The Garden of Books discussion

Many of us (if not all of us) have lengthy TBR lists, that often contain books we don't even remember when we added them. But also, there are some books, that we feel like we need to read them, not want to read them. So these are the top books on our TBR! Share your top TBR books here, and/or give opinion for books you have read on other people's top TBR!

The books I seriously want to read rn are these:

The Song of Achilles
The Secret History
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Thirteen Reasons Why
The Two Towers
War and Peace
& A Little Life


If you have read any of these, I would love to hear your opinion :)

I just finished War and Peace and loved it! It's so easy to get into the lives of all the characters, and they're so beautifully interwoven! I'd definitely recommend it if you have the time :)

Here are some that i really need to read and im also totally open to anyones opinion on them:

- Girl in the Blue Coat
- The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street
- The Book Thief
- Spy School
- Little Women
- The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
- The Four Winds

-Eclipse
-City of Lost Souls
-The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
-Crank Palace

Dreamer wrote: "The books I seriously want to read rn are these:

The Song of Achilles
The Secret History
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
[book:Thirteen Reasons Why|298442..."

I read thirteen reasons why at the beginning of the year , it's more dramatic but personally i like it.

Willow Anne wrote: "Here are some that i really need to read and im also totally open to anyones opinion on them:

- Girl in the Blue Coat
- The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street
- [book:Th..."

I read the book thief, it's really amazing you're gonna like it.
I also read the boy in the striped pajamas i didn't like it so much bit the end is bad and good at the same time so it makes it better, and yeah the majority like it so i hope you enjoy it ;)

Douha wrote: "Willow Anne wrote: "Here are some that i really need to read and im also totally open to anyones opinion on them:

- Girl in the Blue Coat
- [book:The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street|..."

Im so excited to read The Book Thief, ive heard soo many good things about it!

Willow Anne wrote: "I just finished War and Peace and loved it! It's so easy to get into the lives of all the characters, and they're so beautifully interwoven! I'd definitely recommend it if you have the time :)"

Thank you! Then I must surely read it now :)

You know, sometimes I just can't decide which book out of my top TBR I want to read next and I'm like: this one, no, this one, wait, this one!

my top TBR now is:

- 1984
- Norwegian Wood
- Wuthering Heights
- Pride and Prejudice
- Crime and Punishment

:)

Lisbeth wrote: "my top TBR now is:

- 1984
- Norwegian Wood
- Wuthering Heights
- Pride and Prejudice
- Crime and Punishment

:)"

1984 and Wuthering Heights are two of my top favorite books, you should defenatly read them :)

•JMCDC• wrote: "Mine is-
- Les Misérables
- Crime and Punishment
- Tess of the D'Urbervilles
- The Count of Monte Cristo
- War and Peace
Yeah they’re al..."

Ohhhh, Les Mis is just PERFECT! Please read it, you won't regret it! (that's actually one of my fav books)

• Ari • wrote: "Dreamer wrote: "The books I seriously want to read rn are these:

The Song of Achilles
The Secret History
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
[book:Thirteen Re..."
yeahh, everyone says it's a great book, and that's why I want to read it sooo much :)

I really want to read these books:

These Violent Delights
The Inheritance Games
Loveless
The Gilded Wolves
Brave New World
Evelina
The Secret History
Les Misérables

jime wrote: "I really want to read these books:

These Violent Delights
The Inheritance Games
Loveless
The Gilded Wolves
[book:Brave New World|512..."

Les Mis is just great! And the secret history is on my top TBR too!

I DESPERATELY need these books in my possession:

Crooked Kingdom
Heartstopper: Volume One
Winter
Good Girl, Bad Blood
If This Gets Out
The Sky Blues
Hani and Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating
Afterlove
House of Hollow
These Violent Delights

Since I posted my top TBR here, I've read The Song of Achilles& The Secret History, and some of the others are not on my top TBR anymore. So my current top TBR is:



I'd love to learn your opinion if you've read any of them! :)

Dreamer wrote: "Since I posted my top TBR here, I've read The Song of Achilles& The Secret History, and some of the others are not on my top TBR anymore. So my current top TBR is:

[bo..."

the only one of those ive read is To Kill a Mockingbird, and i absolutely love it <33

Dreamer wrote: "Since I posted my top TBR here, I've read The Song of Achilles& The Secret History, and some of the others are not on my top TBR anymore. So my current top TBR is:

[bo..."

