18 Must-Read Books! | Our Top Books from 2022, 2023 and 2024 | Feat. Booktok's Best Babes

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BOOKS MENTIONED

A Court of Mist and Fury (Book #2 in A Court of Thorns and Roses series)

By Sarah J. Maas

Love In A Time Of The Zombie Apocalypse

By rizzlewrites

(Available for download on A03: https://archiveofourown.org/works/28137807)

The Fifth Season

By N.K. Jemisin

Circe

By Madeline Miller

Jade Legacy (Book #3 in The Green Bone Saga)

By Fonda Lee

Queen of Shadows (Book #5 in Throne of Glass series)

By Sarah J. Maas

Manacled

By Senlinyu

(No longer available on A03, releasing as a traditionally published novel titled Alchemized in 2025)

Tress of the Emerald Sea

By Brandon Sanderson

The Will of the Many

By James Islington

A River Enchanted

By Rebecca Ross

The Lost Queen

By Signe Pike

Assassin's Fate (Book #16 in The Realm of the Elderlings)

By Robin Hobb

Lightbringer (Book #6 in The Red Rising Saga)

By Pierce Brown

Blood Over Bright Haven

By M.L. Wang

A Dowry of Blood

By S.T. Gibson

The Spear Cuts Through Water

By Simon Jimenez

The Liar's Knot (Book #2 in The Rook and Rose trilogy)

By M.A. Carrick

Speaking Bones (Book #4 in the Dandelion Dynasty)

By Ken Liu

The Sword of Kaigen

By M.L. Wang

Red God (anticipated release)

By Pierce Brown

Strength of the Few (anticipated release)

By James Islington

Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom

By Leigh Bardugo

Dark Age (Book #5 in The Red Rising series)

By Pierce Brown

The Blade Itself

By Joe Abercrombie

Deep End (anticipated release)

By Ali Hazelwood

The Knight and the Moth (anticipated release)

By Rachel Gillig

Alchemized (anticipated release)

By Senlinyu

Rose and Chains (anticipated release)

By Julie Soto

The Irresistible Urge to Fall For Your Enemy (anticipated release)

By Brigitte Knightley

Rebel Witch (anticipated release)

By Kristin Cicerelli

Reign and Ruin

By J.D. Evans

Ship of Magic

By Robin Hobb

Farseer Trilogy

By Robin Hobb

Wheel of Time series

By Robert Jordan

Malazan

By Steven Erikson

Wars of Light and Shadow series

By Janny Wurts

The Expanse

By James S.A. Corey