The 2013 TBR Pile

Last year I started compiling a 'series reading' list, chronicling all the various series on my TBR pile, and tracking my progress with each. Unfortunately, I spent far more time adding to the list than actually making any progress with the books on it. There are a lot of reasons for that, but none of them really matter.

What does matter is that I'm committed to doing something different this year.

So, for 2013, I have whittled things down to a top 10 list, based on a number of factors. For starters, I limited myself to those series already on my TBR list. Next, I looked to my fellow bloggers for help, making note of which of those series made their 2012 'best of' lists and/or 2013 'most anticipated' lists. Finally, I took note of the release dates for any forthcoming titles, so as to figure out whether I have time to catch up before release day.

The list is bound to change throughout the year, but for now I'm (tentatively) committing myself to the following:

JANUARY

Jordan, Robert & Sanderson, Brandon - The Wheel of Time
1) The Eye of the World
2) The Great Hunt
3) The Dragon Reborn
4) The Shadow Rising
5) The Fires of Heaven
6) Lord of Chaos
7) A Crown of Swords
8) The Path of Daggers
9) Winter's Heart
10) Crossroads of Twilight
11) Knife of Dreams
12) The Gathering Storm
13) Towers of Midnight
14) A Memory of Light


FEBRUARY

Brett, Peter V. - The Demon Cycle
1) The Painted Man
2) The Desert Spear
3) The Daylight War


MARCH

Battersby, Lee
1) The Corpse-Rat King
2) The Marching Dead


APRIL

Kay, Guy Gavriel
1) Under Heaven
2) River of Stars


MAY

Feist, Raymond E. - The Chaoswar Saga
1) A Kingdom Besieged
2) A Crown Imperiled
3) Magician's End


JUNE

Abraham, Daniel - The Dagger and the Coin
1) The Dragon's Path
2) The King's Blood
3) The Tyrant's Law (forthcoming)

Corey, James S. A. - The Expanse
1) Leviathan Wakes
2) Caliban's War
3) Abaddon's Gate (forthcoming)


JULY

Lawrence, Mark - The Broken Empire
1) Prince of Thorns
2) King of Thorns
3) Emperor of Thorns (forthcoming)


AUGUST

Reynolds, Alastair - Poseidon's Children
1) Blue Remembered Earth
2) On the Steel Breeze (forthcoming)

SEPTEMBER

Scott Lynch, Scott - The Gentleman Bastard

1) The Lies of Locke Lamora

2) Red Seas Under Red Skies

3) The Republic of Thieves (forthcoming)

OCTOBER

Donaldson, Stephen - The Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant
1) The Runes of the Earth
2) Fatal Revenant
3) Against All Things Ending
4) The Last Dark (forthcoming)