Top Ten Tuesday: Backlist Books I want To Get To In 2024

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.

Last year I did a Backlist Books I want to Read in 2023 post and I failed miserably. Mainly because my reading preferences changed, but also because of a reading slump or books that are far more interesting than these backlist titles. So, I’m trying again this year, but definitely with different books. Let’s take a look at that huge TBR of mine and see how far I will come this year! Here are 10 books I want to get to, in no particular order. The link in the title will get you to the Goodreads page.

  1. Book Lovers by Emily Henry – I’ve read 2 Emily Henry books before and I enjoyed Beach Read more than People We Meet On Vacation. I’ve heard so many mixed things about this one so let’s see where this goes!
  2. Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett – OMG, everyone is already moving on to the sequel, but I still have to pick this one up! I wonder whether this will be something for me since cozy fantasy is a hit or miss for me.
  3. True Biz by Sara Noviฤ‡ – I totally forgot I have this title in my Audible library until I saw the announcement for the Dutch version of this book. Whoops.
  4. Our Missing Hearts by Celeste NG – I’ve read Little Fires Everywhere years ago, but I wasn’t the biggest fan. However, I want to give this author another chance and got myself this book. But it’s not in this list for nothing right?
  5. Boy Queen by George Lester – I feel so ashamed, because I’ve been wanting to read this book for about 2 years now.
  6. The Pearl that Broke its Shell by Nadia Hashimi – And even worse, because this book has been on my TBR since 2021. I’ve read Sparks Like Stars by this author which I thought is really interesting. However, I never read anything else from her catalogue.
  7. The Challenger by Taran Matharu – This is the second book in the “Contender” series. I’ve read the Chosen back in 2019 but never came back. I hope I can continue this series and finish it finally!
  8. The Chase by Elle Kennedy – I’ve read “Off-Campus” years ago, got all the “Briar U” books, but didn’t pick them up. Well, I hope I’ll still enjoy them since my last college romance was a little disapointing. I felt so old when reading Icebreaker
  9. Peach Blossom Spring by Melissa Fu – This book has made it to several blog posts already, without being read. I should change that ASAP.
  10. Rebel by Rebecca Yarros – I just have to finish this series, I really can do this. It’s only this bok I have left of “Renegades”. I like this series, but I just didn’t get to the final book.

Have you read any of these books?


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33 responses to “Top Ten Tuesday: Backlist Books I want To Get To In 2024”

  1. My Emily Henry favorite is Beach Read the second is Book Lovers, because I love how she talks about books, hope you enjoy it too

  2. I’ve seen the Emily Wilde book on several lists today!

  3. Book Lovers is the only Emily Henry book I’ve read, and I enjoyed it. I tried Happy Place last year, but it was a DNF for me. I hope you can read these books in 2024 and that they are all you hoped they would be.

    Pam @ Read! Bake! Create!
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  4. I enjoyed Book Lovers but I preferred People We Meet On Vacation. I listened to the audiobooks and Julia Whelan is brilliant narrating both of them.

  5. I can definitely recommend Peach Blossom Spring

  6. Peach Blossom Spring sounds good.

    Here is my Top Ten Tuesday post.

  7. I’ve only read Peach Blossom Spring from your selection and can highly recommend that one. It’s so beautifully written, one of my top reads the year I read it.

  8. I’m in the process of reading BOOK LOVERS right now. I’m about a quarter of the way through it and I love it so far. So much awesome bantering. Hopefully nothing will happen to change my mind about loving it.

    I hope you can get to these books this year. Thanks for stopping by my blog.

  9. OUR MISSING HEARTS is one I’ve been meaning to read as well. Maybe this year?? I hope you enjoy all these when you get to them.

    Happy TTT!

    Susan
    http://www.blogginboutbooks.com

  10. I have the Emily Wilde book on my list as well!! Everyone talks about it and the sequel and I want to join in the fun!!!

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  11. I’ve only heard of a couple of these. I hope you enjoy these when you get to them.

  12. I think I read one book by Emily (Beach Read) and was interested by the title of Book Lovers, but I never picked it up since I had a kind of like-and-dislike relationship with Beach Read. Hope you enjoy all of these, Laurie and thanks for visiting my website today.

  13. BOOK LOVERS is on my TBR and I also haven’t read an Elle Kennedy book yet. Happiest of reading! These look great ๐Ÿ™‚

    Here’s my Top Ten Tuesday post

  14. All these books sound great. I hope you get to them all this year! Happy reading!

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  15. Hmm I didn’t realise Rebecca Yarros had that series – are you adding to my books?!

    1. Wilder is the first book!

    2. Emily Wildeโ€™s Encyclopaedia of Faeries didn’t click for me, but it seems to be really popular, so I hope it works for you!

  16. Hope you’ll love all of these! Emily Wildeโ€™s Encyclopaedia of Faeries is one I also still hope to pick up in 2024.

  17. I can totally recommend Emily Wildes!

  18. The Pearl That Broke its Shell is a compelling read! I hope you enjoy it!

  19. Book Lovers is still in my TBR pile, but the others are new to me. Hope you get a chance to read all these this year.

  20. I saw a lot of mixed reviews about the first Emily Wilde but then people are loving the second. I was hesitant before but now I’m sure I need to read it haha. I hope that you get to some of these! Book Lovers was one that I did enjoy. ๐Ÿ™‚

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    The Emily Wilde book sounds interesting! Here is our Top Ten Tuesday. Thank you!

  22. I love both Book Lovers and Emily Wilde! I hope you get to them both in 2024

  23. I’ve read a few of these! True Biz is one I totally loved, and I really recommend it. I thought Book Lovers was lots of fun, and I really enjoyed the Emily Wilde books too. Hope you enjoy!

  24. You must read Book Lovers and Emily Wilde though Emily Wilde is pretty slow (the 2nd book is quite fast) but it has excellent world building.

  25. All of these are new to me. Hope you enjoy them!

  26. Great list! I can highly recommend Emily Wilde, it’s such a great book/series ๐Ÿ™‚

  27. Great list! I’ve only read Book Lovers of these, which I loved.

  28. I definitely recommend Emily Wilde. It’s such a great read and the sequel is also really good.
    Lynn ๐Ÿ˜€

  29. Lol! I feel the same way about Emily Wilde! Everyone’s moving on to the second book and I’m just starting the first one right now. I hope you enjoy all these books if you get to them!

  30. I’ve read a lot of the books on your list and can vouch for them being great, but I also have True Biz on my TBR. Hopefully we’ll be able to get to all of our TBRs this year, and the reads will be great!

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