“Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.”
There have been times this year where books felt unnecessary due to the increasingly familiar dystopian aspects of our changing societies, however, escaping into the pages of a good book is also a very good solution to this madness and I couldn’t recommend it more myself.
Although the spare time I have in my life has reduced this year due to graduating and finally entering the adult world of work (Booooooooo!!!) it does not mean that I have enjoyed reading any less. I’ve read fewer books this year but I’ve still read a lot of great books and competition for a spot on this list was tough. Every book on this list is one I would recommend you to read if you have not done so already, regardless of their position on the list each book is fantastic in their own right.
When I first read passenger this year I was convinced it would top my list, however, it’s been a long time since I’ve been blown away by a book to the degree I was by A Court of Mist and Fury. I might not have liked The Throne of Glass series by Sarah J Maas, however, if this was The Great British Bake off ACOTAF is a stunning enough showstopper to still make her star baker and my favourite author of the year.
As always the list below shows my favourite quote from each book, links to more information and hashtags denoting key themes.
10. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Universe
“I got to thinking that poems were like people. Some people you got right off the bat. Some people you just didn’t get–and never would get.”
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#YA #COMING OF AGE #LGBT #ROMANCE #CONTEMPORY
“No mourners. No funerals.”
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#FANTASY #YA #ROMANCE #SQUAD #MAGIC #LOVEABLE CROOKS
“You cannot harden your heart to the future just because of your past. You cannot use cruelty against yourself to justify cruelty to others.”
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#YOUNG ELITES CONCLUSION #FANTASY #TRILOGY #YA #SQUAD #ANTI-HEROINE
7. The Long way to the Small and Angry Planet
“People can do terrible things when they feel safe and powerful.”
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#FANTASY #SCI-FI #SPACE #FIREFLY #STRONG CHARACTERS
“The world makes things for each place. Fish for the sea, Rocs for the mountain skies, and girls with sun in their skin and perfect aim for a desert that doesn’t let weakness live.”
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#FANTASY #YA #BADASS #ROMANCE #MYSTERY PRINCES #DESERTS
“I wept because I had no shoes until I met a man who had no feet.”
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#HISTORY #SOMBER #WWII #SOVIET RUSSIA #HOMELANDS
4. The Girl with All the Gifts
“You can’t save people from the world. There’s nowhere else to take them.”
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#LOVE #SCI-FI #CHILDHOOD #HORROR #MYSTERY #DYSTOPIA
“He knew the law of such things: people in brightly lit places cannot see into the dark.”
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#FANTASY #DYSTOPIA #YA #ROMANCE #REBELLION
“So you’d keep me here against my will-“
"Know this pirate,” he said, his hands gripping the railing, “you are my passenger, and I will be damned before I let any harm come to you.”
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#TRAVEL #ADVENTURE #ROMANCE #HISTORY #FANTASY #YA #CIVIL RIGHTS
1. A Court of Mist and Fury
“I was not a pet, not a doll, not an animal.
I was a survivor, and I was strong.
I would not be weak, or helpless again
I would not, could not be broken. Tamed.”
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#TRILOGY #ACOTAR SEQUEL #MAGIC #FAE #BADASS #YA #FANTASY #SHIPPING TILL I DIE #CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT #HEARTACHE #RECOVERY
FAVOURITE QUOTE OF THE YEAR
“What a privilege it was to never feel like you had to take stock of your surroundings, or gauge everyone’s reactions to the color of your skin.”
― Alexandra Bracken, Passenger
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