Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, a fun way to get yourself thinking and sharing about books and bookish things.
August 26: Top ten books I want to read but don’t own yet
Ah, an age-old reader problem. I’m trying to be a lot better about using the library, but here’s my list of ten books I’m dying to read but haven’t gotten my hands on yet, one way or another. In no particular order:
- The Secret History by Donna Tartt
- Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
- Capone: The Man and the Era by Laurence Bergreen
- Teacher Man by Frank McCourt
- Fall on Your Knees by Ann-Marie MacDonald
- Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo
- Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them by Al Franken
- Authority and Acceptance by Jeff VanderMeer (a two-fer!)
- Alone: The Classic Polar Adventure by Richard E. Byrd
- The Rape of Nanking by Iris Chang
And then a few more recent releases I keep gravitating to at the store but haven’t picked up a copy yet: Orfeo by Richard Powers, Men We Reaped by Jesmyn Ward, and The Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. Carey.
What are some books you really want to read but don’t own yet (or, haven’t borrowed from the library yet)?
my little heart melodies 
The Rape of Nanking is one of my favorite non-fiction books. I hope you’ll “enjoy” it. (I put “enjoy” in quotation marks because of the subject matter…)
Thanks, I know what you mean about “enjoy”… I’m drawn to dark literature and non-fiction that’s usually stranger than fiction.
Great list! I love Rebecca. I wish I could think of a book I’d like to own–then I wouldn’t be in a reading slump. I have lots of books I already own (but haven’t read) that just don’t look palatable to me right now. Oh well. That will change eventually.
Thank you! I feel like sometimes my slumps are exacerbated by my method of buying books now (I know so much about them in advance thanks to blogs, do most of my shopping online) that finding something “new and shiny” is pretty rare for me
the thrill of discovery is missed!
My thoughts exactly for The Girl with All The Gifts–someone just needs to just gift us the novel instead to make life easier.
Cheers,
joey via. thoughts and afterthoughts
Indeed! 😉
Fall on Your Knees is AH-mazing. I hope that finds you soon!
I’ve heard nothing but great things!!
So many books I need to read here, I should stop looking
Argh I feel the same! I love book blogs, but they’re no help with whittling down my TBR 😉
My TBR causes so much stress, I have know idea how how to combat that
I am either saying YES you must read that book, or Oh, that book is on my list too. Great list and good luck with it.
Oooh that’s a good sign, glad to hear that! Thanks 🙂