Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Books On My Winter TBR

From the Broke and Bookish

This week's theme: Top Ten Books on my Winter To Be Read List. I'll consider winter to be from December 2014 to February 2015 for this.

 

 

Moriarty by Anthony Horowitz

 

A loose sequel to Horowitz' 2011 House of Silk, Moriarty is apparently set after the death of Holmes and Moriarty, and follows a new character, a Pinkerton detective arrived in London fresh from America to investigate a criminal mastermind...

 

Revival by Stephen King

 

Stephen King. Enough said.... Seriously though, I have heard very good things about this book, which sees King take on the Frankenstein story.

 

Clariel by Garth Nix

 

Oh My God! Cannot wait for this book! I loved Nix's original trilogy set in the world of the Abhorsen, where the dead are controlled by the magic of bells, and cannot wait to get back into it again.

 

A Call to Duty by David Weber and Timothy Zahn

 

Weber and Zahn, two of the biggest hitters in military SF, working together in an earlier timeframe of Weber's Honorverse. The short story that kicked this off in one of the latest anthologies was great fun, so I have high hopes for A Call to Duty.

 

Retribution by Mark Charan Newton

 

Mark Charan Newton's take on the historical mystery, set in a Roman Empire-ish fantasy world, had a strong start with Drakenfeld. Here's hoping Retribution will carry it even higher.

 

The Abyss Beyond Dreams by Peter F Hamilton

 

Hamilton is a fantastic epic space opera author and The Abyss Beyond Dreams returns to his seminal Void universe to start off a brand new duology.

 

The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu

 

One of the débuts I am the most excited to get a look at, translated from Chinese and apparently by one of China's most beloved sci-fi authors. With so much hype building up about this one, here's hoping it will live up to it!

 

Willful Child by Steven Erikson

 

The writer of the Malazan Book of the Fallen tries his hand at a Star Trek pastiche. I loved Scalzi's Red Shirts, so I hope this will be as good.

 

The Providence of Fire by Brian Staveley

 

Following on from what for me was the fantasy debut of 2014, The Providence of Fire continues the Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne, picking up the story of the three children of the Annurian Emperor as they return to the capital, and promising more action, magic and giant birds!

 

Gemini Cell by Myke Cole

 

I was so gutted when Myke Cole's Shadow Ops series apprently came to an end this year with Breach Zone, so you can imagine how excited I am to read Gemini Cell, a continuation of the world without being a sequel to what is a very contained and nicely wrapped up initial trilogy.

 

There you have it. Ten books on my TBR list for this winter. What about you?

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Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Books To Read If You Like These TV shows, movies, plays etc.

From the Broke and Bookish

Top Ten Books To Read If You Like These TV shows, movies, plays etc.

 

A great one here. Mine are mainly SF/F/H related, though a few thriller and literary books crept in at the end.

 

 

If you like X-Men, then read: Myke Cole's Shadow Ops series. A combination of fantasy, military fiction and X-men type superheroes. Great stuff!

 

If you like The West Wing, then read: Star Trek: Articles of the Federation. A bit of a cheat here since the book is also based on a tv show and obviously if you aren't a Star Trek fan your mileage may vary but this is a great political sci-fi book in its own right.

 

If you like Star Trek, then read: David Weber's Honor Harrington series. A great military SF series with a kick-ass female character. Plus the first book in the series is free for Kindle!

 

If you like Dune, then read: David Louis Edelman's Jump 225 trilogy. Sold as Dune meets Wall Street, this is a very different animal to Frank Herbert's seminal novel, in terms of character and story, but it is definitely reminiscent in its use of world building. Plus it is a fantastically intricate sci-fi thriller that doesn't get nearly enough readers thrown its way!

 

If you like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, then read: Christopher Golden's The Shadow Saga. Vampires, magicians, demons, snark... Golden actually wrote some Buffy tie-in fiction around the time he released the first of this series. Plus they have recently been rereleased with new covers.

 

If you like 24, then read: Daniel Silva's Gabriel Allon series. A kick-ass assassin/spy, Gabriel Allon has all of the hard ass persona of Jack Bauer, with the added artistic soul of a painter. The series itself is a great mixture of art history, spy-fi and real-world politick.

 

If you like Disney's Alladin, then read: Throne of the Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed. Sorcery, adventure, swash-buckling in an Arabian Nights type world.

 

If you like Revenge, then read: The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas. The book that inspired the up-and-down in quality tv show, you should also read The Count of Monte Cristo because it is a fantastic book. Revenge, betrayal, love, murder, vampires, drugs, Paris, Venice, disguises, spies... What isn't to love?!

 

If you like Downton Abbey, then read: Fall of Giants by Ken Follett. Set in the same era, Fall of Giants has much more an epic scope than the ITV series, following a number of families spread across Germany, Britain, the US and Russia in the lead-up to WW1.

 

If you like The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, then read: Life After Life by Kate Atkinson. Dealing with similar concepts of mortality and the impact we have on those around us, Life After Life is a glorious exploration of the power of choice.

 

 

What books would you recommend to fans of certain tv shows and movies?