10 Books I Own That I Like To Think I’ll Read, But Probably Won’t..

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This week is a freebie or a throwback prompt. I’ve been in a tidying-up and sorting-stuff-out mood lately, and this has been mostly focused on trying to tidy up my office/library/craft room. I’ve been looking at what books we have to identify the ones I can safely chuck out knowing I’ll never read again (that was almost the list, but I don’t have 10 yet!), and the ones that feel worth keeping because I (or Husband) may still want to read them.

So here we are, these are all books that we have a copy of, that I have some vague interest in reading, but I know deep down I probably never will…

All the linked titles will take you to Goodreads, just in case you are interested in it and want to see if it’s worth reading!

1. A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through? by Kelly and Zach Weinersmith – The title tells you what this is about, and I like science fiction, so this is an interesting question. We also own it, and my husband has read it. Will I ever get around to reading it? Unlikely…
2. Immune by Philip Dettmer – This book is by the guy behind the Kurzgesagt—In a Nutshell YouTube channel (which is v. good), my husband bought a copy a while ago and said it’s very good. It sounds very interesting. Will I ever read it? Probably not.
3. Oh, What A Lovely Century by Roderic Fenwick Owen – this is the memoir of a posh gay man in the 20th Century (1921-2011). I think I bought it for my Dad for Christmas one year (he would have read a review for it in The Telegraph), and he read it, said it was good and gave it to me. It could be interesting, so I’ve kept it but realistically, will I ever read it? Eh…
4. Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker – I was given this years ago by a friend who at the same time said “you can just watch the TED talk” and so the incentive to read it has been low, and I still haven’t. I also still haven’t watched the TED talk.
5. Dangerous Women by George R. R. Martin & Gardner Dozois – I have no memory of where this book came from. Probably I bought it, or maybe my brother did.. I don’t know. Anyway, it’s a collection of short stories edited by GRRM. It’s also a massive hardback book, which is the main reason I’ve not read it… big hardbacks are annoying to read. But maybe, one day I will…
6. House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewskie – Husband bought this more recently than most other things on this list (and it was like £30!!!), because he saw it being hyped up on Reddit. It’s an “experimental” horror book, I think it’s supposed to be a ‘found footage’ Blair Witch kind of thing, but a book. It does not have great reviews on Goodreads, and Husband was also not that impressed by it. Still, a tiny part of me remains intrigued.
7. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari – I got this on Kindle for 99p, and it does sound interesting, but also it’s 512 pages and non-fiction, so I am yet to read it …and maybe I never get around to it.
8. The Authority Gap: Why Women Are Still Taken Less Seriously Than Men, and What We Can Do About It by Mary Ann Sieghart – I am a woman in the workplace, so obviously I’ve been talked down to by men and overlooked for male colleagues in the room… which is why I bought this on a 99p Kindle deal. I’ve not read it, though, and I don’t know if I ever actually will get around to it.
9. Necronomicon: The Best Weird Tales of H.P. Lovecraft – This is another one that is Husband’s and I occasionally think about reading, because I do like a bit of weird fiction. I haven’t read it because this is a big, heavy, hardback, and I’m not sure if I’ll enjoy it. Maybe one day I will find out…
10. The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman – I feel bad about this one because the copy of it I have was lent to me by an old housemate and I never gave it back… I forgot I still had it. It’s been about 8 years and I’ve still not read it! I think the potential heaviness of the story is what is putting me off, but it’s a graphic novel, so I could probably smash through it in an hour… and yet I haven’t. I’m still waiting for the elusive right mood. Of everything on this list this is the one I am most likely to actually finally read!

Clearly non-fiction and hardback books are a hard sell for me!