Top Ten Tuesday is a meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, featuring a different top 10 theme each week. This week’s topic is 10 Of My Most Recent 5 Star Reads.
I feel like I’ve already praised most of these to death, but hey — if a book is that good, it’s always worth talking about again! My top ten, in no particular order:
1) Breakup by Dana Stabenow: I can’t help raving about this terrific series!
2) And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie: My first Christie, finally!
3) Lock In by John Scalzi (review): Fascinating sci-fi.
4) All the Winters After by Seré Prince Halverson (review): Love and Alaska – what could be better?
5) The Guest Room by Chris Bohjalian (review): Disturbing, shocking, and moving.
6) In the Shadow of Blackbirds by Cat Winters (review): So far, every one of this author’s books has been a 5-star read for me.
7) Uprooted by Naomi Novik (review): Utterly magical and absorbing.
8) Alex + Ada by Jonathan Luna and Sarah Vaughn (review): An amazing graphic novel trilogy.
9) Depth by Lev AC Rosen (review): Sci-fi noir — a detective story set in the drowned city of New York.
10) The Marvels by Brian Selznick (review): This author continues to amaze with his words-and-pictures approach to storytelling.
What books made your list this week? Please share your links!
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I haven’t read any of the books on your list, will definitely look them up.
Here is my TTT: https://dwgitau.wordpress.com/2016/03/29/top-ten-tuesdayten-of-the-best-books-ive-read-recently/
Thanks for the link! I love seeing the variety of 5-star books. 🙂
I’m really excited for Uprooted. That book has been on my radar for a while now.
I think you’ll love it!
I will be reading In the shadow of blackbirds within the next couple of weeks. I am so glad you loved it! I have only read one Cat Winters novel and I desperately need to change that. Great list!
Thanks! Which Cat Winters book have you read?
Oh, you got me with Depth – that sounds right up my street.
I hope you enjoy it! I loved it, and feel like it deserves a lot more attention. 🙂
And There Were None was an amazing book. It kept me hooked up all night.
Me too! I tried watching the TV version that just aired, but my cable company only had part 1. Grr.
I’ve read No.3 and No.7 off your list. I’ve read a couple by Chris Bohjalian – The Midwife which I loved and The Night Strangers – which I didn’t. I really want to pick up And Then There Were None.
Lynn 😀
I think I’ve loved everything I’ve read by Chris Bohjalian, and I have a few more books of his on my shelf! I did love The Night Strangers… I love me a good ghost story. 🙂
Uprooted was soooooo good. I totally loved that book.
Here’s my Top Ten Tuesday
Ah, me too! I think Uprooted is one that I’ll be needing to reread.
The Guest Room and All the Winter’s After are both on my TBR list. I’ll have to check out your other titles.
I hope you enjoy them both!
I can’t wait to read And Then There Were None, I have it sitting on my eReader, waiting to be read 🙂 I also love the book cover to All the Winters After, I’ll have to look that one up. Great list!
My TTT
Thanks! All the Winters After was amazing — I hope you check it out.
I’ve heard so many great things about John Scalzi. Seeing him in your list makes me think it must be time to pick up something he’s written. Is that the one you recommend to start?
Maybe. It depends on what you enjoy — the first book of his that I read was Redshirts, which was hilarious. I think either one would be a great choice!
You’ve just reminded how much I wanted to read Uprooted but never got round to it!
It’s SO good. I keep pushing it on all my friends! 🙂
I’ve heard great things about Lock In and Uprooted. I am definitely going to have to check both of them out eventually.
I hope you do! Such great books.
I really need to read “And Then There Were None” and “Uprooted” – My TTT
Uprooted is amazing (and I loved the audio version). I’m going to try to fit a little more Agatha Christie into my reading life. 🙂
I have “Lock In” pretty high in my TBR. Can’t wait to read it!
It’s really terrific. There’s a novella that’s a prequel that came out before Lock In, and it really helped me get into the story. I think it’s called “Unlocked”… anyway, I really recommend reading it first!
Good to know, thanks!
Love Chris Bohjalian after he wrote The Sandcastle Girls. It’s great to see talented Armenians in the media, because I don’t count the Kardashians! I’ll have to check out The Guest Room now! Thanks!
My TTT: http://bookclubbabe.net/2016/03/29/top-ten-tuesday-my-five-star-reads/
I haven’t read The Sandcastle Girls yet, but it’s high on my list. I had the pleasure of hearing Chris Bohjalian speak at the local Armenian center when The Guest Room came out, and it was such a great experience.
So cool!!
Yes to Uprooted. I’m so glad you enjoyed it. The world-building in that novel is just phenomenal.
I absolutely agree! I listened to the audiobook, and got so caught up in the mood of the story. I’m going to try to find time in the next few months to reread the paper version. Such a great book!
I love In the Shadow of Blackbirds! Have you read Cat Winters latest release, The Steep and Thorny Way?
Yes, have you? I just read it last week, and loved it!
I actually haven’t, the premise didn’t really catch my attention so I was waiting to see what other fans thought. Good to know you enjoyed it!