Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme that was created by The Broke and the Bookish and is now hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl.
This week’s topic:
Books I was excited to get but still haven’t read
The Wyrd & Wonder monthlong celebration of all things fantasy is still going, so I’ve decided to make this Top Ten Tuesday post fantasy related by listing only fantasy books below.
There are many books I could have included on this list because my unread TBR is large, but these are among the top ones I’d love to prioritize.
The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson
A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan
The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
Everfair by Nisi Shawl
Land of Love and Drowning by Tiphanie Yanique
The Starless Sea by Erin Morgensten
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
Truthwitch by Susan Dennard
Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse by Chris Riddell (illus.)
Under the Pendulum Sun by Jeannette Ng
If you’ve read any of these, let me know what you thought of it and which you think I should read first.
Zezee with Books 
I’ve never heard of “Under the Pendulum Sun,” but now that I have, I want to do nothing else but read it lol. I didn’t finish The Lies of Locke Lamora, but it’s just because I had too much going on when I tried to give it a go. I recommend the audiobook if you are into those. The narrator is superb. Natural History of Dragons is great and the only one on this list I’ve read cover to cover. Good luck on your TBR !
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Thanks! And I hope Under the Pendulum Sun goes great for you if you try it.
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The Lies of Locke Lamora is one of my favorite books of all-time. Almost cried reading the ending in a Starcucks XD Also am a huge fan of the Lady Trent series!
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I’ve heard great things about both. The Lady Trent ones I’m interested in because of the dragons 🙂
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I really want to read Truthwitch. But I want to read them all in a row and that seems like a lot. So I keep putting it off. I hope you get to read it soon.
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I wish I could do that with a series: read all the books back to back. I keep getting distracted so I read series in a round about way.
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I’m the same way. I’m usually able to read 3 in a row (doing that with a different series now), but even that is rare for me.
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I’ve had a copy of Locke Lamora on my Kindle for YEARS and still haven’t gotten to it. Same with Name of the Wind, but I refuse to get involved in yet another fantasy series without knowing that the final book at least has a release date. Good luck!
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Lol! I totally get that. It gets frustrating when you catch up but the series isn’t done. Sometimes it doesn’t bother me too much.
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I’m not much of a fantasy reader, but I did enjoy the Mistborn series. I’ve only read the original books, not the newer ones, so I need to get on that! Ha ha. I hope you enjoy all these.
Happy TTT (on a Wednesday)!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
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I kept thinking it was only 3 books long, lol!
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I adored The Lies of Locke Lamora when I read it years ago! Hopefully you can get to it soon!
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I hope so too 🙂 I keep hearing it’s great.
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Oh you got some of my favorites in there! I’m so jealous that you get to read the Mistborn series for the first time ever! It’s such a SATISFYING story. A Starless Sea is another absolute favorite. And the Lies of Locke Lamora are just….good. SO GOOD.
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🙂 Mistborn and Lies of Locke Lamora have been on my TBR so long that I really should give in and get to them already. And I just know I’ll love Starless Sea too. I loved Morgenstern’s Night Circus.
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This is a topic that really resonates with me, as I’m sure it does with many others whose TBR has grown too tall to reach the top of. The Lies of Locke Lamora is up there on mine, also. The Name of the Wind is one of my favorite books, I just love the story and how it’s written, how carefully crafted. It’s very much a character story. It’s part of a trilogy and the third book isn’t out yet and it’s been many years since the second was published, so I leave it up to you whether to dive into the series before it’s finished. From my perspective, even if the series is never finished I’m glad I read what I have as the book remains one of my favorites. Also, I really enjoyed The Final Empire. The first book was killer. The next two not quite as much but still very enjoyable. They’re good if you’re really into fascinating magic systems.
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I don’t mind starting on an unfinished series. I think that works for me since I have trouble sticking to a series to the end, lol. I also love a character-driven story, so Name of the Wind seems very appealing. Also, I’d like to try Sanderson’s work because I listen to his podcasts.
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Lies of Locke Lamora was very good.
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So I keep hearing. That’s why I’d like to try it one of these days.
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I really need to get to The Starless Sea myself. I’ve really enjoyed the Truthwitch series so far.
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I seriously can’t believe I haven’t yet read Starless Sea. I was so excited to get and read it when it came out. Glad to hear Truthwitch is great.
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I haven’t read The Name of the Wind yet either!
My post: https://lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-books-i-was-so-excited-to-get-but-still-havent-read/
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I’m just so curious to see what the hype’s about.
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Final Empire is one I have to get to as well!
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I keep hearing that it’s great.
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Truthwitch is so good! I highly recommend it. The magic system was just so unique. I especially liked the idea of threadwitches.
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Thanks for the recommendation! 🙂 The magic system makes me so curious about it.
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