This week for Top Ten is sharing books we loved so much we had to get them for our personal libraries. I have to say, this was an easy prompt as this happens to me a lot. Whether it’s a library book or ARC that I read and I knew I had to buy it, or the occasional ebook that I needed a physical copy of. I think I actually had to narrow down my list for this one, which the opposite of how these posts go.

10 Books I Loved So Much, I Had to Buy Them

1. Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins

I first bought this one as an ebook and it’s still one of my all-time favorite books. I love the characters and story so much. And when the new paperback edition of it was released, I had to get it because I loved the book, and because orange was my favorite color at the time.

2. Love & Luck by Jenna Evans Welch

I received an eARC of this book from NetGalley and I wasn’t expecting to love it more than Love & Gelato, but I did. I didn’t buy it right away when it came out, I think I actually waited until the paperback was released, but by that time I was ready to reread it anyway.

3. The Eye of Minds by James Dashner

The third book in this trilogy is what drew my attention to these books, but I knew halfway through reading The Eye of Minds that I was going to want to buy the books, so I did. Good thing too, because I had to throw the third book because of a thing that happened during it, even though I knew it was coming. I recommend the series though.

4. This Lullaby by Sarah Dessen

This was a weird one because when I first read the book, I didn’t love it as much as Dessen’s other books that I’ve read, but somehow it wouldn’t leave my mind. Maybe because of Dexter, since I loved him in this. Next thing I knew, I bought the book so I could reread it someday.

5. Time Bomb by Joelle Charbonneau

This was an ARC I got that I read in one day. It is such a good book, and I loved it so much that I actually pre-ordered it as soon as I could. I even got some bookish swag that came with the pre-order, including a signed book-plate sticker for the inside cover. I’ve read this maybe three more times since that first read, and I still love it.

6. A Study in Charlotte by Brittany Cavallaro

I binged this trilogy a few summers ago, and I though I loved it, I was going to be good and not buy the books. But then the fourth book came out that same summer, so I waited a year and bought all four paperbacks and reread the series.

7. The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith

My first year working at my library, I took this book out and read it in two hours during a huge snowstorm. Then I bought it as soon as I saw a copy at the bookstore because I know I’ll reread it more than once.

8. Chemistry Lessons by Meredith Goldstein

Like the Dessen book, this was another one that I didn’t totally love at first, but appreciated it more when I bought and reread it. And I’ll be honest, I bought it for the cover.

9. The Mistletoe Inn by Richard Paul Evans

I believe this was the first Richard Paul Evans book I’d ever read, and it’s still my favorite. I’ve read it a few times, so it’s well-loved. This book is one of my go-to Christmas recommendations in December.

10. The Wishing Spell (The Land of Stories) by Chris Colfer

When I was in grad school getting my MLIS, I took a class on middle-grade literature (because the YA Lit class wasn’t until summer and I didn’t get loans for the summer), and one of the assignments had to do with middle-grade fantasy, so I picked this up at work and ended up reading the whole book when I didn’t have to. Then I proceeded to read the following five books within a week. I bought the last two first because the library didn’t have them, then I slowly acquired the first four afterward.

Have you read any of the books I listed? What are some of your books you had to buy because you loved them so much?

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