books with similar covers to my favorite books | READING VLOG!

[@MinaReads]

OMG YESSS THIS CONCEPT!! YOUR MIND

[@saradjaroud971]

I remember when booksandlala did this video years ago, and I wanted more booktubers to test the theory 😁

[@jamieepf9806]

Yesss! I was just looking up which booktuber did this before and when I found it out I came to the comment section to see if anyone has commented this yet😂

[@booksandlifewithlaura2143]

I remember booksandlala's video and I thought that the concept was intriguing.

[@Frea_]

I was just about to comment this ^^

[@RileyMarie_]

i vaguely remember watching this years ago, i'll have to go back and rewatch to see how she did it! i would love more booktubers to do this as well!

[@theaudiobookaficionado]

Another snake/flower cover is After All I've Done by Mina Hardy! And then another creepy girl/flower cover is What Big Teeth by Rose Szabo!

[@AnaGonzalez-vg3qc]

I absolutely loved this idea! And your explanation of how covers have more importance than what we think in marketing was great 👌🏻👌🏻

[@moonireads]

Once again make up ON POINT. I also love the concept of this video. I think it allows us to see what you like but makes us think about how we pick books and why, and also just the results were very interesting. Thanks for the video and for keeping things so interesting and fun in your channel.

[@Amanda.aka.Megan.Shines]

I completely agree that unreliable narrators are tricky for me. I HATE when the twist ending is "surprise, the MC is actually cRAzY and it was all in their head the whole timeee!" But, I really enjoy the degradation of the narrator's mind to the point where they become unreliable. If you've read Kill Creek there's this point where a character is describing what makes a gothic horror gothic and one of the proposed criteria is a sense of decay emanating from a central setting, either physical decay of something or mental decay of the character. And that's what I like. I like when there's some sort of outside, sinister, possibly paranormal force that takes a relatively balanced and reliable narrator and breaks them down until you start questioning them or you are yelling at them asking them WHY they are doing that. It's interesting to watch how the evil force drags the narrator down into madness. It's not interesting for the author to use mental illness as a cheap plot device. Some examples of books that I think did this well (skip if you think even knowing this trope/theme is present is a spoiler): . . . Kill Creek And the Trees Crept In The Haunting of Hill House The Shining The Only Good Indians The House of Leaves The Tell-Tale Heart

[@briannapartridge3309]

You look like a freakin' goddess with your outfit and makeup together. and I love the idea of this video so very much. I had to take a break from my homework to watch your video and I LOVE your eyeshadow. It's such a great color!

[@lev.lately]

I think it's so amazing that you have such a wide range of genre interest! It's so cool to see all the different types of books you read

[@anxiouspotato6910]

What you said about library of mount char reminds me of the tiny bit of the umbrella academy I've watched

[@clarecarter9172]

As someone who is also super fascinated by cover trends I loved hearing you discuss this!!!

[@clarecarter9172]

ALSO omg further into the video--when I was a kid I had anemia issues and had pica! I would eat ice lol. My mom was like "huh isn't this an effect of anemia"

[@TiliaHaggstrom]

I loved this! It was so intersting to hear you talk about marketing and comparing books. I'm definitly going to watch out for books with similar covers to books I love from now on!

[@violaivy]

I'm glad you loved The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter, it's such a good and underrated series. I read the last book not long before watching Enola Holmes and retroactively fancasted Henry Cavill's Sherlock as the Sherlock of the series. The Wilder Girls cover always reminds me of Sawkill Girls, I used to confuse them because the title is also similar.

[@CarlyUTube]

Love this video. You are right, Marketing is everything! I noticed the first few books you showed all had lots of green in the cover also those illustrated romance covers are not my favorite because they all just look so similar and when I see them immediately think “ oh, I read this already”

[@JulEnglefaris]

A lot of these sound SO good. Also that eye makeup is everything.

[@dorianneguerin]

omg that purple eye look 10/10 also, love the new spooky intro!!

[@tammietackett1409]

Oh my gosh you’re eyeshadow looks great

[@chouquetteetdeslivres5045]

To be fair the way you presented it, the library of mount char reminded me of umbrella academy. Loved your video ❤

[@RileyMarie_]

yes it totally reminded me of that!

[@sleepingbooks5626]

Your eyeshadow and your bat lamp matching was everything 🦇

I need to read The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter! It looks like it's going to be an instant new favorite.

