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TBR

To Be Read

Below are the books I plan on reading in the near, semi-distant, and very distant future, sorted by which books I plan on reading soonest. The list will be updated regularly. 

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English books/audiobooks

Livres/livres audio français

Libri/audiolibri italiani

* Reread

Currently Reading

Black Stars Collection by Various Authors (83%)

The Monstrous Misses Mai by Van Hoang (35%)

Godkiller by Hannah Kaner (31%)

Le Château de Ma Mère, Marcel Pagnol (27%)

Where Sleeping Girls Lie by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé (27%)

The Lagos Wife by Vanessa Walters (18%)

The Dark Forest by Liu Cixin (15%)

Oeuvres Complets de Guillaume Roquille, Guillaume Roquille * (6%)

Velvet Was the Night by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (1%)

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On the near future List

Lightlark by Alex Aster

Warrior Girl Unearthed by Angeline Boulley

The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi

The Mayor of Maxwell Street by Avery Cunningham

La porte du voyage sans retour de David Diop

The Circle by Dave Eggers *

The Final Strife by Saara El-Arifi

The Split by Kit Frick

Two Truths and One Liar by Deirdre Riordan Hall

The Witches of El Paso by Luis Jamarillo

The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream by Dean Job

Blanche, ou la triple contrainte de l'Enfer de Hervé Jubert

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson *

Earthly Remains by Donna Leon

Death's End by Liu Cixin

The Essence of Chaos by Edward Lorenz

The Helm of Midnight by Marina Lostetter

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

The Future of Another Timeline by Annalee Newitz

Territoires de Olivier Norek

Forged by Blood by Ehigbor Okosun

Les Yeux du Mal de Sandrine Pialat

The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett

Malice House by Megan Shepherd

The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir

Mystery Lights by Lena Valencia

Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao

On the Distant Future List (By Author)

A

Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams *

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams

Life, the Universe and Everything by Douglas Adams

So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish by Douglas Adams

Mostly Harmless by Douglas Adams

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie

The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende

Popol Vuh by Anonymous

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews

The Librarian of Crooked Lane by C. J. Archer

The Spanish Love Deception: a Novel by Elena Armas

From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Our Wives Under the Sea: a Novel by Julia Armfield