Oh, I see A Little Life up there, oh yes. ;) I feel like you would really enjoy it. I have reasons to think that the book isn't for everybody, but somehow I think you'd really like it. Sixth sense?

To Kill a Mockingbird is a decent classic. It won't disappoint! A good book about human nature, but not too heavy to read. And Flowers is really fun to read, actually; the book tells the story in a super creative way. It got me out of my reading slump.

Ive been in a really big rereading mood lately, so my top reread tbr is
- The Kiss of Deception + Dance of Thieves
- The Inheritance Games
- Six of Crows
- Legend
- Fable
- West Against the Wind

And some books on my owned tbr i havent read
- Crime and Punishment
- David Copperfield
- The Brothers Karamazov
- The Thing About Jellyfish
- My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry
- The Librarian of Auschwitz
- The Kite Runner

Id be happy to hear anyones opinions on these! :)

Willow Anne wrote: "Dreamer wrote: "Since I posted my top TBR here, I've read The Song of Achilles& The Secret History, and some of the others are not on my top TBR anymore. So my current ..."

That's so great! I really must read it soon :)

riley rue wrote: "Dreamer wrote: "Since I posted my top TBR here, I've read The Song of Achilles& The Secret History, and some of the others are not on my top TBR anymore. So my current ..."

I'll trust your sixth sense! It does seem like a book I would love! :)

Willow Anne wrote: "Ive been in a really big rereading mood lately, so my top reread tbr is
- The Kiss of Deception + Dance of Thieves
- The Inheritance Games"

Both Crime and Punishment and The Brothers Karamazov are great books! I couldn't recommend them more! (Although I must admit I liked Crime and Punishment a bit more than The Brothers Karamazov)

Dreamer wrote: "Willow Anne wrote: "Ive been in a really big rereading mood lately, so my top reread tbr is
- The Kiss of Deception + Dance of Thieves
- [book:The Inheritance Games|..."

ah yayy that makes me so excited to read them! :)

Once again my top TBR has changed.. I've read 5 of the books that used to be on my top TBR when I last posted here, and there are also others which I don't want to read that much anymore. (Actually, there is only one common book between my old and my current top TBR)

So here is my current one:


The problem is that all those are 16 books, and I can no way afford so many. I mean, so far this year I've bought 15 books, so I don't see how I'll manage to read all those anytime soon.. Anyway, in case you've read any of these, I'd love to know your opinion!

-summer i turned pretty
-heartstopper
-the inheritance games

the inheritance games is soo good! im rereading it this month before the 3rd comes out. I cant wait for The Final Gambit!!

@Dreamer
So many classics! Great TBR list you have, Dreamer <3

For One Hundred Years of Solitude, I've heard that there are a ton of characters that the book gets confusing sometimes, so taking notes would probably be a good idea. XD

riley rue wrote: "@Dreamer
So many classics! Great TBR list you have, Dreamer <3

For One Hundred Years of Solitude, I've heard that there are a ton of characters that the book gets confusing sometimes, so taking n..."

Yess, I think 95% of my TBR is just classics XD

I didn't know One Hundred Years of Solitude has so many characters! I assumed that since the title contains solitude, it would have just a few characters. Stupid if me, I know. But thanks for informing! I usually don't have a problem with many characters, but it's nice knowing that before starting a book :)

Hailey wrote: "-summer i turned pretty
-heartstopper
-the inheritance games"

I've read heartstopper. Personally, I found it a bit shallow, but if you're just looking for a cute romance to relax, that's a good choice :)