I absolutely love to read! These are some of my favourite novels, poetry books (including my own) and author series. Happy reading!
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Favourite Authors & Book Series
Novels
Poetry
To Be Read
Favourite Authors & Book Series
Book series and some of my favourite author collections.
Love pretty much anything by Taylor Jenkins Reid!
Top Author: Taylor Jenkins Reid
Absolutely LOVE Karin Slaughter and the Will Trent series is my favourite. For crime lovers.
Karin Slaughter: Will Trent Series (11 Books)
Mr Mercedes Trilogy by Stephen King
Stephen King: The Bill Hodges Trilogy
Stephen King collaboration.
Gwendy's Button Box Trilogy
Gripping crime series by Rachel Abbott.
Rachel Abbott: The Tom Douglas Thrillers
Another great crime series.
Robert Dugoni: Tracy Crosswhite Series (10 Books)
This is a really dark crime / thriller series, one of my favourites. Also love the movies.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium)
Novels
Novels I have read and recommend.
Fave from a couple years ago.
The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai
Beautiful book ❤️
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
This book will wrench your heart out. I loved it but maybe I'm a sadist. Keep the tissues handy.
A Little Life: A Novel : Yanagihara, Hanya - Books
Excellent 🔪
The Nothing Man: No. 1 bestseller, twisty...
LOVED this book. 5/5
The Last House on Needless Street
This book was wild and totally weird. Like, what did I just read lol. Loved it.
Bunny, by Mona Awad
My top read from 2021.
1984 : Orwell, George
For crime / thriller / horror fans.
The Chalk Man: Sunday Times Bestseller
An unforgettable story of life, loss and making each day count.
They Both Die at the End, by Adam Silvera
From the acclaimed author of Creep and Freak whom #1 bestselling author Jeffery Deaver praised as a “top-of-the-line thriller writer,” a high-octane novel about lethal secrets that refuse to die—until they kill again.
The Butcher, by Jennifer Hillier
Silence of the Lambs meets Interstellar. Incredible book.
The Gone World, by Tom Sweterlitsch
The Sunday Times and New York Times global best seller, an astonishing new crime thriller debut novel from the biggest literary fiction voice of 2021
Girl A, by Abigail Dean
When thirty-year-old trans woman Wendy Reimer comes across evidence that her late grandfather—a devout Mennonite farmer—might have been transgender himself, she dismisses this revelation, having other problems at hand. But as she and her friends stru...
Little Fish, by Casey Plett
Go on a powerful journey of forgiveness and healing with The Light Through the Leaves, a transcendent novel of love, loss, and self-discovery by the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of Where the Forest Meets the Stars.
The Light Through the Leaves: A Novel
Don't typically reach for sci-fi but really enjoyed this one.
Dark Matter, by Blake Crouch
Adore this book. Cute romance.
Love and Other Words, by Christina Lauren
Like Breaking Bad in a high-speed collision with Drive, this dazzling novel holds up a cracked mirror to the American Dream - and tells the story of one man pushed to his limits by poverty, race and a self-destructive masculinity.
Blacktop Wasteland, by S.A. Cosby
This book is nuts. A must-read!
A Certain Hunger, by Chelsea G. Summers
An era-defining novel about the relationship between a fifteen-year-old girl and her teacher.
My Dark Vanessa, by Kate Elizabeth Russell
This was hard to read but so worth it. Incredible writing.
Young Mungo, by Douglas Stuart
More excellence from Douglas Stuart.
Shuggie Bain, by Douglas Stuart
Few holes in this story but overall a really gripping read.
The Bird Eater, by Ania Ahlborn
An instant favourite.
Tin Man, by Sarah Winman
True Crime
If You Tell, by Gregg Olsen
The #1 international sensation, a mesmerizing and explosive thriller that reaches into the darkest corners of the human psyche and asks: How much suffering can a person inflict upon another before creating a monster?
The Crow Girl
A good guy stuck in a bad job. More excellence from King.
Billy Summers: A Novel
An absolutely addictive psychological thriller with a jaw-dropping twist.
The Housemaid: Addictive Psychological Thriller
An absolute classic that I can return to over and over!
The Day of the Triffids, by John Wyndham
A thriller guaranteed to keep you up all night, with a twist that will leave you reeling… The TikTok sensation that you'll recommend to everyone you know.
Verity, by Colleen Hoover
A small-town boy investigates the mysterious disappearance of his cousin and uncovers a terrifying secret kept hidden for years. Creepy!!
The Devil Crept In: A Novel
A spectacularly dark and electrifying novel about addiction, religion, music and what might exist on the other side of life.
Revival, by Stephen King
One of the BEST haunted house horror novels ever written! Genuinely scary.
Hell House, by Richard Matheson
Nothing like the movie. Way better.
I Am Legend, by Richard Matheson
Poetry
My own debut collection and some of my favourites to read.
My debut poetry collection. Self published in April 2021.
Five Of My Favourite Poetry Books — [Dis]associate
The debut poetry collection by my friend and talented Australian writer, Dakota Warren.
On Sun Swallowing, by Dakota Warren
Japanese Death Poems: Written by Zen Monks and Haiku Poets on the Verge of Death
Japanese Death Poems by Zen Monks and Haiku Poets
A beautiful collection by singer / songwriter Lana Del Rey.
Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
I discovered and fell in love instantly with Maria's writing on Instagram. She's brilliant.
Peeling Oranges: A Collection of Poetry
To Be Read
Books in my always growing to-be-read pile.
Life Ceremony - TBR
Life Ceremony
From the global number one bestselling author of The Family Upstairs- an unsolved mystery, family secrets, a boarding school for difficult teenagers and an unidentified body.
The Night She Disappeared, by Lisa Jewel
Received for my birthday <3
The Flame, by Leonard Cohen
A powerful debut that explores life, death and the restorative power of friendship under the warm summer sun of Abruzzo.
Sunbathing: A novel, by Isobel Beech
The complete, uncensored journals of Sylvia Plath--essential reading for anyone who has been moved and fascinated by the poet's life and work.
The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
Found at my local secondhand store. Still on the TBR pile!
Stoner: A Novel
Need to read so I can watch the film.
Filth, by Irvine Welsh
A seventeen-year-old boy inherits the keys to a parallel world where good and evil are at war.