What Are The First Ten Books On Your TBR List?

[David McAfee]

Most of us have TBR lists that stretch from Alabama to Michigan, but if you're like me, there are several books on it that are "priority" reads, meaning you intend to get to them before the rest of the list.

So just because I'm nosy, what are the top ten book on your list? Here are mine:

1. Mockingjay, by Suzanne Collins (halfway through)
2. The Guardian, by Nicholas Sparks (This is my Book Club book for Sept.)
3. Not What She Seems, by Victorine Lieske
4. The Cost of Betrayal, by David Dalglish
5. Firefly Island, by Daniel Arenson
6. Thin Blood, by Vicki Tyley
7. In Decline, by Michael Crane
8. Dirty Martini, by J.A. Konrath
9. FLU, by Wayne Simmons
10. My Blood Approves, by Amanda Hocking

[Dawn McCullough White]

1. Mudhouse Sabbath~ Lauren F. Winner  (reading)
2. 33 A.D. ~ David McAfee (reading)
3. Islands in the Stream ~ Ernest Hemingway (reading)
4. The Almost Moon ~ Alice Sebold
5. The Scarlet Pimpernel ~ Baroness Emmuska Orcey
6. Crack-Up ~ Eric Christopherson
7. Lafitte's Black Box: Boit Noir ~ Jake Webber
8. 1776 ~ David McCullough
9. Girl with a Pearl Earring ~ Tracy Chevalier
10.  Already Dead ~ Charlie Huston


Great thread!

[Geoffrey]

1.   The Atrocity Archives by Charles Stross - goodreads book club book (currently reading)
2.   Promises by Marie Sexton - different goodreads book club book
3.   The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson - quasi-official book club book
4.   The Gone-Away World by Nick Harkaway - yet another goodreads book club book
5.   The Protector's War by S.M. Stirling - re-reading the series
6.   A Meeting at Corvallis by S.M. Stirling - re-reading the series
7.   The Sunrise Lands by S.M. Stirling - re-reading the series
8.   The Scourge of God by S.M. Stirling - re-reading the series
9.   The Sword of the Lady by S.M. Stirling - re-reading the series
10. The High King of Montival by S.M. Stirling - because the last book was just released.

Although, all that Stirling might become a bit much.  I may need to intersperse the series with other books as a sort of brain sorbet.  So this list might leak over into October.

[Daniel Pyle]

I'll play:

1.   The Passage—Justin Cronin (halfway through)
2.   Drummer Boy—Scott Nicholson
3.   The Weight of Blood—David Dalglish
4.   Urban Gothic—Brian Keene
5.   Firefly Island—Daniel Arnenson
6.   Afraid—Jack Kilborn
7.   Grubs—David McAfee
8.   Northwoods Deep—Joel Arnold
9.   Caught—Harlan Coben
10. The Scrubs—Simon Janus

That's what it is right now, but I change it up pretty often; it might be radically different by tomorrow.

[history_lover]

I don't really have them in any particular order, when it's time to start a new book, I just pick one I'm in the mood for. Plus, some of the ones I'm most eager for won't be released until next year.

But here's 10 I'm most excited about:

The Templar Salvation by Raymond Khoury
Royal Pains: A Rogues' Gallery of Brats, Brutes and Bad Seeds by Leslie Carroll
Murder of a Medici Princess by Caroline P. Murphy
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
Book of Secrets by Tom Harper
Excavation by James Rollins
Catherine the Great: Love, Sex and Power by Virginia Rounding
Dreaming the Eagle by Manda Scott
An Account of the Manners of the German Inhabitants by Benjamin Rush
Victoria Victorious: The Story of Queen Victoria by Jean Plaidy

[MLPMom]

I kind of do that same thing history_lover does, I pick whatever I am in the mood for. But I do have a few books that I really want to read soon, if that makes sense.

1. Wisdom by Amanda Hocking
2. Claimed by Zoe Winters
3. Catherine and the Captain by Margaret Lake
4. The Silent Governess by Julie Klassen
5. Dream Fever by Karen Moning
6. The Search by Nora Roberts
7. Conspiracy in Death by J.D. Robb
8. The House at Riverton by Kate Morton
9. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
10. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford

[Basilius]

Nice topic!

Here's mine in something close to an order:

The Passage - Justin Cronin (reading game assignment - starting tomorrow night)
Helliconia Spring - Brian W. Aldiss
Remnant Population - Elizabeth Moon
The Last Lecture - Randy Pausch
The Family Trade - Charles Stross
The Time Ships - Stephen Baxter
Palimpsest - Catherynne Valente
Consider Phlebas - Iain M. Banks
Finch - Jeff Vandermeer
Empire in Black and Gold - Adrian Tchaikovsky

This will get interrupted for reading game assignments, of course, but these books keep bubbling up to the top of my list.

