Top Ten Books I Meant to Read in 2023

Tuesday Top Ten is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. This week's Top Ten topic is: Books I Meant to Read in 2023 but Didn’t Get To. Picking only ten seemed like a trying task because my TBR list is over three hundred strong, but the more I thought about it, the more I realized there are books on that list I'd like to read sooner than others.

  1. Spare by Prince Harry (although why he's calling himself 'Prince' when he no longer is?)
  2. Midnight Library by Matt Haig
  3. A Weekend in Paris by Robin Sysman (a friend gave me this but I don't often read 'chick-lit'.)
  4. Edgar Allen Poe short stories (started not finished yet)
  5. Babel by RF Kuang
  6. Murtagh by Christopher Paolini
  7. The Retreat by Sarah Pearse
  8. Fractal Noise by Christopher Paolini
  9. The Brides of Maracoor by Gregory Maguire
  10. A Thousand Recipes for Revenge by Beth Cato
These books were all available in 2023, but for one reason or another I didn't read them. Better luck this year?

What's on your list?

Comments

  1. AnonymousJanuary 23, 2024 at 9:29 PM

    Poe wrote so many great stories!

    Here is my Top Ten Tuesday post.

    Lydia

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  2. Idea-istJanuary 24, 2024 at 6:25 PM

    He was the master of atmosphere

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  3. SusanJanuary 25, 2024 at 9:33 AM

    I hope you enjoy all these when you get to them!

    Happy TTT (on a Thursday)!

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  4. NickyJanuary 26, 2024 at 6:48 PM

    I really need to get to Babel myself! It sounds right up my street. Hope you enjoy it when you get to it (and the others too!).

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