Top Ten Tuesday used to be a weekly post hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, but was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl. “It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.” This is definitely something I can understand and want to participate in.
I’m feeling personally called out by this week’s prompt, which is unread books sitting on my shelves I want to read soon (bonus points if you tell us how long it’s been sitting on your shelf waiting for you.) A lot of the people who read my blog are regular readers, especially on Tuesdays, so most of you are familiar with the older books that have been lingering on my shelves, giving me bookish guilt trips and staring at me like this:
Have no fear, dear readers, because I have a steady supply of books that I haven’t read yet but are sitting on my shelves. I’ve gotten some really good ones recently, and I completely blame Pango books. I sold a bunch of books I didn’t want anymore, and the money was just hanging out there…and then they give a refund to people who buy books off Pango with that money. So I obviously had to reinvest that money, leading to more unread books on my shelves! Here’s ten of my most anticipated reads, including some of my newest acquisitions, all of which are on my ‘read when I get through more of these ARCs’ list:
- The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo. I preordered this as soon as I could, and then got it and put it right onto the shelf.
- House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J. Maas. Another one I preordered immediately but didn’t get to read yet. Mainly because of the time investment for rereading all the previous books.
- Fourth Wing by Becca Yarros. I’ve been promising Julie @ One Book More that we’re going to buddy read this when I have time, but I’m starting to think that I’m going to have to make time.
- True Biz by Sara Novic. I picked this gem up at Savers a few months ago, after hearing good things in reviews.
- Night of the Witch by Sara Raasch and Beth Revis. This was a gift from a friend for my birthday, so it’s been sitting on a TBR shelf over my bed since January.
- The Ruin of Kings by Jenn Lyon. Another Savers find, this has been on my TBR forever, but only on my shelves for a few months.
- Daughter of the Merciful Deep by Leslye Penelope. This one has only been on my shelf for the last couple of weeks, but it sounds so good I can’t wait to get to it.
- Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson. I’ve heard so many great things about this story, I couldn’t resist grabbing if when it was for sale at Savers.
- An Unorthodox Match by Naomi Ragen. Yet another Savers find, this is sitting with my other books from that same shopping trip a few months ago.
- Casting Lots: Ancient Hebrew Divination Magic by Elisheva Nesher. Since I’m already drawn to divination, I couldn’t resist learning more about a form rooted in my own cultural traditions specifically. So I bought this book three months ago, and promptly placed it on my shelf to glare at me and make me feel bad for not reading it.
What are some books on your shelves that you haven’t read yet but mean to get to soon? Have you read any of the ones on my list yet?
Categories: Top Ten Tuesday
Leah's Books 
I’ve never read a book by Leigh, but I do think some of the books she writes sound interesting. Hope you enjoy all of the books you haven’t read yet. 🙂
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She’s definitely a fave of mine. I highly recommend her books! And thank you so much!
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Your post basically encapsulates the dilemma of the TBR pile. It’s hard out there with all these books! Hope you enjoy all of these when you do get around to them … eventually.
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Thank you! I’m guessing you get that same look and guilt trip from your books? LOL! I’ll definitely get to them eventually, otherwise I’ll have to come back as a ghost and haunt the library 🤣
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I have The Fourth Wing on my audiobook tbr. Maybe 2024 I will finally get to it.
Unread books on my actual shelves
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Yes! We missed the hype from 2023, so maybe we’ll finally get around to it this year. Fingers crossed for us.
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The only book I’ve ever pre-ordered is The Sun and The Star by Rick Riordan. I was so excited to get it in the mail. So why is it still sitting on my shelf unread? I hope to remedy that this year.
Pam @ Read! Bake! Create!
Ten More Random Books on My Goodreads TBR
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It seems like that seems to be a preorder problem – it’s like the preorder to shelf unread pipeline 🤣 Here’s to getting to our unread books in 2024!
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I love that gif. Daughter of the Merciful Deep sounds good.
Here is my <a href=”https://lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-unread-books-on-my-shelves-i-want-to-read-soon/“>Top Ten Tuesday.</a>
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Isn’t it just the perfect gif for this post? I’m so thrilled for that book – the cover, the summary, just everything about it sounds great, and I’ve read another book by the author, so I’ve got high hopes for it!
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Daughter of the Merciful Deep looks really good!
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Yes! I’m so excited about that one in particular.
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It can take so long to get to your unread books
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It really can! Especially when ARCs come into play as well.
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The Ruin of Kings has such a cool cover.
Here is our <a href=”https://www.longandshortreviews.com/miscellaneous-musings/top-ten-tuesday-unread-books-on-my-shelves-i-want-to-read-soon/“>Top Ten Tuesday.</a>
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It does have a really cool cover, and I’m excited to read that one. I’ve heard great things about it.
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Fourth Wing was good. I hope you get to read it soonish.
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Yes! Pretty much everyone and their mother is saying how good it was – even an older lady at the doctor’s office was reading it in the waiting room.
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I’ve read Fourth Wing. I liked it, but I didn’t love it as much as others seem to.
I hope you enjoy it when you get to it.
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I’m sorry you didn’t love that one. I’ve definitely been in the minority and not loved super hyped books that everyone else seems to love. But … not every reader is going to love every book. Here’s to finding new faves!
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Ruin of kings and Tress are on my bookshelves just staring at me!! haha
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Do I hear a new backlist buddy read in the making?
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haha!! sure!!!
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Perfect – I’m going to be recovering from shoulder surgery in May, so I will have more undisturbed time to devote to reading!
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I hope your surgery goes smoothly!! May is a slam full month for me with several birthday’s and such! I’ll see what I can get in!
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Surgery went well, and it sounds like your May is what January is like for my family! No worries, if the month is too busy we’ll work something out for a slower month!
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“Bookish guilt trips” – yes, the struggle is real!
I’ll be reading TRESS in a few months for book club. I’m excited. I’ve enjoyed the books I’ve read by Sanderson. I hope you enjoy it and all these others.
Happy TTT (on a Wednesday)!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
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It’s funny how inanimate objects manage to make us feel so guilty! I’ve heard such good things about Tress and Sanderson books in general, so I figured it was worth the investment. Hopefully we enjoy all the books on our lists!
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You still haven’t read Jenn Lyons’ books yet?!
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🙈 I have not – I’d say don’t be mad at me, but I could bring up your towering pile of ‘I’m going to read it soon, really’ books 🤣 so I think we’re in the same boat. Plus, I just picked it up at a sale!
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Touché!
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Ooooh Leah! I have Merciful Deep and The Familiar on my tbr… if you haven’t picked them up yet are you up for buddy reading?
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YES PLEASE FOR BOTH!!!!
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YAYYYYY!
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