5 Books Worth CanceLling Plans For
When staying home is the better offer.
All the books in this list will have you not wanting to leave your house and just read them until they are done. I read all of these in a day because they were that good.
Acts of Violet
Margarita Montimore
Why You’ll Like It: It feels like getting pulled into a celebrity disappearance. And the sister left behind is still trying to decide how she feels about her sister that’s missing. Adding in podcasts and articles just makes the book more interesting. Plus she’s a missing magician.
Read this if you like:
- You enjoy unconventional mysteries.
- You are interested in fame and celebrity culture.
- You like stories that leave room for the unexplained.
Good at Being Alive
Elizabeth O’Roark
Why You’ll Like It: When a book makes you cry in the first few chapters you usually think maybe no thanks. However, this book then goes into a fake marriage and travel reality show that makes you stay for the whole thing. First I’d watch this show. Second, I love love.
Read this if you like:
- You like fake marriage.
- You enjoy enemies-to-lovers tension.
- You want glamorous European travel.
- You like a grumpy hero and a chaotic heroine.
- You enjoy romance mixed with grief and personal growth.
Violet Thistlewaite Is Not a Villain Anymore
Emily Krempholtz
Why You’ll Like It: This is cozy fantasy for people who want charm without spending three chapters learning the political structure of an invented kingdom. It has flowers, found family, a little romance, and a heroine trying very hard not to return to villainy.
Read this if you like:
- You like found family.
- You want fantasy, but not 1000 pages.
- You love a little romance and some whimsy.
Best Offer Wins
Marisa Kashino
Why You’ll Like It: It’s like your crazy coworker has obsessed over a home instead of the weird smell in the break room. The one that you don’t want to cross, but enjoy hearing her stories. That’s this book.
Read this if you like:
- Ambitious women that think their obsession is normal.
- Dark humor and bad decisions that the character thinks are normal.
- Unlikable characters that you don’t want to cross.
Boring Asian Female
Canwen Xu
Why You’ll Like It: If you don’t get into Harvard Law is your best laid plan finding the one person in your school who did and make sure they get out before it starts? I would say no, but this character said yes. She’s the college version of the main character in Best Offer Wins.
Read this if you like:
- You like complicated women.
- You enjoy friendship drama.
- You want stories about academic pressure and ambition.
- You prefer protagonists who keep making everything worse.
