I decided to compile a list of not all books I own, but the books I've been wanting to read for a long time and books I've been asked to read and review. So this is my immediate TBR pile. The list will probably grow over time, but this is an easy way for me to keep track of every thing I have to read. Feel free to give me recommendations!
- A. G. Howard - Splintered: Unhinged
- A. S. Byatt - Possession
Abbi Glines - Existence- Afonso Cruz - Para onde vão os guarda-chuvas
- Agatha Christie - Murder on the Orient express
- Agatha Christie - The labours of Hercules
- Alex Flinn - Beastly
- Alexandra Bracken - The darkest minds
Alexandra Bracken - Passenger- Alison Goodman - Eon: Eon
- Alison Goodman - Eon: Eona
- Amie Kaufman & Megan Spooner - These broken stars
- Amy Ewing - The jewel
- Andy Weir - The martian
Art Spiegelman - Maus I- Arthur Conan Doyle - The hound of the Baskervilles
Becky Albertalli - Simon vs. the homosapiens agenda- Beth Revis - The body electric
- Brandon Sanderson - Mistborn: Mistborn
- Brandon Sanderson - Mistborn: The well of ascension
- Brandon Sanderson - Mistborn: The hero of ages
- Brandon Sanderson - Elantris
Brian K. Vaughan & Fiona Staples - Saga, Vol. 3- Brian K. Vaughan & Fiona Staples - Saga, Vol. 4
- Brodi Ashton - Everneath: Everneath
- Brodi Ashton - Everneath: Everbound
- C. J. Redwine - Defiance
C. S. Lewis - The horse and his boyCary Elwes - As you wish- Cassandra Clare - Infernal devices: Clockwork prince
- Cassandra Clare - Infernal devices: Clockwork princess
- Catherynne M. Valente - The girl who circumnavigated Fairyland in a ship of her own making
- Charlotte Brontë - Shirley
Colleen Hoover - Ugly loveCynthia Hand - Unearthly: Unearthly- Cynthia Hand - Unearthly: Hallowed
- Cynthia Hand - Unearthly: Boundless
Dave Eggers - The circle- David Levithan - Boy meets boy
- David Levithan - Every day
- David Levithan - Every you, every me
- David Walliams - Gangsta granny
- Deborah Harkness - A discovery of witches
Deirdre Riordan Hall - Sugar- Diana Peterfreund - For darkness shows the stars
Douglas Adams - The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy- E. Lockhart - Fly on the wall
- Elizabeth Cooke - Rutherford park
- Elizabeth Gilbert - Eat, pray, love
- Elizabeth Norris - Unraveling: Unraveling
- Elizabeth Norris - Unraveling: Unbreakable
- Emily Giffin - Where we belong
Eoin Colfer - Artemis FowlEoin Colfer - The arctic incident- Erin Morgenstern - The night circus
- Ernest Cline - Ready player one
- Esther Earl - This star won’t go out
- Francisco José Rodrigues - O beijo de Humphrey Bogart
- Gayle Forman - Just one day
- Gayle Forman - Just one year
- Gena Showalter - Alice in zombieland
George R. R. Martin - A game of thrones- George R. R. Martin - A clash of kings
- Gerald Durrell - Birds, beasts and relatives
- Gillian Flynn - Dark places
- Gillian Flynn - Gone girl
Gillian Flynn - The grownup- Giovanna Fletcher - Dream a little dream
- Graeme Simsion - The rosie project
- Graeme Simsion - The rosie effect
- Graham Greene - A gun for sale
H. G. Wells - The war of the worlds- Hans Christian Andersen - Contos
- Harper Lee - To kill a mockingbird
- Helene Wecker - The golem and the jinni
- Huntley Fitzpatrick - My life next door
- Isaac Marion - Warm Bodies
- J. A. Redmerski - The edge of never
J. A. Redmerski - Killing SaraiJ. A. Redmerski - Reviving IzabelJ. A. Redmerski - The Mayfair moon- J. K. Rowling - The casual vacancy
- J. K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the cursed child
J. K. Rowling - Very good lives- J. Lynn - Wait for you
- Jackson Pearce - Sisters red
Jamie McGuire - Beautiful disaster- Jane Austen - Emma
- Jay Asher - Thirteen reasons why
- Jennifer E. Smith - The geography of you and me
- Jennifer L. Armentrout - Don't look back
- Jennifer Niven - All the bright places
- Jenny Han - Summer: The summer I turned pretty
- Jenny Han - Summer: It’s not summer without you
- Jenny Han - Summer: We’ll always have summer
