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

[@alma3468]

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

[@awpageofabook]

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

[@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.

[@majesticwyrm]

One thing I think people routinely forget about The Hunger Games is that it was never meant to be a romance novel.

[@cameronbennett1809]

I agree.

[@Dayana_is_awesomee]

Ik! Its supposed to be about kids that have to murder each other in games and peeta and katniss ( in the first two books ) weren’t really in love they were doing it to survive!

[@awakealpha]

I absolutely loved the hunger games

[@zcapari]

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

[@kyleyerbury5043]

it’s the epitome of style

[@H8box]

My Immortal is the greatest piece of content ever.

[@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

[@goat7651]

She grinds books haha

[@mylastbraincell27]

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

[@Aisulu190]

@@luiiiandmovieeesaame! I reread the series last month and still loved it

[@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.

[@areum323]

Me too! I read HP every year since I was 12

[@Thegirlwiththebooks-]

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

[@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.

[@destdrom]

I hated reading until last week when I realized I could read as much or as little as I wanted with no constraints, and on my phone so I really emphasize w this feeling

[@sophialejtman5504]

I actually enjoyed the books I read for Medieval literature in college but I never read them again. Guess they were I blacked out reads.

[@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'

[@Melanie-jy2nw]

I jus5 read this and it was so good. So much female rage!

[@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.

[@natcolita]

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

[@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

[@paulinahafer7185]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@xXSqueezeXx_Books]

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

[@editedpicvid_3]

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

[@a.a677]

I agree, but would put THG as 6/5

[@Mermer-16]

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

[@coooseee]

Please explain. Perhaps I was too young to really understand it, but it seemed like regular tween fiction when I read it. No offense of course

[@amicia_de]

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

[@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

[@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

[@zeynepozcan1347]

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

[@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

[@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 💜

[@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

[@jenniferclark677]

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

[@AseAPS]

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

[@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.

[@imsocool6862]

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

[@Hopelifeloveandtears]

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

[@ReadInWonder]

🎉 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

[@mcokayiguess3879]

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

[@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.

[@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 🥰

[@PaperbackPilgrim]

I enjoy the relaxing and conversational vibe of your videos.

[@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 😂

[@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

[@maidenpriest139]

"So full of plot holes I think moths have eaten it." I was not ready for that line, very nearly spat out my water. I love that, haha.

[@Mialiv08]

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

[@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 ❤

[@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

[@TheatreLover-c3r]

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

[@Zeninmaki_20]

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

[@dianaisme]

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

[@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

[@jaredseda9965]

I LOVED THE YELLOW WALLPAPER!! Started off reading for school but it got me HOOKED on reading in general and love love love the story

[@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

[@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. ❤

[@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.

[@amethyst-rp]

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

[@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.

[@Missysqueeze]

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

[@RAHAFMAHMOUD-q4d]

28:20 omggggg same, that was the first book I've read in english👀👀

[@nobody842isMYname]

the description of the night circus being a dream you can remember the feeling from but absolutely no story of is SO. ACCURATE?! something just clicked in me because i've been staring at it like, i KNOW i LOVE this book but WHY?? i do not REMEMBER IT?? but yeah, so that makes so much sense and i feel justified in loving this book i remember nothing about, thanks so much =D

[@FeelKarmatic]

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

[@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!

[@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.

[@sageandsound]

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

[@kailynevans]

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

[@nativy1311]

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!

[@Xanina]

lmao genuinely did not expect My Immortal to be on the list. My friends and I, ( we are all in our late 20s and early 30s btw), would always watch a dramatic reading of My Immortal every Christmas. It's tradition at this point. Nice to see someone else's friend group appreciates this bad masterpiece.

[@simelly_6813]

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

[@viivi2001]

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!

[@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.

[@v0mit4br4ins]

the book that really introduced me to reading was "they both die at the end". creative plot, tragic ending that is spoiled by the title but still hits hard, and it's queer without making the WHOLE thing about being queer. it's not the best book on the planet but it kept my attention in a reading slump and it has a special place in my heart.

[@FloreCreations]

NOT MY IMMORTAL skfjds thats so iconic

[@oddball7888]

I’m currently reading Vicious and personally it’s unlike anything I’ve read and I’m obsesseddddd (I am however a teenager, so like, I have so much more to read lol)

[@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. 😂

[@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!! :)

[@-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.

[@livhaven]

i read uprooted recently and i was absolutely obsessed with it

[@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' :)

[@LucyWhiskers]

Honestly, I haven't read TFIOS in a long time but I think I'd still love it today cuz like...I lived with someone who had cancer when I read it, and I related so much to their situation and their dark humor...I think when you've gone through that yourself or were close to someone who did, it really is a breath of fresh air to read. It's so authentic. But I also get not totally loving it if it's not something you relate to lol. Like in that way it's just another random romance book.

[@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

[@pendragon2012]

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

[@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

[@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 !

[@alex-fs9yt]

As someone who has been rewatching ATLA (the original animation) every year for Idk how many years now and has the ENTIRE range of the comics (both prequels and sequels) in my goodreads read/to-be-read, I nearly SQUEALED when you mentioned that you own some of them and are a huge fan.

[@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

[@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

[@Janine.G.]

I first read Uprooted in 2018 and then reread in 2023. I'm still obsessed with it, it's one of my all-time favourites. I'm sure you'd still like it. 📚❤️☺️

[@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.

[@Maya28311]

I’ve been looking for book recs after a hunger games reread took me out of a very long reading slump and then stuck me right back into one. Tried we were liars and red queen and was very underwhelmed. I think you might just be my savior

[@sabiha.sayeed]

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.

[@lenabap]

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

[@carmenchibulcutean4981]

Omg I finally see someone talking about radio silence

[@katieallen1273]

This top is so cute! And your aesthetic is so cozy! I’m a new follower. ❤

[@fynnsternis6432]

the "I didn't know better" is so real. I had a short phase where i read a few mystery thriller, and I would love to read more, but so far all three or four of them i rated 5 stars and I truly believe it's just because I need to read more of them to learn what a good mystery thriller is lmao

[@_.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 ❤

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@sercemwksiazkach]

i read the red queen last year for the first time fully expecting to hate it and yet??? i enjoyed it. i was gagged by the betrayal ngl... let's just think that liking the red queen is the exception that proves the rule that we have great taste 😂

[@rebelbelle1388]

I read Scarlet when I was in my mid thirties and absolutely loved it- so I don't think it's a case of "you didn't know any better"- it really was a great story!

[@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

[@Alexa56790]

My formative book was Eragon- reading it back as an adult there are a lot of issues, but I love it dearly! I started it in 3rd grade and it was the first book series I ever read alongside my mom. Still the reason I always go back to high fantasy!

[@sneakers6772]

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

[@uyandadlamini6263]

The picture of Dorian grey was prescribed to us in grade 12 and that was the only time I ever enjoyed literature in English 😭😭I ate that book up! And I normally hate books that don’t have at least one morally good person but this was so real yet fantastical😭