
Top 5 Tuesday is hosted by the wonderful Shanah @ Bionic Book Worm.
Does anyone else have those authors whose work you know you are going to love, but for whatever reason you just never pick up? I have so many that it was difficult to narrow it down to only five!
Francesca Zappia
Francesca Zappia seems to write the kind of hard-hitting YA that I absolutely love. Eliza and her Monsters was extremely popular when it was first published, but I just never got around to it. Now Entering Addamsville is her latest release and, while it does not seem to be getting the same hype, I am intrigued by it. Made You Up has also been on my TBR for years! I just need to pick up one of her books already!
Ruta Sepetys
Salt to the Sea is one of those books that I just know I am going to love. It has been on my shelves for a couple years now, and I have no excuses as to why I haven’t picked it up yet. Ruta Sepetys’s latest release, The Fountain of Silence, has been getting rave reviews! I have realized that I have not read a love of YA historical fiction, which is ridiculous because it is my favourite genre. Is it just not as popular?
Meg Wolitzer
Meg Wolitzer has a pretty extensive backlist, but these are the three books of hers that I am most interested in reading. I saw the movie adaptation of The Wife and thought it was wonderful. I am a sucker for books about books or the literary world! I have have The Interestings on my shelf for awhile now, though admittedly I do not know much about it. The Female Persuasion is the one that I seem to hear the most about! I am usually drawn to literary fiction, so it surprises me that I haven’t read anything by her yet.
Octavia E. Butler
It is sinful that I have never read anything by Octavia E. Butler, especially as a self-proclaimed SciFi fan. I have had Kindred on my TBR for ages and I have only heard incredible things about it. In fact, all of her novels have high ratings on Goodreads. I did not realize just how many books she had written! I think I am going to start with Kindred, but would love any advice you have on where to go from there.
Barbara Kingslover
I remember when The Poisonwood Bible was all the rage! I would have been sixteen when it came out and I guess it just wasn’t something I was drawn to back then. Fast forward fifteen years and it sounds exactly like the kind of novel I would love. Her latest release, Unsheltered, is one I meant to read last year but just never got around to. Kingslover seems to write a mix between historical fiction and literary fiction- my favourite combo! I am hoping to fall in love with her work and eventually make my way through her backlist.
Have you read books by any of these authors? Where should I start? Who is the one author you would most like to read?
Definitely second that you need to read Ruta Sepetys & Barbara Kingsolver! Salt to the Sea was beautiful, and Unsheltered was heartbreakingly thought provoking. I’ll have to look into the others on your list!
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They both sound so amazing! Heartbreakingly thought-provoking is one of my buzzwords!
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Haha I’ve gotten pretty attached to books like that!
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I love Ruta Sepetys. I hope you will too.
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I have a feeling I will as well!
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I have numerous books by the first two authors listed here only TBR too. I hope we both get a chance to check out some of their books soon (:
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I hope we do as well!!
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oh I love this post. i’ve been meaning to get around to octavia butler for a long time but just havent.
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Thank you! Same, and I do not know why!
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I have never even heard of my of them 🙈 I’m glad you’re highlighting them !
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It makes me happy that I got to introduce you to some new authors!
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I’ll be honest: I don’t care for Octavia Butler. I read Kindred and it was all right, but I wasn’t overly impressed. Then I read two thirds of the Passenger series before giving up. Just wasn’t for me.
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Thank you for sharing! I will go into Kindred with more realistic expectations. I love that even though you didn’t love Kindred you tried more of her work. I try to do the same before deciding an author isn’t for me.
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I’ve been so interested in reading The Fountains of Silence recently, it sounds so good!
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It really does! Has a great cover as well!
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So many yes’s to Ruta Sepetys!! She’s absolutely incredible!
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Ah I really just need to make Salt to the Sea a priority. It is ridiculous that I haven’t read it yet!
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I adored Salt to the Sea and have been meaning to read more of Ruta Sepetys work. I love how she tends to spotlight historic events that are usually swept under the rug.
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I love when historical fiction authors do that as well!
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Nice choices! I loved Eliza and Her Monsters and Now Entering Addamsville.
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Thank you! That is great to hear!
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You’re welcome. I hope you end up liking them, too.
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I have tried to read The Interestings three times and I can never get in to it! I’m going to try The Wife by her.