- Jesse Andrews - Me and Earl and the dying girl
- Joanna Nadin - Wonderland
- Joe Abercrombie - Half a king
- Jodi Meadows - Newsoul: Incarnate
- Jodi Meadows - Newsoul: Asunder
- Jodi Picoult & Samantha Van Leer - Between the lines
- John Green - Paper towns
- John Green & David Levithan - Will Grayson, Will Grayson
- Jojo Moyes - Me before you
- José Saramago - Alabardas
- Julie Kagawa - The iron queen
- Julie Kagawa - The iron knight
- Julie Kagawa - The iron daughter
- Julie Kagawa - Winter's passage
- Julie Kagawa - Summer's crossing
- Julie Kagawa - Iron's prophecy
Kendare Blake - Anna dressed in blood- Kresley Cole - Poison princess
- Kresley Cole - Endless knight
- Kresley Cole - Dead of winter
- Krista Ritchie & Becca Ritchie - Addicted to you
- Kristin Hannah - Firefly lane
- Kyung-Sook Shin - Please look after mom
- Laini Taylor - Dreams of gods & monsters
- Lara Adrian - Kiss of midnight
- Lauren Oliver - Delirium
Lemony Snicket - The bad beginning- Lia Habel - Dearly, departed
- Liane Moriarty - The husband’s secret
- Libba Bray - The diviners
- Lois Lowry - The giver: The giver
- Lois Lowry - The giver: Gathering blue
- Lois Lowry - The giver: Messenger
- Lois Lowry - The giver: Son
- Louis Sachar - Holes
- Louisa May Alcott - Little women
Louise Rennison - Angus, thongs and full-frontal snogging- Louise Rennison - It's ok, I'm wearing really big knickers!
- M. L. Stedman - The light between oceans
- Maggie Mae Gallagher - Remember me
- Maggie Stiefvater - The raven cycle: The raven boys
- Maggie Stiefvater - The raven cycle: The dream thieves
- Maggie Stiefvater - The raven cycle: Blue lily, lily blue
- Maggie Stiefvater - The scorpio races
- Margaret Atwood - Alias Grace
- Margaret Atwood - The handmaid’s tale
- Maria Dahvana Headley - Magonia
- Maria Semple - Where’d you go, Bernadette
- Maria V. Snyder - Poison study
- Marie Lu - Legend: Legend
- Marie Lu - Legend: Prodigy
- Marie Lu - Legend: Champion
- Marie Lu - The young elites
- Marion Zimmer Bradley - The king stag
- Marisha Pessl - Night film
- Marissa Meyer - Winter
- Mark Haddon - The curious incident of the dog in the night-time
- Mark Helprin - Winter’s tale
- Mark Lawrence - The broken empire: Prince of thorns
- Mark Lawrence - The broken empire: King of thorns
- Mary Shelley - Frankenstein
- Matthew Quick - The silver linings playbook
Morgan Matson - Amy & Roger's epic detour- Morgan Rhodes - Falling kingdoms
- Morgan Rhodes - Rebel spring
- Morgan Rhodes - Gathering darkness
- Naomi Novik - Uprooted
- Neil Gaiman - American gods
Neil Gaiman - The graveyard bookNeil Gaiman - The sleeper and the spindle- Nina LaCour - Everything leads to you
- Nora Roberts - From this day
- Oscar Wilde - Lord Arthur Savile’s crime
- Patricia Briggs - Night broken
Patrick Ness - A monster calls- Paullina Simons - Tatiana and Alexander
- R. C. Lewis - Stitching snow
- R. L. Stevenson - Treasure island
- Rachel Hawkins - Rebel Belle
- Rachel Hawkins - Hex hall
- Rainbow Rowell - Eleanor and Park
Ransom Riggs - Miss Peregrine’s home for peculiar children- Ray Bradbury - Something wicked this way comes
- Raymond Chandler - The lady in the lake
- Richelle Mead - Vampire academy: Frostbite
- Richelle Mead - Vampire academy: Shadow kiss
- Richelle Mead - Vampire academy: Blood promise
- Richelle Mead - Vampire academy: Spirit bound
- Richelle Mead - Vampire academy: Last sacrifice
- Rick Riordan - Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The last Olympian
- Rick Riordan - The demigod files
- Rick Yancey - The 5th wave
Roald Dahl - Charlie and the chocolate factory- Roald Dahl - The BFG
- Robert Gailbraith - The cuckoo’s calling
- Robert Heinlein - Stranger in a strange land
- Robert Heinlein - The door into summer
- Rosalind Laker - Brilliance
- Ruta Sepetys - Between shades of gray
- Sally Green - Half bad
- Samantha Shannon - The bone season
- Samantha Shannon - The mime order
- Sandra Carvalho - A última feiticeira
- Sara Shepard - The lying game
