tier ranking ALL books i ever gave 5 stars 🌟 from 2014 till now

do you remember every book you've ever rated 5 stars? i don't haha. today we are tier ranking all my 5 star reads, which means we're going back all the way to 2014 (!!). this will be a little bit embarassing lmao
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[@alma3468]

you should do a follow-up video where you reread the books in the ”i’m afraid…” category :)

[@ChemicalPenguinn]

yes!

[@JAAAY62]

That'd be fun!

[@paulinahafer7185]

Oh that‘s a great idea 🙌

[@stephaniemantle5029]

Yes! I need this 😂

[@12stormy13]

You guys are so sadistic lmao

[@zcapari]

you're right about My Immortal and I'm tired of pretending it's not high art

[@abbiehannah_]

Girlie, I still can't get over how absolutely AMAZING you look with short hair. Also, your videos are so cozy and I love putting them on while I read or journal just because your voice is so relaxing.

[@21stJULiiia]

leonie it is truly a testament to your pristine vibes and likability that I love watching your videos even though there's not a single 5/5 overlap between us haha

[@eliza.the.earthling]

Haha right?! This is true for me as well

[@confusedpotato5017]

same, i mostly don't read fantasy but i religiously watch her videos

[@PranaviA46]

Woah...I was just thinking 'maybe let's check bookleo' and you manifested

[@kangtaehyunstan]

same!

[@Kez-The-Pez]

Literally just finished one of her other videos and this popped up 😂

[@Arawn505]

Mona Awad’s Easter Bunny hopping over the meadows, bringing us this video

[@harpothekidrs3282]

Speak of the devil, and he will appear. Speak of Leoni, and she will manifest

[@mylastbraincell5742]

5:45 as someone who did read the folk of the air series at 17 years old i can confirm it did change my entire brain chemistry. It was my first time reading a book for fun and my whole world was turned upside downXD. The way i am still this obsessed with jude and cardan (faeries in general) and this obsession is not going anywhere.

[@phngtrnnn]

Same. I started reading tfota when i was 17 and it indeed changed my way of thinking in so many aspects and im still not over the series years later 🫠

[@luiiiandmovieee]

The books that changed my brain chemistry when I was 15 / 16 are the mortal instruments by Cassandra Clare

[@somatoes4667]

Harry Potter is the book that introduced me to reading. Up until this day I still reread it around christmas and I just can’t get tired of it even though I probably know the words by heart now.

[@momentmemos]

I’ve never related to a comment more than this one

[@mizoompaloompa170]

I feel you

[@Froahk]

Reading all the books back then in primary school gave me some of the best childhood memories I have

[@isafeld]

Yep this is me too. HP and the Spiderwick Chronicles! But I haven't tried to reread Spiderwick.

[@hgman3920]

I'm a native English speaker, and I completely identify with the concept of reading books in English "for fun" as opposed to for school. Nothing, but nothing sucks the life and joy out of reading more than being forced to read them for high school literature classes

[@Hungarycloud]

Honestly I really enjoyed some of the books I had to read for class. Most of my issue was that the school chose horrible books for us to study.

[@katierasburn9571]

@@Hungarycloudyeah i enjoyed our books too mostly

[@Agostoic]

This is also true in any other language, I member barely cared back in the day for the literature class assigned books.

[@Thegirlwiththebooks-]

THE STRAWBERRY LIGHTS ARE EVERYTHING. And your aesthetic is just so lovely 🌱🌹

[@michaelsommers2356]

The cover of your _Jane Eyre_ is my favorite Fragonard painting. I have a small print of it on my living room wall. Above a book case, of course.

[@mayradiaz9288]

I think that you should read "bright young women" it focuses on the victims of a serial killer and how we idolize him. This book talks about how this serial killer is not this smartest man but is played out as it is to mask the flaws of the system. Also, I love your videos ♡

[@meengga]

There is a wonderful book that deals with the same idea called "the nothing man"

[@jasminu4971]

Yes!!! I just read this and was amazing!

[@ramalam98]

Along the same vein I recommend 'Notes on an Execution'

[@Sowindiee10]

I’m an archaeologist and every single one of my friends/colleagues not only hate Sapiens, but are genuinely disturbed that such a misapplication of the archaeological and historical record could be such a global success. My paleoanthropology friend literally hurled the book across the room during the first couple chapters 😂. It’s used as an example of how our research can be appropriated for ethnogenesis. The narrative is insanely biased, and completely misrepresents decades of research 😅 but I get why people would read it and think it was decent.

