Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday, a weekly bookish meme hosted by Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl that features a different bookish topic every week.
Today’s topic is Unread Books on My Shelves I Want to Read Soon.
The keywords here are “books I want to read soon”. I have a whole lot of unread books on my shelves that go back a long way, but a lot of the books I want to read soon are relatively new to the TBR just because I like bright, shiny, new things. I will try to list the older ones though. I’m also not adding books I want to reread soon because technically they’re not unread.
Top Ten Unread Books on My Shelves I Want to Read Soon
- Dracula by Bram Stoker – This has probably been on my TBR longest out of the other books on this list but then again I have a lot of classics on the TBR that I mean to read one day. I started listening to this on audio a couple of years ago, but had to stop because it got scary when I was listening to it to sleep.
- The Glass Château by Stephen P. Kiernan – This book was only published last year, but it feels like it’s been on my TBR for a long time because I’d been waiting for it since the author announced it two years ago. I was so excited for it but it’s a year later and I still haven’t read it! I need to remedy that!
- Between Us by Mhairi McFarlane – Same story as above. It was only published last year, but I’d been waiting for it and I really want to read it soon.
- Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder – This has been on my TBR for years and years and years, and I don’t know why I haven’t gotten to it! I mean to start it this year. For sure!
- Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson – I only added this to the TBR late last year, I think, or early this year. So it’s really new, but it’s one of the really shiny and new-to-me books I want to read soon.
- I’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara – This has been on my TBR for 4-5 years? I want to read it but kept putting it off because I haven’t felt emotionally strong enough for the dark subject matter. I feel like I’m ready now.
- David Copperfield by Charles Dickens – Another classic that’s been on the TBR for ages, but I want to read it soon because Demon Copperhead is apparently based off of it, and I want to read that soon too!
- Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver – I heard so many good things about this book and I’m really excited for it. I added it to the TBR last year, so it’s relatively new too.
- Ariadne by Jennifer Saint – I think I added this one to the TBR three years ago on a mythology binge. I still really want to read it sooner rather than later.
- The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna – Added last year and really want to read it very soon! It sounds really fun and many people have said good things about it.
Have you read any of these books? What did you think of them? Would you read any of these books?
I plopped The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches on my TBR pile pretty much the second it was announced and I still haven’t gotten around to it yet. One of these days!
Yes, definitely one of these days! 😂
I hope you enjoy all of these! Mhairi’s books always look interesting and fun. And Maria’s are books I hear are great reads, too. I haven’t ever read anything by her though. I hope you enjoy all of these books when you read them. 🙂
Thank you. I love Mhairi’s books, but I’ve never tried Maria’s either.
Dracula is on my shelf, too. I love Demon Copperhead so much, I encourage you to make time for it.
Unread books on my actual shelves
Oooh, it’s definitely climbing higher on my list with your endorsement!
Demon Copperhead sounds good.
Here is my Top Ten Tuesday.
It does! I’m excited for it!
I loved The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches! It was so good. And Everyone in My Family has Killed Someone has been on my list a while too!
I’m excited about both those books!
The only one from your list I have read is Poison Study and it’s been so long I can’t remember anything about it. I also have Dracula on my TBR and will eventually get to it…one day….hopefully, haha.
One day for sure!! 😂
Irregular Witches is an adorable book. I hope you love all these!
It sounds like a good one, I’m excited to read it!
I enjoyed Dracula, but it has been a while since I read it. I had a friend recommend Poison Study to me years ago, and I still haven’t read it either!
Here is our Top Ten Tuesday.
Hopefully we’ll both get to Poison Study soon!
This is a great list! Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone and The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches are both books I would like to read soon, too.
My TTT: https://bookwyrmknits.com/2024/04/23/top-ten-tuesday-my-physical-unread-tbr-shelf/
They both sound like really good books!
I have read and highly recommend Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone and The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches. I read them both last year and loved them.
Pam @ Read! Bake! Create!
https://readbakecreate.com/ten-more-random-books-on-my-goodreads-tbr/
Oooh, that makes me so excited! Thank you!
I absolutely LOVED The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches. Highly recommend! I’d like to read Poison Study, and maybe Ariadne someday. I’ve always hated how Theseus treated her, though.
My TTT list focused on the books on my shelves that I want to read sooner rather than later.
I’m definitely bumping Irregular Witches up my list!
What an eclectic mix of books! For me, almost as soon as I make a list like this my mood changes and it is out the window, LOL! Have a great week!
I relate! I’m a mood reader, and more often than not I always read the shiny new books instead of the ones on my TBR for ages. Making lists helps me to get *some* of them read. 😂
It’s always so hard to pick 10 when I have so many unread! haha. I loved Ariadne. I hope you get to some of these sometime! 🙂
So true! I’m quite sure I’ll end up finding other shiny new books to read instead of these too!
Even though it is a lot of pages, I’d put David Copperfield to the top of the pile, followed by Demon Copperhead. Two excellent books!
Great list! I just visited Whitby, the setting of DRACULA, so I want to re-read that one now. I really enjoyed EVERYONE IN MY FAMILY HAS KILLED SOMEONE and am excited to read the sequel. POISON STUDY has been on my TBR for forever, too. I hope we both enjoy it when we get to it!
Happy TTT (on a Wednesday)!
Susan
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I’ve read Demon Copperhead — a bit dark but you root for the character thru hardships. I’ve also read I’ll Be Gone in the Dark …. which spooked me out completely! yikes. psycho. But it’s interestingly told by a woman trying to crack the case.
I remember Poison Study really growing on me — I was kinda sceptical, and then really enjoyed the series. I need to catch up and read more of Snyder’s work, I think!
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches is on my TBR too…
Between Us and Ariadne are still on my TBR too! I did read (and LOVE) The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches. Hope you’ll love all of these when you get the chance to read them!