[@unprofessionalcritic3107]

Yes! When The library of unwritten came out I immediately thought of The Library at Mount Char. Even the names are similar!

[@valerieniemeyer9557]

I love watching you geek out over book covers! I’m an illustrator trying to get more into the publishing world and this gives me life ❤️

[@laurengent8362]

I absolutely loved this video concept and I immediately added The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter to my Goodreads TBR 😍🥰🖤

[@reemohlabane]

Do we see why i subscribed?? Creativity on lock sis! Love it queen😩💕

[@booksandlifewithlaura2143]

You are the second booktuber who had this idea. I loved your vlog and I loved booksandlala's video too. I hope you will do this kind of reading vlog again 😊

[@CoffeeCocktailsandBooks]

I love this video idea! I’ve been starring at the alchemist daughter for a couple months now and definitely need to pick it up after your video!

[@jeanab6953]

Yes please we need more good people..love your content and inspiring me out of my slump currently reading rules for vanishing and I’m hooked

[@elisabethpeart4252]

I loved Horrid!

[@Juli6SS]

Rereading Library at Mount. Char is the best thing ever. Because you finally get what's going on and see all the hidden parts and plots.

[@bindrosbookshelf6085]

I was so nervous when you mentioned both Mount Char and the Alchemists Daughter because both are all time faves of my mine and I was like oh no... what if it goes wrong but so glad you enjoyed them. Definitely continue the Extraordinary Adventures of the Athena Club series, I loved the second book and what they did with a certain well known Sherlock Holmes character and reversed the Baker Street boys trope to training up young girls 😊 I also just read both books by Rory Power and gave Wilder Girls five stars so I’m going to have pick up Horrid! Also the library of the unwritten and a Curious Beginning so thanks for the reverse recs 😊

[@AnaMoShoshin]

Please make more of these videos! So interesting!

[@Ellie-ex2sq]

This was such a great video, I’d love to see this experiment done again!!🖤

[@kaybanks8781]

This was so FUN! I'm in the middle of a couple of book series that I'm trying to complete but as soon as I'm finished I will pick up bot the Speedwell series and the Alchemist series.

[@courtgarris1396]

Lol, I read The Library at Mount Char over a year ago and I still think about it.......it was definitely a 5 ⭐ for me! I am so glad that you liked it!!! I think this was an awesome and creative idea for a video! Loved it!!!!!

[@zatulululul]

love how your videos are different and creative🤩. new subscriber and keep up!😘

[@taylorj1014]

Please do more of these! 😊😍

[@MySunshine234]

I love your eyeshadow.

[@lev.lately]

I love your editing style lately! And your video concepts have been *chef's kiss* Definitely one of my favorite booktubers right now!

[@RileyMarie_]

thank you!!! 💕

[@angela-intothebookshelf4243]

As you were describing The Library at Mount Char, I was thinking “hmm this kinda reminds me of the house in the cerulean sea,” and then you said it! So I guess I know what book I am adding to my tbr now!

[@stephaniejohnson597]

This was such a cool idea! I’ll have to try this too!

[@theresatruitt1167]

This is very insightful and a great idea. Thanks for sharing it!

[@Wolfhailstorm]

This is such a fun idea!!

[@jnicholeliving3255]

This was such a fun video! Its always a good day when Riley puts up a video! Thanks girl!

[@blessedtobealive]

Oh yeah I think I read an article on Book Riot about this.

[@bookishkj6733]

This was a great video! One of my favorites of yours.

[@HerMakeupIsRad]

What is this eyeshadow? Because its so pretty!

[@darlajarman3164]

I highly recommend the Sebastian St Cyr series by CS Harris if you like mysteries in the 1800’s. The first book is What Angles Fear. Also by Jennifer Ashley the Captain Lacy series.

[@JanaMorgen]

I have missed your longer vlogs this was so nice :)

[@triplee3reads827]

I loved this! All of these books sound good and I have immediately added them to my TBR!

[@charityslibrary]

Just found a new one you could try! Dont know if you loved From Blood and Ash but theres a new book called Between Ink and Shadows by Melissa Wright and those covers are legit so similar its strange. Also, The Bone Ships by RJ Parker looks so much like a Robin Hobb book it has me tripping.

[@charlottesreadsthings211]

I'd never thought about book covers in this way but when I looked over my bookshelves I noticed a pattern starting to emerge!

