Tuesday, July 28, 2026

Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Books I HAD to Have Immediately but Still Haven’t Read



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. 

Tuesday has arrived again, and with it, our fun weekly meme, Top Ten Tuesday. Today's prompt includes a bit of shame. These are books we had to have right away, but we still haven't made it around to reading them. My list for this one well exceeds ten. I seem to be a book collector and not much of a book reader lately. 

Top Ten Books I HAD to Have Immediately but Still Haven't Read


The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren


Marilla of Green Gables by Sarah McCoy


The Pioneers by David McCullough


The Man Who Invented Christmas by 
Les Standiford


From Little Houses to Little Women by
Nancy McCabe


Pioneer Girl Perspectives edited by
Nancy Tystad Koupal


The Children's Blizzard by Melanie Benjamin


Diary of a Stage Mother's Daughter by Melissa Francis


Rhett Butler's People by Donald McCaig


Madly, Deeply: The Diaries of Alan Rickman by Alan Rickman


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9 comments:

Emily said...

A great looking list. I have about 120 unread books on my physical and hundreds more on my kindle so I had plenty to choose from 😂

Have a great week!

Emily @ Budget Tales Book Blog
https://budgettalesblog.wordpress.com/2026/07/28/top-ten-tuesday-books-i-had-to-have-immediately-but-still-havent-read/

Lydia said...

Marilla of Green Gables was interesting, and I hope you like it.

BibliophileBree said...

The Unhoneymooners is a fun read!

Pam @ Read! Bake! Create! said...

I have Rhett Butler's People on my TBR, but I've only seen a copy of it once. I left it behind, because the store was asking $10 for a used copy. I hope you enjoy them all when you get the chance to read them.
Here's my TTT for the week: https://readbakecreate.com/the-ten-holiday-reads-on-my-tbr-the-longest/

Yvonne said...

These all look good. Like you, I've become more of a book collector and reader these days.

Susan said...

I've read THE UNHONEYMOONERS and THE CHILDREN"S BLIZZARD. Several of these others are on my TBR list. Someday...

Happy TTT!

Jen Twimom said...

I have so many unread books. But probably at the top of the "I needed to have it," list is The Kinsmen Universe by Ilona Andrews. I keep pushing it off for other books.

Perfectly Tolerable said...

Don't feel shame about it! Buying and reading books are two completely different hobbies!!! Plus we are all in the same boat! The only reason I kept my list to 10 books was because I stopped looking once I got to 10 😂

Carla Loves to Read said...

We're all in the same boat. I have Marilla, The Children's Blizzard and Madly Deeply on my shelves as well.