These are five-star and above books. I’m probably far too generous with my star ratings, but these are the ones I’m still thinking about months afterwards. The worlds I want to visit, the characters I’m desperate to befriend, and the authors I will follow forever.

Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir

The Seven Year Slip - Ashley Poston
A Novel Love Story - Ashley Poston
The Dead Romantics - Ashley Poston

The Ruinous Love Trilogy - Brynne Weaver

Quicksilver - Callie Hart

Funny Story - Emily Henry

Tomorrow, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow - Gabrielle Zevin

The Nightingale - Kristin Hannah

Six of Crows Duology - Leigh Bardugo
The Familiar - Leah Bardugo

High Fidelity - Nick Hornby

The Empyrean Series - Rebecca Yarros

The Throne of Glass series - Sarah J Maas
The ACOTAR Series - Sarah J Maas

The Hunger Games Series - Suzanne Collins

Daisy Jones & The Six - Taylor Jenkins Reid

The House in the Cerulean Sea - TJ Klune