Top Ten Tuesday: Backlist Books I Want to Read

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Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish and now hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl.

The rules are simple:

  • Each Tuesday, Jana assigns a new topic. Create your own Top Ten list that fits that topic – putting your unique spin on it if you want.
  • Everyone is welcome to join but please link back to That Artsy Reader Girl in your own Top Ten Tuesday post.
  • Add your name to the Linky widget on that day’s post so that everyone can check out other bloggers’ lists.
  • Or if you don’t have a blog, just post your answers as a comment.

This week’s topic is Backlist Books I Want to Read.  How long have you got?  I have so many books in my TBR pile that I decided to take a #shelfie of ten books published prior to 2018 on my ‘waiting to be read’ bookshelf and use that to create my list.

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(I’m rather embarrassed that so many of them are review copies I’ve not yet got around to reading and reviewing on my blog.  Lovely publishers, I will read them soon…promise!)

Click on the title to view the book description on Goodreads.

Deposed by David Barbaree – review copy courtesy of Bonnier Zaffre

The Assassin of Verona by Benet Brandreth – review copy courtesy of Bonnier Zaffre

The Dark Isle by Clare Carson – review copy courtesy of Head of Zeus

The Summer House Party by Caro Fraser – review copy courtesy of Head of Zeus

Munich by Robert Harris – Christmas present

Pompeii by Robert Harris – charity shop purchase

The Body in the Ice by A. J. MacKenzie – review copy courtesy of Bonnier Zaffre

Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult – giveaway prize

Sugar in the Blood by Andrea Stuart – purchase

The Dog Walker (The Detective’s Daughter #5) by Lesley Thomson – review copy courtesy  of Head of Zeus

What books from the backlist are you eager to read?

18 thoughts on “Top Ten Tuesday: Backlist Books I Want to Read”

      1. I took it on holiday with me but never got around to picking it up. I really want to read it because I love all things Roman but the amount of pages is currently putting me off a little.

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    1. Luckily for me, all the books I got as review copies mentioned in my blog post I also took part in blog tours for (hosting extracts, Q&As, etc). I never sign up for a blog tour unless I’m pretty sure I’ll like the book as it’s a personal rule not to promote on my blog a book I wouldn’t consider reading myself (I don’t want to be just the equivalent of an advertising hoarding). So I’m hoping I’ll like them all when I get to read them.

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  5. I haven’t got any of these books on my backlist, but I have read Munich, Pompeii and The Body in the Ice and can recommend each of them – I thoroughly enjoyed each one.

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    1. You’ve made me even more eager to read them now. Really, to keep us ‘honest’, we need a Top Ten Tuesday topic a few months from now – Books on my Backlist I Said I’d Read and I Did!

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