The purpose of my priority list is to avoid impulse buying and, consequently, reduce my TBR pile. It works as follows. First I make a list of the fifteen books I’d like to read next. Then, whenever I am tempted to buy a new book, I’ll look into my list. I can only buy books from that list. To include a new book in the priority list, I’ll have either to buy or delete another one.
As of today my priority list is as follows (in no particular order):
- The Terrorists, Maj Sjöwall & Per Walhöö
- The Drop, Michael Connelly
- The Cold Cold Ground, Adrian McKinty
- Winter’s Bone, Daniel Woodrell
- The End of the Wasp Season, Denise Mina
- A Dark Redemption, Stav Sherez
- The Unlucky Lottery, Hakan Nesser
- The Caller, Karin Fossum
- Until thy Wrath be Past, Åsa Larsson
- Phantom, Jo Nesbo
- Máscaras, Leonardo Padura (English title: Havana Red)
- The Smell of the Night, Andrea Camilleri
- The Rage, Gene Kerrigan
- Taken, Niamh O’Connor
- The Cut, George Pelecanos