[@eliza.the.earthling]

That’s so interesting… I haven’t read it but is there a different book you know if that’s more accurate??

[@khanofkhans6546]

It doesn't claim to be the most in depth, comprehensive study on the subject, it literally says on the cover it's a "brief history of mankind". It glosses over lots of things it could have gone into further depth of.

[@khanofkhans6546]

​@@eliza.the.earthlingguns, germs and steel is quite good on a similar line of topic, amongst other things.

[@DavidScotton]

​@@khanofkhans6546it's kind of funny to hear you say that since my sense is that Guns, Germs, and Steel is another one that hasn't aged very well. I read (most of) it back when it was new and I appreciate that at the time it was trying to counter racist narratives of history but my impression is the scholarship is a bit shoddy.

[@khanofkhans6546]

@@DavidScotton new information seems to come up weekly in regards to archeology and anthropology so any older book is going to have some updating needed to get a more complete picture but to say jared diamonds work is "shoddy" is definitely not quite right. It won a Pulitzer prize and is widely respected. If you write a book on a subject now like human history, in 10-20 years there's going to be multiple updates we have learned in the meantime, rendering some things in said book not correct anymore.

[@natcolita]

I just love her videos in a tired day, it makes me feel so much better even tho I am sick

[@amicia_de]

You still need to read The Raven Boys! Such comfort books with later summer vibes, witchy stuff and nostalgic teenage angst

[@jaydazZz]

your videos are so comforting! thank you for getting me into books again after not reading much for a couple of years and keep doing what you do

[@imsocool6862]

you should totally try out some agatha christie! i think you’d love And Then There Were None

[@vaathi_bharat]

Peril at end house and murder of Roger Ackroyd were great too !!

[@editedpicvid_3]

You're my favorate booktuber, now i get why. every book you recommend are my go to rant subject. luv u🥰

[@draig2614]

Dorian Grey - I read this book in my early-20s. It was brilliant, I loved it, and I knew right away that I would never be able to read it again because it freaked me out too much. 2 decades later, it is just as vivid in my mind, and I have never been able to re-read it.

[@racheljohnson7177]

Just thinking ab the concept is enough for me to not wanna reread it--but in a good way lol

[@justwonder1404]

I'll be forever grateful for you recommending the Night Circus, absolutely deserves the 6/5 stars. I do remember the plot, but I know the vibes will stay with me for longer.

[@a.a677]

I agree, but would put THG as 6/5

[@rkgrkg]

Same! It's one of the few series from my YA phase that has stuck with me and that I still love.

[@paulinahafer7185]

Please do a vlog of re-reading your „i‘m afraid“ books, that would be so interesting!!

[@SSunriseRandom]

Yaaay i'm so happy there's a new video!! I love your content so much lol please keep uploading. You're actually one of the only book channels I watch regularly! Thank u for this video

[@xXSqueezeXx_Books]

Ooh, I can tell this is gonna be good. Since 2014?! Gosh-

[@mcokayiguess3879]

The queen is serving and I’m here! God, I love this channel ❤️

[@ChristianTheatreGirl]

This is exactly what I needed today! Thank you for posting 😊

[@estherkuhn991]

🎉 I see you turned 26 sometime between last week's video and this one. Gefeliciteerd! Hope you had a happy birthday Leonie. Love your videos

[@pendragon2012]

Hope you had a great Easter, Leonie! Love your take on books!

[@zeynepozcan1347]

It's rainy, got myself a coffee. And you just uploaded!! ♥

[@ananya7364]

I've been trying to find a way to describe the experience of reading the Night Circus for a long time and you said it perfecttt....It is definitely like a magical dream that you forget soon after waking up but the feeling stays

[@PaperbackPilgrim]

I enjoy the relaxing and conversational vibe of your videos.

[@Mialiv08]

Omg yay this is one of my fav book video ideas going around

[@AseAPS]

I don't know about Uprooted, but Spinning Silver is a gold standard for me.

