Top Ten Hyped Books I've Never Read
A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
All of Haruki Murakami
Even reading YOUR list stressed me out! LOL I get very stressed thinking of all the things I "should" read. But I don't stress about Murakami - I know I couldn't do it!
ReplyDeleteRight?!?! It's just stressful and saddening how many hyped books and non-hyped books I haven't read yet.
DeleteI haven't read much from your list, but what I have, I haven't particularly enjoyed, and the others just don't interest me...
ReplyDeleteSome of the above interest me, but not all...
DeleteShould I be shocked that I have read most of what's on your list?
ReplyDeleteBut Trisha--really never a Murakami?? Ok so I've only read two from him but I love his books. I'm reading/listening to the 4th Outlander right now--it's like bookish candy for me.
Actually, the only one I haven't read is A Discovery of Witches.
I know I need to read Murakami; he sounds awesome.
DeletePersonally, skip Outlander. Ugh
DeleteI haven't read a lot of these either! Gone Girl was good, if you can handle not liking any of the characters in a book. I wouldn't recommend The Lovely Bones. I really didn't like it. I made it about halfway through The Historian before giving up on it, and everyone I know who finished it said don't bother, if that helps narrow down your list at all. I've only read one Haruki Murakami myself, and I keep meaning to get to more of his work!
ReplyDeleteI have read all but two; I have not been interested in the Harkness but have wanted to try The Historian someday. As to Murakami -- his stuff can be odd but it is not scary or over-the-head. I don't get why some are intimidated. Would you be interested in Norwegian Wood as a readalong?
ReplyDeleteA readalong!!!! Yay!!! and yes if you didn't get it from the previous statements.
DeleteOK - just tell me when. (I think I have a copy of this somewhere)
DeleteI've read Outlander, The Lovely Bones, and The Historian, and they're all very good books. That being said, you'll have to be in the mood for them - namely Outlander and The Historian because they're soooo looooong.
ReplyDeleteI am mildly surprised but not completely by your unread list. Some I would have expected you to read but not others based on your eclectic tastes. Out of all of them, try Outlander. And...maybe The Time Traveler's Wife. And...The Kite Runner. ok I'll stop there.
ReplyDeleteI've only read 1Q84 by Murakami and never wanted to read The Lovely Bones or Five People. I've read all the others, though, some of which I liked and some of which I did not.
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