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I have been saving some of these titles in a document for months as I slowly accumulated them in an attempt to make my seasonal TBR posts a little longer than they have been previously.
Here’s hoping they are all excellent reads.
Do you all do similar things with these seasonal TBR posts and have to do a lot of digging to find books for them?
I am so impressed with Top Ten Tuesday blogggers who routinely come up with ten or more answers for these prompts.
1. The Afterlife Project by Tim Weed
Why I’m Interested: I love science fiction novels about time travel and trying to save humanity from extinction!
2. One Yellow Eye by Leigh Radford
Publication Date: July 15
Why I’m Interested: Of course some people would try to cure their loved ones if zombies were real. I like it when this genre explores what those cures might look like.
3. The Bewitching by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Publication Date: July 15
Why I’m Interested: Ms. Moreno-Garcia writes such interesting premises.
4. The Lies They Told by Ellen Marie Wiseman
Thank you to Susan @ Blogging’Bout’Books for alerting me about this title.
Publication Date: July 29
Why I’m Interested: Eugenics was an ugly chapter of history that still echoes loudly through to the present. I shudder and then become angry when I read about folks who think people with disabilities are somehow less valuable than the able-bodied or express even more horrifying opinions than that one.
5. Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz
Publication Date: August 5
Why I’m Interested: Science fiction has given us so many frighting stories about robots that a cozy one is a refreshing change. I wonder what sorts of dishes service bots make?
6. The Space Cat by Nnedi Okorafor
Publication Date: August 12
Why I’m Interested: She writes such interesting stuff.
7. Legendary Frybread Drive-In by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Publication Date: August 26
Why I’m Interested: I love interconnected collections of short stories and poems.
I do struggle to find ten titles for some topics or lists. I think, for me, this has come with being more selective with the books I buy and/or knowing what I like. Hope you enjoy all of your summer TBR hopefuls! 🙂
That makes sense. And thank you, Rissi!
Some weeks I struggle to find ten books, but the seasonal TBR is never one of those. I try to keep it focused on books that I own.
Pam @ Read! Bake! Create!
https://readbakecreate.com/summer-2025-tbr-ten-books-i-hope-to-read/
Cool. 🙂
I get a lot (some would say too many) ARCs, so this is an easy topic for me to come up with ten or more. It’s the other topics I struggle with because my mind just goes blank and it’s like I’ve never read a book before when I’m trying to answer those prompts.
Oh, good for you! And, yeah, I know that feeling. Haha.
Many of these books sound very good. I want to check them out, especially The Space Cat and The Bewitching.
Awesome. Hope you like them. 🙂
I’m the opposite–I have to look at all the books I want to read and pare them down to ten! Although, I read a lot of backlist stuff, so I have a ton to choose from. The books you chose look so good!
Here is my TTT: https://thissideofstoryland.blogspot.com/2025/06/top-ten-tuesday-summer-2025-tbr.html
Oh, that’s so interesting!
And thanks. 🙂
The Afterlife Project does sound interesting!
Glad to hear it!
I have not read anything by Moreno-Garcia yet. Her books look like ones I’d enjoy though. Hope you enjoy all of these!
Thank you!
Automatic Noodle is one that I’ve recently added to my TBR! It looks and sounds so good! I hope you enjoy all of these.
Oh, fun. And thanks.
I’m very excited to pick up The Bewitching. I love Moreno-Garcia’s writing and have yet to come across a book of hers I didn’t enjoy. I hope we both like this one!
Fingers crossed!
Love the variety! And I do hope they all turn out to be excellent reads. 😀
Thank you. Here’s hoping they will be.
I hope you get to read (and love) all of them this summer, Lydia!
Thank you!
Sometimes I struggle with these seasonal tbr posts because I make a list and then accidentally read a few before I publish the list! Happy summer reading!
Oh, too funny!
As ‘mom’ to four cats – The Space Cat is going right onto my TBR.
Here is our Top Ten Tuesday. Thank you!
Yay! Enjoy!
You have a nice mix here. Yellow Eye looks interesting. Hope you enjoy your Summer TBR!
Thank you!
I love the cover for The Bewitching. Hope you’ll love all of these!
You’ve done your homework. Not only do you list books you want to read but you are waiting for books which aren’t published yet. I hope you enjoy them all.
My TTT Summer Reading List