In no particular order, these are my ten favourite books of all time!
This is a beautiful historical fiction novel that follows the generations of two half-sisters beginning in eighteenth-century Ghana.
Homegoing : Gyasi, Yaa - Books.ca
You've probably seen it all over TikTok and it is definitely worth it! I love a retelling of a classic story and the prose is absolutely beautiful.
The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller
How pretty is this cover?? This book is about two people who have fallen in and out of each other's lives over many years - it's all about love, friendship and the ways we sometimes hurt the people we love the most.
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
My favourite memoir ever!!
The Terrible: A Storyteller's Memoir : Daley-Ward, Yrsa
If you like dark academia or classic retellings, this book is for you!
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
Morally fraught, masterfully written - this is Yanagihara's underrated first novel
The People in the Trees by Hanya Yanagihara
Found family YA Fantasy with an incredible cast of characters
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
Donna Tartt invented the dark academia genre with this book
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
It's not an exaggeration to say this book changed my life