30 Five-Star Books We Forget to Talk About

We just hit 30,000 subscribers (THANK YOU OMG), and to celebrate, we're sharing 30 books we loved—but don't talk about enough! These are books we rated 4 and 5 stars that don't always make it onto our top book recs list. Some are hidden gems, some are underrated favorites, and some are books we simply forget to recommend despite absolutely loving them. If you're looking for book recommendations across genres—fantasy books, romance books, literary fiction, historical fiction, and unforgettable reads to add to your TBR, this video is packed with rapid-fire recommendations. Thank you for helping us reach 30K subscribers! We are so grateful to this community and couldn't think of a better way to celebrate than adding 30 more books to your never-ending TBR (sorry, not sorry)! Let us know in the comments: Which of these books have you read? What are your favorite underrated books? What books do you wish more people talked about? Subscribe for weekly book recommendations, reading vlogs, fantasy books, romance books, book-to-screen discussions, author interviews, and all things reading. BOOKS MENTIONED 1. The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt 2. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline 3. A Room With a View by E. M. Forster 4. Dandelion Dynasty by Ken Liu 5. My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante 6. 11/22/63 by Stephen King 7. Dark Matter by Blake Crouch 8. Rebecca Daphne Du Maurier 9. One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig 10. Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin 11. Daughter of the Empire by Janny Wurts and Raymond E. Feist 12. The Dispossessed by Ursula K Le Guin 13. If We Were Villains by M. L. Rio 14. Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom 15. Malice by John Gwynne 16. Red Rising by Pierce Brown 17. Lady Macbeth Ava Reid 18. And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie 19. Perks of Being a Wallflower Stephen Chbosky 20. Piranesi by Susanna Clarke 21. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley 22. Masters of Death by Olivie Blake 23. Jade City by Fonda Lee 24. Pachinko by Min Jin Lee 25. Yumi and the Nightmare Painter by Brandon Sanderson 26. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab 27. Jane Eyre Charlotte Brontë 28. Into the Blue by Emma Brodie 29. Hamnet by Maggie O’ Farrell 30. Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo Let’s connect! Join our Patreon read-and-watch club (try a 7-day free trial!):   / krisandmadssisterhood   Have a business inquiry? Email our manager: [email protected] TikTok:   / kris.and.mads   Instagram:   / krisandmads   All our other links are here: https://linktr.ee/kris.and.mads #BookTube #FantasyBooks #BookClub #Reading #Books