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A Discovery of Witches, Alienated, All Fall Down, All the Rage, Ally Carter, Amy Ewing, Barry Jonsberg, Cat Clarke, Cloudwish, Courtney Summers, Dawn Kurtagich, Days of Blood and Starlight, Deborah Harkness, Dreams of Gods and Monsters, Dumplin, E. Lockhart, Estelle Laure, Far From You, Fiona Wood, Happily Ever After, Hidden, Hilary Badger, Hold Me Like a Breath, John Flanagan, Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, Josephine Angelini, Julie Murphy, Justine Larbalestier, Kerstin Gier, Kiera Cass, Laini Taylor, Lair of Dreams, Leviathan, Libba Bray, Lifespan of Starlight, Maggie Stiefvater, Margo Lanagan, Marianne Curley, Marie Lu, Megan Miranda, Melinda Salisbury, Melissa Grey, Melissa Landers, Pandora Jones, Percy Jackson's Greek Heroes, Pompidou Posse, Ranger's Apprentice, Razorhurst, Rebecca Lim, Rick Riordan, Rick Yancey, Ruby Red, Running Like China, Sarah Lotz, Scott Westerfeld, Sea Hearts, Soman Chainani, Sophie Hardcastle, Sophie Jordan, Soulprint, Star Wars, State of Grace, Susanna Clarke, Tess Sharpe, Thalia Kalkipsakis, The 5th Wave, The Astrologer's Daughter, The Dead House, The Diviners, The Girl at Midnight, The Infinite Sea, The Jewel, The Lost and the Found, The School of Good and Evil, The Scorpio Races, The Sin Eater's Daughter, The Young Elites, This Raging Light, Tiffany Schmidt, Trial by Fire, Trish Doller, Uninvited, We Were Liars, Where the Stars Still Shine, White Time
I seem to have a problem that many book-nerds have, my TBR pile is HUGE!
And because it’s 2016, I have decided…this time next year, I will not own any books that I have not read.
Can I actually do it?
But I need your help
Obviously, my pile is huge, so I need some suggestions of where to begin.
What’s on my TBR:
- Pandora Jones trilogy, by Barry Jonsberg
- All the Rage, by Courtney Summers
- Hold Me Like a Breath, by Tiffany Schmidt
- The Scorpio Races, by Maggie Stiefvater
- White Time, by Margo Lanagan
- The 5th Wave/Infinite Sea, by Rick Yancey
- Cloudwish, by Fiona Wood
- The Diviners/Lair of Dreams, by Libba Bray
- Star Wars: Verily a New Hope
- Dumplin’, by Julie Murphy
- The Lost and the Found, by Cat Clarke
- Pompidou Posse, by Sarah Lotz
- This Raging Light, by Estelle Laure
- Happily Ever After, by Kiera Cass
- Uninvited, by Sophie Jordan
- Running Like China, by Sophie Hardcastle
- Where the Stars Still Shine, by Trish Doller
- Sea Hearts, by Margo Lanagan
- State of Grace, by Hilary Badger
- Ruby Red, Kerstin Gier
- Razorhurst, by Justine Larbalestier
- The Young Elites, by Marie Lu
- Lifespan of Starlight, by Thalia Kalkipsakis
- We Were Liars, by E. Lockhart
- Alienated, by Melissa Landers
- The Dead House, by Dawn Kurtagich
- Percy Jackson’s Greek Gods, by Rick Riordan
- All Fall Down, by Ally Carter
- Days of Blood and Starlight/Dreams of Gods and Monsters, by Laini Taylor
- The Sin Eater’s Daughter, by Melinda Salisbury
- Ranger’s Apprentice, by John Flanagan
- Leviathan, by Scott Westerfield
- Soulprint, by Megan Miranda
- Trial by Fire, by Josephine Angelini
- The Jewel, by Amy Ewing
- The Girl at Midnight, by Melissa Grey
- The School of Good and Evil, by Soman Chainani
- Far From You, by Tess Sharpe
- A Discovery of Witches, by Deborah Harkness
- The Astrologer’s Daughter, by Rebecca Lim
- Hidden, by Marianne Curley
- Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, by Susanna Clarke
So, my question to you all is this: which books should I prioritise? I need to know where to begin.
Help me out, guys!
The Magical Adventures of Cassie the Weird 
I haven’t read all that many books from your list, so it’s a little difficult to recommend anything, but I loved We Were Liars. Opinions are very divided on it most of the time, but since it’s a very short book, you wouldn’t have wasted much time in case you don’t like it that much.
I don’t even want to put mine in piles because I think I’d have a stroke. You should definitely read All Fall Down, though, I really loved it 🙂
I have started a TBR jar this year. You write down the names of all the books in your TBR pile, cut them out, fold them up, put them in a jar, shake them about and pick out a piece of paper and read whatever book you have picked. It sounds really fun and takes all the pain out of deciding what to read next. Maybe you could try it too.
THE SCHOOL FOR GOOD AND EVIL! I love that trilogy! Percy Jackson’s Greek Gods is also an amazing read though. It’s hilarious
Okay so here’s the plan: Take Hold Me Like a Breath, and slooowwwwllly drop it into your library’s donation bin 😉 That’s the first order of business. Now that you’ve done that, we can move on.
Some of these are polarizing (like HMLAB- some people liked it, I suppose?) For example: I did not like We Were Liars but basically everyone else on the planet does, so ignore me.
Here’s the books that I rated 4 stars and higher from your list: The Sin Eater’s Daughter, The Jewel, Dumplin’, Soulprint.
The ones everyone I know loves and will yell at us BOTH to read: The Scorpio Races, Far From You, All the Rage.
Soooo hope that helps a little? If I was picking from your pile, I think I’d go with The Scorpio Races 😀 Good luck, that is such an amazing goal!