Nightbirds by Kate J. Armstrong

Onyx & Ivory by Mindee Arnett

Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

Persuasion by Jane Austen

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard

Bunny by Mona Awad

Les contes du chat perché, Marcel Aymé

B

Honey and Spice by Bolu Babalola

A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman

And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer by Fredrik Backman

It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey

Flowerheart by Catherine Bakewell

Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree

Enquête troublante à Concarneau, Jean-Luc Bannalec

The Moonlight Blade by Tessa Barbosa

King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

The Writing Retreat: a Novel by Julia Bartz

Les Fleurs du mal, Charles Baudelaire

Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett

Blood Debts by Terry J. Benton-Walker

All the President's Men by Carl Bernstein & Bob Woodward

The Cruel Prince by Holly Black

Wildblood by Lauren Blackwood

Delilah Green Doesn't Care by Ashley Herring Blake

Le Grimoire au rubis, Béatrice Bottet

Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley

Ball Four by Jim Bouton

Silver in the Bone by Alexandra Bracken

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury *

The Diviners by Libba Bray

The Immortals by Jordanna Max Brodsky

Glory by NoViolet Bulawayo

Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

C

L'Etranger, Albert Camus

La Peste, Albert Camus

Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Cañas

In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

Haunting Adeline by H. D. Carlton

The Alienist by Caleb Carr

The Mask of Mirrors by M. A. Carrick

All Fall Down by Ally Carter

Heist Society by Ally Carter

See How They Run by Ally Carter

Take the Key and Lock Her Up by Ally Carter

Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams

The Novelist by Jordan Castro

Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton

A Study in Charlotte by Brittany Cavallaro

The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty

Papillon, Henri Charrière

And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

Dieci Piccoli Indiani, Agatha Christie

Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie

The Gate of Baghdad by Agatha Christie

Any Old Diamonds by KJ Charles

Un mensonge de trop, Éric Chassé

Saha by Cho Nam-joo

The Bone Witch by Rin Chupeco

Boy Parts by Eliza Clark 

Little Bee by Chris Cleave

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

Poison Princess by Kresley Cole

A Dragon for William by Julie E. Czerneda

D

The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré

L'Ascenseur, Fabien Delorme

Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz *

The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens *

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens *

The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline

At Night All Blood is Black by David Diop

Twenty Years Later by Charlie Donlea

Brightly Burning by Alexa Donne

Pretty Dead Queens by Alexa Donne

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Punk 57 by Penelope Douglas

Scorched Grace by Margot Douaihy

The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle *

Le Comte de Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas *

Les Trois Mousquetaires, Tomes I-III, Alexandre Dumas

The Engine House by Rhys Dylan

E

The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco

Le Pendule de Foucault, Umberto Eco

A Coin for the Ferryman by Megan Edwards

Angelfall by Susan Ee

Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison *

Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich

Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo

F

Women of Light by Kali Fajardo-Anstine

The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer

Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald *

Madame Bovary, Gustave Flaubert

Beastly by Alex Flinn

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

The Seventh Sun by Lani Forbes

The Black Witch by Laurie Forest

Every Summer After by Carley Fortune

Mythos by Stephen Fry

G

American Gods by Neil Gaiman

Coraline by Neil Gaiman

Stardust by Neil Gaiman

Caraval by Stephanie Garber

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

An Education in Malice by S. T. Gibson

The Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Un Roi sans divertissement, Jean Giono *

Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The Princess Bride by William Goldman

The Legacies by Jessica Goodman

All the Stars and Teeth by Adalyn Grace

The Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann

The Wager by David Grann

Chaos & Flame by Tessa Gratton, Justina Ireland

The Possibility of Life by Jaime Green

The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory

The Hurricane Wars by Thea Guanzon

Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi

H

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

Indigenous Continent by Pekka Hämäläinen

The Other Side of Night: a Novel by Adam Hamdy

Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton

Gilded Rose by Emma Hamm

The Basic Eight by Daniel Handler

The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman

The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris

Hannibal by Thomas Harris

Hannibal Rising by Thomas Harris

Starling House by Alix E. Harrow

A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking

Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes

The Cloisters by Katy Hays

The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood

The Embroidered Book by Kate Heartfield

A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway

The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway *

How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix

The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix

The Final Girl Suppor Group by Grady Hendrix

Near the Bone by Christina Henry

People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry

Dune by Frank Herbert

All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot

Annapurna premier 8000, Maurice Herzog

Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert

Little Secrets by Jennifer Hillier

Fiona and Jane by Jean Chen Ho

Crimson Bound by Rosamund Hodge

Spellbreaker by Charlie N. Holmberg

The Paper Magician by Charlie N. Holmberg

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

King of Wrath by Ana Huang

The Anatomist's Wife by Anna Lee Huber

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston *

Notre Dame de Paris, Victor Hugo

I

Together We Burn by Isabel Ibañez

What the River Knows by Isabel Ibañez

J

The Girl Who Survived by Lisa Jackson

The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

You're Invited by Amanda Jayatissa

The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin

The World We Make by N. K. Jemisin

The Principle of Moments by Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson

