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This week’s Top Ten Tuesday topic is My Unpopular Bookish Opinions. Unpopular opinion (sorry), this one didn’t appeal. Instead here are the ten books (poor little things) that have spent the longest time on my Want-To-Read shelf on Goodreads.
- Behind the Scenes at the Museum by Kate Atkinson – this one has been on my shelf so long (ahem, since 2013) it could be in a museum
- Case Histories (Jackson Brodie #1) by Kate Atkinson – Kate, it’s nothing personal, honestly
- Elizabeth Is Missing by Emma Healey – she’s tucked away with all the other unread books on my Kindle most likely
- Trigger Mortis by Anthony Horowitz – I know, shoot me Anthony, why don’t you
- The Mirror & the Light by Hilary Mantel – Hilary, if you write a book nearly 900 pages long what do you expect?
- Any Human Heart by William Boyd – …would forgive me for not having read this yet
- The Ashes of London by Andrew Taylor – it’s OK, there are only another five books in the series after this one, I‘ll catch up in no time
- Go Set A Watchman by Harper Lee – it took over 60 years for this to see the light of the day so the nine years it’s spent on my shelf is a mere fragment of time, surely?
- Everyone Brave Is Forgiven by Chris Cleave – but will I be?
- Mutiny on the Bounty by John Boyne – John, I’ve read lots of your other books, don’t make me walk the plank because of this one
See anything in my list you think I should blow the dust off, in some cases literally? What’s the oldest book you have in your TBR pile?
What Cathy Read Next... 
Some of these have been on my TBR for years as well. Happy reading! My TTT https://readwithstefani.com/my-unpopular-bookish-opinions/
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I doubt there are few book lovers who’ve read every single book they own. I certainly haven’t.
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Make a bee line for Any Human Heart. It is sooooo good!
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Thanks for the recommendation. I really want to read all of them & I can’t think why I just don’t reach for one of them right now. Perhaps it’s because I’m currently reading three other books, including one for a blog tour next week.
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Cathy should read Any Human Heart next. 😁
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Second person to say that!
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Go Set a Watchman was a DNF for me, but I hope you like it better if you decide to read it.
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I’ve read quite a few of these but confess The Mirror and the Light is still waiting to be read for exactly the reason you say!
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One of these days, eh?
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Nice list, Cathy. I ordered Go Set a Watchman when it came out. Also sitting in my TBR pile. I think my oldest book goes back to 2011. Whoops!
https://thebookconnectionccm.blogspot.com/2025/04/top-ten-tuesday-top-ten-unpopular.html
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Definitely ‘maturing nicely’ then…
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While I know some people enjoyed Go Set a Watchman, I don’t think it needed to be written. Trigger Mortis was enjoyable, but I don’t think my favorite of the James Bond books not written by Fleming.
Pam @ Read! Bake! Create!
https://readbakecreate.com/books-that-dont-deserve-the-hype-my-unpopular-opinon/
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I really liked the Case Histories tv show, but still haven’t gotten around the book series. One of these days…
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I loved both the Kate Atkinson books, Cathy, and, like you, still have The Mirror and the Light and Trigger Mortis to read. Good luck!💖📚
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Go set a Watchman is still sitting on my shelf too, Cathy.
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I haven’t read any of these books but I hope you’ll enjoy them whenever you pick them up 🙂
If you’d like to visit, here’s my TTT: https://thebooklorefairyreads.wordpress.com/2025/04/15/top-ten-tuesday-unpopular-bookish-opinions/
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I hope you love them all!
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