Dey's reads

Hellooo and welcome!! Hope you’re having a lovely start of the month <3

To commemorate turning 25 a couple of days ago, I thought I’d put together a list of 25 books you should read…at least once.

I’m sure I’ve forgotten a lot of amazing ones though.

I’ve organized them in no particular order, in four categories. So, without any further ado, let’s start!

Thriller & Mystery

• The Naturals by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

• The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

• The Marsh King’s Daughter by Karen Dionne

• The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

Fantasy

• Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston

• The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow

• A Stage Set for Villains by Shannon J. Spann

• The Poet Empress by Shen Tao

• The Jasad Heir by Sara Hashem

• The Otherwhere Post by Emily J. Taylor

• Shield of Sparrows by Devney Perry

• The Cruel Prince by Holly Black

• Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

Contemporary fiction

• The Boy Who Steals Houses by C.G. Drews

• A Thousand Perfect Notes by C.G. Drews

• As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow by Zoulfa Katouh

• Blood Over Bright Haven by M.L. Wang

• Anxious People by Fredrik Backman

Romance

• Me Before You by Jojo Moyes

• A Love Letter to Whiskey by Kandi Steiner

• The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston

• Love from Mecca to Medina by S.K. Ali

• Book Lovers by Emily Henry

• The Escalation Clause by Stella Stevenson

• Things We Never Got Over by Lucy Score

What’s the last book you’ve read? And what’s the book you’d continue recommending till your last breath?