Top Ten Tuesday | Books I Want to Read by New to Me Authors

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 Books I Want to Read by New to Me Authors  

I have heard so much praise for these authors but just somehow never got around to reading their books. I want to read them, I really do, it’s just so hard to keep up with all the books that somehow keep accidentally falling into my TBR. I’m pretty sure my personal Mount TBR is taller than Everest at this point, and I’m also sure I’ll probably never summit the peak of my ever-growing Mount TBR. Oh well.

Top Ten Books I Want to Read by New to Me Authors

1. The Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolfe – This is the first book in The Book of the New Sun series, which is apparently a big deal with scifi readers, so of course I’m curious!
2. The Astral Library by Kate Quinn – Technically, I’ve read Kate Quinn, but it was a 57-page novella (Signal Moon) and I havent read a single full-length book yet even though she’s so widely praised, so she counts!
3. Defy the Night by Brigid Kemmerer – My bookish friends have been urging me to read this since it came out years ago. I still mean to! One day! Soon!
4. All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr – I watched the miniseries and absolutely loved it and will eventually read the book, I promise!
5. Feminist Theory by bell hooks – I hear people quoting and referencing bell hooks all the time but I have never read her myself. I must remedy this.
6. Lovelight Farms by B.K. Borison – I know, I know! It’s been on my TBR forever and I’ll get to it eventually!
7. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See – I actually have a couple of books by the author on my shelves over the years. I lost and re-acquired them through several moves and never realized that I haven’t read a single book by her because seeing her books on my shelves seemed so familiar to me.
8. Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay – People have been mentioning his name with admiration but I have no idea what kind of books he writes. FOMO means I have to find out.
9. A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving – Another book that have been praised a lot and that I plan to read eventually even though I know nothing about it.
10. The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough – I am familiar with her name but have never read her. I’m actually more excited to read her Masters of Rome series, but this book is more popular and I figure a standalone is easier to commit to than a series of seven books!

Have you read any of these books? What did you think of them? Would you read any of these books?