[Thalia the Muse]

I don't really have an order, but these are the ones I'm excited about/will probably read next:

Summer for the Gods -- nonfiction on the Scopes Monkey Trial
Oryx and Crake, Margaret Atwood
The Game of Sunken Places, M.T. Anderson
Slammerkin, Emma Donoghue
The Strain, Guillermo Del Toro
Nicholas Nickelby, Charles Dickens
The Lady in White, Wilkie Collins

After that, I'll have to see what I'm in the mood for! given the time of year, that will probably involve a lot of ghost stories.

[Daniel Pyle]

After that, I'll have to see what I'm in the mood for! given the time of year, that will probably involve a lot of ghost stories.

If you find yourself in the mood for ghost stories and the like, I highly recommend Joe Hill's 20th Century Ghosts.  Fantastic collection.  I was lucky enough to snag the Kindle edition for 99¢ a few months ago when it was on sale.

[Thalia the Muse]

I loved 20th Century Ghosts -- I wish I'd found it on sale, what a great deal! I'm reading Horns right now.

[kindleworm]

1.  The Ezekiel Code   by Gary Val Tenuta  (reading)
2.  Milrose Munce And The Den Of Proffesiional Help   by,  Douglas Anthony
3.  Light of Eidon(Legends of the Guardian-King, Book 1    by, Karen Hancock
4.  A Proper Pursuit   by, Lynn Austin
5.  Executive Privelege   by, Phillip Margolin
6.  Containment   by,  Christian Cantrell
7.  The Wild's Call   by,  Jeri Smith-Ready
8.  Cutting For Stone   by, Abraham Verghese
9.  Daughter of Joy   by,  Kathleen Morgan
10.  Rage Of Angels   by, Sidney Sheldon

[CaraMarsi27]

I've got about 200 books on my TBR. I have a method for reading them, one from shelf A, then one from shelf B, and so, then an ebook from my flash drive (don't have my Kindle yet). Here are the books which are next on each shelf:

1. Call of the Moon-Ronda Thompson
2. The Wolf and the Dove-Kathleen Woodiwiss
3. Dragons Prefer Blondes-Candace Havens
4. Empire of the Summer Moon-S.C.Gwynne
5. Saturnalia-John Haddon Roberts
6. A Wallflower Christmas-Lisa Kleypas
7. Slow Hands-Lesley Kelly
8. Last Vampire Standing-Nancy Haddock
9. Remembrance-Jude Deveraux
10. Enigma-Robert Harris

[lib2b]

Oooh...fun!  Also hard.  My TBR list is gigantic, and I don't really prioritize it except in rare cases.  Usually, when I finish one book, I look through my TBR list and decide what I'm in the mood for. 

1) Bindi Babes by Dhami Narinder (currently reading)

If I enjoy #1, I'll probably continue on to read the two sequels

2) Bollywood Babes by Dhami Narinder
3) Bhangra Babes by Dhami Narinder

After that, it depends on what I want...fantasy, romance, YA or not, etc, so I'll give a random sampling of some things on my TBR list that might be read soon-ish.

4) Straying from the Path: New Tales of Little Red - short story collection from Drollerie Press
5) The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson
6) All Fired Up by Kristin Painter
7) The Cardturner by Louis Sachar
Insatiable by Meg Cabot
9) When you Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
10) The Thief by Meghan Whalen Turner

I doubt these will end up actually being the next 10 books I read though. 

[Taborcarn]

Here are the ones towards the top, although this is subject to change at any given moment.

1.  The Corrections -- Jonathan Franzen  (currently reading)
2.  Rules of Deception -- Christopher Reich (also currently reading)
3.  Billy Boyle -- James R. Benn (Book Game selection)
4.  The Confession -- Olen Steinhauer
5.  Oryx and Crake -- Margaret Atwood
6.  Pillars of the Earth -- Ken Follet
7.  Chronic City -- Jonathan Lethem
8.  A Game of Thrones -- George R. R. Martin
9.  The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie -- Alan Bradley
10.  His Majesty's Dragon -- Naomi Novik

[Shandril19]

Ooh.  I love peeking at your lists.

Mine's something like:

The Little Book - Seldon Edwards
I, Claudius - Robert Graves
Shiver - Maggie Stiefvater
Captive Queen - Alison Weir
Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins
Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins
The Weed that Strings the Hangman's Bag - Alan Bradley
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan - Lisa See

Wow, I'm two short.

[Ann in Arlington]

This is impossible to answer because it changes by the minute. 

When I'm finished my current read, my next read will be whatever I happen upon first.  Or not. 

[Monique]

These aren't in order, but here are some of mine...

