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Readers On Tackling Their Ultimate TBR Book
Well, here we all are, sheltering in place, buying canned beans, and generally trying to figure out how to stay inside and keep our minds busy. We thought it might be a good time to ask Goodreads members on Twitter and Facebook to share the book that's lingered for far too long on their Want to Read shelves that they finally going to get around to cozying up with.
The answers were as varied as our members, ranging from long, immersive reads, to classics, to newer books that have come highly recommended from friends and family. Thank you to everyone who shared your reading plans. We've rounded up a sampling of those books below and we hope it might inspire even more readers to pick up a book that they've always wanted to read.
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What's the book you're going to find time to read now? Share your list book with us in the comments!
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Yes, I find myself having more time to read, now that everything is closed.
Yes, I have many such books I am yet to conquer:One Hundred Years of Solitude
The Museum of Innocence
Ivory Throne: Chronicles of the House of Travancore
Plus, great quarantine reads list of books about pandemic and post apocalypse:https://backpacksnstuff.tumblr.com/po...
Shortly:
- "Station Eleven" by Emily St. John Mandel
- "The Book of M" by Peng Shepherd
- "Borne" by Jeff Vandermeer
- "MaddAddam" trilogy by Margaret Atwood
- "Slapstick" and "Galapagós" by Kurt Vonnegut
- "Doomsday Book" by Connie Willis
- "Chew" comic-series by John Layman and Rob Guillory
- "Sweet Tooth" comic-series by Jeff Lemire
- "Wittgenstein's Mistress" by David Markson
None of them are depressing:)
Korona have at least this good side. Can finally sink in to good books and find new ones.
Yes! War and Peace has been on my list for ages. Can't think of a better time to dig into this one!
The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoevsky. Just finished Crime and Punishment!
I just finished The Count of Monte Cristo! Next I would like to read Lonesome Dove. I have read 19 on this list.
Parasite Rex: Inside the Bizarre World of Nature's Most Dangerous CreaturesThe Gambler
A Farewell to Arms
I would like to read Anna Karenina and Watership Down this year. Atlas Shrugged would be good, too.
I literally started Dune last night and have Wolf Hall up next! Though, I am a bit nervous about Dune...it is much longer than I anticipated!
I've been wanting to read Vanity Fair for a long time.
I don't know that I have more time to read because of being at home per se (I'm still working and I never was huge on going out) but avoiding social media right now gives me more time for sure. I went from three books behind to all caught up on my challenge (52 books).
I am reading as I always read, what I want, mostly for sheer pleasure. Not tackling anything I wouldn't be reading anyway beyond the tackling of my own shelves versus checking out a ton of books.
Jessica wrote: "I finally started 1Q84 which I've been meaning to do for a while!"I really liked that one when I read it a few years ago. Enjoy!
I've read a good few of these. Currently working on Wolf Hall, less than a hundred pages to go.I'm hoping to get to Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe during this lockdown, and The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. Plus most of the books on the Women's Prize for Fiction longlist.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is a good idea, that's on my owned TBR and I'm pretty sure I'll like it.
I'm also meaning to read The Rising: The Newsflesh Trilogy, although maybe right now it's not such a good idea to read a post-apocalyptic story about a mutated virus that creates zombies...
A Thousand Splendid Suns is my favorite book, highly recommend!!!
My son gave me David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest for Christmas, and I really want to get going on that. I think it will take me a while.
I plan to read the ebooks on my ereader, and what is on my TBR with my libby app and on hoopla. Right now I am reading Crime Seen which is a pretty good read and more
"Death on the Nile" has been on my TBR list the longest. As I started to get into Agatha Christie, my OCD got the better of me and I had to start reading the Poirot novels in order from #1 on.Coincidentally, DotN is next up when my reading list rotation swings back to the top. ;>)
Jayma wrote: "My son gave me David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest for Christmas, and I really want to get going on that. I think it will take me a while."I started reading Infinite Jest two years ago...still reading...but it's a good book:)
Amber wrote: "I plan to read the ebooks on my ereader, and what is on my TBR with my libby app and on hoopla. Right now I am reading Crime Seen which is a pretty good read and more"Same here, everyone should sign up for a library card if they can. I'm currently reading
I also have a ton of books that I have after I will finish those in a week.
