We’re back with another Top Ten Tuesday, a weekly meme hosted by Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl.
This week’s topic is actually Unread Books 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.)
I know I’m not the only bibliophile who has a massive number of unread books sitting on our physical and digital shelves patiently waiting to be read. Since I fell into the book community close to 8 years ago, my shelves have grown faster than I can read these books and the number continues to grow with each year. One of my goals for the past few years is to make my way through these teetering stacks of backlist books and I think I’ve been making decent progress this year. While I can’t recall just how long ago these books were added to my shelves, I do know that the majority of them have been there for at least 5-6 years! 🫣 Here are 10 that I’m hoping going to read this year.
From my physical shelf…
The Invisible Life of Addie La Rue
The Cheerleaders
Sometimes I Lie
All the Stars and Teeth
Bone Crier’s Moon
From my digital shelf…
Age of Myth
The Wise Man’s Fear
My Lovely Wife
Almost Love
Storm of Locusts
Do you have a lot of unread books on your shelves? Have you read any of these or are they also on your TBR?
dinipandareads 
I love that Roanhorse series. I need a next book soon.
(I haven’t even read the first Rothfuss book, but probably won’t soon unless the third one actually comes out)
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According to the series page on Goodreads, Roanhorse’ series is going to be postponed indefinitely. I’m so bummed cos I’m keen to read book two next month but I’ll be so sad if it’s a cliffhanger ending 😂 And yeah, Rothfuss’ book… I think we’ll all be old and grey or even expired before he comes out with the third book. At least, that’s what it’s feeling like now haha
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My TBR shelf is too big to even think about. I have read My Lovely Wife and Sometimes I Lie and enjoyed both of them. I hope you get to read all of these and enjoy them, Dini.
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My TBR shelf on Goodreads is pretty scary to be honest and my physical and digital shelves are not any less scary 😂 I’m glad to hear you enjoyed them, Carla! I can’t wait to check them out too (hopefully soon)!
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Yep, you’re definitely not the only one with a huge number of unread books at home haha. I loved ADDIE LARUE when I read it and I hope you do too! The writing is gorgeous.
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I have heard so many amazing things about Addie but also a few mixed thoughts in there. I do love Schwab though and thoroughly enjoy her writing so I’m hoping this’ll go on my faves list with the rest of her books! 😍
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All the Stars and Teeth was a lot of fun!
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I’ve heard good things about it. I can’t wait to see for myself 😃
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Trimming down the backlist is a great idea. I need to do that, too.
Thank you for stopping by earlier. 🙂
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It’s been a hot minute since I’ve done it but it’s in the cards for some point this year 😂
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I remember the Feeney and Downing books being big hits when they released. I hope you’ll love them when you get to them! And the rest, too!
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Yep, they were big hits and that’s how they got on my radar too! I hope I enjoy them as well 🙂 Thanks, Tanya!
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I really struggled with The Invisible Life of Addie Larue, but I hope you love it!
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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Ah, sorry to hear that. I’ve heard mostly positive but some mixed things about it. I did hear that it was a slow mover though so I won’t expect anything fast paced when I go into it. Hopefully that helps 😂 Thank yoU!
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Schwab’s book is one I’ve always been curious about. I hope you love all of these and get to read them soonish.
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I’ve been curious about it too and honestly intimidated by all the hype. That said, I love Schwab’s books so… Hoping this one is one more for the list! 😍
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I have Bone Crier’s Moon in my digital tbr, i want to listen the audiobook
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Ooh, I haven’t heard anything about the audio. Have you heard it’s good?
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I love making a book list and I hope this one brings you a lot of reading joy!
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Thank you, Carol! 🙂
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Great list! I still need to read the first book in that Roanhorse series, it’s been on my physical TBR for way too long. (It wasn’t in this week’s list of ten books, though, since I picked at random.)
Here’s my TTT this week: https://bookwyrmknits.com/2024/04/23/top-ten-tuesday-my-physical-unread-tbr-shelf/
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It’s so good! I’m not sure if you know though, the series has been postponed indefinitely so there are two books but… no more after that and I think it’s supposed to be a quartet! It’s such a bummer cos I really enjoyed the first book and can’t wait to read the second one. 😂
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Oh no! That’s a shame. I still want to read the books that are out, though.