[@flaura_99]

Last year I read Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine thanks to you. it definitely stayed with me and I love it so ! much, it's a 6/5 for me! So I'm glad you talked about it in your channel 💜

[@RayanNamii]

Managed to get quite sick but now get to watch this as i cozy up in my bed, thanks! Also fun to see how much you enjoyed A Gathering of Shadows. I read the ADSOM series when i was around 14 and currently at 19 am rereading it in my native language and they absolutely hold up! Sidenote, 14 year old me got a kitten and named her Hastra, clearly i love(d) this series 😂

[@Zeninmaki_20]

I was just going to watch your one of vids and goodness gracious you uploaded one today only... ❤

[@blaueberge4710]

Such a fun video! I took the oportunity to look back at my own 5 star reads, which was quite interesting. I'm about as old as you, but I don't use goodreads and only started bookjournaling in the middle of 2021 so I can't go back too far, but still

[@jenniferclark677]

Vicious does stand up to time, I think! Absolutely loved it and still think about it!

[@CJFuego]

After watching your videos for a while I finally got The Cruel Prince and absolutely loved it! I read it so fast and I just started the second book.

[@KierTheScrivener]

You were the first book channel I ever found in 2017. So I remember your early books so well. I remember getting Eona and Uprooted from the library, and reading Cruel Beauty, Red Queen and Vicious on your reccomendations. This is hilarious for me.

[@floraf3426]

I ended up reading Bunny because I saw you talking about it and holy shit, what a wild ride that was lol. Easily my favourite book this year thus far!

[@blackkoneko9367]

This is such a great video. Looking at your younger self and all of the books you rated 5 stars and how you felt at the time while you were reading.

[@kindrcdfilms]

ok but can we take a moment to appreciate HOW GOOD YOU LOOK?? AND THE AESTHETICS YOURE LEAVING UR MARK ON?? IM IN AWE MAM

[@Missysqueeze]

I would watch a video of you rereading the I’m afraid book category!!

[@kailynevans]

So pleased you loved Bunny, I am obsessed with that book

[@ElettraPignatti]

this video is genious! I loved it! I can relate so much to this as a reader! I now wonder where i'd rank my 5 star books now

[@FeelKarmatic]

Read uprooted last year because of you and loved it ! Loved the other Naomi Novik books too

[@viivi4196]

now I wish I would've started rating books way earlier so I could also do this (just for myself) but I only started doing that in 2020 :( great video, so fun to see what you ranked these!

[@snehapradhan5591]

Even though our taste in books so different but I read Six of Crows because of you and oh my god I loved it so so much!! Literally became one of my absolute favourites and I cannot wait to read Shadow and Bone now

[@Thegermangirl10]

Thanks to you i discovered Leigh Bardugo and i love her books. Recently i finished six of crows and i gave it 5 stars (6/5 in your tier list). Then i also read the second book and rated it 4 stars like you. I am so excited for her new book. Maybe you could do a reading vlog when the new book comes out? Love your videos and your vibe. ❤

[@yoonhara1049]

omggg I love the setting and the outfit 🎀

[@blahblah-bj7dy]

Your room is soo aesthetic!

[@sabihasayeed1670]

Can confirm. I have been obsessed with The Yellow Wallpaper ever since I read it for school. And that was a good 6 years ago.

[@GamerStruggles]

I'm sorry but the nails matching the mug and the mug matching the flowers in the background is sooo cute!

[@Vanbedda]

Whenever I watch your videos I am often delightedly surprised with how your book recs/tastes are spot on with mine. Jane Eyre? Ugh, girls saaaaame.

[@kazville_]

25:13 the way you describe red queen is so perfect. i read it december 2023, 20 years old and i Loved it, despite having read so many ya fantasy books. like yes give me all the mainstream tropes i am eating it up

[@luisab3079]

The book that introduced me to reading was Inkheart by Cornelia Funke, I read it (in the original German) when I was in third grade. This book and especially the two sequels are what made reading fantasy books my main hobby for years, and tbh I still think this trilogy is extremely good.

[@dianaisme]

I always enjoy your videos so much!!! ahhh

[@dianaisme]

I read The Yellow Wallpaper last month, I'm never getting over it

[@nidhimundra7285]

Just the video I needed to start after a reading slump!

