Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme 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
Happy Tuesday y’all! This week’s topic is “Oldest (aka Earliest Published) Books On My TBR.” This was an interesting one to see. Now I figured this out by using my TBR on Goodreads and filtering by date published. So some of these the published date may be newer than originally published because I think it also depends on the edition I have added to my TBR….we’ll see. Below are the oldest books on my TBR in order by publish date. Covers/titles link to blog, Goodreads, or Amazon (affiliate).
- Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon (1992-07-01)
- The Lightening Thief by Rick Riordan (2005-07-28)
- Unwind by Neal Shusterman (2007-11-06)
- Gone by Michael Grant (2008-06-24)
- The Flame and the Arrow by Emigh Cannaday (2008-11-25)
- The Help by Kathryn Stockett (2009-02-10)
- The Magicians by Lev Grossman (2009-08-11)
- The Iron King by Julie Kagawa (2010-01-19)
- What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty (2010-05-01)
- Clockwork Angels by Cassandra Clare (2010-08-31)
Your Turn! What is the oldest book on your TBR? Which of these should I prioritize this month? Share below
Well I enjoyed Unwind by Shusterman. I thought it would be based on the earliest books you SHELVED rather than the oldest publication dates.
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Yeah, I had to reread the prompt to make sure I understood it right 😅
I’ve actually read 6 of them! I love the Outlander series. I just read all the Percy Jackson books recently for the first time! Unwind is such a a good dystopian YA series. I enjoyed The Magicians series on audio and the Syfy show. The Gone series was alright. Loved the Infernal Devices trilogy and Shadowhunters in general!
Unwind was so scary! Hope you like it.
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I recently reread The Lightning Thief and enjoyed it as much the second time around. The Help is an interesting read.
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It’s been on my TBR forever. When I worked at the hospital, one of my patients and I bonded over books, and he insisted I read it. Nearly 15 years later and I still haven’t 🫣
OOh nice ones! I looooved The Iron King! This was one of the first YA series I remember reading…among the first at least! I had won a contest that got me the first two books of the series so that was super cool! Hope you enjoy these once you get to read them!
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Unwind is one of those books that’s STILL relevant to the current political climate — which could be a good or a bad thing to read soon, depending on how much of an escape you want. But it makes an impression, for sure. Still thinking about it 15 years later!
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I love books that stick with you like that! Going to have to move it up on my TBR.
The only books I’ve read from your list are the Percy Jackson books and they’re great. I’ve wanted to read The Iron King for a while now too 🙂
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Great list! I’ve read half of these. I love the Gone series and the Unwind series. Both are great. I’m also a big fan of Moriarty’s books. THE HELP is one of my favorites. I hope you enjoy all these when you get to them.
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Susan
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Just noticed I had this one saved to comment on from last year and never got around to it! Dragonfly in Amber I finally finished when I went to Scotland in 2023. I’m currently slowly getting through book 3. It’s not that they’re not good, just sooooo long and I don’t feel like reading when I’m watching the show. Which is almost constanly, lol. My goal is to get book 3 done this year! Gone by Michael Grant is one of my all time favorite books! I say it is like Stephen King’s Under the Dome, but better! lol. I loved the original Percy Jackson series, Unwind – at least the first book I loved, and The Iron King – although I need to finish that series! And I read and loved The Help before the movie came out, and still love the movie too!
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