[@stephinwonderland49]

This was such a fun video! I hope you are able to do more of these! ❤️

[@oddlittlemonsters659]

this is a really neat idea

[@epicrainbowdust]

Love the spooky ooky title card change !!

[@charityslibrary]

Also, I don't know if you've loved either of these but the cover of "From Blood and Ash" by Jennifer L. Armentrout reminds me a lot of "A Whisper in the Dark" by Jessi Elliott. The plots are also kind of similar so I wonder if this was intentional.

[@manoeksbooknook]

I read Summer of Salt earlier this year and it has become an all time favourite and I also love wilder girls, one of the people that didn't mind the ending at all etc so I need Horrid asap!!!! And the strange case of the alchemist's daughter also sounds exactly like my type of book so need to read that too! I think I have the audiobook on my audiobook app so thinking about listening to it because I remember meg from bookswithmeg saying the audiobook was good too!

[@RileyMarie_]

im gonna have to read summer of salt now!! && ye sthe audiobook for the strange case of the alchemist's daughter is really good

[@danielleoliver1734]

I really loved the Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter, I really need to read the 2 sequels since it’s the perfect time of the year for them

[@MaijaReads]

I'm so happy you loved The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter! Now maybe it'll convince a lot more people to pick it up!

[@mirnatius]

This was really fun! If you ever do more of these... 👀👀👀 💞

[@Wolfhailstorm]

I heard about pica at college on my animal course as animals when stressed can exhibit pica it's really interesting! Also I had anger problems when o was little bit I never got counselling I just read Jekyll for the first time and cause I heard you mention a daughter I was low key waiting for a daughter to prop up lol, but I really like that idea of the alchemists daughter! The last book gives me mild umbrella academy vibes!

[@Amyduckie]

Pica is something many pregnant people deal with. It’s less about psychological distress but about craving the non-edible things as a part of pregnancy cravings.

[@sophiecarbone4977]

What a cool concept!! Hope you do more!!

[@AlliGraceStory]

love that your eyeshadow matches your neon bat light 😄

[@cori4727]

I loved this! What a great idea! I can actually say I've tried this (somewhat unintentionally lol). And it worked for me too! Red, White & Royal Blue is one of my all time favorite books. And the cover for Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall reminded me of it so much. Not just because they're both illustrated romance covers, there was just a vibe. And I loved Boyfriend Material so much! Which, by the way, is an own voices male/male contemporary romance! I know you've said before you're wary of male/male written by women sometimes, so I feel the need to point out that Alexis Hall is a man because Alexis is more of a feminine name in the US! I had originally assumed the author was a woman.

[@RileyMarie_]

oh yes I totally got RWRB vibes when I saw the cover for Boyfriend Material. I've been wanting to read it so I will have to move it up the tbr!!

[@abi_jean_reads]

really interesting concept!

[@BooksBeforeDeath]

I love this idea, was so interesting when Lala did and yours was a slightly different twist on what hers was if my memory served. and also now i'm going to check out the strange case of the alchemists daughter! - Casey

[@annawilson2406]

I’m both intimidated and interested in the library of mount char 🙈🙈

[@halesreadsandtravels4374]

I've also just finished The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter on audiobook and loved it. And now I am definitely picturing Henry Cavil as Sherlock, but who would be Watson? Will be checking out the Veronica Speedwell series, thank you for this fab video :)

[@halesreadsandtravels4374]

Just finished the first Veronica Speedwell, loved it and managed to get it from the library, thank you again for the recommendation :)

[@diaryofafangirl7]

Love this! Your videos always make me so happy and I want to read all of the things lol

[@MsAniMo22]

Have you ever watched the movie A League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)? It involves a lot of characters and settings that I think you would enjoy.Lovely cheesy fun :)

[@kjandherbooks]

I love that you had an It’s Always Sunny reference 😂 that show is fantastic lol

[@babymama12610]

This was a great idea!

[@annettes5623]

Yesss! The Library at Mount Char is one of my favorites! I’m so glad you liked it! Completely unrelated, but are you planning to read Piranesi? I just finished it and think you would really like it! It’s a new fave for me

[@RileyMarie_]

I hadn't heard of Piranesi until recently but a couple other people recommended it to me so im thinking i may have to read it soon

[@jordanhutson6962]

I'm halfway through Library at Mount Char and I don't know how I feel? I have a feeling I may not like the ending and it will make me mad 😅 The Strange Case is on my TBR for the month... interested to see if I like it!

