tier ranking every book i've read this year from worst to best 💫

[@MyPieceOnThat]

Lexi is seriously one of the most entertaining and funny people I've ever seen online.

[@greysonlb4224]

Real!

[@AbbieBohlin]

“Tropes in a trench coat” is now my new favorite way to describe mid books

[@Napalmsky]

"It reminds me that I am no longer the target audience for this" I think this sums up exactly why so many people are seeming to "hate on YA" - not because we enjoy hating on YA but because YA is often something you outgrow (in a sense). Doesn't mean you cant like YA, it is just quite literally meant for another group of people.

[@newlynova]

yeah i think this is true to an extent - but i do still think that truly great books typically transcend target audience, and there is still ya i really love. just not all of it is for me anymore

[@juliastrawn2113]

@@newlynova I still think that the really good YA (SoC, Hunger Games, etc.) can be read by adults, but it depends

[@emmathornhill345]

*cracks knuckles* I have no respect for myself or my time 2:05 Twisted Love 3:38 I’ll Take Everything You Have 4:31 Audition 5:40 The Liar’s Crown 6:47 Things We Never Got Over I did not hit her, it’s bullshit 7:56 To Kill A Kingdom 8:21 Fiona And Jane 8:53 The Fine Print 9:52 Priest 10:26 Every Summer After sleeping in seattle 11:31 The Last Invitation 12:08 The Sunbearer Trials 13:12 Rivals 13:41 One By One 14:28 Hidden Valley Road let her cook. 15:09 Sweet Bean Paste 15:44 The Deal 16:25 Glory 17:16 Tender Is The Flesh 17:55 Camp Zero 18:29 Everything I Know About Love 19:01 Bluets 19:39 Pineapple Street 20:07 The Writing Retreat gaslight, gatekeep, girlboss. 21:10 We Do What We Do In The Dark 21:55 The Mindf*ck Series 22:56 Fourth Wing 23:44 Gideon The Ninth 24:32 Harrow The Ninth 24:58 My Murder 25:43 Detransition, Baby 26:26 Uprooted 26:55 This Is How You Lose The Time War 27:23 Hood Feminism 27:49 One Last Stop better than thin mints 28:33 Love And Other Words 29:13 Carrie Soto Is Back 29:41 Ace of Spades 30:21 The Raybearer Duology 31:18 Hell Followed With Us 32:25 Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self showstopping. sensational. slay. 33:42 Girlhood 34:32 The Ember And The Ashes Series 35:45 Nightcrawling 36:51 The Heart Principle 37:53 Born A Crime 38:32 Part Of Your World touch her and die 40:04 Juniper And Thorn 41:34 Yellowface 43:23 Act Your Age, Eve Brown 44:46 Bloodmarked 45:38 Betty 😮‍💨 I need to go to sleep., but I just wanted to say how much I love your taste! PLEASE keep doing this, I don’t even care that you’re extending my TBR to an unholy, incalculable number, it’s great 💕

[@newlynova]

[@rhmo0ony]

Thank you

[@beccac6812]

If the TBR shelf is ever empty , are you even a reader 😆

[@_iemand_wiejyniekennie_7346]

icon👏

[@stephanglo8234]

an icon!

[@hteja1275]

I love Lexi's refrshing, uncensored and honest reviews of books. She somehow manages to always make her videos entertaining. My ADHD also really appreciates the really fast talking

[@nospoonfulofmayonnaiseforme]

ikr

[@yashikacarstairs]

The queen has posted

[@newlynova]

[@MrsPassion4Fashion]

I’ve watched every single one of your videos probably five times over. They’re so comforting

[@newlynova]

🫶🫶🫶

[@alexismurray1916]

A cool series you could do would be recapping and maybe critiquing the unhinged books in the bottom tier, because I don’t have enough time to read even the good books on my tbr but I’m also so curious about some of the bad books you mentioned

[@newlynova]

yess i have considered doing this. i am always so morbidly curious about trends so i read a lot of truly ridiculous books

[@superlolgal555]

the comment that inspired it all

[@agametedua]

This is the first video I've watched from Lexi, and... guys (!!) doesn't she remind you of a peak 2010-2014 YT creator? She has the right spunk, speed, and definitely the right sense of humor to break the top 10 trending. Not that she couldn't right now, but I'm just saying I entered a time capsule and am loving it!

