Top Books I Want to Read Before 2025! (my priority TBR!)

The video discusses a book lover's 'To Be Read' list for the remainder of 2024, highlighting a diverse selection of genres including fantasy, romance, and historical fiction. The list includes both highly anticipated releases and popular titles, offering a glimpse into the speaker's reading preferences and the books she anticipates will be most enjoyable before the end of the year.

December Book Club Picks

• 00:00:23 The speaker discusses two books selected for her December book club. The first book, 'The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year' by Ally Carter, is a Christmas romance with a closed-door mystery element. The second book, 'The Holiday' by Katherine Walsh, is a friends-to-lovers holiday romance set in an Irish and Chicago context, centering around a yearly plane trip tradition and a snowstorm that disrupts it.

Stormlight Archive Book 5

• 00:04:29 'Wind and Truth' by Brandon Sanderson is the highly anticipated fifth installment in the Stormlight Archive series. The speaker expresses her excitement for this book, as it represents the final book in the first sequence of the series. The book delves into a war-centric culture, involving a large cast of characters and an intricate magic system.

Joe Abercrombie's 'The Little Hatred'

• 00:06:32 The speaker expresses her desire to read 'The Little Hatred' by Joe Abercrombie, the next installment in a grim dark fantasy series. The speaker emphasizes Joe Abercrombie's writing style, which centers on complex, morally gray characters and intriguing political developments. She highlights that this particular book is thought to be a high point of the series.

Mark Lawrence's 'The Book That Broke the World'

• 00:07:39 The speaker intends to read 'The Book That Broke the World' by Mark Lawrence, the sequel to 'The Book That Went in Burn.' The book revolves around a massive, magical library that is a significant setting and a character itself. This fantasy story intertwines the lives of two young people from different backgrounds whose paths become interconnected within the library.