20 popular books you need to read!

A Court of Thorns and Roses or ACOTAR as it is commonly known as, is perhaps one of the most poignant YA novels that have become a worldwide success due to its following on TikTok. The book is a new adult high fantasy novel that follows the journey of mortal Feyre Archeron after she is brought into the faerie lands of Prythian for murdering a faerie, and the epic love story and fierce struggle that follows after she enters the fae lands. If you're interested in YA and fantasy this is a top pick for you, there are many books in the series so you will have plenty to read.

The title says it all, which makes this book all the more intriguing. We know the end even before we begin, not unlike the main characters in this book we have to learn about them in spite of the inevitable. The concept of this book is great and it comments on some interesting aspects of society and consumerism. Just remember this is a YA(young adult) book, so although the story and concept may seem wasted on two 18 year olds, it does fit the target audience for the book and is still well worth the read.

The Priory of the Orange Tree follows four main characters through political intrigue set against the backdrop of a fantasy world full of magic, mages and dragons.

Ketterdam is a bustling hub of international trade where anything can be had for the right price, no one knows this better than criminal prodigy Kaz Brekker. Kaz is offered a chance at a deadly heist that could make him rich beyond his wildest dreams. But he can’t pull it off alone...

Annaleigh lives a sheltered life at Highmoor, a manor by the sea, with her sisters, their father, and stepmother. Once they were twelve, but four of the girls' lives have been cut short, each death was more tragic than the last. There are whispers throughout the surrounding villages that the family is cursed by the gods.

The novel tells the story of the fictional Old Hollywood star Evelyn Hugo, who at age 79 gives a final interview and a retelling of her life and her seven husbands to journalist, Monique Grant.

Nora, a thirty-something woman is regretful about her life and feels alienated and unneeded in this world. In the depths of her despair, she finds the Midnight Library. In it are books which each have a portal into another variation of what her life could have been.

Olive braces herself to get through 24 hours of wedding hell before she can return to her comfortable, unlucky life. But when the entire wedding party gets food poisoning from eating bad shellfish, the only people who aren’t affected are Olive and Ethan. And now there’s an all-expenses-paid honeymoon in Hawaii up for grabs.

This workplace comedy is about coworkers Lucy and Joshua who become entrenched in an addictive, ridiculous never-ending game of one-upmanship. There’s the Staring Game. The Mirror Game. The HR Game. Lucy can’t let Joshua beat her at anything—especially when a huge new promotion goes up for the taking.

Chosen from birth to usher in a new era, Poppy’s life has never been her own. The life of the Maiden is solitary. Never to be touched. Never to be looked upon. Never to be spoken to. Never to experience pleasure. Waiting for the day of her Ascension, she would rather be with the guards, fighting back the evil that took her family, than preparing to be found worthy by the gods. But the choice has never been hers.

Teddy Prescott devotes his life to sleeping, tattooing, and avoiding seriousness. When Teddy needs a place to crash, he makes a deal with his developer dad. Teddy can stay in one of Providence's on-site maintenance cottages—right next door to an unimpressed Ruthie—but only if he works there and starts to grow up.

The story concerns two very powerful magicians who engage in a kind of proxy war through their protégés who are pitted against each other, but the consequences aren't what they imagine.

The Shadow Fold; an impenetrable darkness crawling with monsters that feast on human flesh, is expanding and slowly destroying the once-great nation of Ravka. Alina, a pale, lonely orphan, discovers a unique power that thrusts her into the lavish world of the kingdom's magical elite—the Grisha.

This coming of age novel details two days in the life of 16-year-old Holden Caulfield after he has been expelled from prep school. We follow Holden as he reflects on his life and rails against the “phoniness” of the adult world.

One Hundred Years of Solitude is a multi-generational story of the fictional Colombian town Macondo and the rise and fall of its founders, the Buendía family.

The Poppy War is the story of passionate yet ruthless Fang Runin, also known as Rin, who grows up poor, orphaned by a previous war. But she studies and gets into an elite military academy, and develops a gift for shamanism that lets her call upon the fire powers of a vengeful Phoenix god.