[@connoredt]

time to finish writing my final essay aka procrastinate and listen to ms lexi talk about books for 40 minutes ‼️

[@rubaiyaimam8431]

the way you describe books!!!! OMG!! i can dive into your book thoughts for hours!!! keep these videos coming pleaseeeeeeeeee, so i dont feel ashamed to judge books and the plots lol

[@hollydoyle430]

how you felt about that book series being unfinished is how i feel just realising after discovering your channel for the first time that you only have 3 videos so i can’t binge watch them for book recs all day😭

[@gabbymitaj8165]

Love that you have a channel now. PLEASE continue with it. I know TikTok you have a bigger following but I love getting longer content from you. ❤

[@rainaftersnowplease3786]

Ugh Harrow the Ninth, when you realize it's in first person and not second. Gets me every time.

I love to hear your thoughts on books because you also can enjoy something out of the pure entertainment without much critical thinking lmao sometimes is harddd to get good recs online of people that read like this as well

[@gabrielaabarca5233]

im really addicted to your reviews and consider you to be my new book bestie

[@annas2136]

Girl I looooove your vibe!! And that idea of recapping the twisted love series...please do😁

[@sammiebee5187]

Your articulateness is so insane, i read tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow bc of you and now i trust everything you say😸😸

[@kewpietopia]

I had what I classify as undiagnosed ADHD so it’s rare for me to actually watch full videos but I am watching this. She is very entertaining lol

[@valentinavazquez3718]

I watched this whole video while making my dinner and eating it and I have never been more entertained 😭 i love watching you talk abt books, even books I had no clue existed

[@Sarah-uc5ld]

absolutely love the tier set-up in this. i have a hard time rating books off anything but vibes

[@jdmarple18]

Truly so happy you came over to KZbin , I love the way you explain your thoughts ❤

[@Teehee863]

Am I binge rewatching all of your videos because I love your energy? Yes. Will I do it again? Also yes ❤️

[@seraphina1724]

For This is How You Lose the Time War, I reread it in audiobook format and idk if it was because of the reread or the format or even the relevant classes I was taking at the time, but it changed my original rating from a 4 star to a 5. Since the audio book is only 4 hours long I highly recommend people who are interested in rereading it to give the audio book a try

[@lilybillyxo]

My year was made when you started posting videos. i now have videos to watch while i eat. everyday i wake up and you’ve posted is a good day 🫶🏻

[@ashileylee7507]

So interested in seeing how this list gets updated at the very end of this year

[@theinejghafa]

This is my first time watching your video and your tier titles literally made so much sense to me!! Totally gained a new follower and fan today

[@newlynova]

[@madeleineeig4178]

You're my new favourite person because i've never met anyone that hates twisted love as much as me

[@sar-bear9388]

I would love to have you explain whole book plots for the books I don't want to read but am so curious about. Bc your hilarious and explain things so well.

[@shelbyargo2715]

this is the first video i’ve come across of yours, but i can already tell that you’re going to be one of my favorites VERY quickly

[@abigailmanry1822]

I'm so glad I found you on tiktok to now on KZbin. On good vibes alone, you're entertaining while also have very good analysis while also just reading to read! I feel like we would be friends. We agree on so many books and I have new books for my TBR!

[@lailahwatts5356]

favorite reviewer. so entertaining. so funny. so relatable. looking forward to more content babe

[@nainamangipudi5255]

Ohhhh, best 46 minutes spent so far!!! Your enthusiasm and narration is so contagious. I love that you can read books just because they're fun without taking everything too seriously, and I love the time you put into giving real,honest reviews. I was just vigorously nodding my head and babbling my thoughts out loud throughout the video with you 😂 I guess you're my favorite book tuber now!! I just know I'll like your recommendations 😂😂

[@prerza]

the way i just took out my (unfortunate) purchases of ana huang's books to sell them w/o reading them and saw you pull that out at the start??? bestie i screamed ily dfkhkdjfsj

[@paeyton]

literally have been binge watching your videos since this morning 😅 but i just want to say i just LOVE your vibes.

