A couple of weeks ago, I shared some of the books that I loved that are hidden gems. Today I thought I would do the opposite, I wanted to share the books popular books that I loved! 

I always find hype a weird thing. Sometimes a book totally deserves it, and it’s one of the best books that I’ve read. But then sometimes, I don’t even like the book. I’ve always been fascinated with how hype does work. Is it from word of mouth, or the right people just spreading love it. Something else that I have noticed is no matter if the book is getting bad reviews or people don’t like it if it’s getting hyped people will read it.  

To work out some of the most hyped books, I went over to Goodreads again. This time I sorted my ‘read’ list by the highest number of ratings. From there I picked out all the books that I loved. So here we go. Like always these are in no order. 

Daughter of Smoke and Bone (Daughter of Smoke & Bone #1) by Laini Taylor: I had heard so many things about this series before I picked it up. At first it was confusing. But as the novel went on and I fell in love with the characters plot and the world. I knew why. Laini Taylor at first is a hard author to read. But gosh once you get used to it, the reader is taken on a journey.  

Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles #1) by Marissa Meyer: I really struggle with reading science fiction. I don’t know what it is. I love it when I watch things related to it, but reading, it takes me a while. So I put off reading Cinder for quite some time. And then I picked it up. The world is fascinating, the character are fantastic.  And I liked that while it was science fiction, it didn’t feel forced or out of place. 

The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians #1) by Rick Riordan: I didn’t grow up reading Percy Jackson – have no idea why. But after watching the film, I wanted to know more and more about the world. I had heard so many good things about these books when I first started blogging – and I ended up reading the whole series in a week – and every book after that. This is one of the series I am always recommending at work as well – that is how much I love it. 

Angelfall (Penryn & the End of Days #1) by Susan Ee: There was so much hype when this one first came out. I saw it everything! I think a lot of it has to do with it being a Wattpad book first, but I really don’t know. But I loved this one so much. One of my favourite things about this series was that the angels weren’t your typical angels. The plot was so interesting as well. 

A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic #1) by V.E. Schwab: This series has been getting a lot of hype for years. I can’t remember how many times I’ve been told to read this series, or how many times I’ve seen it on lists of books you need to read. I finally took the plunge a couple of years ago – and I loved it. It’s a mix of YA and adult fantasy that just works so well here. The world is totally unique and gosh the characters are amazing. 

My Life Next Door by Huntley Fitzpatrick: This is another one that I heard heaps about before I picked it up. If you have know me for a while, I didn’t read mant contemoloary books when I first started blogging. It was only a couple of years that I really started loving it. My Life Next Door was one of the first contempoary books that I read and loved. These charateres wormed their way into my heart and gosh I loved it. 

And that is it for this post! I will be doing more parts to this post and the weeks go on. But what are some of the books you think deserve the hype? Let’s Chat!