Jean's Thoughts 91.7K subscribers · Mar 20, 2025

The Best Books From Every Year I've Been Here!

Reviews33

Autobiography of RedAnne Carson
Loved it

it's absolutely stunning and like I said I only read it in recent years when I was researching for my own book I get it's fantastic and I would highly recommend it to you as well

Best Hex EverNadia El-Fassi
Loved it

it is so cozy and charming and heartwarming it is so beautiful I've talked about it a lot I read it last year it was in my favorite books of the year

Book of ShadowsCate Tiernan
Loved it

this was like hands down my favorite series as a teenager I could not get enough of these books I actually went back and reread them in my mid 20s H and I still really enjoyed them

ChaliceRobin McKinley
Loved it

it's quite cozy it's soft I wouldn't consider it like high action fastpaced by any means it's much more about the World building and the community and her adjusting to this new role

Entreat MeGrace Draven
Loved it

I absolutely love it and this is one of the best retellings out there that's all I have to say it's just one of the best

it's a very accessible book it's like a great starter book for anybody wanting to read and learn more about feminism but I also think it's an important part of anybody's like feminist reading journ

it's just fantastic it has a really interesting religious system and it's just very detailed and immersive and if you like what I think of as quite like old school fantasy it's a must read

HercPhoenicia Rogerson
Loved it

I think this is one of my favorite Greek mystery tellings from recent Years I just think this is a really interesting book really fun and really well done

Kissing the WitchEmma Donoghue
Loved it

it is a very like female forward collection there is lots of like safic representation and unexpected alliances and relationships which I absolutely adore

Salvage the BonesJesmyn Ward
Loved it

I really love the way that it uses mythology to like sort of like self-reflect like I think that's something that a lot of us actually do in real life and I think it's done really well here

The BetweenTananarive Due
Loved it

this is one of the most emotional horror books I've ever read it's very introspective and it's sad and it has you doubting what you're reading

The Secret HistoryDonna Tartt
Loved it

it's a really compelling novel that's beautifully written and if you haven't checked it out yet even though it's been talked about non-stop since it came out I would recommend going and checking it out