Tuesday means Top Ten Tuesday (as always hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl) and today we are talking about books by some our favorite authors I still haven’t read.
…I mean, do you have a million years?
If there is one thing I am very bad at it is reading an author’s backlist. There is just so many books coming out and so many authors left to discover that I struggle making time to read author’s I’ve loved backlist books. The struggle to balance all the books is so hard.
I’m not listing all the books the authors have published that I haven’t read because this would be too long for that and I’m not as interested in all of them.
Terry Pratchett
What haven’t I read: the majority of Discworld / Good Omens / The Long Earth / Johnny Maxwell / and everything else really
What do I own of that: 12 Unread Discworld books / Good Omens / First two Johnny Maxwell books
I mean the better question would be what have I read? He has written so many things that at this point it is just overwhelming in catching up and still read other books. I should just schedule in a Pratchett reading year at some point, haha. But the ones I listed are the ones I for sure still want to read by him.
Jonathan Stroud
What haven’t I read: Heroes of the Valley / Buried Fire / The Leap / The Last Siege / The Ghost of Shadow Vale
What do I own of that: None
Kind of sad, no? Seeing as I am such a Stroud fan. I don’t know I’ve just been prioritising other books and to be honest, these haven’t been getting the best reviews either…
Naomi Novik
What haven’t I read: Temeraire 1 to 9
What do I own of that: Temeraire 1 to 5
I love dragons so I don’t even know why I haven’t picked up Temeraire. I think it is the whole series thing and it only being translated up to part 5 which is annoying. Even so I hope next year will be the year.
Zen Cho
What haven’t I read: Spirits Abroad / The House of Aunts / The First Witch of Damansara / The Perilous Life of Jade Yeo
What do I own of that: None
I fell in love with her Sorcerer to the Crown and quickly bought one of her novella’s but I haven’t gotten around to picking up any of the others. I am not that great in buying novella’s to be honest.
N.K. Jemisin
What haven’t I read: Dreamblood / Inheritance
What do I own of that: Dreamblood book 2 / Inheritance book 2
I could get them both cheap, okay? But I totally need to pick up book 1 so I can read more Jemisin because I loved The Broken Earth.
Robin Hobb
What haven’t I read: Tawny Man / Rain Wild Chronicles / Fitz and the Fool
What do I own of that: Tawny Man
I am making my way through Tawny Man at the moment, so go me. ๐
Rick Riordan
What haven’t I read: The Kane Chronicles
What do I own of that: None
I am not as interested in The Kane Chronicles as I was with PJO. BUT I might pick them up from my library some day.
Victoria Schwab
What haven’t I read: Our Dark Duet / The Near Witch
What do I own of that: None
Kind of sad but Our Dark Duet doesn’t quite appeal to me as much as I didn’t love the first book. The Near Witch is hard to find and expensive as an ebook so we’ll see. Some day!
Leigh Bardugo
What haven’t I read: Wonder Woman: Warbringer
What do I own of that: Wonder Woman
I really like Bardugo’s writing, even more so after the SOC duology and I am super pumped for King of Scars but I’m not sure how much interest I really have in reading Wonder Woman just because she wrote it.
Intisar Khanani
What haven’t I read: Thorn
What do I own of that: None
I was going to buy the ebook of Thorn when it became unavailable. Bummer. BUT it is for a good reason. Thorn is getting a rerelease in 2019!
I am so interested with Leigh Bardugo’s works these days. I can’t help but keep on noticing her books in every website that I visited. I really wished to read her books but it’s so hard to find her collections in my country!
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Bardugo is one of the authors that is pretty big right now. Ah no, I’m sorry to hear that. ๐ฆ
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I struggle with backlist at times too, with all the shiny NEW constantly coming out lol. I have read most of Hobb’s stuff though. I enjoyed the Tawny Man books. I really do need to read some Pratchett here at some point. Soon.
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Yes you must read Pratchett!
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I love the diversity of the authors you featured!!! I’ve been eyeing Zen Cho’s Sorcerer to the Crown for what feels like the longest time, and it’s great to know that you really enjoyed it.
Dreamblood looks great, too!
* TTT: To all the authors I follow on Twitter & the books I haven’t read ๐ท๐ท๐ท
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Yes get it. It was so good! And the next one is coming out next year and I am seriously too excited for it.
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Great list! N. K. Jemisin made my list this week, too, and Leigh Bardugo’s another author whose backlist I need to catch up on.
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Some authors just write so much. ๐
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I’ve never read anything from Terry Pratchett. Where do you recommend starting with him?
Here is our Top Ten Tuesday.
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Oh well he has written so much from Discworld to sci-fi to children’s books. But if starting with Discworld I’d suggest The Wee Free Men (more YA) or Mort.
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I piled up a ton of Terry Pratchett books, but only read one so far ๐ So i’m with ya on this…
Good luck with the backlog! ๐
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So much Pratchett, sometimes it is a bit daunting. ๐ฆ
You too. ๐
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I really want to read all of Schwab’s backlist – so far I’ve read the Shade of Magic trilogy and Vicious.
-Lauren
http://www.shootingstarsmag.net
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Her The Archived books are really good too!
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Hahaha I love that Discworld is also top of your list. xD TWINS! Oh, I thought about Jonathan Stroud, too! But I’ve read all of, like, one book of his, and the list was too long and depressing, so I’m just going to say all of them lol. I’ve also read no Victoria Schwab, but I really hope to rectify that soon, because I’m dying to read Vicious and City of Ghosts.
