2024 TBR(ish)

[@RedFuryBooks]

I think you mentioned about 100 books here lol. But seriously, read what you want when you want! There are several books here I've read and several I want to so hopefully we will end up linking up on a few!

[@MattonBooks]

If you’re mood-reading, and not concretely planning, it’s good to have a deep pool to swim in. 😉

[@PhilipChaseTheBestofFantasy]

Thank you for including the rest of The Edan Trilogy in your possible plans for 2024, Matt! I hope you will encounter many good stories this year and find much fulfillment in your reading journeys.

[@MattonBooks]

Looking forward to more Edan, Herr Professor Doktor. 😀 Speaking of 2024 reading journeys… how’re you feeling about Urth of the New Sun? 🤔

[@PhilipChaseTheBestofFantasy]

@@MattonBooks I'm definitely not ready for Urth yet -- perhaps late in 2024?

[@MattonBooks]

@@PhilipChaseTheBestofFantasy Let’s see how we go, then. I’m probably a little keener on it than you, but it seems it’d be a pity to read it without you. 😘

[@Johanna_reads]

I think you should mood read this list! Have the best and most relaxed reading year in 2024, my friend! ❤

[@MattonBooks]

I agree! 😆 Here’s to more awesome stories, ans more fun together, in 2024! ♥️

[@verosnotebook]

Lots of great titles… many I’d like to read too, such as The Dispossessed. Happy to see I’m not the only one with crazy ‘not TBR’ list 😂 Good luck with your mood reading 😊

[@MattonBooks]

Well, my theory is: if I’m committed to mood reading, it’s a good idea to have a very large, diverse list of books to choose from. That’s my story, and I’m sticking to it. At least I didn’t mention Foreigner. 😜

[@reading_by_myshelf]

A great list! I'm sure you will LOVE Sun Eater....particularly book 2! I can't wait to hear your thoughts!!

[@MattonBooks]

I’m so looking forward to it. I don’t think you’ll have to wait long. 😉

[@mikesbookreviews]

Hope you dig Sun Eater! I'm pretty sure that you will since you enjoy BOTNS so much. MS&T is great, too!

[@MattonBooks]

Thanks Mike. Yeah, anything that's primarily inspired by BotNS & Dune is likely to be a hit with me. 😀

[@readerinthedesert_SaraBeth]

Mood reading! Yes!

[@MattonBooks]

Indeed! 😀

[@thefantasythinker]

This is definitely a yearly list for the ages 😁. Good reading ahead so enjoy the journey!

[@MattonBooks]

Same to you Jared! 😀 See you in the Pub tonight?

[@derrisreaditbefore]

Discworld! ❤The next in the City Watch series for you is Men At Arms, and it's glorious 😁. An easy way to get Pratchett properly under your belt is to use them as the 'between tomes' choice (They and Dresden are my standard fall backs from ❤Hobb❤). They're refreshing and intelligent and usually only around 350/400 pages. Here's to a great 2024. 😘

[@MattonBooks]

Yeah, after G!G! I kinda forgot about Discworld. I’m looking forward to getting back to it. 🙂 Here’s to both of us having an awesome 2024!

[@jan2bratt]

Your list could be my list of new and rereads. I started the Raymond Feist last year for the first time and love it, want to continue, I think it holds up well. Read Stephen Donaldson years ago when they first came out. Loved them. Tried a reread in later years and couldn't get into them at all and gave them away. Great list, Matt. Hope you get to them all. Do a follow up video next December to see how well you did. I'm a mood reader, sometimes I pull a book off my shelf that has been sitting there unread for years and discover it is my new favorite book! The Meadow by James Galvin was one such book.

[@MattonBooks]

Yeah mate, a lot of people lately have been saying they have similar lists. 🤔 Maybe we should chat on our new Discord - opens today, announcement coming soon - and see about a readalong?

[@janicesattler615]

I love your videos! A lot of the books and series mentioned overlap. I am looking forward to see what moods will lead your reading journey this year: hope it will be a good one for you😌

[@MattonBooks]

Thanks Janice! 🙂 It’s looking like it’ll be a pretty good reading year. Hope it is for both of us!

[@MichaelRSchultheiss]

I'm a little over 30% into The Dragonbone Chair and *loving* it. Books like this are the reason I became a fantasy fan in the first place.

[@MattonBooks]

Yeah Michael, I know for certain MS&T’s an absolute classic. Just a question of when…

[@Talking_Story]

Great stuff on the horizon for you. Enjoy!

