The Bibliophile's Bookshelf

It’s time for another Top Ten Tuesday! Top Ten Tuesday is run by Jana over at That Artsy Reader Girl. This week’s theme is 2024 Releases I Was Excited for But Still Haven’t Gotten To. I don’t pay attention to release dates too much, and I typically like to read complete series or reread books, so I decided to change it a little bit to Books I Meant to Read in 2024 but Didn’t.

There were so many books I meant to read but didn’t so it will be nice to go through this list and determine what books I need to prioritize this year.

Here’s my a Top Ten:

Dead Things Are Closer Than They Appear by Robin Wasley

When I came across this book it said it was for fans of Maggie Stiefvater’s Raven Cycle. I absolutely love that series and this book sounds similar to it, so I’m super excited. It’s on my 2025 reading list, and I hope I get to it.

A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers

I have seen things for this book for years but didn’t come into contact with it until I started college. My college has a “Common Read” that the whole school, staff included, have the option of reading. Never one to turn down a book or the opportunity to read I snagged my copy, intending to read it in November then got promptly wrapped up in Christmas books. I plan on reading it next week and I might be able to attend a talk by the author in March, which is exciting.

A Thousand Heartbeats by Kiera Cass

I love Kiera Cass’ Selection series and when I saw this gorgeous cover at Target I knew I had to read it. Unfortunately, I got distracted and caught up in other books before I could read it, but I am already planning a Kiera Cass book marathon for April. And my amazing Secret Santa got me a copy for Christmas, so there is nothing stopping me from reading it!

Once Upon a Broken Heart series by Stephanie Garber

I loved Stephanie Garber’s Caraval series, which I recently finished rereading. But I never made it past the first book in her series. It wasn’t that I didn’t want to, but I forgot and the books have collected dust on my shelves- until now. I just finished Once Upon a Broken Heart and I have been sucked into that world. I am so excited to finally be finishing this series!

Geekerella by Ashley Poston

I love retellings and contemporary retellings are intriguing to me, though I haven’t read that many. I also put this book up on a few library displays last year and it caught my attention. Both this book and Bookish and the Beast by the same author are on my To-Read this year.

Ruthless Vows by Rebecca Ross

I read Divine Rivals after seeing a display at Barnes and Noble saying it matched my astrology sign. I really loved it and immediately ordered the sequel. I hope to finally finish this series!

The False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen

I absolutely love this series. The main character is amazing, the story is adventurous, and a side character has the same birthday as me! I recommended this series to my sister and decided I wanted to read it again, but forgot. Hopefully I’ll be able to revisit this series this summer.

The Rise of Kyoshi by F. C. Yee

I was rewatching Avatar: The Last Airbender in preperation for the live-action series and decided I needed to read the books. Unfortunately I didn’t read the books or finish the show! Hopefully, I’ll return to both, but, to be honest, Avatar: The Last Airbender isn’t my favorite.

Warriors by Erin Hunter

I have this horrible flaw where I read/watch things only because they’re popular. Many times I find some good things, but other times I find things I don’t like that much. The popularity of the Warrior series lead me to think that I need to read them all! This became a problem when I realized just how many books are in that world. I have shortened my Warriors reading to just the first arc, which hopefully I’ll be able to get to this year.

The Wrath and the Dawn by Renée Ahdieh

I read this duology some years prior and really loved it. While it was super good and I wanted to reread it, I remembered that it was a little heavy and I wasn’t in the mood for it at the time I was considering reading it. Then as the year progressed I got distracted. I’m in a better headspace this year and am super excited for this retelling reread.

There were many good books I read last year, but many more that I missed. Hopefully I’ll be able to read them this year!

What books did you mean to read last year, but weren’t able to?