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I have heard mixed things about The Interestings! I hope The Wife is a better read for you!
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I discovered Ruta Sepetys months ago through Salt to the Sea and it was insta love! I also adored The Fountains of Silence so I’d say choose one of these.
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Those are the two I am most interested in! So happy to hear you enjoyed them both.
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Francesca Zappia is amazing. I read Eliza and loved it. Read welcome to addamsville and that was pretty good, just not as good as Eliza in my opinion.
Ruta Sepetys is a must read. I absolutely fell in love with salt to the sea when I read it and am currently reading fountains of silence and adoring it.
Both of these authors are amazing at their craft and make the reading of their books super effortless! I hope you pick these two authors up soon and love them as much as I do!!
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Thank you for this! I think Eliza was so well-loved it will be hard for her to top that one!
Happy to hear you are loving Fountains of Silence. I can not wait to read it!
I hope I get to them both soon as well and that I adore them as much as you do!
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Sepetys is a cross over author and I never think I’m reading YA when I’m reading her books (out of the Easy seems the most YA out of all the titles). I hope you enjoy well researched and well written Sepetys books!
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That is so awesome to hear. I appreciate well-researched historical fiction!
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Ruta Sepetys’ books are the ones I would most like to read as well. I do actually have Salt to the Sea on my shelves but I’ve not been in the mood to read that kind of book at the moment.
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I am the same way. It has been on my shelves for a couple years just haunting me!
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Great list! Ruta Supetys is one author I also really need to get to & actually own a few books by this author *for shame* lol. I read Eliza and Her Monsters last year & LOVED it, would love to read another book by this author. Happy reading! 🙂
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Haha I have owned Salt to the Sea for years!! I am so glad you loved Eliza!
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Ruta Sepetys is one of my all-time favorite authors – Between Shades of Gray is my favorite- and I can’t recommend Eliza and Her Monsters and Made You Up enough! I still have to read Now Entering Adamsville,
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That is good to hear. I feel like Between Shades of Gray doesn’t get talked about as much.
Excited for both of those books. I know I will love them!
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You just NEEEEED to read «The Fountains of Silence», it was my first Ruta Sepetys book and it’s probably one of the best books I’ve ever read… ❤
I also bought her other books – Salt to the Sea and Between Shades of Gray, and hope to read them very soon.
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Ahhhh that makes me so excited!!! I love falling in love with an author like that.
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Salt to the Sea is such a good book! Highly recommend it!
I have Eliza and her Monsters sitting on my shelf waiting for me to read… I don’t know what I’m waiting for! 😛
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I have so many books on my shelves that I know I will love but just never pick up. Always distracted by other things!
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Story of a bookworm’s life, right? 🙂
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Truly.
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Great post!
I haven’t read any Meg Wolitzer books yet either. Every time I’m at the bookstore I always see her books too. I definitely hope to read some books of hers in the new year. The Interestings sounds like a good read. I remember a few years ago the book was adapted for one of those Amazon Prime pilots, where audiences would choose what pilot they liked best to become a series. I didn’t watch it, but I remember it had a really great cast. It didn’t get picked up as a series, but it would have still been cool to see.
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Ah that is really interesting. I’m curious to see who the cast was. Going to look it up now!
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I remember hearing that Lauren Ambrose was in it. She is an amazing actress. I loved her on HBO Six Feet Under.
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I read Ruta Sepetys for the first time this year and I definitely want to read more!
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That’s great to hear!
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Great list! I hope you get to them sometime soon!
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Thank you. I hope so too!
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It took me two times to read Poisonwood Bible but it became an all-time fav. I’m hoping to reread soon! Enjoy them all!
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That’s so good to know! Thank you!
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I haven’t read any work from those authors either. The new book of Ruta Sepetys looks like a great one!
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It does! Can’t wait to read it!
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Really recommend Ruta Sepetys! I loved between shades of grey and salt to the sea. And I really really liked eliza and her monsters too!!
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That’s great to hear. I know I will love Ruta Sepetys as well!
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I must confess I’ve not read any of these books but you certainly have me intrigued! Especially Francesca Zappia.
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Her books sounds really good, don’t they?!
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Fantastic post. Thanks Kristin for the recommendations! I’d love to read more of Barbara Kingsolver!
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Thank you! I just know I am going to adore her books when I get to them.
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