Top 5 Tuesday: Most Hyped Books on TBR

Hey everyone! 🙂 Hope you’re having a lovely Tuesday.

Back with a Top 5 Tuesday and this week the topic is the most hyped books on your TBR. This is a weekly meme hosted by Meeghan Reads, she has a great blog so you should check her out! 🙂

I decided to choose books based on their ratings, they had to be over 4 on Goodreads and have rave reviews. These are my picks!

‘Two best friends. Ten summer trips. One last chance to fall in love.

Poppy and Alex. Alex and Poppy. They have nothing in common. She’s a wild child; he wears khakis. She has insatiable wanderlust; he prefers to stay home with a book. And somehow, ever since a fateful car share home from college many years ago, they are the very best of friends. For most of the year they live far apart—she’s in New York City, and he’s in their small hometown—but every summer, for a decade, they have taken one glorious week of vacation together.

Until two years ago, when they ruined everything. They haven’t spoken since.

Poppy has everything she should want, but she’s stuck in a rut. When someone asks when she was last truly happy, she knows, without a doubt, it was on that ill-fated, final trip with Alex. And so, she decides to convince her best friend to take one more vacation together—lay everything on the table, make it all right. Miraculously, he agrees.

Now she has a week to fix everything. If only she can get around the one big truth that has always stood quietly in the middle of their seemingly perfect relationship. What could possibly go wrong?‘

People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry

This is currently at 4.22 on Goodreads and I frequently see everyone talking about how good it is, I really need to get around to it! It sounds like it’ll be the perfect summery read.

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‘An incendiary and utterly compelling thriller with a shocking twist that delves deep into the heart of institutionalized racism, from an exceptional new YA voice.

Welcome to Niveus Private Academy, where money paves the hallways, and the students are never less than perfect. Until now. Because anonymous texter, Aces, is bringing two students’ dark secrets to light.

Talented musician Devon buries himself in rehearsals, but he can’t escape the spotlight when his private photos go public. Head girl Chiamaka isn’t afraid to get what she wants, but soon everyone will know the price she has paid for power.

Someone is out to get them both. Someone who holds all the aces. And they’re planning much more than a high-school game…‘

Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé 

This is currently at 4.44 on Goodreads and is pitched as Gossip Girl meets Get Out, this sounds amazing and I cannot wait to read this! 🙂

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‘For the millions who log in every day, Warcross isn’t just a game—it’s a way of life.

The obsession started ten years ago and its fan base now spans the globe, some eager to escape from reality and others hoping to make a profit. Struggling to make ends meet, teenage hacker Emika Chen works as a bounty hunter, tracking down Warcross players who bet on the game illegally. But the bounty hunting world is a competitive one, and survival has not been easy. To make some quick cash, Emika takes a risk and hacks into the opening game of the international Warcross Championships—only to accidentally glitch herself into the action and become an overnight sensation.

Convinced she’s going to be arrested, Emika is shocked when instead she gets a call from the game’s creator, the elusive young billionaire Hideo Tanaka, with an irresistible offer. He needs a spy on the inside of this year’s tournament in order to uncover a security problem . . . and he wants Emika for the job. With no time to lose, Emika’s whisked off to Tokyo and thrust into a world of fame and fortune that she’s only dreamed of. But soon her investigation uncovers a sinister plot, with major consequences for the entire Warcross empire.‘

Warcross by Marie Lu

This is currently at 4.14 on Goodreads and I’ve had a physical copy of this for aggggges, I’d really like to get around to it soon. I remember hearing all of the hype it had when it first came out (in 2018!)

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‘Under the influence of their charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at an elite New England college discover a way of thinking and living that is a world away from the humdrum existence of their contemporaries. But when they go beyond the boundaries of morality, their lives are changed profoundly and for ever.

The Secret History is a story of two parts; the chain of events that led to the death of a classmate – and what happened next.’

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

Currently at 4.10 on Goodreads and published in 1993, this is a book that frequently pops up on Instagram and it sounds intriguing. I’d love to read it this year, I might save it for Autumn as it has those kinda vibes.

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‘For cynical twenty-three-year-old August, moving to New York City is supposed to prove her right: that things like magic and cinematic love stories don’t exist, and the only smart way to go through life is alone. She can’t imagine how waiting tables at a 24-hour pancake diner and moving in with too many weird roommates could possibly change that. And there’s certainly no chance of her subway commute being anything more than a daily trudge through boredom and electrical failures.

But then, there’s this gorgeous girl on the train.

Jane. Dazzling, charming, mysterious, impossible Jane. Jane with her rough edges and swoopy hair and soft smile, showing up in a leather jacket to save August’s day when she needed it most. August’s subway crush becomes the best part of her day, but pretty soon, she discovers there’s one big problem: Jane doesn’t just look like an old school punk rocker. She’s literally displaced in time from the 1970s, and August is going to have to use everything she tried to leave in her own past to help her. Maybe it’s time to start believing in some things, after all.‘

One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston

Sitting at 4.30 on Goodreads, this is a popular choice for many readers and I’ve read glowing reviews. I’d love to get around to this soon!

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What do you think of my choices? Have you read any of these? Which ones do you think I should read ASAP? 🙂 let me know in the comments.