From Classics to Bestsellers: What to Read Next

I finished a mammoth book this week – Black Leopard Red Wolf by Marlon James, and am still reeling from the experience. Once I settle a bit, I want to choose what to read next carefully – not as immersive as BLRW, but still something exciting and different.

Here are some books on my TBR.

What to read next
Books on my TBR list

I have these six books on my TBR list. Tess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy is a long-pending classic I stole from my parents’ bookshelf the last time I visited. It promises to be an engaging and slow read, which I don’t mind. I am starting to like chunksters more and more after I got rid of my obsession with completing reading challenges.

What Happened During the Mutiny? from P.J.O Taylor is a non-fiction recommendation from my mom. I loved her last recco, and this one looks promising as well. It’s about the 1857 mutiny in India.

I found Breasts and Eggs by Mieko Kawakami in a bookstore I visited. I always look for Japanese novels for Belezza’s Japanese Literature Reading Challenge. Every January, she does this challenge, and this book might be great to reserve till then. However, I don’t know if I can resist it for so long; the book blurb is intriguing.

Norse Mythology is also a buy from the same bookshop (Champaca books). I tend to collect Neil Gaiman’s books but not read them. I don’t know why this is, but after reading Mythos (a collection of Greek myths), I felt Norse Mythology would be the next logical area to explore.

I like the book blurb of The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters. It is about three sisters who travel to India to fulfill their late mother’s last wish. I am torn on how the book will pan out, though. It could be wonderfully immersive, or it could be a total cliché.

Last year’s Booker prize-winning novel – The Promise by Damon Galgut is about the decline and fall of a white South African family, and it’s been raved about all over the internet. So, it goes on my TBR list.

So, what to do? I have a surplus of excellent reading material. What do you recommend I read next?

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  1. Tameka H.

    Thomas Hardy is a legend. I love all his poems all his books… Trust meee Tess of the d’Urbervilles will be worth it.

  2. May De Jesus-Palacpac

    I have a Neil Gaiman book here that I haven’t read, myself. I am interested in What happened in mutiny.

  3. MELANIE EDJOURIAN

    I am biased but I’d say Tess of the d’Urbervilles. I remember reading that years ago and it was really good. Enjoy getting through these!!

  4. pacioalita9

    I love Japanese novels. And this is such a great list. I cannot wait to pick my next book.

  5. Krystle

    The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters sounds really good. I’m adding it to my TBR

  6. Heather

    I wish I could help. I’ve purchased at least a dozen books that I haven’t had a chance to even open yet.

  7. Maureen

    I hear you! I love to read but can’t seem to read fast enough. There’s always another book to add to the list. I enjoy reading fun and lighthearted books for fast reads but author’s like Jo Nesbo or Jodi Picoult are great too because their storylines always seem to be intriguing!

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  8. Stephanie

    I always have such a long list of TBR books. I usually go by what I can get first from the library since I do all my reading through there.

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