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Hope you enjoy these books when you get to them!
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Thanks, Yolanda. I hope so too!
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I have enjoyed all Kara Thomas’ books, and timing is good to read The Cheerleaders because her new release is a follow up/set in the same world.
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I’ve heard good things about Thomas’ books so I’m keen to check it out. It actually came back on my radar again after seeing that a “follow up” is coming out. Excited for it!
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I completely forgot about My Lovely Wife! Pretty sure that’s sitting on my Goodreads TBR pile right now. Hope you enjoy all of these when you get around to them.
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It’s been sitting on mine for what feels like ages too! 😂 I hope you enjoy it whenever you get around to it as well!
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I’ve heard excellent things about Age of Fear (well that series). I want to read the Rothfuss books but I won’t unless the third one is ever published, lol. Although given I struggle finishing series, I’m not sure why I’m bothering to put that caveat on it!
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I think I’m going to need to re-read Name of the Wind before reading Wise Man’s Fear but I do remember loving it. Kinda worried it’ll be one of those “nostalgia’s a mind trick” moments but fingers crossed it’ll still be just as good as I remember it 😂 I’ve honestly been holding out until we get news of the final book but yeah, it doesn’t seem like that’s coming anytime soon!
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I adore Storm of Locusts. Not sure if we will ever get a third book for that series though. I also have noticed how my TBR has exploded since blogging. It just keeps growing and growing.
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Ah, I love to hear it! I’m so excited to be reading Storm of Locusts next month. I’m really bummed that this series indefinitely postponed because it’s so good… It’ll be such a shame if we never get a finished series 😭
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I need to read Sometimes I Lie. My first Alice Feeney book was His and Hers and I never went back and read the few that came before.
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I’ve had that book on my TBR for aaages now. I don’t know why I haven’t read it yet. I’ve heard lots of good things about it 😃
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Addie LaRue is on my list this week, too, Dini. If you ever want to buddy read it, let me know! 🙂
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I can’t wait to read it with y’all next month! 😃
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Addie LaRue is so amazing!! I read Bone Crier’s War and thought it was just okay, but I can’t get rid of my box sub edition. It’s just too pretty lol. I hope you get to some of these soon!!
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I’m reading Addie with Julie and Chris next month and I hope we all love it. I’ve heard mostly positive things with a few mixed reviews but I’m really hoping I love it cos I love Schwab’s writing 😍 I can’t wait for us to work through our OC and IC books, lol
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I think you will. I adored it and it’s just such a beautiful book!! I know, I’m really excited about this! haha. I am sending you so many messages right now!
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I’ve read The Cheerleaders and I *think* I enjoyed it? (Sorry, my brain is mush!) So I hope you enjoy it too. I’ve heard mixed things about Addie LaRue and at this point, I don’t think it’s for me! Excited to hear your thoughts if you ever get around to reading it, though. 🙂
aimee @ aimee can read
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The Cheerleaders is a book I honestly haven’t heard much about but I found a second hand copy when I was traveling in Cambodia and it looked great so I scooped it up! 😂 I’ve seen some mixed things for Addie but mostly positive. I’m personally a huge fan of this author’s work so I’m hoping this’ll be one I add to my faves list. Fingers crossed! 🤞🏽
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I’ve had Addie LaRue on my TBR for ages too, hopefully we both can get around to reading it soon 🙂
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I hope we both love it when we read it too! 😍
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I always think about reading The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue. It looks like a book I’d love!
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It sounds like a book I’ll love too and soon I’m going to be finding out if it is or not because I’ve decided to read it in May! 😂
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Good luck making your way through these. I’ve read a few of them. A couple were hits. Hope you enjoy them all!
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Thanks, Ali! I hope I do too 🙂
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I’ve only read Addie LaRue from your list, but I really loved that one! Hope you’ll enjoy all of these, no matter when you get to them 🙂
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Oooh Addie is brilliant, and I can’t wait to read Storm of Locusts… as long as it doesn’t end on a cliffhanger 😂
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I haven’t read any of these either, but someday I want to read a V.E. Schwab book. 🙂 I’ve also been determined to read more off my existing shelves. I’m doing okay, but I would do better if I could stop requesting ARCs. Haha!
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Good luck with your TBR! I also have quite a few books from back when I started my Goodreads account 🙈
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