Can recommend Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell. It's very very good.
I'm finally getting to The Song of Achilles and plan on reading Circe too.
I’ve been reading James Ellroy’s “LA Quartet”.Really good, moves fast. It will have to, I have a seemingly endless TBR list.
Jayma wrote: "My son gave me David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest for Christmas, and I really want to get going on that. I think it will take me a while."I was not able to conquer this book, it was too dense for me, although what I read was good.
Mallory wrote: "I'm finally getting to The Song of Achilles and plan on reading Circe too."I loved both these books! they're great.
I've read a book a day since March 20th something I've started with some of the shorted books on my TBR first then I'm going to try and read some of the oldest books on my TBR starting with The Last Nemsara and The dark days club
I've set myself a mini goal: How many books will I read and listen to during this lock down? I am curious to see. I am being a voracious reader right now!
I have a copy of The Body: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson, that I bought months ago. While I enjoy his books immensely, I've been off to a rather slow start with this one. I have started reading The Honorable Schoolboy by John LeCarre (part two of the Karla trilogy). I re-read Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy a few weeks ago and I'm determined to read the other books including Smiley's People this year.
I was finally able to finish The Lord of the Rings!
Just startet reading 1Q84 today. I have this fun game when reading Murakami, whenever he mentions a piece of music, i find it and listen to it while reading.
i've read three of these (crime and punishment, a thousand splendid suns and little fires everywhere) [all of them were amazing] and 9 of them are in the tbr list
The oldest book on my TBR list is Lila
, which I actually got out from the library just before it closed indefinitely.
Anastasi wrote: "Plus, great quarantine reads list of books about pandemic and post apocalypse:https://backpacksnstuff.tumblr.com/po...
Shortly:
- "Station Eleven" by Emily..."
I have been having flashbacks to Station Eleven, it is an INTENSE book to read right now. Really amazing, but holy woof.
Jayma wrote: "My son gave me David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest for Christmas, and I really want to get going on that. I think it will take me a while."You might be interested in 'Infinite Summer', which breaks the book up into 10-15 page chunks and has a lot of random nice stuff that makes reading IJ easier.
https://infinitesummer.org/
Sadly, the best part of Infinite Jest is the last third, so I encourage you to push through the inevitable urge to DNF the book at around ~350 pages.
Chris wrote: "Crime and PunishmentA New World Begins: The History of the French Revolution
The Pillars of the Earth
These are very large books but I am literally just si..."
I recommend Pillars - great time to focus on an excellent read!
Since social distancing I’ve completed 6 books. While I find these circumstances frustrating reading and writing give me peace.
I don't think it's going to have much of an impact on my reading as my routine remains pretty much the same. My main book right now is Wool. I suppose it's been on my shelf for a while. Right now just feels like the time for bigger books.
I've read only 1 books from this list and 15 are in my TBR pile.
Had these two books for a few years now, and am finally getting around to reading them! Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari, and The Journals of Sylvia Plath :D
Lizzie wrote: "I was finally able to finish The Lord of the Rings!"Congratulations! 😁
Carissa wrote: "Had these two books for a few years now, and am finally getting around to reading them! Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari, and The Journals of Sylvia Plath :D"Enjoy Plath, Carissa! She was a tour de force.
I’m struggling with Sapiens - have been for months.
I’m going to get around to Anna Karenina.
Cendaquenta wrote: "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is a good idea, that's on my owned TBR and I'm pretty sure I'll like it."I read it years ago and loved it. It has been on my TRR (To Re-Read) list for a while now.
A New World Begins: The History of the French Revolution
The Pillars of the Earth
These are very large books but I am literally just sitting in my room these days lol.