Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish and is now hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. Each week a new theme is suggested for bloggers to participate in.

I’ve been meaning to do one of these for ages, and this week’s theme was basically written especially for me. I feel the weight of my TBR everyday as the shelf is just above my PC screen. I could go on much more than just 10 books. I nearly filled up the list from just my physical books, barely scraped audiobooks, didn’t even make it to my ebooks.

Because I am very savvy about this techy stuff, my blog decided to mess with the formatting and number each book as 1, and I’m fine with that. Don’t worry I didn’t cheat, there are only 10 on my list.

1. The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow

10k Doors and How you Lose the Time War are the two 2019 releases I was sure I’d love, super excited to read, had them pre-ordered on kindle, then picked them on paper from my London trip cause I found them signed, AND STILL HAVEN’T READ THEM! It’s getting awkward.

1. The books of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin

I asked my bf for the beautiful illustrated edition last Easter and loving A Wizard of Earthsea on audiobook, but this edition is so heavy and uncomfortable to read, it’s a little daunting. I do most of my weekday reading before bed, and I need to come up with a good system to manage this one.

1. This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohar and Max Gladstone

In the same boat as 10k Doors, I’m 100% sure I’ll love it, but at this point I’ve hyped it up so much to myself I worry a little.

1. Space Opera by Catherynne M. Valente

I’m saving this one for when I need a pick-me-up because it sounds like so much fun.

1. The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North

I read Touch last year, and loved how clever and different it was. I was really looking forward to The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August, so I guess the moral of this post is stop buying paperbacks of highly anticipated books cause I read them too slowly.

1. The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K Le Guin

I’m under the impression this one is very serious science fiction, which I like, I just feel like I need an extra layer of focus and not being exhausted to really enjoy. And I’ve been pretty exhausted since … about two years ago.

1. City of Lies by Sam Hawke

This is another one that I’m sort of saving for a rainy, cause I’m sure to love it, all my friends that share even vaguely similar tastes to me loved it. I do this a lot, I dunno why I’m more likely to pick up books I’m not sure about sooner than books I’m sure about.

1. Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Same as with my other sci-fi read, I’ve been putting it off for fear of being too serious.

1. The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold

The Vorkosigan Saga is quickly becoming one of my top 10 ever series, so of course I’m very excited to check out Bujold’s other stuff!