TTT: The First 10 Books Randomly Generated from My TBR Shelf

Top Ten Tuesday: 

The First 10 Books Randomly Generated from My Goodreads TBR Shelf

I have 250 titles on my Goodreads TBR list. I spent a few days culling that list down from 350+ titles before I found a randomizer on the internet which selected these 10 titles. Some of the books I remember why I added them, in one case I added the book two days ago. Others I don't even remember the book let alone why I added it. If you have any advisce for me concerning these books or authors, I'd love it hear it.

#163 --- Chronicles of Death Foretold by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. I'm an admirer of the author and I see that this book is short, a novella, so I'm sure I added it to remind myself to read it during Novellas in November...which is now.

#168 --- Spent: a Comic Novel by Alison Bechdel. Not sure how I ran into this book but I was sold by the word "comic" and  this description "Can she pull humanity out of its death spiral by writing a scathingly self-critical memoir about her own greed and privilege?" I am not even sure if it is a graphic novel or not.

#5 --- Excellent Women by Barbara Pym. This book has been on my list for six year. I think I remember another blogger recommending it but when I look at other reviews on Goodreads some of my friends weren't that crazy for it. Another book which is considered humorous.

#38 --- The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith. I think I have added and subtracted this classic thriller to/from my list several times. I want to read it but clearly not enough to drop everything to do it.

#138 --- Joy in the Morning by P.G. Wodehouse. Not long ago I saw a list which stated this was the best of Wodehouse's Jeeves novels. Another one with comedy as a theme?

#249 --- The Guardian and the Thief by Megha Majumdar. A 2025 National Book Award finalist. The description really drew me in: "Wondering if there's a novel out there that gives Cormac McCarthy's The Road a run for its money? Here you go."

#195 ---The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, Leaving the White Evangelical Church by Sarah McCammon. I do not understand how Christians can embrace Trump and his un-Christ-like policies. This book title attracted me as I was casting around looking for answers. 

#237 --- The Sellout by Paul Beatty. The 2016 Booker Prize winner. It came to my attention when it was on the NYT 100 Best Books of the 21st Century list. Another book with the word 'comedy' in the description.

#203 --- Edenglassier by Melissa Lucashenko. I have no memory of this book at all. I see it is a history story set in Australia but that is all I know. I don't know why I added it to my TBR list.

#129 --- Raven Boys: A Graphic Novel by Maggie Stiefvater and Stephanie Willows. I loved the book, so why not experience it through the graphic novel format? That's what I thought.

I'm seriously thinking of wiping all books off my TBR except for the books on my Classics Club list and starting over. I am not sure that the list actually helps me remember to read books or not, especially when it is so long. I sincerely wish there were some sort of TBR creator where I could be more interactive with it -- noting who recommended the book and why, prodding me when a book has languished too long, and the ability to sort books according to my directions.  

Looking over this list of ten books there are only two titles which I feel sure I will get to: The Sellout and Joy in the Morning. Using that statistic -- one in five -- I should be able to cull my current TBR down to 50 books. Hmm...Do I have it in me?

-Anne