[@xiimorals]

Just want you to know, that thought the video took you forever to record, I appreciated the longform! I got to listen to you talk about books while I was working, and I enjoyed it. :) Followed you over here from TikTok, and super glad I did.. Thank you for your work!

[@leahdouglas245]

so happy you have a youtube channel now love your tiktoks and now loving the longer content !!

[@nicolerose5542]

Obsessed with the way Lexi describes books

[@ilovemybabyblues]

3:33 “It’s truly unhinged. There’s something to that for the girls out there who love the drama. You know who you are.” 🙋🏻‍♀️ Twisted Love is insane, but yes, your honor, I do, in fact, love the drama™ Signed, a Scorpio ♏️✌️

[@lxyipop23]

soo i have no idea who this youtuber was but i saw a 46 minute book video and clicked and boy this was nice! it didn't feel like 46 whole minutes, you were really funny and entertaining without spoiling anything so yeah definitely subscribing HAHAH

[@smilingghost177]

I was just waiting for another video and you delivered, SLAY

[@soupguy5243]

i lovelovelooooove your videos

[@tabarkali9410]

I don’t know how to explain it, but you’re so well spoken. Most of the booktubers i often watch use a lot of filler words, repetitive phrases and have somewhat of a restricted vocabulary, i’m not shaming on them, it’s just something I’ve noticed only after watching a couple of your videos! Definitely keep it going, you’ve become one of my favourite youtubers, and your videos are so calming🫶🏻

[@rebeccak9358]

I think this might be my first video of yours. You are by far the most entertaining book reviewer I’ve seen. Ty for understanding some books are just meant to be fun and not literary masterpieces. 😂

[@Samthe1stbob]

Twisted Love is the type of book for girls who were seriously into fanfiction and didn't grow up into better written. Some wild shit just happens and characters are 2 dimensional cause you already just love the premise. The vides get you going for the terrible writing. I got 'things we never got over' due to tiktok but the bad stars on goodreads never got me to read.

[@newlynova]

yes i think that is 100% right, it gave HEAVY wattpad

[@itsGabrielaCristina]

On Yellowface: I definitely really enjoyed this book. The plot was super interesting and the villain’s perspective was fun. However, I did feel like the second leg of the book didn’t add anything new. If this had ended with the first thing, I think it would’ve been a stronger book.

[@jaleencornejo]

Agreed and I found the exorcist plot to be not in the same tone as the rest of the book?

[@christine4269]

I just found you and I'm looking into your old videos, you're already my favorite book reviewer that I've found!! :) Thank you!!

[@elisereadss]

if you haven’t read it yet, babel by R.F Kuang is my favorite of her books. which considering i LOVE the poppy war is saying a lot, if you ever feel like a amazing found family with memorable characters and a really great plot you should give it a try!

[@i.7525]

i'm so glad you enjoyed uprooted! i know a lot of people won't like it because the romance is pretty questionable, but it's still one of my all-time favourites because the fairytale vibes are just THAT good.

[@daize000]

omggg i enjoy hearing u talk sooo much! ur videos are super entertaining, i am binging ur videos rn

[@hannahbostwick8726]

oh my god carrie soto is back has been on my list for so long and you connecting it to haikyuu immediately pushed it to the top of my list LOL. the chokehold that show had on me in 2020 was unreal

[@joctime]

honestly loved this whole video, really enjoying the KZbin channel so far!

