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I am not sure how to write for the introduction to this post this week. Just like all of you, I assume, my TBR list is a long one. Eventually, I hope to read all of these titles.
As usual, this includes a variety of genres. I admire those of you who can stick to one genre all of the time, but I find it more enjoyable to bounce around from one to the next.
1. My Friends by Fredrik Backman
2. Recitatif: A Story by Toni Morrison
3. When the Moon Hits Your Eye by John Scalzi
4. Cemetery Boys (Cemetery Boys, #1) by Aiden Thomas
5. White Light: The Elemental Role of Phosphorus-in Our Cells, in Our Food, and in Our World by Jack Lohmann
6. The Antidote by Karen Russell
7. The Blanket Cats by Kiyoshi Shigematsu, Jesse Kirkwood
8. When the Earth Was Green: Plants, Animals, and Evolution’s Greatest Romance by Riley Black
9. Children of Time (Children of Time, #1) by Adrian Tchaikovsky
10. Every Heart a Doorway (Wayward Children, #1) by Seanan McGuire
I recognize some of these titles and authors but never read any of them! What is fun about these types of lists is the genre variety. 🙂
Totally agreed there. 🙂
I don’t know any of these Lydia, but When The Earth Was Green speaks to me.
Here’s a link to my TTT post
https://rosieamber.wordpress.com/2025/11/04/%f0%9f%93%9a-toptentuesday-10-books-on-my-bookshelf-tuesdaybookblog-booktwitter-bookx/
Doesn’t it sound interesting? 🙂
Ooh nice list! I want to read 3 and 9, and 5 is intriguing too!
I combined with #scifimonth: https://wordsandpeace.com/2025/11/04/top-ten-scifi-books-my-year-2025-in-science-fiction/
That’s a fun way to do this post, Emma.
I think Blanket Cats sounds so good!
Agreed!
When the Moon Hits Your Eye is…silly, but fun! Would be a good palate-cleanser if you’ve read something gloomy.
Absolutely. I’m hoping to read it soon.
I’m a genre bouncer too! 🙂 I loved My Friends so much (just read it last month), and loved When the Moon Hits Your Eye too. The Wayward Children books (your #10) is a favorite series of mine… and I just started Children of Time last night (after staring at it on my shelf for years — it’s so long!)
Very cool! I’m glad you liked those titles.
If I may, I would recommend When the Moon Hits Your Eye for your next read. It is the perfect distraction from anything real.
I will take your suggestion! Distractions sound great right about now.
I loved Cemetery Boys and have been thinking of doing a re-read at some point. I also really enjoyed Children of Time and I have the next books in the series but I think I’ll need to re-read that one before continuing on. I also finally read my first Backman book last month and now I can’t wait to dive into his backlist and new releases 😍 I hope you enjoy all of these whenever you get to them!
Thank you, Dini! I’m glad you liked those titles.
This is the second list I’ve seen Cemetery boys on! That’s funny. Every Heart a Doorway is a good one.
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Cemetery Boys is one I’ve read and loved! I still need to read a Fredrik Backman book, I’ve heard only great things about them.
May you enjoy them. 🙂
I’ve only heard of number 1 and number 4 but what a great selection of books 🙂
Here’s my TTT – https://justreadjessie.blog/2025/11/04/top-ten-tuesday-the-first-10-books-i-randomly-grabbed-from-my-shelves/
Thank you!
I haven’t read any of these. They really sound like good books. I hope you enjoy them.
Thank you.
I read Every Heart a Doorway last year and didn’t enjoy it as much as I had hoped. I’m sure it was just me and all of the hype around it.
Pam @ Read! Bake! Create!
https://readbakecreate.com/ten-books-i-own-randomly-selected-bygoodreads/
Thanks for sharing. That’s good to know.
I like to bounce around between genres, too! Fun list. 😀
Cool!
Love both Cemetery Boys and Every Heart a Doorway.
Cool!
The Blanket Cats sounds interesting! Here is our Top Ten Tuesday. Thank you
Thank you!
Cemetery Boys was an unexpected surprise. I also enjoyed My Friends, my first Backman book.
Glad to hear it.
I read my first Toni Morrison last month (The Bluest Eye) and I’m currently reading Beloved. I plan to read my way through all her backlist.
Oh, awesome. She’s written so many wonderful books. Enjoy.
Ive really loved Fredrik Backman in the past, so I keep meaning to find My Friends.
May you enjoy it.
I loved both of the books I’ve read by Backman, so I’ve really been meaning to read more from him. MY FRIENDS is one I definitely want to get to at some point. I have a physical copy on my shelf, so I have NO excuse not to. Ha ha.
Happy TTT (on a Wednesday)!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
I hope you enjoy it!
My Friends is one of my top books this year! I just purchased a copy for each of my friends for their Giftmas gift!
Oh, that’s wonderful. 🙂
My Friends has been on my TBR list for SO long! I really need to get to that one soon. Love your list, Lydia! Happy Wednesday!
Thank you, Stephanie.
Sometimes I like to binge read series, other times I like to bounce between genres. I love that we can all choose what order we read books in 😉 I hope you enjoy all of these when you do get the time/opportunity to read them!
That makes total sense.
A fun mix! I also bounce around between genre a lot, it adds a lot of fun to reading.
Nice! And thanks.
I just started When The Moon Hits Your Eye fir Sci Fi Month! I’m enjoying it so far. I’m hoping to read When The Earth Was Green sooner rather than later, too.
Oh, awesome! I hope you like When the Earth Was Green, too.
You’ve got some really great titles on here this week, Lydia. Recitatif was such an intriguing read, and I really loved how Morrison wrote it. When the Earth Was Green also sounds good.
Thank you. I’m glad you think so!