Top Ten Books I HAD To Buy...But Are Still Sitting On My Shelf Unread

It's Top Ten Tuesday time again and as always is hosted by The Broke and The Bookish.  Today's topic is all about books that I HAD to buy, but still haven't read yet.  I'll be the first to admit that my name is Emma and I have a library problem.  I have a book hierarchy, which means that library books are more important because I only have them for a limited time.  Therefore my own books tend to get neglected.  I've changed my habits this year by limiting what I can take out/reserve from the library and so far this has helped me make a dent in my stack, but there are still a lot of books to get through.

1. The Night Watch - Sergei Lukyanenko

2. A Discovery of Witches - Deborah Harkness

3. Ghost Story* - Jim Butcher

4. Dead Harvest - Chris F. Holm

5. Rot and Ruin - Jonathan Maberry

6. American Gods - Neil Gaiman

7. Vegas Knights - Matt Forbeck

8. Vampire Zero - David Wellington

9. The Psychopath Test - Jon Ronson

10. The Invention of Murder - Judith Flanders

*I read all my Dresden Files over the course of two years and I got used to always having a new adventure on hand. Hence why I've been putting off reading Ghost Story until I had another case file to enjoy straight after.

What books are on your list this week?

Cool Covers Of The Future

First spotted at this website via Angry Robot.  Love the covers for Chris F. Holm's The Collector series in that they look like old classics covers you find in second hand bookshops.  I bought the first book, Dead Harvest, because of the striking cover and also have a copy of  the second book, The Wrong Goodbye, on my tablet but have yet to read either as my library addiction has been hard to give up.  The Big Reap isn't out until August 2013 (birthday present for moi?), so I've got plenty of time to get reading, and hopefully what is inside it equally as marvellous as the cover. 

New Acquisitions

Ordered some books with my birthday vouchers at the weekend, and they arrived in the post today.  I love post!  Especially when it isn't a bank statement that tells me I have no money at all or my student loan statement that tells me I owe a lot of money to the man.

Fated and Cursed, both by Benedict Jacka, are supposed to be written in the same vein as Rivers of London and The Dresden Files so I'm assuming I may fall in love with them. 
  My risky choice is Chris F. Holm's Dead Harvest.  The blurb describes it as 'a stunning mix of urban fantasy and noir-dark crime' which is something a bit different for me, but what really hooked me was the cover.  It is beautiful, and I am a very shallow book reader.
  Will report back at a later date as to how all three fared reading wise...