Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature/meme now hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. The meme was originally the brainchild of The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is Unread Books on My Shelves I Want to Read Soon.
Unread Books on My Shelves I Want to Read Soon
…and how long they have been on my shelves. Of course, whether I actually WILL read them soon, who knows? Other books could supersede them, as has happened with some of my unread books from 2020 and earlier.
I have unread books going back 10 years and more. Just in print books alone, I have almost two full bookcases of unread books. But since my focus for this Top Ten Tuesday prompt was on books I want to read SOON, for this list I chose mostly books I have added to my physical shelves or virtual library in the last few years, with a few notable exceptions. Not that they are all new books! The Mabinogion goes back at least to the late Middle Ages in written form, and many of the stories in it are much older than that.
Print books:
- Bookshops & Bonedust, by Travis Baldree (since November 2023)
- To Shape a Dragon’s Breath, by Moniquill Blackgoose (since Christmas 2023)
- Babel, by R. F. Kuang (since Christmas 2022) – currently reading
- Learning Curve and Stiff News (Sloane & Crosby series), by Catherine Aird (since Christmas 2023)
- Three Tasks for a Dragon, by Eoin Colfer, illustrated by P.J. Lynch (since Christmas 2023)
- Once Upon a Tome, by Oliver Darkshire (since July 2022)
- The Starless Sea, by Erin Morgenstern (since Christmas 2018)
- Valour and Vanity (The Glamourist Histories #4), by Mary Robinette Kowal (since at least 8 years ago)
Audiobooks:
- The Cartographers, by Peng Shepherd (since Christmas 2022) – currently listening
- Good Omens, by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett (full-cast production) (since yesterday!)
- The Enchanted April, by Elizabeth von Arnem (since April 2, 2024)
- The Chalice of the Gods (Percy Jackson & the Olympians, #6), by Rick Riordan (since Christmas 2023) Note: I want to re-listen to the original series first, though.
- Chaos on CatNet (CatNet #2), by Naomi Kritzer (since July 2021) Note: I want to re-listen to book 1 first.
- Making It So: A Memoir, by Patrick Stewart (since Christmas 2023)
E-books (not counting ARCs!):
- A Marvelous Light (The Last Binding #1), by Freya Marske (since May 2022)
- What the River Knows (Secrets of the Nile #1), by Isabel Ibañez (since January 2023)
- A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic #1), by V. E. Schwab (since June 2016)
- The Adventures of Amina al-Sarafi, by Shannon Chakraborty (since Christmas 2023)
- The Mabinogion (since November 2022)
- Winter’s Orbit, by Everina Maxwell (since October 2021)
Lydia
I’ve heard a lot of good things about Babel.
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Lark_Bookwyrm
I’ve started it. It’s really good, but also emotionally hard to read at times.
Haze @ The Book Haze
So many good looking books here! I loved Bookshops & Bonedust, Good Omens, and I enjoyed A Darker Shade of Magic. The other books on your list look good too, I hope you’ll love them all!
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Lark_Bookwyrm
Me too! I started Bookshops & Bonedust today.
CurlyGeek
We’ve got very similar tastes. I’m listening to Making It So right now, it’s so good. I could listen to Patrick Stewart all day, but I’m going slowly to draw it out. Bookshops & Bonedust, What the River Knows, Winter’s Orbit and Darker Shade of Magic were all really good. I hope you enjoy them!
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Lark_Bookwyrm
Mr. Bookwyrm is listening to Make It So right now, so I have to wait until he’s done, but I’m definitely looking forward to it.
aimee @ aimee can read
Chalice of the Gods!!! It was a fun read for the nostalgia factor. It was super low stakes compared to the rest of the PJO books lol. I do hope to find time to reread the first 10 books though. 🥺💕
I’m also looking forward to reading What the River Knows!! I can’t wait for your thoughts on that one.
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Lark_Bookwyrm
I’m glad to hear you enjoyed Chalice of the Gods! And I’m fine with low stakes… in fact, sometimes I prefer it.
Louise @ Foxes and Fairy Tales
I really want to read The Adventures of Amina al-Sarafi soon too! I also want to read The Chalice of the Gods, but like you, I’m trying to reread the original series first.
Lark_Bookwyrm
I’m always complaining about the dearth of middle-aged heroines in fantasy, so I’m excited for The Adventures of Amina al-Sarafi. And I came to the Percy Jackson books as the parent of a fan, and loved them, so that will be fun, too.
Anne - Books of My Heart
The only one of these I have read or want to read is A Darker Shade of Magic which I LOVED. I have it on audio and it was excellent. I’ve read all the rest in the trilogy and the first in the new trilogy. So I’m a big fan.
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Lark_Bookwyrm
Everyone tells me I will love them. I have no idea why I haven’t read them yet!
Nicky @ The Bibliophibian
Oh man, I need to get to Babel, too! It’s kind of daunting, though…
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Sophia @ Bookwyrming Thoughts
I read Bookshops and Bonedust not long after it came out and really enjoyed it; I thought it was nice to go back into the world of Legends & Lattes before the events from the book. I hope you get to read it soon! Babel is another that I’m hoping to read at some point (mostly because The Poppy War doesn’t seem like something I want to read yet considering the topics) along with The Chalice of the Gods.
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Katherine
I fully believe I will read all the books on my TBR! I haen’t read any of these but I see a bunch that look like ones I want to read as well.