[@MattonBooks]

Thanks John! 🙂

[@MimiWhimsy]

Oooo, lots of lovelies in that lineup! I think following your mood is a wonderful idea. It will be fun to compare your 2024 wrap-up with this list and see how it all shakes out. ;o)

[@MattonBooks]

Indeed! I already expect it’ll be quite different from this list, but we’ll see! 🙂

[@ExLibrisbyMikeBooklover]

Seems like a great TBR! Being a mood reader myself I totally get what you mean. I hope you get to read everything in the end and that they prove as good as you hope!

[@MattonBooks]

Thanks Mike. 🙂 Hope we both have an awesome reading year!

[@ExLibrisbyMikeBooklover]

@@MattonBooks thank you!

[@liviajelliot]

Quite a list of not-TBR books to read! I'm also a serial re-reader, I get it why you do it! I'm also hoping to do a Dune re-read this year, especially because I only read translations and had to drop the first English read due to external things happening. Also hoping to get into Edan this year! Great list Matt, and happy reading!

[@MattonBooks]

Yeah, Angela from “Do Unicorns Read?” invited me to her Dune readlaong next month, so… we’ll see.

[@BookishChas]

Some great plans here Matt! I’m a huge mood reader, so I’m with you there. I want to get to Long Price Quartet at some point. I’m hoping to finish the other 4 of the 6 Dune books as well.

[@MattonBooks]

Yeah Chas, I’m confident its going to be a pretty excellent year of reading. 🙂

[@esmayrosalyne]

This is the longest and most ambitious 'not a TBR' TBR video I have ever seen, but you do you 🤣 Really hope you get around to Dandelion though, that is absolutely one of my faves. And I hope all the rereading brings you lots of joy. As a fellow shitty memory sufferer, I deeply relate to both the frustration of always having to reread but also the fun of experiencing a book as if its the first time haha. Oh and if I could add anything else to your radar that I think you should read... Legacy of the Brightwash by Krystle Matar. The Wickwire Watch by Jacquelyn Hagen and Obsidian: Awakening by Sienna Frost! Let's get some more indie in there ;))) Happy reading, Matt 🥰

[@MattonBooks]

What?!? Ambitious? It’d only be ambitious if I was actually aiming to FINISH everything I mentioned. 😜 My idea is: if I’m committed to mood reading, it’s a good idea to have a very large, diverse list of books to choose from. That’s my story, and I’m sticking to it.

[@esmayrosalyne]

@@MattonBooks Okay okay, I'll let you have this win 🤣 Hope you have a wonderful reading year, excited to see where the mood is going to take you ;)

[@ToddsBookTube91]

Nice video Matt. I'm in the same boat as you I don't like making TBR videos because one could have a list of books they want to read by that list can change. I hope you have a good reading year.

[@MattonBooks]

Thanks Todd. Yeah, that’s why I made it so clear I’ll be mood reading from this list (and maybe books not at all on this list). At best it’s TBRish, but not really a TBR. 😜

[@KindlesandKicks]

Love your list. I just downloaded Dandelion Dynasty today and plan to start it soon. I will also be restarting and continuing my read of Suneater next month, now that the next book is available as an eARC. And yesterday I posted a video flipping a coin because I couldn’t decide between Malazan and Wheel of Time, and it landed on Malazan, which I’ve read half of but will be restarting and reading until completion this year. I look forward to seeing how our thoughts align and differ on books/series we are both reading.

[@MattonBooks]

Oh man, from my experience with WoT, I can only say you dodged a bullet, mate. 😆 But seriously, Malazan redefined fantasy for me, so I can only say congrats and enjoy! I’m missing it quote a bit, and so look forward to Reaper’s Gale. 😍

[@ToriTalks2]

I'm so excited to hear your thoughts on LPQ when you finish. And I'm right there with you for Dandelion Dynasty and Suneater. Both high on my priority series list. I will do my best to deliver The Queen's Wolf in a timely fashion. XD I want to make sure it's good.

[@MattonBooks]

Yeah, don’t go ruining my 2024 TBR by not getting TQW done quick enough! 😆 But srsly, looking forward to it, but no rush. 😉 And maybe Leiber is just our readalong warm-up? 🤔

[@PascalVoegeli]

'Excellent', he said, forming a Burnsian steeple with his fingers. MS&T and Sun Eater are THE series I finally want to dive into this year. One hears a lot of really good things about them. Looking forward to hearing your opinions!

[@MattonBooks]

I’ve been getting a lot of that in the comments here, Pascal. Join our new Discord (officially opens tonight), and we may be discussing a readalong. Maybe. Possibly. We’ll see. 😉

[@PascalVoegeli]

@@MattonBooks Sounds excellent. Thx for the hint!