1. The Sapphire Rose - David Eddings
2. The Decline and Fall of the British Empire - Piers Brendon
3. Packing for Mars - Mary Roach
4. Firefly Island, Daniel Arenson
5. The Amazing Adventures of Cavalier and Clay - Michael Chabon
6. Radium Halos - Shelley Stout
7. The Great Hunt - Robert Jordan
8. My Blood Approves - Amanda Hocking
9. The Help - Kathryn Stockett
10. Incredible Dreams - Sandra Edwards

[Alice Y. Yeh]

Most of us have TBR lists that stretch from Alabama to Michigan, but if you're like me, there are several books on it that are "priority" reads, meaning you intend to get to them before the rest of the list.

So just because I'm nosy, what are the top ten book on your list? Here are mine:

1. Mockingjay, by Suzanne Collins (halfway through)
2. The Guardian, by Nicholas Sparks (This is my Book Club book for Sept.)
3. Not What She Seems, by Victorine Lieske
4. The Cost of Betrayal, by David Dalglish
5. Firefly Island, by Daniel Arenson
6. Thin Blood, by Vicki Tyley
7. In Decline, by Michael Crane
8. Dirty Martini, by J.A. Konrath
9. FLU, by Wayne Simmons
10. My Blood Approves, by Amanda Hocking

Michigan! (Sorry, that's where I'm stuck right now, so I had to say it.) Are you only reading FLU because of the cover?

1. Still Alice by Lisa Genova
2. Secrets in the Shadows by T.L. Haddix
3. The Crown in the Heather by N. Gemini Sasson
4. The Insider by Reese Hirsch
5. The Kinshield Legacy by K.C. May
6. The Girl in the Lighthouse by Roxane Tepfer Sanford
7. The Wishing Trees by John Shors
8. Choose Your Own Romance by Christina Crooks
9. Rock Star's Rainbow by Kevin Glavin
10. Little Miss Straight Lace by Maria Romana

I'm still debating when I want to read the first four...bad habit of hopping about depending on my mood.

[Basilius]

1. The Sapphire Rose - David Eddings

I really, REALLY wish Eddings' primary works (Belgariad, Mallorean, Elenium, Tamuli) were available electronically in the US. Geographical restrictions need to go away.

[cagnes]

This is impossible to answer because it changes by the minute. 

When I'm finished my current read, my next read will be whatever I happen upon first.  Or not. 

Same here! I have a huge TBR pile, I can't commit to what I'll read next.

[bordercollielady]

So many but my plans are (not necessarily in this order):

1. The Vanished Man -  Jeffrey Deaver
2.  Pursuit of Honor -  Vince Flynn
3. Protect and  Defend - Vince Flynn
4. John Adams - David McCullough
5. Caught - Harlan Coben
6. The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo (I will try it) -  Stieg  Larsson
7. Team of Rivals - Doris Kearns  Goodwin
8. My Sister's Keeper -  Jodi Picoult
9.  The Passage -  Justin  Cronin
10.  The Cold  Moon  -  Jeffrey Deaver

[David McAfee]

Michigan! (Sorry, that's where I'm stuck right now, so I had to say it.) Are you only reading FLU because of the cover?

Partially, yes. But also because after I emailed Wayne Simmons about the cover thing I realized what a great guy he is, and that made me want to read his book. Plus, I like zombie fiction.

[Alice Y. Yeh]

Fair enough. Let us know how it goes!

[Neekeebee]

Here's my list, though I don't promise I will stick to it:

Finding Nouf - Zoe Ferraris
The Rembrandt Affair - Daniel Silva
The Tower, the Zoo, and the Tortoise - Julia Stuart
Executive Lunch - Maria E. Schneider
Bake Sale Murder - Leslie Meier
Devil's Brood - Sharon Kay Penman
Amsterdam 2012 - Ruth Francisco
A Dog's Purpose - W. Bruce Cameron
Extreme Measures - Vince Flynn
Persuader - Lee Child

That was 10 already?  Yikes!  (Tries in vain to trim a couple of titles from TBR list.)

N

[drenfrow]

At first I thought I couldn't do this because I am one of those who have a huge backlog of TBR books and am blown by the wind when it comes to choosing the next one.  However, I decided to take this as a challenge so I made a list and I'll be curious to see if I can stick to it for the next ten books.  I am also needing to work my way through my paper books, so only one is on the Kindle.  I'm actually going to set the Kindle aside for a few weeks.

In no order (I'm giving myself that much wiggle room):

The Gone-Away World by Nick Harkaway
Before the Dawn by Nicholas Wade
The Agile Gene by Matt Ridley
My Life in France by Julia Child
Murder in Baker Street edited by Martin Greenberg
Holiday in Death by JD Robb
Tug of War by Barbara Cleverly
Aunt Dimity by Nancy Atherton
Death at Gallows Green by Robin Paige
Don't Tell Alfred by Nancy Mitford