The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell

All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson

Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones

K

The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka

The Trial by Franz Kafka

Talon by Julie Kagawa

The Iron Raven by Julie Kagawa

As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow by Zoulfa Katouh

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey

Wild Thorns by Sahar Khalifeh

The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd

Pet Sematary by Stephen King

The Shining by Stephen King

Under the Dome by Stephen King

Clockwork Boys by T. Kingfisher

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Kimmerer

A Separate Peace by John Knowles

Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer

L

Long Live by V. B. Lacey

The Sun and the Void by Gabriela Romero Lacruz

Contes et légendes des sorcières, Léo Lamarche et Alban Marilleau

The Wilderwomen by Ruth Emmie Lang

The Honeys by Ryan La Sala

Lone Women by Victor LaValle

We Travel the Spaceways by Victor LaValle

The Book That Wouldn't Burn by Mark Lawrence

Contes et légendes des châteaux de la Loire, Nicole Lazzarini

Arsène Lupin genlteman-cambrioleur, Maurice Leblanc

Arsène Lupin - Le Chapelet Rouge, Maurice Leblanc

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carré

Forest of Souls by Lori M. Lee

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee *

Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee

A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin

Lavinia by Ursula K. Le Guin

The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin

Swords and Deviltry by Fritz Leiber

Le Fantôme de l'opéra, Gaston Leroux

The Shadows Between Us by Tricia Levenselle

The World Gives Way by Marissa Levien

Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Li

White Cat, Black Dog by Kelly Link

Hummingbird by Natalie Lloyd

Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

The Call of the Wild by Jack London

White Fang by Jack London*

Waking Fire by Jean Louise

Warcross by Marie Lu

Heat by Mike Lupica *

The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch

M

African Psycho, Alain Mabancko

In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

Il Principe, Niccolo Machiavelli

The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli

Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer

Gods & Monsters by Shelby Mahurin

The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna

San Francisco Noir 2 by Peter Maravelis

What Lies Between Us by John Marrs

Life of Pi by Yann Martel

A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

The Devil's Thief by Lisa Maxwell 

I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

Hopeland by Ian McDonald

The Housemaid by Freida McFadden

The Housemaid's Secret by Freida McFadden

The Inmate by Freida McFadden

Ward D by Freida McFadden

Nothing More to Tell by Karen M. McManus

One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus

Two Can Keep a Secret by Karen M. McManus

You'll Be the Death of Me by Karen M. McManus

Because Our Fathers Lied by Craig McNamara

Sisters of the Lost Nation by Nick Medina

People Like Us by Dana Mele

Scarlett by Marissa Meyer

Cress by Marissa Meyer

Fairest by Marissa Meyer

Gilded by Marissa Meyer

Heartless by Marissa Meyer

Renegades by Marissa Meyer

Stars Above by Marissa Meyer

Sex on the Moon by Ben Mezrich 

No Way Out by Fern Michaels

Know My Name by Chanel Miller

Paradise Lost by John Milton *

Confessions by Kanae Minato

The Ones We Burn by Rebecca Mix

Le Misanthrope, Molière

Cultish by Amanda Montell

V for Vendetta by Alan Moore

Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

The Beautiful Ones by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern

Beloved by Toni Morrison *

The Outcasts of Time by Ian Mortimer

Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh

My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh

Nocturna by Maya Motayne

Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata

Fireborne by Rosaria Munda

Brainwalker by Robyn Mundell

Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami

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Sisters of the Snake by Sasha Nanua, Sarena Nanu

Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano

Only This Beautiful Moment by Abdi Nazemian

The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson

These Violent Delights by Micah Nemerever

The Terraformers by Annalee Newitz

Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan

Born a Crime by Trevor Noah

Turf Wars, Olivier Norek

A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik

Uprooted by Naomi Novik

O

My Father's House by Joseph O'Connor

The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa

The Last Gift of the Master Artists by Ben Okri

Song of the Fae by Tricia O'Malley

The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje

There There by Tommy Orange

The Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy

Psycho.com: serial killers on the internet by Eileen Ormsby

1984 by George Orwell *

The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman

When the Emperor was Divine by Julie Otsuka *

Fake Accounts by Lauren Oyler

P

The Vermillion Emporium by Jamie Pacton

She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Cha

Bel Canto by Ann Patchett *

Dance of Thieves by Mary E. Pearson

The Monsters We Defy by Leslye Penelope

The London Séance Society by Sarah Penner

The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner

Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny

A Trick of the Light by Louise Penny

The Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny

How the Light Gets In by Louise Penny

The Long Way Home by Louise Penny

Mordew by Alex Pheby

Lords and Ladies by Terry Pratchett

Men at Arms by Terry Pratchett

Night Watch by Terry Pratchett

Raising Steam by Terry Pratchett

The Collectors by Philip Pullman

Counterpart by Ella Pyne

Q

Notes of a Crocodile by Qiu Miaojin

R

Gargantua, François Rabelais *

The Last Rose of Shanghai by Weina Dai Randel

Fate of Flames by Sarah Raughley

A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid

Evidence of the Affair by Taylor Jenkins Reid

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo: a Novel by Taylor Jenkins Reid