[@karolovesbooks2233]

Looks like a great list! I loved Augustus, the letters are almost never by Augustus himself, just so you know. I'm trying to start my Malazan reread right now

[@MattonBooks]

Thanks Karo! 🙂 Can’t wait to get back to Malazan. ♥️

[@safinan8008]

Happy reading to you!! 🎉

[@DoUnicornsRead]

The unicorns kicked the tbr out the stable window like a year ago and it was the best thing ever. So, hooray for mood reading! But did somebody say Dune? Did I hear Dune? -- Dune is the channel readalong pick from my viewers and it's happening in February, just in time for the film. If you want to readalong or even join a discussion or two, let me know. Happy mood reading, Matt!

[@MattonBooks]

Hmmmm, February! Sounds great! 😀 But I’ll see how my mood is closer to then.

[@DoUnicornsRead]

@@MattonBooks No Problem, Matt!

[@thefairylibrarian3282]

I'm currently reading The Grace of Kings. I'm nearly finished and as i'm sure you certainly need another person to tell you how good it is: It's so goooooooooooooooooooood! I made a gaol to read 1 Discworld book a month. I'm really excited to read more book sin that series

[@MattonBooks]

I’m always happy to hear again that I’m about to read a banger, Kaat. And here’s to more Discworld! 🙂

[@andreabknight]

I originally DNFd dragonbone chair, but something always seems to draw me back to it and I am trying again at the moment (re-started it in December). I am enjoying it but taking it slow. If it takes me all of 2024 to complete it then that is fine. Will be great to see what you think of it.

[@MattonBooks]

Yeah, I’ve always heard it’s a bit of a slow burn kinda book, but I’m guessing it’ll be right up my alley. 🙂

[@EricMcLuen]

After 30 years not sure if it still counts as a reread. Did reread the first three BC books as a break after Second Apocalypse. Just what I needed and Shadows Linger is just good. Am also rereading Elric now. The writing is almoat sparse by modern standards but enjoying them. Do need to read Return to Edan still and sequels to Gunmetal Gods. And Song of Arbonne. But very much a mood reader often dictated by what is on the shelf at Half Price Books. If books 1 and 4 of the Gap Cycle show up will likely start those.

[@MattonBooks]

I think you’re right Eric. Certainly with my garbage memory, reading something I read the first time decades ago feels a lot like a first read. 😆

[@almaaguado347]

Hi Matt I have to say that halfway your video I have started to think/feel like: too many books, so many books 😱😱 and I have looked at my shelves and almost paniqued!! (my excuse, really stressful week at work, so anything stress me out now 😂). I have in my list some of the ones you mentioned: Hobbs, The Dandelion Dinasty, Malazan... and I am really curios about the Long Price Quartet... but I am scared because between physical books and kindle ones I have way more then 300 book pending to read... and that is utter nonsense!!! 😂

[@MattonBooks]

Being scared of books is the utter nonsense, Alma. 😜 There will ALWAYS be more books than we’ll ever read, whether they’re on your shelf, in the bookshop, or haven’t been written yet. Just relax and read the ones you’re attracted to, whenever you feel like it, and enjoy them. 😍

[@almaaguado347]

😅😅 true... I would try to convince my brain... 😂

[@Coleton2573]

Books that I think you would love and that I want to see you talk about: Swan Song/Boy's Life by Robert McCammon, and Perdido Street Station by China Mieville. 🙏🙏🙏

[@MattonBooks]

Perdido I’ve read, and did indeed love. 🙂 And McCammon’s been recommended a number of times, so definitely someone to get to. 👌🏻

[@Coleton2573]

@MattonBooks Both Swan Song and Boy's Life will be mega-hits with you. I'm pretty confident about that. Like 99% sure. 😁

[@sw3dge]

Dandelion - I might have read 1 or 2 years ago and I felt so so mixed on them. They are definitely doing something interesting. Suneater - Petrik Leo too. I'm sure it's absolutely blowing up. Definitely focused on finishing series that I can this year myself. Silmarillion couldn't have sounded more boring to me in high school but now sounds awesome. Just finished God Emperor last year and loved it even though it was so wack.

[@MattonBooks]

Yeah Trev, I’ve heard mixed things about Dandelion, but it really sounds like it’d suit me pretty well. And maybe a Silmarillion buddy read is in order? 🤔

[@sw3dge]

@@MattonBooks I'm listening...

[@TuftyMcTavish]

Mood read based TBR ✅ (although I’m failing at this already 🤦‍♂️) The Dandelion Dynasty ✅ (got the full set on my shelves, ready to start, but the first book was on my 2022 ‘must read’ list so epic fail there! 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️) Suneater ✅ (got a few on my shelves, ready to start, dead excited to get to this one 🤩) : And so it goes! Mood reads FTW, though. I desperately want to get to that, but I keep signing up for Readalongs 🤦‍♂️ So January has been rammed, but I don’t have (m)any long term ones booked in so far, just three trilogies as I type. I hope I can keep it like that, as an empty monthly TBR is indeed a glorious thing.

