
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Please check out her website for more TTT topics!

This week’s topic is:
Books I Enjoyed that Were Outside My Comfort Zone
(or books you’d like to read that are outside your comfort zone!)



- Middle of the Night by. Riley Sager – I kept seeing this author’s book around and I finally read one and did enjoy it. Will definitely try out more of his books.
- Hekate: The Witch by. Nikita Gill – I really enjoyed this book and I didn’t think I would because it is written like poetry with some paragraphs for other chapters. So I didn’t think I’d like it because I don’t usually read poetry.
- Alchemised by. SenLinYu – this is a long book and super hyped so I am intimidated by it a little. I’m not afraid of how long it is but I was just afraid I’d be disappointed because the hype is so strong.



- Coldwire by. Chloe Gong– I love Chloe Gong but Sci-Fi isn’t a genre I usually pick up so I was hesitant going into this one and I enjoyed it – even though there was a lot of tech words to process. 😅
- Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by. Grady Hendrix – I haven’t read anything from this author yet but definitely want to! Leave me any recs for which book I should read in the comments.
- Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng by. Kylie Lee Baker – I love this author and have read all her books and I thought this was so different in what I’ve read from her before (fantasy). So Bat Eater is horror and out of my element but I loved it.



- Katabasis by. R.F. Kuang – it’s VERY academic and I had to process a lot of information but I enjoyed it a lot.
- Coffin Moon by. Keith Rosson – it’s horror (and I don’t do a lot of horror) and the villain is a psychopath but the heroes in this story had such an amazing story, I loved this book.
- As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow by. Zoulfa Katouh – a book about living in Syria during a civil war – this book broke my heart.

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