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque

The House in the Pines by Ana Reyes

A Soul to Keep by Opal Reyne

Ruination by Anthony Reynolds

Quantum Radio by A. G. Riddle

Please Report Your Bug Here by Josh Riedel

Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse

Neon Gods by Katee Robert

Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers

The Perfect Marriage by Jeneva Rose

Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross

Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney

Cyrano de Bergerac, Edmond Rostand

The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss

Victory City by Salman Rushdie

My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell

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Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Allire Sáen

Cosmos by Carl Sagan

Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space by Carl Sagan

The Demon-Haunted World by Carl Sagan

Atalanta by Jennifer Saint

Citadelle, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Le Petit Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry *

Vol de Nuit, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry *

The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger *

The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson

Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson

Blood of Elves by Andrzej Sapkowski

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab

Vicious by V. E. Schwab

Midnight Strikes by Zeba Shahnaz

Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare *

The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare *

The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

The Three-Body Problem by Catherine Shaw

Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

The Hopkins Manuscript: a Novel by R. C. Sherriff

The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff

They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera

A Deadly Affair by Carla Simpson

Revelle by Lyssa Mia Smith

Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder

The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare

Maus by Art Spiegelman

A Touch of Darkness by Scarlett St. Clair

King of Battle and Blood by Scarlett St. Clair

The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein

Cannery Row by John Steinbeck *

East of Eden by John Steinbeck

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck *

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

The Winter of Our Discontent by John Steinbeck

Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson

Camp Zero by Michelle Min Sterling

The Heads of Cerberus by Francis Stevens

The Bone Shard Daughter by Andrea Stewart

Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

Dracula by Bram Stoker

Shadow's Secret by Mary Stone

Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

Beyond the Black Door by A. M. Strickland

Empire of Sand by Tasha Suri

The New Girl by Jesse Q. Sutanto

The Kind Worth Killing: a Novel by Peter Swanson

We All Fall Down by Rose Szabo

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The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

Jade Fire Gold by June CL Tan

Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan

A Stolen Child by Sarah Stewart Taylor

Star Daughter by Shveta Thakrar

Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

Africa Risen by Sheree Renée Thomas, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, Zelda Knight

Poukahangatus by Tayi Tibble

Avenged by Amy Tintera

We Don't Swim Here by Vincent Tirado

After by Anna Todd

The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

Every Last Secret by A. R. Torre

Blackouts by Justin Torres

She Is a Haunting by Trang Thahn Tran

Thérèse en mille morceaux, Lyonel Trouillot *

Trial of the Sun Queen by Nisha J. Tuli

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain *

Roughing It by Mark Twain

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain *

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain *

The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain *

Tom Sawyer Abroad by Mark Twain

Tom Sawyer, Detective by Mark Twain

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Lies We Sing to the Sea by Sarah Underwood

The Butcher and the Wren by Alaina Urquhart

Idol, Burning by Rin Usami

The Lies of the Ajungo by Moses Ose Utomi

V

Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer

Le Tour du monde en 80 jours, Jules Verne *

Blood Circus by Camila Victoire

The Wolf of Oren-Yaro by K. S. Villoso

Candide, Voltaire *

Time Is a Mother by Ocean Vuong

W

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

The Way the World Ends by Jess Walter

The Sword of Kaigen by M. L. Wang

Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward

The Lying Game: a Novel by Ruth Ware

The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware

The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware

All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren, Noel Polk

Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver

The Martian by Andy Weir

The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells

Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh

The Foxglove King by Hannah Whitten

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams

Mouth to Mouth: a Novel by Antoine Wilson

The White Lady by Jacqueline Winspear

The Life She Was Given by Ellen Marie Wiseman

Cassandra by Christa Wolf

Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk

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Y

Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

The Scarlet Circus by Jane Yolen

Z

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

Valley Verified by Kyla Zhao

Surely You Can't Be Serious by David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, Jerry Zucker

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