22 of My Favorite Books + Series

I am turning 22 tomorrow. 

With each passing year, it gets harder and harder to answer the age-old question: what is your favorite book? It's an impossible choice for us bookworms. It's like asking a parent who your favorite child is. Choosing one book means excluding all the others that have shaped your life. So, in honor of my birthday, I going to share the top 22 books and series I love! I can't wait to share all my favorites with you!

Favorite Series

It can be hard to narrow down your favorite book especially when you love an entire series!! Here are 7 that have my heart forever <3

Inkheart Trilogy by Cornelia Funke

Shades of Magic by V.E. Schwab

The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer

The Grishaverse Trilogy by Leigh Bardugo

The Tea Dragon Society graphic novels by Kay O'Neill

The Ascendance Series by Jennifer A. Nielsen

Keeper of the Lost Cities Series by Shannon Messenger

Favorite Books

There are just some books that stick with you no matter how long ago you put them down. Here are 13 of them.

Geekerella by Ashley Poston

The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow

Now Entering Addamsville by Francesca Zappia

A Castle in the Clouds by Kerstin Gier

Splinters of Scarlet by Emily Bain Murphy

Among the Beasts and Briars by Ashley Poston

The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater

Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson

Sky in the Deep by Adrienne Young

Fawkes by Nadine Brandes

A Thousand Perfect Notes by C.G. Drews

My Plain Jane by Brodi Ashton, Cynthia Hand, and Jodi Meadows

Within These Lines by Stephanie Morrill

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

BONUS: Works in Progress

This list wouldn't be complete without my favorite stories of all time: 2 of my own books that are still in progress and will be for many years. I hope that I will be able to share both with you in the future.

"The Deadly BINGO Society" by K.J. Haakenson

Standalone YA Historical Action Mystery

Project Redbear* by K.J. Haakenson (*official title to come)

Book 1 in a YA Fantasy trilogy

Here's to 22! Until next time!

~K.J. Haakenson