Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Books I Picked Up On A Whim

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. Each week there is a new topic for bloggers to choose and list their top ten. This week’s theme is Top Ten Books I Picked Up On A Whim.

I tend to not pick up books on a whim much. I get recommendations from my friends and from Goodreads, read new books by authors I already love, and when I do find a new books I always wait and anticipate and hype up its release. I did think this week’s topic was going to be a real challenge but when I started looking through the books I’d read recently I was surprised when there were more than a few which I started reading (or brought) on a whim.

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Bone Gap by Laura Ruby

I saw one review for this, a brilliant and glowing review, and without even reading the blurb or any other reviews I picked up a copy and started reading it the very next day. Luckily it more than lived up to my expectations.

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Passenger by Alexandra Bracken

I saw this book around a lot when I first started blogging but, despite loving Bracken’s Darkest Minds series, I never really jumped on the hype ‘band wagon’ for Passenger. Still when I started reading Passenger shortly after its release I couldn’t put this book down, and now I am definitely anticipating the release of the second book.

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Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare

This is one I still haven’t read yet but one day while in Waterstones I saw Lady Midnight on the display for new releases and, after everyone having raved about it on WordPress, I couldn’t resist picking up a copy for myself.

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The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon

Like with Bone Gap I saw one review for this book, a five-star and full of praise review, and had to pick up The Bone Season. It sounded like something I’d love and I was right, The Bone Season has fast become one of my favourite series.

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The Boy Most Likely To by Huntley Fitzpatrick

Until I finished My Life Next Door I didn’t even realise there was a companion novel already released, but as soon as I discovered The Boy Most Likely To I had to pick it up. Tim was one of my favourite character’s in My Life Next Door and I was thrilled to see his story continued.

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The Sky is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson

Like with The Boy Most Likely To this book wasn’t really on my radar until after I read I’ll Give You the Sun. Jandy Nelson has fast become my favourite contemporary authors so after reading and loving I’ll Give You the Sun I had to buy a copy of The Sky is Everywhere straight away.

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The Love That Split the World by Emily Henry

Even now I’m still not sure why I actually picked this book up. I saw it around WordPress in the run up to its release but the blurb didn’t really catch my eye so I wasn’t one of the people eagerly anticipating reading it. Still I picked it up, read it, and loved it.

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Vicious by V.E. Schwab

I love V.E. Schwab’s books so of course I had to pick up Vicious, and it was a real impulse purchase one day after already overspending on books. I haven’t read many reviews for Vicious but if it’s anything like Schwab’s other books which I’ve read I’m sure to love it.

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Starflight by Melissa Landers

The main reason I picked up this book was because of the really gorgeous cover . I love sci-fi books though I haven’t read many and I wasn’t sure what to expect from Starflight but I did really enjoy it.

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The Wrath and the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh

I discovered this book after seeing a review for it, it was a brilliant review but unlike Bone Gap and The Bone Season I actually looked more into what The Wrath and the Dawn was about before picking it up. After reading and loving A Thousand Nights I was interested in more stories like it and of course had to start The Wrath and the Dawn.

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So what do you think? Did you take part in this week’s Top Ten Tuesday, if so let me know what some of the books you picked up on a whim are.