You might’ve read some of these already lol, but just in case you haven’t here’s some of my favorites <3

• Flowers For Algernon, I feel like the way this book was formatted and written made it absolutely fascinating to read
• The Fault In Our Stars, utterly heartbreaking but still absolutely phenomenal
• Fourth Wing, IkIk everyone talks abt it but it’s so good trust
• This Will Be Fun by E.B Asher, it explores grief and loss in such an amazing way while still keeping the overall story fairly light and entertaining
• The Girl With All The Gifts, genuinely one of my favorite books of all time and so underrated. Absolutely phenomenal

I have more but this is getting long so I’m ending it here lmao, sorry for the wall of text 💔

oooh, im going to be honest lmao, I am very much a fast fluff reader, I don't like much tension in my books so I recommend ONLY reading these if you like quiet love, awkward tension, people falling in love without realizing, and just sitting there like “oh…”

-If It Makes You Happy (Julie Olivia)→ it’s about a girl working at a diner in a small town, dealing with family pressure and trying to figure herself out, and there’s a really soft romance that builds while all of that is happening
Today Tonight Tomorrow (Rachel Lynn Solomon) → two academic rivals who hate each other end up spending one last day together before graduation, and it slowly turns into something… not hate anymore
Betting on You (Lynn Painter) → they meet in a really awkward situation, and then keep running into each other again later, and it’s a lot of banter and teasing but it turns into something genuine
Our Cursed Love (Julie Abe) → this one has a bit of a magical element, and it’s basically two people who are tied together in a way they can’t ignore, so their relationship builds through that