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.
January 13: Top ten 2014 releases I meant to read
Hi everyone! This week’s TTT topic is books released in 2014 that I wanted to read, but didn’t get around to for one reason or another. Here’s my list, and luckily I got a bunch of these for Christmas so I have a nice stack already going for 2015! In alphabetical order by author’s last name:
- All the Light We Cannot See … Anthony Doerr
- An Untamed State … Roxane Gay
- Summer House with Swimming Pool … Herman Koch
- Station Eleven … Emily St. John Mandel
- All That is Solid Melts Into Air … Darragh McKeon
- Orfeo … Richard Powers
- No Country … Kalyan Ray
- Nora Webster … Colm Tóibín
- Area X: The Southern Reach Trilogy … Jeff VanderMeer
- All the Birds, Singing … Evie Wyld
About the VanderMeer—I did read Annihilation, but not the subsequent two books in the trilogy (Authority and Acceptance). What 2014 releases did you want to read but didn’t have a chance? Are you planning to read them in 2015?
Some great books on your list! It’s so hard to get to everything, I know I have tons I’m still trying to work through, too (mostly for the Tournament of Books).
Thanks! I’m really hoping to focus on what’s on my shelves already this year… but what else is new?? Have a good one!
I have some of the same on my list. Too many good books out there!
Right?? I will read them ALL… hope springs eternal 😉
I’ve read 1 1/2 of the books on your list. I enjoyed STATION ELEVEN. It’s different and beautifully written. ALL THE LIGHT … also had lovely writing, but I got bored with it and ended up setting it aside.
Happy TTT!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
Thanks for the head’s up! I have a feeling this will be a great year in reading for me 🙂
Herman Koch is Dutch, which is super exotic of course (or so a Polish friend of mine told me), so you have to read him :p Also, I’m reading All the light we cannot see, right now 🙂
Cool! I bought a copy of the Koch last summer (“summer house”…). Bah! Looking forward to the Doerr too!