Books, Bards & Baselines

 There’s something quietly thrilling about reading a book for the first time. The promise of it! The mystery! The potential for a new favorite, or a story that gently rearranges something in your heart. This little list is full of books I’ve never read—some well-loved by others, some quietly intriguing, all of them patiently waiting their turn.

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✨ Books I Want to Read for the First Time ✨

• Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari – Sweeping, smart, and just the right amount of “what is the meaning of human existence anyway?”

• Beach Read by Emily Henry – Sharp, swoony, and bookish. I’ve heard it’s romcom gold with emotional depth.

• The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins – A cultural touchstone I somehow missed. Time to meet Katniss and cry about it.

• The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune – Whimsy, queer joy, and found family. Basically tailor-made for me.

• The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid – Old Hollywood, scandal, sapphic love—yes yes yes.

• Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman – Quiet, sad, and hopeful. I want to give Eleanor a cup of tea and a hug already.

• Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree – Cosy fantasy comfort food. An orc opens a coffee shop and heals? My serotonin thanks you.

• A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers – Philosophical sci-fi with gentle worldbuilding. Like a deep breath in book form.

• The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern – Slow-burn magic and ethereal beauty? I want to vanish into this book like a puff of circus smoke.

• Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier – Brooding mansion, ghost of a glamorous first wife, and creeping dread? I’m intrigued and slightly nervous.

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What’s a book you’ve never read but always meant to? Or one that you were late to but ended up loving? Let’s share our literary blind spots 💛

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