[@SevenReads007]

The way you posted JUST as I got out my cooking supplies

[@sageandsound]

I read Uprooted last month and absolutely adored it!! I think it would survive the test of time for you 😊

[@hannahnolte1963]

I looooved Red Queen in 2015, it was my absolute favourite book in that year and with book 2 came the disappointment 😂 i didn't even make it through it. I really liked Scarlet when I re-read it a few years ago. I just love how similar our book tastes also have been in the past, Bunny and The Fifth Season are also absolute highlights 🥰

[@oneoftheghosts1620]

To me, the Fault in Our Stars absolutely still holds up! It doesn’t shy away from the horrors of terminal illness - it is so raw in that sense. It also discusses a lot of issues I enjoy reading about; mortality, authorship, existentialism and so many more. ❤ I still find it amazing

[@allie4176]

wow uhhh this made me just realize how long I've been watching your videos lol. Glad to have been here 4ish years now!! :)

[@JAAAY62]

This was fun to watch! My series that introduced me to resding bit Im slightly embarrassed about now is Shadowhunters. I have every book and it takes up 1.5 shelves on my bookshelf. Its dropped off of my favorites but I can't see getting rid of them. This really kickstartee my resding as a teen and young adult

[@tnz.wojewodzic]

A lot of people I know that read The Night Circus, didn't liked it, so I was a bit hesitant to start it, but I absolutely loved it! I totally agree with your 'No thoughts, just vibes' :)

[@natscringevids739]

The trilogy that got me into reading and my first ever YA one was also Shadow and Bone. It really did end up shaping my reading tastes and now looking back at it, it isn’t anything special, but it also does have a place in my heart because those were the books that sent me on my long journey of reading!

[@GeerieBeerie]

I love this! :D Also, I just started reading Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine and appearantly it's my sisters favourite book! I can't wait to finish it, because it's slowburning (oh, that can't be an okay joke actually), which I usually don't like, so I hope the conclusion is mind blowing or something hahah! I did giggle a few times allready though

[@majesticwyrm]

I remember reading the yellow wallpaper for a class and straight up psychoanalyzing the story and its meanings and talking about it with the class is one of my favorite things we did, it's just so brilliant

[@googlesucks4858]

The decorations are sooo nice

[@roselover411]

I love that your comfort category is just full of revenge and villains XD I'm so about it. Oh I loved the Eon duology! I loved the concept of the dragons in the books and how they bond to their pairs, but I don't remember the romance whatsoever XD Have you read Naomi Novik's newer book Spinning Silver? I felt like that one was a really interesting mix of Jewish heritage and fae magic. The romance is very undeveloped but I loved the world and the story.

[@Guyonabench]

Currently reading the Red Queen series (how read the two first books) and I honestly like it. I’m pretty new to having reading as a hobby and have never read much throughout my life so you could blame it on that haha. But I think they are pretty cool at least.

[@happyjellycatsquid]

I read Uprooted last year and I was VERY pleasantly surprised by it, I mean I personally wouldn’t call it a five star read because it can be clumsy at times, the romance is kinda predictable (of COURSE she falls for the Dragon…) and the second half becoming intense high fantasy was kinda out of pocket, but that being said, I loved that book ! It’s a 4 stars from me, and I’m really quite picky, so I think you should try reading it again. You actually were the one who convinced me to pick it up despite the mixed reviews lol

[@Jamekiwi]

The first line in that book is wild, when you realize there really isn’t a dragon.

[@marysnyder9405]

I'm reading A Gathering of Shadows right now and you just made me even more excited! Though also stressed because I want Kell and Lila to meet again nowww

[@lisonquere359]

Same !

[@michelleizoco]

you just made me bump up the yellow wallpaper on my TBR. I also loved Folk of Air and am so glad I read it as a fully fledged adult because YES. YOU SAID IT PERFECTLY. ALSO WE CAN FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED TO ZUKO'S MOM???? (Runs off to buy the graphic novel.) Also I love reading other people's five stars esp when they're based on vibes because I LOVE when that happens. I read Sapiens a couple years ago and I gave it five stars. As for the book that got me into high fantasy - I had the luck of reading both Mists of Avalon and Lord of the Rings. So the bar was super high after that lol.

