Hello! It’s Tuesday again, so it’s time for another Top Ten Tuesday (hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl). This week was a freebie… at first I had no clue what to do today, but I was inspired by Whimsy Pages to create a list of books from the last ten years that were still on my TBR! I decided to do one book per year, like the one where we listed our favorite books (one per year) that we did on May 28th. I didn’t have a book on my TBR from 2010, but thanks to that week’s list, I was able to find a book that I’d like to read from that year, so now it resides on my TBR as well.
2009: The Maze Runner
I actually checked this one out of the library, read a couple of paragraphs, and then didn’t come back to it. The book sounds interesting enough, but I was interested in other books at the time. This one remains on my TBR.
2010: Amy & Roger’s Epic Detour
I first heard about this book through Top Ten Tuesday a couple of months ago. It sounds like a good book, so it went onto my TBR.
2011: The Miracle of Freedom: 7 Tipping Points that Saved the World
I love history, and this book sounds really interesting. This book is about how lucky we are to be living in the world we are today, because there were several turning points in history, that if they turned out differently, could have caused human history to turn out differently.
2012: The Raven Boys
I talk about how I need to read one of Maggie Stiefvater’s books almost every week. Why haven’t I? So many books, so little time.
There’s actually a readalong going for these books, and I’m really planning on doing it. So maybe I’ll read it this month?
2013: Vicious
V.E. Schwab is another author I talk about wanting to read. Every. Single. Week. I’ve even purchased some of her books. Yet I haven’t read one of her books yet. Soon.
2014: The Auschwitz Escape
I’m pretty sure I’ve liked every single Joel C. Rosenberg book that I’ve read so far. I haven’t read this one yet, but I’d like to. There’s actually several of his more recent books that I haven’t read yet.
2015: Uprooted
I still haven’t read anything by Naomi Novik, even though both Uprooted and Spinning Silver look good. Perhaps sometime this year.
2016: The Underground Railroad
I hadn’t heard about Colson Whitehead’s The Underground Railroad until last year, but it looks like a really good book. Don’t know when I’ll get around to reading it, but hopefully someday.
2017: Eliza and her Monsters
I just recently added this book to my TBR, but it looks pretty good and I’d like to read it sooner rather than later.
2018: American Panda
There are so many amazing books I’ve read from 2018, but one of the books that is still on my list is American Panda. It seems like such a cute book. Why haven’t I read it yet? Probably for the same reasons I haven’t read any of the other books on this list. I’d like to though.
So those are some books from the last ten years that are on my TBR that I haven’t read yet. What are some of the books on your TBR that you have yet to read?
This is a great spin on a topic. And I’ve actually read some of these! It took me nearly 5 years to read the Raven Boys, but I when had a long bus trip, I chose it and the story made it fly by. Just finished the 2nd in the series, a read-a-long you say?
The Underground Railroad was totally brutal, but I couldn’t put it down except to take some deep breaths, a thought-provoking unforgettable read for certain. I’m starting his next one soon and have to mentally prepare.
I like the eclectic choices you made, hope you get to some of them:)
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Yeah because Call Down the Hawk is coming out later this year. I think we’re finishing the first book August 2nd. Not sure what the schedule for the second book is, but I took a picture and it’s on my phone. If you search Twitter you can probably find it.
Thank you so much for the shout out <3
Maze Runner is still on my TBR! I actually saw all three books on the book fair that is taking place this summer, so I might return there to buy them all 😀
You’re welcome! Thank you for the inspiration! I hope you like The Maze Runner.
The Maze Runner was a fun read. I hope you like it.
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Thanks! Hope I get to it soon.
I haven’t read any of V.E. Schwab or Naomi Novik’s work. I’d like to though! Here is my Top Ten Tuesday.
It’s funny how there are authors and books we really want to read but it takes forever to get to them.
I need to get to Uprooted as well. Hope you find time for these soon!
Thank you! I hope we both get to them soon.
I hope you get a chance to read all these someday! I loved Vicious and did not love The Maze Runner. The Raven Boys, The Underground Railroad, and Eliza are on my TBR too.
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My husband says The Maze Runner is a lot like The Death Gate Cycle. Hopefully I’ll like it. I actually did finish The Raven Boys for the readalong before I went to bed last night and it was really good. I hope you like that one as well as The Underground Railroad and Eliza.
Uprooted is one of my favorite novels
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Good to know! It looks so good, but then… so do the others!
I still want to read The Maze Runner too. Just never got to it. Eliza and her Monsters souded so good too- another one that slipped away!
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I read four of those. The Raven Cycle totally lived up to the hype for me, and Amy & Roger is still my favorite Matson book.
I’ll definitely have to move Amy & Roger up the TBR! I just got the chance to read The Raven Boys and I thought it was great.
Uprooted is still sitting on my shelf too. I really need to read that one soon. I’ve heard nothing but good things about it.
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I have to read Spinning Silver too!
I thought you were going to talk about books staying on your shelves for 10 years lol
I’m sure I have some of those too, LOL. Well, they’re actually more likely to be in my garage right now.
Stiefvater and Schwab are easily a couple of my favorites. I hope you enjoy them. 🙂
So far this year I’ve read the Grishaverse books that I’ve been meaning to read for the longest time, and I did read The Raven Boys earlier this week, so now I just need to read Schwab’s books. It might have to wait until this fall though.
I always feel like I could shout for ages about how much I adored The Raven Cycle! And honestly, now is a really good time to get into it–if you can swing it–because of that sequel or spin-off coming out! That being said, I had the same thing with The Maze Runner. It took me a while to actually get to it. When I did, and stuck with it, it was totally worth it and I had a lot of fun reading the entire series.
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That’s why they’re having the readathon. I finished the first book, now I need to work on the second one!