosing…

The Atlas Six — Olivie Blake

this one's a chunky standalone but don't let the size scare you off, it moves fast. great if you want one big epic instead of committing to a series. synopsis: a secret order of female mages, a dragon-slaying queen, and an ancient evil that's about t...

The Priory of the Orange Tree — Samantha Shannon

romance

for when you need something addictive, easy to fall into, and impossible to put down

fake dating + grumpy scientist + phd student who has zero time. read this in like two days. synopsis: a phd student fake-dates a hot, intimidating professor to convince her friend she's moved on, and things get complicated fast

The Love Hypothesis— Ali Hazelwood

enemies to lovers office romance done right. this book is genuinely funny, which is rare and underrated. synopsis: two rival executive assistants who despise each other are forced to compete for the same promotion… and the tension is not just profess...

The Hating Game — Sally Thorne

this is pure comfort food. light, funny, and the kind of book you finish in one lazy weekend. synopsis: a woman drunk-texts the wrong number one night, and instead of stopping, she keeps texting, no names, no faces, just chemistry

Mr. Wrong Number— Lynn Painter

it's a slow burn but it is SO worth it. synopsis: she needs a fake boyfriend for her sister's wedding, and the only option is the coworker she can't stand, who somehow says yes

The Spanish Love Deception— Elena Armas

gym enemies to lovers, which sounds ridiculous but works so well. fast, fun, no heavy stuff. synopsis: a plus-size influencer and a hot personal trainer keep fighting over the same squat rack, until they can't fight the tension anymore

Set on You— Amy Lea

thrillers

thrillers you cannot put down for when your brain needs a plot that won't let you breathe

quick chapters, easy to binge. synopsis: five students walk into detention, only four walk out… and everyone's a suspect

One of Us Is Lying— Karen M. McManus

same author, another great skip-day mystery. good if you loved the one above and want more. synopsis: three former best friends skip school together for old times' sake, and end up witnessing a murder

You'll Be the Death of Me— Karen M. McManus

not a thriller in the traditional sense but the tension of the countdown is unreal. keep tissues nearby. synopsis: two strangers get a call saying they'll die within 24 hours, and decide to spend their last day together

They Both Die at the End— Adam Silvera

synopsis: when a famous author dies in a freak accident, her struggling writer friend steals her unfinished manuscript and publishes it as her own under a rebranded, racially ambiguous pen name

Yellowface-R. F. Kuang

claustrophobic, dark, and deeply mysterious. synopsis: twenty-five years after inheriting a massive, multimillion-pound london mansion, a young woman learns the dark truth about the day she was found alive in the house next to three dead bodies

The Family Upstairs - Lisa Jewell

chill fiction

for when your brain just needs something light, fast, and comforting

if you only pick one book off this whole list, genuinely make it this one. it's the book i recommend to everyone, no exceptions. synopsis: an aging hollywood icon finally agrees to tell her life story and picks an unknown journalist to hear all her s...

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo — Taylor Jenkins Reid

nostalgic, easy, summery. synopsis: a girl spends every summer at the same beach house with two brothers, until one summer everything between them changes

The Summer I Turned Pretty — Jenny Han

it's a graphic novel so you can finish it in under an hour, which makes it perfect for proving to yourself you can still finish a book. synopsis: two boys at the same school become unlikely friends, and then something more

Heartstopper #1 — Alice Oseman

funny, warm, great palate cleanser. synopsis: the US president's son and a British prince despise each other publicly, until a PR-mandated friendship turns into something real.

Red, White and Royal Blue — Casey McQuiston

this is a good one if you want something that'll actually make you feel something. synopsis: a grieving teen calls her boyfriend's old number just to hear his voicemail… and he picks up

You've Reached Sam — Dustin Thao

synopsis: in a world where robots long ago gained consciousness and walked into the wilderness, a tea monk seeking purpose bumps into a robot who just wants to ask one question: "what do humans need?"

A psalm for the wild-built - Becky Chambers