Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature hosted at That Artsy Reader Girl. Each week you compile a list of ten books that coincide with that week’s theme. You can find everything you need to know about joining here!
This week’s theme is the first ten books I randomly grabbed from my shelf.
Without further ado, here are the books I blindly picked up (some of which I have read, some are new, and some are old, sitting unread).
- The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood – This is one of my daughter’s books. She’s into romance these days, and she tells me this is very good and not steamy. I have my doubts.
- Empire of Storms by Sarah J. Maas – Fifth book in the Throne of Glass series. I liked this book ok, but I realized I wasn’t that invested in the direction of the series. I limped along with the next book – Tower of Dawn before dropping the series entirely with zero regrets.
- Free Food for Millionaires by Min Jin Lee – I have yet to read this book. I fell in love with the beautiful cover, and it’s been a long time since I read a family drama, so this is a definite must-read.
- Pachinko by Min Jin Lee – Another historical fiction + family drama. I can’t decide which one of Min Jin Lee’s books I need to embark on first. I plan to read this for Dolce Belezza’s Japanese Literature reading challenge early next year, but we”ll see how it goes.
- The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller – I read this book in the space of one weekend. It’s that good. Just the right blend of fast pace + character building + tragic ending. Highly recommend!
- Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang – A friend highly recommended this to me. Coincidentally, the very next week I happened to be browsing at a bookstore and bought this book on an impulse. I am looking forward to reading it.
- The Fault in our Stars by John Green – Another of my daughter’s book picks. I am quite curious about this one, I have never read anything by John Green.
- Bucket List of a Traveloholic by Sarika Pandit – This is a fairly old, battered book that came for review a long time ago. Usually, I don’t keep review books, I finish my reviews and then resell them. But this one is rather endearing. I love to browse one of Pandit’s short travelogues now and then and dream of all the wonderful destinations she visits.
- Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi – This is yet another of my daughter’s picks. Again, I am intrigued by this one, but will probably keep it for the Japanese literature reading challenge.
- The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell – One of my favorite thrillers that I read this year.
Question: I am spending next week at home with my parents, and am planning to take one of the unread books in the above list with me. Which one do you recommend I take?
Pachinko!
I took it with me, but barely got to read. I was too exhausted by all the traveling so I decided to read it another time when I can focus better.
I haven’t read enough of these to make a recommendation about what to bring on the trip based on content, but I would say to bring one of the longer ones. It’s always nice to have a big chunky book when you’re traveling.
Great picks! f you’re looking for a shorter read I’d go Before the Coffee Gets Cold but if you want a longer read, I’d take Pachinko! I loved both 🙂
Thanks for the recommendation. Pachinko seems like quite the favorite.
The Love Hypothesis is a great book to have on your shelf.
All of the books sound amazing! Cannot believe I haven’t read The Song of Achilles yet. Someday soon I hope
I highly recommend it. I plan to read Circe as well, people say it’s even better.
Pachinko sure sounds interesting.
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The book to take with you: Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
Great list!