The theme for this week's edition of Top Ten Tuesday, a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, is Books I'd Love To Read With My Book Club. This is a pretty easy one for me. So far, the book club I participate in has mostly read cozy mysteries, historical fiction, and romance - not usually my cup of tea. I haven't yet picked the book for the month, but here are some fantastic titles I'm really looking forward to that I would suggest to shake things up and get some of the others to read out of their comfort zone.
The Martian by Andy Weir
Red Rising by Pierce Brown
The Walled City by Ryan Graudin
Revival by Stephen King
Timebound by Rysa Walker
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
The Rook by Daniel O'Malley
Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers
Empire State by Adam Christopher
Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett
I'd say this sounds like a pretty compelling list! When we vote on our next reads, I'm hoping one of these books may be selected. What do you think of my selection? Do you think these fun titles could promote interesting discussion during book club?
I've heard good things about Red Rising, but Grave Mercy is beautiful. It's sort of a combination of a historical, romantic, and fantasy read which might appeal to a wider audience.
ReplyDeleteVery good to know! I'm excited to read them both, either way. Thanks for visiting! :)
DeleteI haven't read any of those, maybe I should. I seriously need to read a Terry Pratchett book, maybe that'll be a good place to start!
ReplyDeleteHere's my TTT if you're interested: https://victoriajaynesbooks.wordpress.com/2015/01/27/top-ten-tuesday-8/
You can't go wrong with Discworld - Death is a great character. Thanks for sharing!
DeleteThat's a really interesting list. I've heard loads of good things about Ready Player One and it really looks like great fun.
ReplyDeleteI have read The Martian and it was OK. There was little to no character development, and it got really repetitive after a while. Still moderately entertaining though.
Reaper Man is great. It was the first Terry Pratchett book that I read and I'll always have a bit of a soft spot for it. Plus, Death is definitely my favourite character in the Discworld.
The rest of the books looks pretty good as well, great post!
Killian
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Thanks! Death is easily one of the best characters. :)
DeleteThe Walled City and Grave Mercy are so good! I'm hoping to read The Martian soon, just waiting on my copy to come in the mail. Great list!!
ReplyDeleteThanks! I can't wait to read them, with a book club or not!
DeleteYou have a fabulous list! I loved Grave Mercy so much. I have The Martian and Ready Player One on my TBR.
ReplyDeleteThank you! I've heard great things about them and I can't wait to read them!
DeleteI loved The Walled City and Grave Mercy so much! I've been curious about Timebound and Ready Player One—they both sound interesting.
ReplyDeleteYes, they all do! :)
DeleteAwesome selection! I love the cover of Timebound. The cover alone makes me want to read it.
ReplyDeleteA nice variety there :)
Thanks! I've had it on my tbr for a while - the description sounds fantastic!
DeleteReady Player One is such a fun book! I love this list. I would join your book club for sure. :)
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DeleteGrave Mercy is the only one of these I know, but I loved it. Really need to finish the trilogy. Would be tons of fun to read with a book club! :D Thanks for stopping by my blog! :D
ReplyDeleteCool - that's very good to know! :)
DeleteGrave Mercy is one of my favorites! It's so good. I've been wanting to read Red Rising and The Walled City as well, maybe I should do that soon...
ReplyDeleteGreat list!
Thanks! I hope I get to those soon. :)
DeleteI read Ready Player One around Christmastime and whilst I didn't love it, I'd definitely recommend it to a book club. Plenty to talk about - mainly the role of the internet in our lives.
ReplyDeleteThanks for letting me know. I'll have to see if I can get it on the vote. :)
DeleteI've read Ready Player One, The Walled City, and Red Rising. All would be great choices for a book club!
ReplyDeleteI'm reading Grave Mercy right now, and it's really good!
Good list :]
I'm glad you like them! Thanks!
DeleteI really like the His Fair Assassin Trilogy and almost added these books to my TTT post this week!
ReplyDeleteHere’s a link to my TTT post for the week: http://captivatedreader.blogspot.com/2015/01/top-ten-tuesday-ten-books-id-love-to.html
I'm glad I could inspire you. :)
DeleteOoh, great list! I'd love to discuss some of these with a group too.
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DeleteI've heard about both Red Rising and The Walled City and they do sound like they would make good book club books. Empire State looks really interesting, I may just have to check that out!
ReplyDeleteGreat list.
Thanks for stopping by my TTT.
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DeleteGreat list - I'm mad keen to read The Martian and Ready Player One. I've been hearing so many good things about both of these.
ReplyDeleteI know! :)
DeleteGRAVE MERCY AND THE WALLED CIY FOR SURE. I ADORED THOSE BOOKS! :D
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by Fiction Freak!
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DeleteI can't describe how excited I am to read these two books! :)
Good choices, Red Rising is on my TBR list!
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Thanks! I hope you enjoy it.
DeleteI really like Stephen king books. But they should have more rabbits in them.
ReplyDeleteHaha! Can't go wrong with Stephen King. :)
DeleteEpic Reads was a choice I gave my partner, and I hope we can have a wonderful discussion regarding the book.
ReplyDeleteThe Martian! Woowoo!!
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