Top 10 zippy reads? I am all for it these days – and that’s the theme for this week’s Top 10 Tuesday. Here are my recs, with equally zippy blurbs!
The Throme of the Erril of Sherill by Patricia A. McKillip
Tropes: Knight quests, Riddles, Puns, Folktales
The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood
Tropes: Snarky, Retelling, The Odyssey, Ulysses hero-not-hero
Six-Gun Snow White by Catherynne Valente
Tropes: Native American, Retelling, Snow White, Wild West
Once and Forever: The Tales of Kenji Miyazawa
Tropes: Anthology, Japanese folklore, Dark, Compassionate
Jagannath by Karin Tidbeck
Tropes: Anthology, Science-Fiction, Bizarre, Quirky Horror
Shit, Actually: The Definitive, 100% Objective Guide to Modern Cinema by Lindy West
Tropes: Essays, ROFL Funny, Old blockbuster movies, Punchlines
Edgar Allan Poe’s Tales of Mystery and Terror
Tropes: Surreal, Otherwordly, Lurid, Anthology, Poetic
How the World Became Quiet by Rachel Swirsky
Tropes: Anthology, Science-Fiction, AI & Identity Crisis, Evolution
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy
Tropes: Graphic Novel, Poetic, Feel-Good, Found Families
Princess Floralinda & the Forty-Flight Tower by Tamsyn Muir
Tropes: Snarky, 40-floor fall, Coming of Age, Unexpected friends
So, do any of our choices match? Do you have any zippy read recs? Let’s chat!
9 replies on “Top 10 Zippy Reads”
I’ve also added a Poe book to my list today. I love his stories and poems!
Someone else mentioned that Princess Floralinda book this week, too! It looks so cute.
Here is my Top Ten Tuesday post.
These all sound quite interesting. I’ve never heard of any of them before but I will be adding some of my TBR because they sound too good to pass up.
Great list!
Miyazawa is on my TBR!
My list has 3 Japanese titles:
https://wordsandpeace.com/2024/02/06/top-ten-books-under-150-pages/
I’m not familiar with any of these titles and that’s the beauty of these post. Happy reading. My TTT https://readwithstefani.com/top-10-short-books/
None of these are on my list this week, but I have read The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse, plus a couple of the others are on my TBR. (Including the Kenji Miyazawa collection which I just added because it looks amazing.)
Happy reading! My TTT: https://bookwyrmknits.com/2024/02/06/top-ten-tuesday-favorite-novellas/
I have Shit Actually on my TBR, but I think it’s there more as a reminder for my husband, as he loves watching movies.
Pam @ Read! Bake! Create!
https://readbakecreate.com/under-read-books-i-read-in-2023/
I love Edgar Allan Poe! Here is our Top Ten Tuesday.
Ooh that has to be a Charles vess cover on Valente book.