{"id":8516,"date":"2018-11-06T01:32:45","date_gmt":"2018-11-06T06:32:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=8516"},"modified":"2018-11-06T03:32:59","modified_gmt":"2018-11-06T08:32:59","slug":"top-ten-backlist-books-i-own-and-need-to-read","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=8516","title":{"rendered":"top ten backlist books i own and need to read"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week’s Top Ten Tuesday asks about the books we buy (or are given) that languish unread on our shelves<\/a>. Here are ten of mine (I have way more than ten to choose from), including some from my favorite authors:<\/p>\n

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  1. Frederik Backman’s My Grandmother Asked Me To Tell You She’s Sorry<\/em><\/li>\n
  2. Zadie Smith’s White Teeth<\/em><\/li>\n
  3. The Odyssey<\/em> by Homer<\/li>\n
  4. Villette<\/em> by Charlotte Bronte<\/li>\n
  5. Toni Morrison’s Paradise<\/em><\/li>\n
  6. The Lacuna<\/em> by Barbara Kingsolver<\/li>\n
  7. Everything Is Illuminated<\/em> by Jonathan Safran Foer<\/li>\n
  8. On Writing<\/em> by Stephen King<\/li>\n
  9. Flora Thompson’s Lark Rise to Candleford<\/em><\/li>\n
  10. Bill Bryson’s At Home<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Any of these books you can’t believe I haven’t read and should get to immediately? What titles are on your list?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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