Happy birthday to all our Virgo friends! Since it’s the season of celebrating all things you, let us be the first to affirm that you are the friend who is good at EVERYTHING (save some talent for the rest of us, will ya?). As the Zendaya/Jungkook/Ariana Greenblatt of your friend group, you are known for your intellect, intuition, and creativity. But your all-rounder status isn’t complete without acknowledging how incredibly hardworking and dedicated you are towards personal growth. Whatever your goals are this month, transition your summer reading into fall with these five perfect book recommendations for Virgos.
Is there anything more Virgo than sincerely striving to achieve a goal? Their Vicious Games is a fave at Simon Teen for how Joelle Wellington explores how far people will go to get what they want, resulting in a story that is equal parts social horror and satire. In this “eat the rich” thriller with Squid Games vibes, a Black teen desperate to regain her Ivy League acceptance enters an elite competition only to discover that stakes aren’t just high—they’re deadly.
If we were forming a crew for a group project, you would be our first pick. You find meaning in small details, can actually multitask, and you can break down disjointed batches of info into understandable concepts. You have a kind and supportive team-oriented personality, making Siobhan Vivian’s most recent YA novel the perfect next read if you’ve been hoping for your own “WHAT TEAM? WILDCATS!” moment. Told in six POVs over the course of 24 hours, We Are the Wildcats is about a toxic coach who finds himself outplayed by the high school girls on his team.
According to Co-Star Astrology, the best career for a Virgo is a hot librarian. May we present Elisabeth, an apprentice at a magical library who must battle a powerful sorcerer to save her kingdom. A Sorcery of Thorns is for anyone who claims one of the academia aesthetic types and has ever fantasized about falling in love with someone they shouldn’t.
Every Virgo should read Nothing Like the Movies for the Pride & Prejudice Elizabeth Bennet references alone. In the highly anticipated sequel to fluffy, swoony dearly beloved romcom Better Than the Movies, Wes and Liz struggle to balance their feelings for each other with the growing pains of being a college student. After her breakup with Wes, Liz grows from being a daydreamer and hopeless romantic to a perfectionist driven by her goals, but if there’s one person who can make her believe in love again, It’s the charming boy who used to live next door. Cue the ✨pining✨ playlist!
Scythe will appeal to everyone who is thrilled that the dystopian genre is coming back. Every “Virgo personality explained” article lists perfectionist as a key trait, and Scythe imagines a “perfect” society with no hunger, no disease, and no war. Since human has conquered death, scythes are the only ones who can end life, and Citra and Rowan are the latest two teens chosen to learn the “art of killing.”
Another aspect that every “Virgo personality explained” article tends to include is having genuine intentions to help others—as Co-Star puts it, another best career for you is “Tupperware for other people’s messes.” Citra and Rowan learn that a perfect world comes only with a heavy price, and you are the perfect person to join them on their adventure of maintaining their humanity in a corrupt world.