[@taradetwit9262]

omg the experience that you had with red queen of like LOVING the first book and then reading the second and coming to your senses was EXACTLY the same for me ajsdfjsdfhg the way i was obsessed with it and then crushed by how bad the second one actually was

[@simelly_6813]

The way I gasped when you put ninth house in “I’m afraid…” I didn’t see it coming

[@livhaven]

i read uprooted recently and i was absolutely obsessed with it

[@-brxken-7789]

The grisha trilogy is also those type of books that aren't great but are ranked so highly for me. I was OBSESSED. I still am😅 Also vicious was an instant 5 stars for me, No questions asked, hands down one of my favourite books. With ninth house I remember giving it 4 stars or a little above but when I look back,I don't think that I'd like it as much. The only thing I remember are ghosts and the MC having a foot fetish. I don't know if I'll ever read the sequel.

[@laurendavis4584]

Yes! Jane Eyre>>> first time I've ever cried reading because Jane just resonated with me so much.

[@asterismos5451]

Can thankfully say that The Lunar Chronicles absolutely holds up to rereading!

[@Lonovavir]

The Search is excellent, I liked seeing Zuko reunite with his mother.

[@LexeonDArt]

You are so comforting

[@ReadingNymph]

I love looking back to see how much reading tastes change over time, I think the series for me is And I Darken. Its not a good series but it started a love affaor with retellings that I still have to this day

[@isabellecouture2056]

the shadow and bone series most definitely changed my brain chemistry bc I wasn't a reader until I read those books, and now it's my fav hobby ever!!

[@MrUnderhillVT]

Excited to watch this! 🙏✨

[@sneakers6772]

i read fifth season just months ago and it changed my life truly

[@lenabap]

You can absolutely reread Uprooted, I read this last year and is amazing, the vibes are on point aushaushuasuhasuh

[@MadMac614]

I want you to know you’re not alone! My sister and I took a box of tissues to see The Fault in Our Stars and cried the whole time.

[@DavidScotton]

I loved this concept and this video - it makes me wish i had kept records of how I rated books when I read them. I can think of a few i definitely would have rated 5 stars when I read them - The Wheel of Time as a whole goes in "still obsessed", while the Belgariad goes in "I didn't know better". A Storm of Swords is a 6/5.

[@graziana8]

I'm afraid to do this because when i was a teenager i used to give 5 star to everything that was half decent hahaha everything would fit into the ''i didn't know better'' hahaha

[@citlalialvarado666]

So true! Teenager me would be like "Leave Divergent and The Maze Runner alone THEY'RE MY BABIEEES" And that girl was going through stuff, so

[@thekirstenempire]

RED QUEEN AND MY IMMORTAL MENTIONED RAHHHHHHH 👠👠👠🩸🩸🩸⚔️⚔️⚔️🗝️🗝️🗝️🎚️🎚️ WTF IS A GOOD PLOT I LOVE IT 🩸👠🩸⚔️🗝️⚔️⚔️🗝️🩸👠⚔️🎚️⚔️🎚️🩸👠

[@Sarah-gn2sl]

I love Vicious and would highly recommend for anyone interested! I adore the characters and the plot. I see how you would struggle to reread this book if you still know what happens tho.

[@embodyingmysticalmac]

29:38 I read The Hunger Games for a book report in middle school where we were allowed to pick our own books and I LOVED IT. Happily waited for Catching Fire and Mocking Jay. Still love that series so much ❤

[@ellarigby759]

So ready for this!!❤

[@Lauraxluv]

My first fantasy series that got me hooked and big into reading was the House of Night series. And in 2020 i started rereading it every year, after i didn‘t read for years. I know it is objectively bad but it gives me so much comfort and i love it

[@ashleybaum6180]

My favorite comfort series is literally a middle grade series called The Sisters Grimm and I've reread it at least three times. I've actually read a lot of books on your list!

[@KestrelM117]

Great concept of video! I haven't read The Night Circus yet, but if you like Erin Morgenstern, I highly recommand her "Starless Sea". I loved it SO MUCH and it just felt like a dream, exactly what you've described for The Night Circus!!

[@bettyswitchedhomerooms]

For me the book that isn’t that great but introduced me to a particular genre and reading that it will always have a special place in my heart is the whole The Vampire Academy series! I still vividly remember how I felt that time and how I cried but looking back it really isn’t that good I was just a teenager lol. 😂

[@_.numoon._]

Your way of talking and even your voice reminds me of Ashley (Bestdressed) a youtuber who's not active since 3 years but honestly she was my comfort one and now you are ❤