- Sarah Addison Allen - Lost lake
Sarah Dessen - Just listen- Sarah J. Maas - Throne of glass: Crown of midnight
- Sarah J. Maas - Throne of glass: Heir of fire
Sarah J. Maas - A court of mist and furySherman Alexie - The absolutely true diary of a part-time indianSophie Kinsella - Finding Audrey- Stephanie Perkins - Lola and the boy next door
- Stephanie Perkins - Isla and the happily ever after
Stephanie Perkins (ed.) - My true love gave to meStephen King - The shiningStephen King - On writing- Stephen King - The dark tower: The gunslinger
- Susan Ee - Angelfall
- Susan Ee - World after
Sylvia Plath - Ariel- Tahereh Mafi - Shatter me: Unravel me
Tamara Ireland Stone - Every last word- Tana French - In the woods
- Tennessee Williams - The roman spring of Mrs. Stone
- Truman Capote - In cold blood
Tsugumi Ohba & Takeshi Obata - Death note, Vol. 4- Ursula K. Le Guin - Earthsea cycle: A wizard of Earthsea
- Ursula K. Le Guin - Earthsea cycle: The tombs of Atuan
- Ursula K. Le Guin - Earthsea cycle: The farthest shore
- Valter Hugo Mãe - O filho de mil homens
Victoria Aveyard - Red queen- Virginia Woolf - The voyage out
- Wendy Higgins - The sweet trilogy: Sweet evil
- Wendy Higgins - The sweet trilogy: Sweet peril
Hya, Francisca!
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, I have some of that, too - DNF, I mean. Although I am easily hooked by Saramagos's descriptive writing with interwining dialogues, mostly unannounced, and usually kneading the plot together, the fact is that this last book I was looking forward to reading in a long time got stale in my hands, just didn't do it for me. I kinda feel bad about it, for I still haven't found the will to read it through.
I'm talking about Death with Interruptions (or Death at Intervals in Britain). There is one part of the book that still lingers in my mind, and I hope not to take to much space by talking about it. Well, the story is about the day when people stopped dying in a given country; notwithstanding the cause for such phenomenon, people just wouldn't die - the ill, the injured, the very old - you name it - they'd slip into a coma, or remain in terrible pain (depending on their particular health condition) from then on, but just wouldn't die.
So, at a certain point, a household where a married couple and their son lived is described; the man's father, an aged and worn-out man, lived with them and he was so old that his shaking and trembling hands could not hold the soup spoon properly, so he'd create a great mess at mealtime; the constant dripping and drooling would get himself, the tablecloth and the floor dirty; that made the woman complain a lot and, eventually, the husband felt like he had to take measures - the got his old father a wooden soup bowl and matching spoon and told him that from that day on he'd have his meals by the doorstep, that would be easy to clean up. (Woo, that was mean!) The grandson witnessed all this but uttered nothing.
The following day, the man saw his young son sitting on the doorstep with a small knife and a piece of wood. "What are you doing with that, son?", he'd ask. The boy replied swiftly " I'm making a bowl and a spoon for when you are old as grandpa and so you won't mess up the place". (woo, that was on the spot!)
And that was it.
I have very good memories of the time I was reading "A Falcon Flies", "Foxbat", "New York Trilogy", "The Dogs of Babel (Lorelei's Secret in Britain) and "Timbuktu" [the latter two are, as Wayne would say "most excellent!"]. For this or that reason, these books are still part of my life. Which is good, I guess!
Happy readings and thank you!
João Lopes
Hello João!
DeleteYou really made me want to read Saramago now. I might have to try and squeeze one of his books on my TBR sometime! I don't think I own Death with Interruptions, but you really made me curious with that sneak peak... I may go ahead and borrow it from the library. Thank you so much for the suggestion!
