Prioritize your TBR with me!

[🥀Lexi (semi-hiatus)]

Let’s prioritize my 2025 TBR… because this book buying habit needs to become a “read what you already freaking have” habit. Feel free to do the same and/or let me know what you thought about any of the books on my list. This is non-exhaustive, but a good start and only has books I currently own (or this would be an indefinitely longer post).

Duologies to finish (or start):

Flesh and False Gods, #2: Vilest Things -- Not too excited about this one, but I want to see the duology through.

Secrets of the Nile, #2: Where the Library Hides -- Mostly because that cliffhanger *phew* ... Also anything Egypt basically has me by a chokehold.

Prince of Sin, #1: Throne of the Fallen

The Roots of Chaos, #1: The Priory of the Orange Tree -- This one.... a doozy but I have heard such amazing things.

Dance of Thieves, #1: Dance of Thieves

Series to continue:

A Court Of... I mostly need to see what the continued hype is about here. I have only read A Court of Thorns and Roses and was underwhelmed.
A Court of Thorns and Roses Series 5 Books Collection Set

The Empyrean, #3: Onyx Storm -- pretty sure this book is what is going to make or break the Empyrean series for me. If it is anything like Iron Flame, I am done.

Books I have wanted to read for a while but just haven't:

The Picture of Dorian Gray -- a classic dark academia.

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue -- not emotionally ready for this yet.

Yellowface

Masters of Death - I DNFed the third of The Atlas books (The Atlas Complex) but have heard such amazing things about this one!

The Goldfinch

Releases I am super excited about in 2025:

The Stonewater Kingdom, #1: The Knight and the Moth -- Rachel Gillig writes, I read. Enough said.

Moonfall, #2: The Ballad of Falling Dragons -- you either loved or hated the writing in When the Moon Hatched (spoiler, I loved the writing).

Hot Wax -- anything M.L Rio, thanks!

Other books burning a hole in my TBR:

The Eating Woods Duology, #1: Anathema

Nocticadia

Fae & Alchemy, #1: Quicksilver -- full transparency, this is the ONLY book on this list I do not own yet. Simply because the currently available cover is a no-go for me. I am not interested in the "face cover" one bit. So I am either rebinding it if I want to read it sooner than the hardcover release... or waiting for the special editions to come out.

Lightlark, #1: Lightlark

Mistborn, #1: Mistborn: The Final Empire

The Powerless Trilogy, #1: Powerless

[alice (lana del rey's version)]

powerless in really popular on booktok so i think it's worth reading now (i'm also gonna start reading it soon)