Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Books on My Spring TBR List

This week’s topic for Top Ten Tuesday, a meme by The Broke and the Bookish, is Top Ten Books on My Spring “To Be Read” List! It was too hard for me to anticipate what I would actually be reading next, so I just made a list of books I’m most excited to read.

As always, this is not in any particular order of excitement (that just sounded so awkward, but I hope you know what I mean), let’s get started!

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Gone With the Wind
by Margaret Mitchell

Genres: Classics, Historical Fiction, Romance

Being someone who grew up in the South, I’m interested to see how Mitchell uses the Civil War South elements in this classic. It’s pretty lengthy, and I’ve read reviews that state “I want to slap spoiled, selfish, and stupid Scarlett O’Hara silly,”  but I think I’ll enjoy it.

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Divergent
by Veronica Roth

Genres: [Young Adult] Dystopia

The second movie is about to be released. I think it’s about time for me to read these.

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Infinite Jest
by David Foster Wallace

Genres: Fiction, Literature, Contemporary, Humor

I’ve heard so many great things about Wallace’s beautiful writing and his clever use of neologisms. It’s also pretty lengthy and takes time to comprehend, but all of my guy friends always remind me that this is a 2015 must-read.

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Daughter of Smoke and Bone
by Laini Taylor

Genres: [YA] Paranormal, Angels

This one has had high reviews across the blogosphere since it’s been released. I have the second one to this trilogy, but hopefully when I get this first book I can begin reading them.

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Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
by Lisa See

Genres: Historical Fiction

I got this one, along with The Glass Castle (review here), as a Christmas gift from one of my friends, and have been meaning to read this. It’s set in China, and I love good Asian historical fiction!

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Fangirl and Eleanor and Park
by Rainbow Rowell

Genres: [YA] Contemporary

I mean I haven’t read any Rainbow Rowell. Shouldn’t that explain enough?

SPACE

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Shadow and Bone
by Leigh Bardugo

Genres: [YA] High Fantasy

The Grisha trilogy, I’ve heard, is nothing like George R.R. Martin or Patrick Rothfuss’ novels, they’re more ya high fantasy quick-reads, but I have high expectations for this one. And, speaking of those two epic fantasy writers, I need to read some of their works as well.

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Water for Elephants
by Sara Gruen

Genres: Historical Fiction

This one just sounds awesome. Set during the Depression, involves a circus, and there’s even romance. I’m anticipating this one to be a good read.

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Cinder
by Marissa Meyer

Genres: [YA] Fantasy, Dystopia

I actually tried reading this book when it was just released. At the time, I thought it ranged from meh to okay and didn’t finish it. But a lot of my friends have bugged me about how great this one is, so I may reread it. I also got the sequel on sale the other day, another incentive to give it another go.

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Bloodlines
by Richelle Mead

Genres: [YA] Paranormal, Vampire

Something about Richelle Mead’s books makes me love them. She kind of reminds me of Cassandra Clare and Meg Cabot, they’re not exceptional writers but I keep coming back for more. Plus, this is a spin-off series from the Vampire Academy series, so I know I’ll enjoy it.

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Yup, I know I’ve cheated for adding way more than 10 books with all the series, but don’t judge me, it was too hard to decide. What are on y’all’s lists this week? And, Happy St. Patrick’s Day! 🙂