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You must read more Stroud and Scwhab haha. I’m going to be reading City of Ghosts this October. ๐
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Well, I ordered City of Ghosts from BD, and assuming it comes in in time, my daughter and I will be reading it Halloween week together. xD I also grabbed a couple Schwab books from the library and put a hold for Vicious and Vengeful (whenever they get it in) so I am so ready to rectify never having read her! Woot woot! xD
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So many books, so little time. I hope you get to all of these soon!
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Truth.
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I, too, have many Terry Pratchett books I need/want to read. I went off the board this week and listed my favorite banned books since it is banned books week. My TTT Favorite Banned Books
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There are just so many!
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Look at it this way: the first 5 Temeraire books are the good ones, and honestly you’ll enjoy it better if you write your own ending from there (yes, I’m biased, and yes, the last 4 books just made me angry). But the first 5 really are awesome.
I loved Zen Cho’s Sorcerer and Spirits Abroad (and The Terracotta Bride) too – she really should have been on my list (I’ve not read Jade Yeo / House of Aunts / Last Witch).
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Ah that helps haha. ๐ I hate it when that happens with a series.
I’m so pumped for Sorcerer’s sequel finally coming next year!
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I had Rick Riordan, Victoria Schwab and Leigh Bardugo.
My TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2018/09/25/top-ten-tuesday-178/
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All with such long backlists haha.
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Ha ha yeah, tell me about it-I may never catch up!
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I definitely need to read Schwab and Hobb (they are both on my list this week, too, but in a cheater-y way). And I completely forgot about Novik. I haven’t read any of her books yet, but I really, really want to, especially with my obsession of dragons. So I’m right there with you.
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There is just so much to read right? Prioritizing is so hard.
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I need to hunt down some more Zen Cho considering how much I love Sorcerer to the Crown.
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I think she has mostly novella’s out besides sorcerer so at least they are quick read.
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Iโm the same with Our Dark Duet. I want to read it, but I didnโt love the first book. Now Iโve forgotten everything that happened in the first book. Iโll read it someday.
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Someday indeed. It so hard when you just want to finish a series for the sake of it, but there is no love.
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I’d like to read Leigh Bardugo’s books sometimes. Maybe not Catwoman though. I’m not really into superheroes. But I do want to read her Grishaverse books.
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That I can understand. Her grishaverse books are pretty good. ๐
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I don’t think I’ve ever read a Terry Pratchett book… And I really need to read the Temeraire series too, I own the first book in the series. It’s been on my shelf for quite a while, to be honest.
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You should give it a chance. ๐
Same. They keep glaring at me.
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Schwab and Bardugo made my list this week as well.
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It seems they made a lot of lists. ๐
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Wait, Jonathan Stroud wrote something other than the Bartimaues and Lockwood series? I didn’t now that. Going to have to check them out. I’ve been meaning to get into the Sorcerer to the Crown, since Zen Cho is Malaysian (have to support our own!). Glad to know that you loved it!
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Yes he did. Mostly before Bartimaeus I think.
Do it! Sorcerer to the Crown is amazing. ๐
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I looked see if I could loan you Thorn, but it’s not shareable. ๐ข
I keep seeing Robin Hobb on your blog, Talitha’s, and I think Elizabeth’s, too; as well as several other blogs I am only semi-regular with, and I have wanted to try her books. I followed her on Goodreads when she pointed out that The Black Witch wasn’t racist after it was mobbed, and every time I see a review of hers pop up on a book I’ve read, I read it and she always has similar things to say about them, so I’m thinking I should like her books. I looked on Hoopla and the only audiobooks they have of hers are the Wild Rain series, so I guess that’s where I’ll start. They have dragons on the covers. I hope they don’t take human form though. Ha ha. ๐โจ
Yes, the trials and tribulations of what Discworld arc to read next, and whether or not to read other series of his before finishing. ๐
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Ah boo. ๐ฆ
They are so well written. I think you’d really like them. Most of her books are set in the Realm of the Elderlings and while you could start at Wild Rain I think I would advise starting with The Farseer trilogy > Liveship Traders tril > Tawny Man tril > Wild Rain series > Fitz and the Fool tril.
Zips lips on dragons haha.
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I love the Moist von Lipwig Discworld books. ๐ Happy reading!
Lauren @ Always Me
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I really need to get to those Discworld books. I own most of them.
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I NEED to read NK Jemison like, immediately! I hear such good things, but alas. Soon, soon! And I actually feel exactly the same about Our Dark Duet and I don’t even know why? Like I own it, I just can’t bring myself to care? Ugh, the struggle! Great choices!
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Yes, yes you do haha.
That is always so hard. ๐ฆ
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Omg I think Terry Pratchett wrote like 39898 million books didn’t he?! I’ve read Good Omens which he only half wrote anyway BUT STILL. ๐And I am behind on Riordan books! Like…omg all of them at this stage. And his extra ones which were more just about the gods? I haven’t even touched those whoops. I also want to read some Robin Hobb! SOMEDAY.
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Pretty much haha.
Right? He is impossible to keep up with.
Yes you will love Robin Hobb. ๐
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The Near Witch is going to be released in UK (Schwab announced it a few weeks ago), so I’m hoping to get a physical copy of the book. The ebook was expensive (but I needed it for my MA thesis). I’m so behind on Rick Riordan books. I only read the first five Percy Jackson books! I can’t believe how much I still have to read to catch up.
Happy readings! ๐
Tรขnia @MyLovelySecret
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I saw that too but I haven’t seen any release date about it. Fingers crossed it will be soon.
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This is a lovely list! I also LOVE Schwab and want to read all of her books for sure, she is so talented ๐
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That she is. ๐
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