Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by the lovely people at The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s prompt is a Throwback Freebie and we’re encouraged to put our own spin on it! I thought I’d go for the 10 books that have been on my TBR for the longest (according to my Goodreads shelf!). Not all of these are necessarily ‘old’ books, but they are the first 10 books that are on my TBR – meaning I should probably read them soon!!
1. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Date added: 3rd May 2014
2. Sense and Sensbility by Jane Austen
Date added: 3rd May 2014
(I have kind of read this before but I remember NONE of it so it’s still on the TBR!)
3. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Date added: 3rd May 2014
4. The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne
Date added: 3rd May 2014
5. The Art of Being Normal by Lisa Williamson
Date added: 27th January 2015
6. Uprooted by Naomi Novik
Date added: 30th May 2015
7. Devoted by Jennifer Mathieu
Date added: 26th June 2015
8. The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness
Date added: 3rd July 2015
9. Landline by Rainbow Rowell
Date added: 28th July 2015
10. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Date added: 16th August 2015
What books have been on your TBR the longest?
Which of the above books do you recommend I read soon?
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This is a fun take on TTT! I feel like some books have been on my TBR since the origin of Man.
On your list, I really enjoyed by Memoirs of a Geisha and Landline. I learned through a few books, including The Knife of Never Letting Go that I just don’t like Patrick Ness’s writing. I hope you enjoy it when you get to it, however!
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Hi! The Kite Runner, Memoirs of a Geisha and The Boy in the Striped Pajamas are three excellent books! I highly recommend 🙂
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Leslie
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Girl, Memoirs of a Geisha sat on my TBR so damn long I finally gave away my copy of it and accepted that I’ll probably never read it. Lmao!
The book that’s been on my Goodreads TBR the longest is It by Stephen King. I believe it’s been on there since I created my GR account back in 2012.
Great list!
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Haha, I feel that way about a few books that I own!! Oooh, half of me wants to read It but I’m terrified of clowns so I’m not sure it would be a good idea!
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I’m not sure which books have been on my TBR longest! The art of Being Normal from yours is AMAZING. The Kite Runner is one of 3 books my English teacher is considering for my class this year though, so I may be reading it soon! X
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I haven’t read any of these books. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas and The Kite Runner are on my tbr though.
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The Kite Runner was so good. I read it a few years ago but it’s still stuck in my head. Such a beautiful story. Uprooted has been on my TBR for just as long as yours has and I never seem to get to it!!
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Memoirs of a Geisha, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, and The Kite Runner are all fantastic! I highly recommend them 😀
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Ah yay, I love to hear good things about the books on my tbr!
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I really want to read The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas too! It’s not actually physically been on my list for ages, but it’s a book I’ve wanted to read since I was a teenager!
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It’s been on my list for so long but I cried so much at the movie I just don’t know if I can pick the book up!
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I haven’t watched the film all the way through! I know it’ll make me emotional
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Oh, I have The Knife of Never Letting Go and The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo on my TBR as well! I attempted Uprooted a while back and couldn’t get into it. 😝
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Memoirs of a Geisha has been on my TBR for so long as well and I really want to read it!
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I read The Kite Runner earlier this year and it is lovely. The Art of Being Normal and the Stieg Larsson were good too. Although I did do the Stieg Larsson on audiobook, so not sure what it would be like to read. I imagine I’d have skim read some parts.
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Yes the Stieg Larsson books seem very wordy, if that makes sense? I definitely need to read The Kite Runner soon!
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They’re insanely wordy. I don’t know if I’d have got through them if I hadn’t listened to them on audiobook
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I may consider the audiobook version!
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The kite runner has been on my tbr for ages too!
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Me too!! I really must read it soon!
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