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hecatesbroom · 5 months ago

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To be honest I was wondering if you have a top 5 of books 👀

Hii! Now, that's a hard question :') I have so many!! I think if I were to make a top 5, it'd look something like this:

(Limited to English books only because I really wouldn't know how to choose otherwise haha)

The Locked Tomb series by Tamsyn Muir (if I had to pick just one, it'd be Harrow the Ninth, book 2 in the series)

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien (which he wanted to have published as one big book, so hey, this isn't technically cheating!)

Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

The Kingdoms by Natasha Pulley

I tried to vary a bit in genre with this, and honestly my favourite books change quite frequently, but I'd say the top 3 are pretty stable! (I'm not sure anything will ever be able to beat The Locked Tomb for me anymore haha)

#honourable mentions to:#good omens (which i *love* but considering i read it after watching the show 3x i'm not judging it for its merits as a book alone!)#dracula & olalla (19th c. vampire books that had to be sacrificed from my top 5 for carmilla's sake. because no one beats a lesbian vampire #the folk of the air (cruel prince) trilogy which i *blazed through* because it was so much fun!!#frankenstein didn't make it in solely for the fact that i felt depressed for 2 weeks after reading it. it's so good though!!#OHH and the vanished birds by simon jimenez. so so SO good (i considered swapping it with the kingdoms tbh. genuinely amazing)#*and* wuthering heights!! incredible. show-stopping. point me to a scene and i could write you an essay #i'll stop here lmao i'm slowly starting to list my entire book collection. but there are just sooo many good books!!#thanks a lot for asking this so i could make a list *and* ramble about books haha #ask #books #literature #i always forget which tag i use for books oof

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