Top Ten Tuesday | Hyped Up Books I Read

Posted September 30, 2024 by Haze in Top Ten Tuesday, Weekly Book Memes / 38 Comments

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 Read/Avoided Because of the Hype

I don’t usually avoid books because of hype; I am much more likely to get taken in by the hype because I am very easily influenced and I have BIG FOMO. Even if I don’t think I’ll like the book, sometimes I read it just because I need to see for myself, and maybe give it the benefit of the doubt. The ones listed below are just some of the ones I can think of. I didn’t like them all, but I did read them because of the hype.

Top Ten Hyped Up Books I Read

  1. The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins – This is the latest one I finished, and I am torn. On the one hand it was very well-written and plotted; on the other hand, I feel like the message at the ending ruined the whole thing for me. In terms of the hype, it’s true that this book is very different and definitely entertaining, but I’m not sure if I can get behind it.
  2. Emily Wilde’s Encyclopedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett – Honestly, with or without the hype, I would’ve read this because “Encyclopedia of Faeries” just calls to me. I enjoyed this book very much, but I’m just a tiny bit disappointed it wasn’t an actual encyclopedia of faeries.
  3. Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt – This wasn’t a bad book but I don’t think it was worth the hype, and I think the octopus’ role in the story is a little misrepresented.
  4. The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune – I loved this one. It was hyped up but I didn’t know what to expect going in and so I was pleasantly surprised.
  5. Heartstopper by Alice Oseman – I feel like this one isn’t hyped up enough. I’ll be honest and say that I wasn’t very interested in this series at first because it’s about a bunch of teenagers and teenage love and I thought it would be a lot of high school drama. But I was so, very, very wrong. It is about teenagers and teenage love and high school drama, but it’s also about real life issues, and real love, and family and friendship. It’s so wholesome and heartwarming, and it’s the best thing that ever happened to me.
  6. Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros – This is a guilty pleasure for me. Do I think it’s the best book ever written? Definitely not, there are so many problems with it. Do I love it anyway? Yes, very much! It’s that very bad, very unhealthy fast food that I love to gobble down!
  7. All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries) by Martha Wells – It’s not about what happens in the books, it’s about who the book is about. I love Murderbot. I love getting to know it, reading its thought processes, seeing humans through its eyes. It’s just a wonderful character.
  8. Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree – So worth the hype for me! I love stories about found families and I loved how cozy this book (and Bookshops & Bonedust) was. I love Viv and her friends. I would read a dozen books about her.
  9. Verity by Colleen Hoover – Not worth the hype. I wish I had dnf’d it but I’m just too curious about the hype for my own good sometimes.
  10. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green – I loved it when I read it, but it was a while ago and I don’t remember much of it now anymore. If I recall correctly though, I read this before it got even more hyped up (because of the movie?) and then it started getting cheesy because everyone was quoting it and getting “Okay” tattoos. Maybe I should reread because the memes have overtaken my actual memories of the book.

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

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38 responses to “Top Ten Tuesday | Hyped Up Books I Read”

  1. Rissi JC

    I totally forgot I read TFIOS! While that one did have lots of hype and likely that played a role in my reading it, I think mostly reading the book was because of the film adaptation. 🙂

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    • Alice

      Yes Murderbot! They made my list, though I only started reading them last month I’m hooked!

      Fourth Wing is making my books I’ve avoided list which I’m saving for a freebie week 😅 Verity and The Fault In Our Stars could make that list too.

      I keep looking at Remarkably Bright Creatures and considering it, I definitely have a feeling it won’t live up to the hype.

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      • Haze

        I might be biased because I didn’t like Remarkably Bright Creatures very much, but yeah, it doesn’t live up to the hype for me! Can’t wait to see your avoid list!

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  4. Carla

    I do not typically get taken in by the hype. Legends & Lattes is one I’ve seen a lot of,, I’m glad you thought it was worth the read.

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  7. Erin @ Cracker Crumb Life

    I loved so many of these too!! Legends and Lattes, The Encyclopedia of Faeries (I do actually have an Encyclopedia of Faeries from the 90s lol), The House in the Cerulean Sea..

    I am glad to hear that about Remarkably Bright Creatures because I don’t think I am ever going to get to it. Lol.

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  9. Lexlingua

    Looks like your chosen “hyped” books have generally turned out well. Nice going! 🙂 … All except Library at Mount Char – on which I’ve also had my eye for quite some time, too bad it’s so conflicting

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  13. Laurie

    There are several books on your list I’ve read as well, others are on my TBR. I remember the hype around The Fault in Our Stars, but if it wasn’t for the hype I wouldn’t have known about it.

    I agree on Verity, this wasn’t the best CoHo book out there. Now I’ve gained more reading experience, I see more flaws in this author’s books whilst she was one of my autobuy authors before.

    My TTT: https://laurieisreading.com/2024/10/01/books-ive-read-because-of-the-hype/

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    • Haze

      I get that, about the hype letting you know about books you otherwise might not have known about. I think that’s great and I love it when it happens with books I love because I always want more people to know about them. I love that you found TFIOS because of it.

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  19. Jaime

    I still need to read several of these. I have copies of Fourth Wing and Verity because of the hype and I want to read The House on the Cerulean Sea too.

    I read The Fault in Our Stars when the movie came out because of the hype and I didn’t really care for it. But I listened to the audiobook later and thought that was better. 😅😅

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