[@mangoliys]

16:45 im zimbabwean first gen in england and i had no idea there was any literary work on the politics- definetely something ill look into

[@sydneysparks1122]

You could literally make videos of your opinions on anything and I would watch

[@3773_]

Only book commentary person that I LOVE

[@oakcharm11]

Honestly can’t believe how good you are at this with only 3 videos! How do you read so many books with ADHD?? Rn I’m on a 1-1 ratio of books I finish vs DNF and it’s rough. Even if I’m at the halfway point with books if it starts to slowdown/get not as interesting I physically cannot keep going. Teach me your ways!

[@linnamorgan2215]

audiobooks helps me personally when I get to that point. that and setting myself daily challenges bc apparently my adhd brain loves competing with itself 😂😂

[@newlynova]

other person who responded to you spoke facts (i force myself to read at least 1 page a day, and i can stop at 1 if i want to but i HAVE to read at least 1...starting is the worst part so this made it way easier to be consistent), i've considered making a video on this but the gist for me is that it's easier now than it used to be for me to read things i find mid i think cuz i have better habits. but when i was initially getting back into reading i ONLY read things that i knew i would find very interesting and fun. i would not pick up things on whims. i had to like really like it and be excited to read it to start. that helped motivate me too. also if you don't love something you can DNF it!! better to read at all than it is to get through books you don't love.

[@theotherveronica]

audiobooks have been a game changer for me and my ADHD. i listen to audio while i drive, cook, clean or any other kind of mundane task so that my hands are doing something. it makes it easier for my brain the pay attention to what’s being read to me.

[@shrutisharma2817]

for the first time I didn't have to increase the speed to 1.25x for a video cause you talk at the perfect speed 🥲! so glad i found you, going to read some of these

[@vaguelyhailey]

5:41 my biggest issue with The Liar's Crown was all the region names sounded like placeholder names the author never went back and changed. Aryd is a desert, Savanah is a savanna, Wildernyss is a big wilderness jungle, Mariana is a coastal area, Tropikis is tropical like it just screamed "the author has no creativity" to me.

[@allysonleach]

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!! I read Born a Crime years ago and still think about it. Educated is another good memoir, but I need to read more also!

[@TheQuirkyOne100]

possible spoilers about yellowface: i think one thing that's missed in the commentary around yellowface (which i loved) is that during the editing of the manuscript even the story itself becomes whitewashed! and because she wasn't connected to the culture/history/the story itself june didn't 'fight' to keep important information in the story which is an interesting commentary about people writing about experiences of cultures/history that is different from their own

[@thevintageplaylist7191]

THE QUEEN IS HERE

[@LizApizaa]

I fully understand what you mean when you are talking about Nightcrawling. I was constantly acknowledging her glorious writing style. However, it stopped me from getting fully immersed in the story. She is young and interested in displaying her full range of skillset at times even to the detriment of the story. I think issues like this fix itself, as the author ages and gains more experience. Very excited to follow her journey as a writer. She is definitely a person to look out for in the big awards space in the future.

[@newlynova]

yes 100%. i'm very very excited to see what she'll be doing in 10 years (though not excited to be older lmao)

[@saphrodite1]

ooo i wasnt expecting the locked tomb to show up! all three books are beautifully unhinged and im impatiently waiting for the 4th :)

[@manumatcha]

lol 100% agree with everything you said about things we never got over! i really cant understand all the girls saying they have a crush on Knox. like "girl are you OK?"

[@caitlingee]

Currently reading Betty. The scene I just read literally made me breathless

[@kendallconstable7861]

i put this on to watch while packing my book shelf lol. also lovingggg the youtube content

[@kcaudill23456]

I listened to this while taking a drive I really did not want to and loved every second of it, thanks! Lol

[@Kronkgirl]

Omg! 100% on Every Summer After. I loved the first 2/3rds of the book. And then I started to dislike the male love interest and then the reveal put the final nail in the coffin. There's no coming back from that

[@batsmaug4776]

You are one of the few, if not the only, booktoker I deeply respect. Like you actually put thought into your reviews and go beyond “it’s boring” with books you disliked.

[@possumcult1395]

GTN and HTN only get a million bajillion times better upon each reread, let me tell you. Such a truly rewardjng series.