[@MattonBooks]

Tufty, if you have a “must read” list, you’ve failed mood reading from the start, mate. 😜

[@TuftyMcTavish]

@@MattonBooks Oh, it’s aspirational at this point. Clear the decks mode at the moment, hence failing the Mood TBR.

[@MattonBooks]

@TuftyMcTavish I reckon as long as we keep reading awesome books, we’re doing it right. 🙂👌🏻

[@laurac56]

Matt, have you read Mythago Wood by Robert Holdstock? I read it 11 years ago when I was just getting interested in fantasy again. I loved it and got the last in the series (skipping the others) because it is the direct sequel to MW. I want to reread MW to see if it is as good as it was in 2012, and read the last one if it WAS as good as the first time. I keep putting the reread off though. I don’t think it’s a matter of scared, more a matter of the fact that my TBR is so long with unread books.

[@MattonBooks]

I haven’t read MW Laura, but I have heard of it a million times. And I can’t relate to your far too long TBR woes. Not at all. Not even a little. 😜

[@BrianBell7]

wow you have a ton of books listed here! I'm about to start Book 3 of Sun Eater in Feb if you feel like getting caught up! Can't hype up The Edan Trilogy enough!! Also, will you please edit all of my videos and make them good? k thanks bye.

[@MattonBooks]

I’m pretty sure I won’t manage 2 Sun Eaters in less than 2 weeks, mate. But I may hit the 1st one in Feb… And rest assured I’m only compensating for my lack of purple jackets, wigs, and energetic humour with my editing. Your videos ARE already good Brian, because you’re in them. 😘

[@BaldBookTuber]

Sun Eater - This Must Be.

[@MattonBooks]

I knew you’d approve. 😉

[@MacScarfield]

I think you will have a real blast with «Dandelion Dynasty» and «Legend», and I also hope to get to «Augustus» and at least «The Dragonbone Chair» and «Empire of Silence»! My January TBR/MBR «Imperium» by Robert Harris (Historical Fiction about the Roman Politician Cicero) «Stonehenge» by Bernard Cornwell (Historical Fiction about the Creation of Stonehenge during the Late Neolithic Period) «The Buried Giant» by Kazuo Ishigaro (Fantasy inspired by Arthurian Legend) «After Rome» by Morgan Llywelyn (Historical Fiction set in Post-Roman Britain) «The Dragon Lord» by David Drake (Arthurian Sword & Sorcery) My February TBR/MBR «Når landet mørknar» (Approximately «When The Land Darkens») by Tore Kvæven (Historical Fiction set during the 13th Century Norse Settlement of Greenland, winner of the Norwegian Brage Prize for Best Norwegian Novel in 2018) «The Last Light of the Sun» by Guy Gavriel Kay (Fantasy inspired by the Viking Great Heathen Army and King Alfred the Good) «Egil Skallagrimsson» by Halvor Tjønn (Historical Fiction about the (in-)famous 10th Century Icelandic Viking Skald who became a Bloodsworn Enemy of the Norwegian Viking King Eirik Bloodaxe) «Alv Erlingsson» by Tore Skeie (Historical Fiction about a Real Life Norwegian 13th Century Jarl who became a Privateer and Rebel) My Spring TBR «Brother Red» by Adrian Selby (Grimdark Fantasy, standalone «midquel» to «Snakewood» & «The Winter Road») «Judas Blossom» by Stephen Aryan (Fantasy inspired by the Mongol Conquest of Persia) The «City of Victory» Trilogy by Adrian Goldsworthy (Historical Military Fiction set during Emperor Trajan’s Campaigns) «Ash: A Secret History» by Mary Gentle (Alt-Historical Military Fiction inspired by the Mercenary Wars of the Renaissance) «The Wise Man’s Fear» by Patrick Rothfuss (Fantasy, sequel to «The Name of the Wind») The «Lyonesse» Trilogy by Jack Vance ((Pre-)Arthurian Fantasy)

[@MattonBooks]

Mac, I’m just going to pretend your comment DIDN’T include a long list of really interesting sounding books I’ve never heard of. 😆

[@laurac56]

It’s a shame you can’t find anything you want to read. 😂

[@MattonBooks]

I know, right? I’m pretty sure I’ll be done with all of these by summer, and have no idea what to do. 😳

[@jeroenadmiraal8714]

Should you find yourself without books to read, I will have recommendations, you know that right

[@MattonBooks]

Oh really? I’m shocked. I’d never have guessed.

[@PoorPersonsBookReviewer]

Great video, I heard once that you never really read a book unless you do a re read, looks like u think it’s true, I’ve have also been taking your advice and started reading the poems in a book out loud . It dose make it better

[@MattonBooks]

I know, right? 😀