As for the other books you mention, I have only read the New York Trilogy, which I enjoyed, and most of the others are waiting to be read. I think we all have books that carry fond memories attached - that's why I love reading so much. The book sort of becomes much more than its words... like Aristotle said, the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
Thank you for commenting and happy readings to you, too!
:)
Hi Francisca,
ReplyDeleteI am surprised and curious about this reading and review you´ve step into. Well done! I was reading your TBR list and noticed quite a few of fantasy writers in it. Since I have been reading the genre for 30 years now (no, I am not old, just started young.. ;-) ) I would like to give you some recommendations.
Brandon Sanderson has much more interesting books than the Mistborn Trilogy (which is not bad at all, but lacks depth, in my view). Try instead (or also) Elantris, the wonderful stand alone story that, in fact, took this author out of anonymity. You also have to read his masterpiece "The Stormlight Archive", with already 2 books out (The Way of Kings and Words of Radiance) and one still to go. Be warned, each book has around 1000 pages (the best kind!).
Then Ursula le Guin in your list has three books, the first three of her Earthsea Quartet. So, being a quartet you can´t possible miss the fourth one, Tehanu. And recently a fifth book, continuing and ending the series was finally written (after more than 20 years after the quartet!), so read on to "The Other Wind".
You can not possible miss Patrick Rothfuss and his Kingkiller Chronicle "The Name of the Wind", "The Wise Man´s Fear" and while still waiting for his third book "The Slow Regard of Silent Things", a very strange and really beautiful book, very short, telling us about... broken things... This one is really quite special. Go and read it, please!
And finally, I don´t know if you have already read something from Robin Hobb, but she is also an author to be considered in the genre. Instead of trying her Assassin series (the most famous), read instead the Lifeship Traders: "Ship of Magic", "The Mad Ship", and "Ship of Destiny".
Let me know what you think of all this. All the best!
Guida
Hi Guida!
DeleteYes, I do have quite a few fantasy books on my TBR - I think fantasy might be my favourite genre to read.
I've heard a lot about Brandon Sanderson, but it usually is about the Mistborn Trilogy. I don't think I've ever heard of Elantris, but now I'm super curious! The Stormlight Archive I've heard of, but haven't been able to get my hands on yet, unfortunately.
I think I do have the Earthsea Quartet complete somewhere around the house, but my books pile up everywhere, and it was a bit chaotic when I tried to list them all here, so I might have forgotten it somewhere. I'll be sure to check out whether or not I own it though - thanks for the heads up!
I'm glad you are recommending Patrick Rothfuss! I was actually going to get The Name of the Wind a few weeks ago, and ended up not getting it because one of my friends really didn't like it. I was curious about it, but decided to wait for a bit, and see what other people thought. I will definitely get it now.
As for Robin Hobb, I've never read anything about her, and had never heard of the Lifeship Traders before... I'll check it out!
Thank you so much for your recommendations! I do have a very tight reading list for the next few months, but I'll try my best to squeeze one of these in there when I can.
Now I think it's time to go shopping! :)
Thank you for stopping by, and happy reading!
Hi Francisca,
ReplyDeletejust forgot to comment on two things yesterday, sorry about that. I noticed you have Mark Lawrence on you list but just the first two titles of the Broken Empire, so you also need "Emperor of Thorns", the third and last installment of the series.
And then you also list Neil Gaiman, who is a wonderful author, his books are really something and you often wonder where does he get all his really strange but absolutely fabulous ideas. However, "American Gods", his most famous book, is not his best by far, in my view. It´s quite nice, yes, and after it you should also read "Anansi Boys". But I also strongly recommend to you "The Graveyard Book", a very strange and compelling book , unlike anything you´ve already read, I dare say, and which you really much not miss. Also "Neverwhere", where his imagination runs really wild (even more than usual... :-) ), telling a story of someone quite ordinary who falls through the cracks of London...
I´ll just stop here, your list is already huge, so my recommendations were based on the authors you have already listed. However, there is much more out there, that you also should give a try. Let´s keep in touch. ;-)
Happy readings and have fun!
Guida
Hi Guida!
DeleteNeil Gaiman is one of those authors I'm really intrigued by. I got Coraline a few days ago, and have already heard of The Graveyard Book, but not the other two titles you mention. I will surely keep an eye out for them.
Thank you so much for your interest, and as soon as I read one of your recommendations, I'll let you know!
Happy reading! :)