[@isabellanesheiwat8]

“tropes in a trench coat” and “significantly more slay” are my favorite ways to describe anything now

[@fuyummy]

Learning you were also obsessed with haikyuu as a teen really resonated with me lol

[@oliviauzquiano7392]

Okay this is the booktube content I’ve been looking for

[@honorbound1337]

This for some reason really makes me want to know how you organize your books, both bookshelf and TBR cart etc.

[@lizapixie626]

WE NEED MORE DUOLOGIES YES

[@zombiecupcake298]

Lexi is my all time favorite booktuber/Tiktoker. She’s so much fun and makes me smile 🥰

[@newlynova]

[@Lacey848]

happy to know i’m not the only one that physically cannot DNF a book

[@sandrastillwell6262]

"Nightcrawling" is an amazing book! I am so glad to see it on your list!

[@Bella-pb6uk]

I picked up glory because I saw it in the library after watching this video. I know you didn't love it, but I wanted to give it a try. thanks for the rec!!

[@prerza]

hi lexi ilysm u've become my fav youtuber :p

[@BookGirlKaori]

OMG I enjoyed the sunbearer trials enough to want to read the second, but it took so long for me to get into it, because of the feel you mentioned of clearly not being the target audience.

[@raheli.the.reader]

I just stumbled upon your content and already watched all 3 videos (my adhd doesn't agree with me using tiktok). I'm loving it. Very hyped to be here from nearly the beginning

[@newlynova]

[@pocketfullofponder]

I am absolutely loving your videos ✨

[@marteenabattaglia8071]

I love your videos. Like i dont know if its bcs of my ADHD but I just let your videos play in the backround and puff like magic i can get shit done and be productive. Also it’s so much fun to hear you talk trash about books that i also thought were kinda bad??? And i was really questioning if i was the problem since they are so popular Alsoo your Thoughts are so insightful! Super interesting to listen to

[@luanamurase938]

I was very excited with the haikyuu mention, i also was obsessed with it (and still am)

[@auroracarminati578]

I found your channel pretty recently and I just love your videos and you so much!! You’re so witty and sarcastic and I quite literally CACKLE at your commentary. Honestly I neeed more videos. 🙏 There isn’t enough on your channel to satiate me 😂😂❤❤

[@machaidalatte]

As soon as you said that you used to be obsessed with haikyuu, I knew I had to subscribe cause you have good taste! Am paying extra attention to all recommendations 😝

[@ariverdreaming]

Propulsive is suuuch a good word to describe a story element!! You’re so fuckin good at describing books 🤩

[@livmarvel]

babe wake up lexi posted a video over 40 minutes long

[@syds8752]

I love the way you speak about these books.

[@lilacfields]

you influenced me to get the UK versions of raybearer and redemptor 😭😭 those covers are gorgeous!

[@Emilymazz5787]

Took some books off my TBR and added some others! Always great recommendations

[@arwyn_d_]

im so glad i finally saw someone compare fourth wing to divergent

[@inthenebula92]

I feel like you could convince me to read anything. I feel like I should be scared but I'm not

[@JackJack-nl2et]

Please make book recap video essays like mike's mic that would be so good

[@dawnslight98]

You simultaneously make me feel both better and worse about how much I read. I need to touch more grass.

[@grace-xl8wb]

loved this video! I read Betty last year and LOVED it too, it was brilliant, but definitely quite traumatic in some moments so anyone wanting to read it I would so recommend checking triggers, i normally don’t check before I read but this one was harrowing!

[@newlynova]

yes this is definitely accurate, truly it just kept getting worse at every turn (but it is SO good)

[@cbmcfadden5700]

Lexi I am so glad I found you. I enjoy your content so much!!!!!!! Thank you ❤

[@PistachioGold]

Not a walking simulator but on sea 😂😂😂😂 oh dear the book is right on my xmas tbr 😂😂 I love your humour and videos, good luck on moving ❤❤❤

[@brennaguard6864]

If you're a fan of Scott Westerfeld you should try the Imposter series. A little more sci fi than The Liars Crown but I really enjoyed them!