Good morning guys! Soooo, it’s Tuesday, and that means Top Ten Tuesday by The Broke and The Bookish. Today’s topic is Top Ten Books on Your Fall TBR List. Wellll, I already listed the books I want to read in September in the Monthly TBR meme, but here’s the books I’m kind of hoping I’ll get around to later this fall sometime.
1. Blackberry Winter by Sarah Jio - This comes out September 25th, and since I loved Sarah Jio’s last novel The Bungalow, I’m really looking forward to this one.
2. The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events) by Lemony Snicket - Can you believe that I have never read these books? Me neither. I really want to though.
3. The Prisoner of Heaven by Carlos Ruiz Zafon - I’m SO excited that another Cemetary of Forgotten Books book is out, but I really want to re-read The Shadow of the Wind and The Angel’s Game first, so it might be a while before I get to it.
4. Sisters Red by Jackson Pearce - This is a different take of the Little Red Riding Hood fairy tale, and I think this would be a perfect Halloween-time read.
5. The Diviners by Libba Bray - Comes out in about 2 weeks and I’m so excited to read it! LOVED Beauty Queens by Libba Bray.
6. Medical Apartheid by Harriet A. Washington - I started reading this book a few years ago and had to stop because it actually made me feel sick while reading it. I’d really like to try it again and finish it.
7. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley - It’s kind of ridiculous how many classic horrors I haven’t read. Maybe this will be the year I can knock one off my list?
8. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle - Re-read! But I haven’t read it since I was in 3rd or 4th grade. And I really want to go on to read the other books in the series.
9. The Romanov Bride by Robert Alexander - I enjoyed The Kitchen Boy by this author so much that I immediately went on Paperbackswap and ordered his other books about the Romanovs, so I’d really like to finally read another one.
10. Mansfield Park by Jane Austen - The only Austen novel I haven’t read. I think I’ve been putting it off because I’ll be sad to have no more “new-to-me” Austen books to read, but I think the time has come.
What books are you looking forward to this fall?
~Sarah
Great picks, Sarah!
I haven’t read the Lemony Snicket books, either — in fact, I was donating the first three I had to the library! I’ve read the first one and it seemed a little too silly. But they are fun.
The Jackson Pearce books look awesome! I love the covers for them. I just saw a review of Fathomless over on Owl Read It and now I want to start reading these … Why are there so many books in the world?
Enjoy all your reads!
I’ve been wanting to read this Jackson Pearce book for at least a year, ever since I saw one of her vlogs (which are usually hilarious, btw). I think it’ll be a really good fall-time read!
That is an awesome list! This’ll be a good Fall.
#4: What a cover! Love that. Looking forward to your review! Fairy tale retellings can be hit or miss – I hope it’s excellent.
#6: Freaking yikes. That sounds like a really difficult read. And important – bringing it all to light. But difficult!
#8: Yayzoars, Wrinkle in Time!! Loved that book, even if I can hardly remember it. Good call, rereading. THERE ARE OTHER BOOKS IN THE SERIES?! I didn’t even realize. It’s a good thing you blog, I’ll tell ya.
I just recently discovered that there were other books after A Wrinkle In Time too
It’s apparently a quintet.
What a great list! I want to read quite a few of these as well. Never read the Series of Unfortunate Events books and I had no idea Libba Bray had a new book coming out! I absolutely loved Beauty Queens as well so that book goes instantly onto my TBR!
And Medical Apartheid does sound sickening. I doubt I’d be able to read it. Frankenstein sounds like a perfect autumn/Halloween read. And I want to read A Wrinkle in Time which I’ve never picked up, not even as a kid. So yeah, basically I want to read almost your entire list!
Beauty Queens was AWESOME! It’s the only Libba Bray book I’ve read, but I adored it. Glad you liked my list
Medical Apartheid sounds like a worthwhile read but one that will definitely be hard to get through. I’m reading Austen at the moment (Sense & Sensibility). I have 3 new to me Austens ahead but I am already dreading the moment I run out!
How are you liking Sense and Sensibility? I think it’s my least favorite Austen so far. Who knows, I may not like Mansfield Park very much.
Those are great picks! Frankenstein is a good one. I hope you like it. I’m eager to see what you think of Sisters Red, it’s been on my TBR for awhile.
Even more motivation for me to read it! LOL. I think I’m definitely going to put Sisters Red on my October Monthly TBR list.
I like Frankenstein! Although I would say that if you haven’t read Dracula, then read that first. But Frankenstein is good too
I haven’t read Dracula… are the two related in any way? Or do you just think that Dracula is better?
Hi! So, Mansfield Park is kind of my least favorite of Austen’s novels. I think it’s because I’m just not a fan of Fanny’s character. But I do know people who love it, so you never know!
Enjoy!
I have heard that Fanny is a real stick-in-the-mud. But people also kind of dislike Emma and I loved her, so who knows!
Frankenstein is a very thought-provoking book. Do not consider any movie versions when reading this. I liked it quite a lot.
Oh I’ll be sure to avoid all the Frankenstein movies! I’ve never seen any of them, oddly enough.
I SO need to read Prisoner of Heaven as well! And The Diviners! And Sisters Red!
I haven’t read the Lemony Snicket books either, let me know how you like them!
I will
I think that the Lemony Snicket books will totally suit my weird twisted sense of humor.
Oooh, Frankenstein — I read that all in one night for a British lit class (there was a discussion/exam the next day, natch) and scared the tar out of myself. It was very different than I expected, but in a good way! I can still recall passages years later. So good. Hope you enjoy!