Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Books I Loved but Will Never Re-Read

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. 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 Loved but Will Never Re-Read.

I’ve done a lot of re-reading so far this year, and although the ten books I’ve featured this week are books I don’t see myself picking up again anytime soon that’s not to say I won’t ever re-read them one day in the future. I’m a mood reader so I can never tell what I’m going to fancy reading from one day to the next, but these are all books I know I won’t be re-reading anytime soon that I can say for sure.

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All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

This is an amazing book, I’d actually say it’s a favourite of mine, but it made my list this week for two reasons. One is that historical fiction isn’t my usual genre – my re-read picks are normally fantasy or contemporary – and two is that it’s a long and very emotionally heavy book.

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The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

Like All the Light We Cannot See, The Song of Achilles is a favourite of mine but the ending – even though I knew how this book would end – threw me into a massive book hangover and I don’t know if I’ll ever be prepared to go through that all over again.

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Vassa in the Night by Sarah Porter

Magical realism is an all-time favourite genre of mine, but it’s rare any magical realism book I’ve read will make it onto my re-read to-read list. Especially Vassa in the Night because, although I enjoyed it, it was really confusing.

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13 Minutes by Sarah Pinborough

Part of what I enjoyed about 13 Minutes was trying to guess what had happened the night Tasha died, slowly piecing together all the clues the author left us in the story. I wouldn’t have that the second time reading it; I already know what happened, why it happened, and how the story ends.

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We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

Like with 13 Minutes one of the main things I loved about We Were Liars was the incredible twist that I didn’t see coming and that left me shocked. Now though I know the twist, so I’m not sure I’d enjoy this book as much the second time around.

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All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven

I’m very undecided about this book. I thought it was a good story, well written and with well developed characters, however something happens that I was really uncomfortable reading (there’s a reason trigger warnings are needed on some books) so I won’t ever be picking this one up again.

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Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

As much as I enjoyed this book I feel like it’s one of those ones you only need to read once.

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The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

The fact that this book made it onto my list this week for the same reason Aristotle and Dante did, that it’s one I only need to read once, makes me think it’s probably something about character driven books that means once is enough.

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Uprooted by Naomi Novik

The reason Uprooted made my list this week is actually a little bit of all the reasons for the previous books I’ve put so far. It’s a heavy story, it kind of fits into the magical realism genre, and at the moment it’s one of those books I feel I only need to read once.

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I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson

Of all the books on my list this week I’ll Give You the Sun is the one I’m actually likely to re-read at some point in the far future. At the moment it’s not on my list though, can’t really say why because I’m a mood reader and I’m just not in the mood to re-read it.

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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 books you’ll likely never re-read despite loving them. Did any of my picks make your list, or are these books that are high on your re-read to-read list?