⤐—— 　 rated 5★ since 2022

• 2025 | the buffalo hunter hunter - stephen graham jones
  • possibly the most well structured book i've ever read. had to reread the first ~70 pages twice which is a big ask, but it was so rewarding. the parallels in the story. the building dread and slow revelation, centered on a real atrocity that happened to the blackfeet nation. stunning and horrifying.
• 2025 | i'm thinking of ending things - iain reid
  • another single day read bc i could not stop, i had to know why everything was so weirdly connected. creepy and then just so very, very sad.
• 2025 | fugitive telemetry - martha wells
  • technically murderbot book 6 but i read it 5th. fun standalone murder mystery in spaceeeeeee~ i would die for jollybaby
• 2025 | the thief of always - clive barker
  • a childhood fave, first book i ever read in one sitting. wonderful and creepy illustrations by the author. a better version of coraline without all the..... you know. :/
• 2025 | migrations - charlotte mcconaghy
  • gorgeous prose, complex mc, some of the hardiest i've cried while reading a book because of the all too close glimpse at our potential future.
• 2025 | we used to live here - marcus kliewer
  • scariest book i've ever read, and in a single day no less. felt like that meme of charlie from iasip with the board & string. soooo many connections but idk how they do!!! so engaging and fun. exemplar of the nosleep-turned-novel.
• 2024 | the unmaking of june farrow - adreinne young
  • beautiful and time-travel-y. cyclical bonds, breaking the cycle, etc. etc..
• 2024 | kings of the wyld - nicholas eames
  • if you told me years ago one of my fave fantasies would be about a bunch of old men on an adventure i would nawttt believe you but here i am. there's so much heart and trauma in these boys <3
• 2024 | nettle and bone - t. kingfisher
  • my first t. kingfisher and what a start. whimsical and dark, fairytale-esque. bonedog my beloved !!!
• 2024 | legends and lattes - travis baldree
  • my intro to cozy fantasy. hit all the slice-of-life moments i wanted it to. so cute and heart-warming.
• 2024 | our wives under the sea - julia armfield
  • the fear and grief of watching a devastating car wreck happen in slow motion and internalizing the fact that you can do nothing to stop it.
• 2024 | this is how you lose the time war - max gladstone, amal el-mohtar
  • some of the most beautiful and romantic prose.
• 2022 | harrow the ninth - tamsyn muir
  • the locked tomb book 2. one of the most confusing yet rewarding books i've read. written in second person. i took 10+ pages of notes. not lying when i say i think abt this series every. single. day. #alectopause

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⤐—— 　 rated 5★ in teens/20s, need to reread

• 2011 | pet sematary - stephen king
• 2011 | howl's moving castle - diana wynne jones
• 2009 | the once and future king - t.h. white
• 2009 | the neverending story - michael ende
• 2009 | treasure island - robert louis stevenson
• 2009 | the phantom tollbooth - norton juster
• 2008 | the lord of the rings - j.r.r. tolkien
  • the fellowship of the ring
  • the two towers
  • return of the king
• 2008 | the little prince - antoine de saint-exupéry
• 2008 | the thirteenth tale - diane setterfield
• 2008 | his dark materials - philip pullman
  • the golden compass
  • the subtle knife
  • the amber spyglass
• 2008 | the road - cormac mccarthy
• 2007 | frankenstein - mary shelley
• 2007 | 'salem's lot - stephen king
• 2007 | the history of love - nicole krauss
• 2007 | the perks of being a wallflower - stephen chbosky
• 2006 | pride and prejudice - jane austen
• 2006 | the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy - douglas adams
• 2005 | the catcher in the rye - j.d. salinger
• 2005 | flowers for algernon - daniel keyes
• 2002 | the giver - lois lowry