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Listopia > Baillie ♡'s votes on the list Best Books Ever (36 Books)
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The Book Thief
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"This book is a literary masterpiece. It tells about WWII in a way that is interesting and relatable, because we are all innocent children at some point in our lives. This book gave me new perspective on an event that I have learned about for years."
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rated it 5 stars
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The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
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"Classic epic fantasy. I especially enjoyed the dramatized audiobook version of this one!"
Baillie ♡
rated it 4 stars
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A Court of Silver Flames (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #4)
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"THE CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT. I loved Nesta's character arc and think about it at least once a week."
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A Man Called Ove
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"Found family will forever be one of my favorite tropes. "
Baillie ♡
rated it 5 stars
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The Giver (The Giver, #1)
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"This dystopian series is unlike anything I've read, which is hard in the dystopian genre especially."
Baillie ♡
rated it 5 stars
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Night
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"Heart-breaking and raw. You feel the pain and coldness he experienced in every single page."
Baillie ♡
rated it 5 stars
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The Diary of a Young Girl
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"There is no other book like this one!"
Baillie ♡
rated it 4 stars
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A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #2)
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"There's character development, there's war, there's [steamy] romance, there's insane plot development -- what more could you want honestly."
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rated it 5 stars
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City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments, #1)
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"This book series single-handedly started the movement in literature that was YA fantasy. The OG."
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rated it 5 stars
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The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love That Lasts
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"This book changed how I viewed relationships, both platonic and romantic. It also helped me to communicate with my loved ones how I feel most loved in a practical, direct way."
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rated it 5 stars
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Speak
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"This book talks about SA with nuance and is still appropriate for younger audiences. My teacher read it to me in 7th grade, and I still remember it. Very powerful."
Baillie ♡
rated it 5 stars
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The House in the Cerulean Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #1)
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"This book is just the most wholesome. It made me smile and cry happy tears."
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rated it 5 stars
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Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
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"Most people think of Trevor Noah as the witty, sarcastic TV host. However, his life story paints a completely different picture and shows how he has become who he is today."
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rated it 5 stars
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I'm Glad My Mom Died
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"This poignant book was so raw and beautiful and heart-breaking. I grew up watching iCarly every week, so this book held extra meaning for me."
Baillie ♡
rated it 5 stars
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Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
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"Found. Family.
Baillie ♡
rated it 5 stars
I will forever support the found family trope. I especially love this book though because of the mental health representation and character arc. It was heart-breaking and beautiful." See Review |
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The Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings
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"EAP shaped the horror and suspense genres. Messed up dude, but his stories were solid."
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rated it 5 stars
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The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #1)
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"Such a unique book series! Even though I read these as an adult, the injustice that the Baudelaire children experience in the story still upset me. But the hope that the kids felt through their trials meant the most to me as an adult. I 100% recommend these to adults as well as children. "
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rated it 5 stars
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The Hate U Give (The Hate U Give, #1)
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"A glimpse into the experience of someone growing up black in the US."
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rated it 5 stars
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Daisy Jones & The Six
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"A unique book structure with lots of character voices. However, I never got any of them confused when reading. Great book for discussion as well."
Baillie ♡
rated it 5 stars
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Turtles All the Way Down
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"I loved the mental health representation in this book. You can tell by how panic attacks and anxiety spirals are written in this book that John Green also experiences them. Only someone who experiences panic attacks could get the feelings and thought process during them so accurately penned."
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rated it 5 stars
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Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10)
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"Agatha Christie is the mystery queen, and this one is a classic."
Baillie ♡
rated it 4 stars
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Between Shades of Gray
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"I love how Ruta Sepetys writes about events in history that are often overlooked or overshadowed. You can tell that history is her first love and that she wants to share it with the world through her writing. "
Baillie ♡
rated it 5 stars
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The Princess Bride
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"Such a classic and quotable fantasy story! "
Baillie ♡
rated it 4 stars
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The Bone Season (The Bone Season, #1)
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"I believe this to be a modern-day fantasy classic series. "
Baillie ♡
rated it 4 stars
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Project Hail Mary
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"With only 2 active characters in an almost 500 page sci-fi book, one would think that it would be boring or at least slow. This book is the opposite of both of those things."
Baillie ♡
rated it 5 stars
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Where the Sidewalk Ends
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"Classic poetry. As any millennial and they will tell you this book was a part of their childhood in some way."
Baillie ♡
rated it 4 stars
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Milk and honey
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"A beautiful and tragic poetry collection that is, unfortunately, all too relatable."
Baillie ♡
rated it 4 stars
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Hatchet (Brian's Saga, #1)
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"Ask any millennial and they will say that this book was part of their childhood/teen years in some capacity."
Baillie ♡
rated it 4 stars
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Beach Read
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"This book united the smut girlies and the emotional-connection-and-witty-banter girlies, which created the masterpiece that is this book."
Baillie ♡
rated it 5 stars
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Clockwork Angel (The Infernal Devices, #1)
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"City of Bones is the OG. This book series is the actual good one worth reading."
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rated it 5 stars
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The Kiss Quotient (The Kiss Quotient, #1)
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"Autistic people can fall in love too and have satisfying sex lives! Wow, what a concept that apparently was not ever conveyed in literature before this book."
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rated it 5 stars
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Caraval (Caraval, #1)
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"Stephanie Garber is the queen of whimsical and ethereal writing."
Baillie ♡
rated it 4 stars
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My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry
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"I am a sucker for books told through the viewpoint of children and this one is no exception. Such a good one."
Baillie ♡
rated it 4 stars
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Eleanor & Park
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"This is the most wholesome teen romance book ever written. No one can convince me otherwise."
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rated it 5 stars
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The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
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