[@LilTheLah]

Did you try to look up the cover design artist and if they did the cover of any other books? I had this experience with the book covers designed by the Balbusso twins. Gave 2 out of 2 books with their designs 5 stars, lol.

[@RileyMarie_]

i hadn't thought of that but i will definietly do that if i ever do this video again!!

[@sarahunabridged]

have you seen the movie annihilation? its on prime i looooved it and it reminds me of wilder girls kinda. it has natalie portman and oscar isaac and some other really great actors

[@RileyMarie_]

i love that movie!!!! it totally has similar vibes to wilder girls

[@PeaceLoveBooksxo]

I love this video so much!!

[@ankescoffeechats]

This is such a fun video!

[@charityslibrary]

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, Mexican Gothic, Next Year in Havana, Meet Me in Monaco and When We Left Cuba look so similar to me and I wonder if they would work for this experiment.

[@RileyMarie_]

haha i've read and loved all of them so clearly they did something right 😂

[@TheBacklistBetty]

1. Loved this video. 2. I also have that bat lamp.

[@HerMakeupIsRad]

That INTROOOO

[@JayGTheAwkwardBookworm]

Your eyeshadow matches the bat in the back and that makes me very happy

[@giulliagomes729]

lol just realized the library of the unwritten and the library at mount char are two different books. I've been thinking they were the same one all this time

[@merreads]

This is so cool! I actually did something really similar to this where I read 3 books with similar covers 🥰

[@catlouise9358]

Omg you look soo pretty!!😍

[@Brittnisworld]

Movies do this to

[@jillray951]

The last book reminds me of umbrella academy

[@RileyMarie_]

yes it definietly had a similar vibe

[@WordWonders]

this video is HIGHKEY genius

[@yeti4954]

Lol the first time i saw the Crave cover, I thought it WAS Twilight.

[@lilypickett2386]

I wonder how many of the similar book covers are by the same illustrator/artist/design team...

[@BooksWaffles]

What I got from this video is something not book related at all. I need to finally watch Enola Holmes lol, so I know what people are talking about. Also "fourth wall breaking" is becoming a trend. First Fleabag, then Gentleman Jack, now Enola Holmes (two of these are historicals.) It starts to feel like a tool of modernizing in case of historical stuff specifically. Like here are all the things that were morally wrong back then but we're going to make a commentary on them through our protagonist, so you know we don't uphold them.

[@RileyMarie_]

i haven't watched gentleman jack yet (def need to) but yeah i totally agree with that

[@heyitsheatherc]

I. Need. More. lol

[@thecraftyveronicareads]

I’ve seen three books that used the exact same guy on their covers. It’s a guy who looks like he just got out of the water/ocean because he’s all wet and he’s got his hand on his chin. He’s cute though. Lol.

[@RileyMarie_]

i feel like i can picture the cover you are talking about 😅

[@poisonedyoyo]

Kasie West books don't have covers like that, and that includes the mroe recent ones, and neither does The Law of Tall Girls, which I'm reading now. It is like that for Once Upon a Con, yes, but those books are also inspired by fairy tales/or popular literature such as Mark Twain's The Prince and the Pauper, even though they're compteroray YA romance. I will say otherthan the Once Upon a Con thing, those covers aren't alluring at all. Plus I have a book ehre that DOES hav ea cover like that, called A Totally Awkard Love Story, and it is a hundred percent NOT for me, even though I am drawn to YA contemporary romance. So I have reason to believe that these other books with covers like that could be the kind that should be avoided.

[@Hairsteel]

I really hate when people say they have a 'migraine' when you clearly don't. I suffer with really severe migraines and you wouldn't be able to even sit there and talk if you had one. Riley please be mindful about using terms like that when you probably just have a headache!

[@RileyMarie_]

I am diagnosed with chronic migraines for 10 years. I know what it is. I was coming off a migraine in that clip so I looked better but trust me I know how bad they are. In the future, try not to judge or diagnose someone you don’t know anything about please

[@TrishaBarua2913]

I've had migraines since I was 10 and sometimes it goes away in a few hours but sometimes it lasts for days. A migraine is a migraine. The degree of pain can differ but you can't negate someone's condition based on YOUR experiences.

[@bribookish]

I loved Horrid!