Top 5 Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by Shanah, the Bionic Book Worm.
I’m doubling up on topics this week since I missed posting last week.
I’ll start with last week’s topic:
Top 5 books on my current TBR
The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan
Apparently it’s being made into a TV show by Amazon and because I’m listening to two podcasts that focus only on this series, I’ve decided to reread the first five and try again to complete the series. I’m slowly making my way through Eye of the World, but so far it has my interest.
The Fall by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan
It’s the second novel in the Strain horror trilogy. I enjoyed the first book and would like to continue and complete the trilogy. I was supposed to read this for Halloween, but life got busy.
Tales From a Tall Forest by Shaun Micallef, illus. by Jonathan Bentley
An illustrated middle-grade fantasy book of stories inspired by fairytales, I think. I haven’t started it yet.
The Colors of History: How Colors Shaped the World by Clive Gifford, illus. by Marc-Etienne Peintre
A children’s picture book about colors. I thought it’d be great to read this since I read The Secret Lives of Color by Kassia St. Clair, a nonfiction book about colors, in the summer.
The Monster of Elendhaven by Jennifer Giesbrecht
I’m guessing this is a fantasy, horror novella. I’m curious about it due to the reviews I’ve read although not everyone loved it.
This week’s topic:
Top 5 authors I NEED to read
N.K. Jemisin
Yea, I can’t believe I haven’t read her stuff yet either.
Madeline Miller
I think I’ll like her work. I now have both Song of Achilles and Circe. I need to get to them.
Juliet Marillier
Another author whose work I think I’ll easily fall for.
P. Djèlí Clark
I really want to read The Black God’s Drums.
Neil Gaiman
I NEED to see what the hype’s about.
Zezee with Books 
Awesome list, wonderful books and authors to discover soon. I need to check out Eye of the World in 2020 too!
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Yes! Would love your thoughts on those books. It’s a bit much to commit to though – about 13 books in the series, but at least it’s complete.
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I, too, want to read something by N.K.Jemisin and Madeline Miller. American Gods is the only work of Neil Gaiman’s that I’ve read, and I didn’t dig it, but I want to give him another try in the future – just don’t know where to start!
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Maybe Anansi Boys. Maybe people seem to like that one too.
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Ah I’m on hold for Jemisin at the library (there’s quite the queue!) and I’m so looking forward to checking out her stuff! I hear nothing but good things 😀 I also wanna try Marillier! (I just checked and I have one of her books on my kindle, so I should’ve read her by now!) Really hope you like gaiman and miller!
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Hopefully trying these new authors will work out for us both. 🙂
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I really want to read The Monster of Elendhaven too! I actually got the audio because it was so cheap and it’s only three or so hours so I think I can squeeze it in between other things, just gotta get through this massive Pierce Brown book first lol.
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Lol! That’s how I feel. I just need to finish rereading Eye of the World (almost done) and then I can run through Monster.
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And now a reminder that I need to read WoT lol
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Lol I’m reading it while listening to the Dragon Reread and the Wheel Weaves podcasts, which are fun if you want podcasts to listen to while you read.
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I really want to read Madeline Miller’s work as well!
(www.evelynreads.com)
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Yea, so curious about her books.
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I still need to read Juliet Marillier too!
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I heard her writing is amazing. I need to get to her soon. Def early next year if not in December.
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Jemisin, Gaiman and Miller for sure!!
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Am planning to definitely get to them next year.
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I only read Neil Gaiman of your picks. I did enjoy his books (more some than others) but I wasn’t as blown away by any of them as most people seem to be.
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That’s good to know. I’m temper my expectations, which have been very high because of how hyped his books are.
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This year I’ve heard so many good things about one of N.K. Jemisin trilogies, so of course I bought the entire thing, and now it’s neatly sitting on my shelf… I think I have commitment issues, I keep picking up stand alones over series. Lol
And Yes! You absolutely need to read Madeline Miller. I haven’t read The Song of Achilles, but her other book Circe was amazing, written in such a beautiful way ❤
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Lol! That happens sometimes. I bought all the Witcher books last year I think intending to read them immediately but ended up reading everything else instead.
I do need to get to Miller. I might start with Circe.
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I really enjoyed Jemisin’s work, it’s quite unique. As for Gaiman, some of his stories are perfect and absolutely fantastic, but beware – most of the time he is just not an ending guy, so the narratives are wonderful… until they fizzle out and leave you scratching your head 😉
I need to try out Circe!
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THANKS for that warning. I don’t like endings that’re like that so I appreciate you telling me so I know it’s coming.
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Great list! There are a couple on yours that I want to read, too. The only one of those authors I’ve read is Neil Gaiman.
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Do you like his books? Everyone seems to love his stuff.
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I’ve liked what I’ve read, but I haven’t really gotten into the bigger adult books. I loved The Graveyard Book though.
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