Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday, a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is…
Top Ten Books I’m Looking Forward To For The First Half Of 2017
This week’s top ten is an easy one as there are so many awesome book in my TBR. You’ll also find a few of these in my 2017 Mount TBR Challenge Post. Here they are, in no particular order:
The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
The cover is gorgeous. The story looks amazing. I’ve been trying to expand my horizons when it comes to reading outside of my preferred genre. The early reviews are also very impressive.
The Gargoyle Hunters by John Freeman Gill
I’m always a sucker for a book set in NYC. The blurb sounds very interesting. In short, it’s about a family that is in the architectural salvage business.
The Orphan’s Tale by Pam Jenoff
This book is about friendship and sacrifice, set in a traveling circus during WWII. The NetGalley blurb calls it “The Nightingale meets Water for Elephants.” That’s all I need to hear. I’m in.
I Found You by Lisa Jewell
Lisa Jewell has a large and devoted fan base. I, however, have not read any of her previous books. I’m not sure why.I love mysteries and thrillers set in England and this book includes a young bride, a single mother, and an amnesiac man of dubious origins. Sounds like a winner to me.
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
I received a copy of this book at BEA 2016. It’s been getting tons of buzz from readers and literary critics. I’ve read lots of book about WWII but not so many about the Civil War so I’m really looking forward to this for its potential as a great read and a learning experience.
My Last Lament by James William Brown
I’m really excited about this book. It’s WWII fiction from a different perspective than I’ve ever read. It’s set in northeast Greece. The story line looks very interesting. I’m woefully uneducated about Greece’s history as it relates to WWII so this is another learning opportunity.
We Were the Lucky Ones by Georgia Hunter
This is another book set during WWII, this time in Poland. It’s based on the true story of a family of Polish Jews who are separated at the start of the Second World War. Based on the reviews I’ve read, I’m predicting that this debut novel is going to be a hit.
The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley by Hannah Tinti
From the blurb: “This father-daughter epic weaves back and forth through time and across America, from Alaska to the Adirondacks. Both a coming-of-age novel and a literary thriller, The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley explores what it means to be a hero, and the cost we pay to protect the people we love most.”
The Leavers by Lisa Ko
This book, about an undocumented Chinese immigrant who goes to work one morning and never comes home, has won the 2016 PEN/Bellwether Prize for fiction, awarded by Barbara Kingsolver for a novel that addresses issues of social justice.
Beartown by Fredrik Backman
Fredrik Backman is one of my all-time favorite authors. I would read his grocery lists if they were published. I simply cannot wait to meet the residents of Beartown!
Thanks for reading! I’d love to know which books you’re looking forward to in 2017.
So much for scheduling this post to publish at 11:59pm. Sorry. It really is still Monday…
I read an ARC of The Bear and the Nightingale! Loved it.
I’m glad to hear you liked it. I have an ARC as well. I’m hoping I can get to it soon!
The Gargoyle Hunters and We Were the Lucky Ones are on my list, too! You have several others here that I need to check out. Everyone seems to be talking about The Bear and the Nightingale.
Yes, the Bear and the Nightingale is everywhere! Caraval is another one I’m seeing all over the place. I debated putting it on this list. Now that I’m seeing it on everyone else’s lists I know I’ll have to request it too.
I need to show this to my blogmate! She really likes books about wars 🙂 Great list!
My TTT.
Thanks, Allyson! I do tend to gravitate to war books… 🙂 Your TTT list is pretty awesome too!
I have I Found You on my stacks and hope to get to it soon. The Orphan’s Tale is another one I’m wishing to read. Enjoy! Thanks for visiting my blog.
So many great books. So little time…!
I’m a huge fan of Lisa Jewell, I find reading her books like meeting old friends, she is brilliant on characters – I’m doing the Mount TBR challenge for the first time in 2017 so I might see you up a mountain!
That’s great to know! I’m looking forward to I Found You. I also look forward to seeing your TRB list. I’m already feeling the pressure…
Some great looking books there. I think you might be transferring your tbr mountain to mine! ☺
That’s always the risk when we read one another’s posts. 🙂 My tbr was always pretty long but it’s grown out of control since I started blogging.
I’ve had my eye on The Orphan’s Tale too! I hadn’t heard of the other books on the list, but I’ve been trying to focus on digging myself out of my NetGalley hole, so I haven’t been looking lol