Ten Books I Recently Added to My TBR

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. This week, Im going with my topic (again), so here are ten books I recently added to my Goodreads TBR.

1. Shop Cats of New York

Written by Tamar Arslanian and feautirng amazing photos by famous cat photographer Andrew Martilla, this book is a must-have for all cat people.

2. Stormbringer

This book by Michael Moorcock is fatured heavily in the X-Files Origins: Agent of Chaos. Naturally, I got curious.

3. Innan Snön Faller (Before the Snowfall)

I got this book recommended to me by a friend. Helena Kubicek Boye wrote this crime novel that centres around a clinic for criminally insane.

4. The Minds of Billy Milligan

This non-fiction novel by Daniel Keyes tells the story of Billy Milligan who had multiple personality disroder. He was said to have twenty four different personalities. I found out about this book after having watched the movie Split by M. Night Shyamalan.

5. The Girl: Marylin Monroe, The Seven Year Itch and the Birth of an Unlikely Feminist

Got this book recommended to me on Goodreads. I'm fascinated by Marylin Monroe, and this new take on her life and character by Michelle Morgan seems very interesting.

6. Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them

This choice is pretty self-explanatory. Written by author Francine Prose.

7. The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Victor Hugo's epic tragedy is a new addition to my ever-growing list of classics I haven't read yet.

8. Lolita

I can't say that I want to read Vladimir Nabokov's infamous novel, but I want to have read it.

9. The Diabolic by

This YA fantasy novel by S.J. Kincaid's is another friend recommendation.

10. Turtles All the Way Down

John Green is the hottest thing in YA literature, but I know him only as one half of the Vlog Brothers. Time for a change?

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