You know those books you’d give anything to experience for the first time again? 📚 These are mine! The ones that pulled me in, broke my heart, surprised me or simply never left my mind when I finished them. If I could erase my memory of them just to...
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Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Contemporary Fiction
Horror
Thriller
Romance
Fantasy
Beautiful, heartbreaking and full of yearning
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
So much kindness, cruelty, injustice and humanity packed into one story…
The Green Mile by Stephen King
It's my comfort, DON'T JUDGE ME
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
Historical Fiction
Funny, heartbreaking, infuriating and incredibly human. A must read for other Irish people!
The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne
Messy, emotional, nostalgic and painfully real! Also recommend the TV show
Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah
Kristin never lets me down!
The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
Contemporary Fiction
I don’t actually know if I’d ever emotionally survive reading this for the first time again…
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
Leila’s story really pulled me in and I loved discovering her life through the memories she leaves behind!
10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World by Elif Shafak
Heartbreaking, hopeful and so full of love!
If You Were Here by Alice Peterson
Horror
Darker, weirder and more disturbing than I expected!
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix
Thriller
Creepy, uncomfortable and completely addictive! Excited for the movie
Verity by Colleen Hoover
Romance
This book just made me happy! One of the first ones I read when I got back into reading
The Flatshare by Beth O'Leary
No words needed for this one…
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
This book destroyed me, get your tissues
The Last Letter by Rebecca Yarros
Smiling one minute and aching the next…
Say You'll Remember Me by Abby Jimenez
Science Fiction
Pure escapism and I genuinely didn’t want to leave the world when it was over!
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Funny, clever, emotional and impossible to put down. Amaze amaze amaze (iykyk)
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
When I finished this book, I just sat there thinking about it for a looong time
I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman, Ros Schwartz
Need I say any more?
Divergent by Veronica Roth
Young Adult
I would LOVE to read this again without knowing a single thing, the whole series is just so fun
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson
I didn’t expect to love a story written in verse this much