This week over at The Broke and Bookish the Top Ten Tuesday topic under discussion is:

‘Ten Books I Will Probably Never Read’

I found this one surprisingly difficult because it just seems so defeatist admitting that I won’t read these books because you never really know.  The books I probably won’t get to fall into a few areas – either I’ve had them for so long that they’ve lost their appeal somehow, they’re so huge that I find it daunting or I’ve seen the film already and so lost interest in the book:

1. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy – I did buy a copy of this and tried the first few chapters but I seriously don’t think I will ever complete it. (Big Book Syndrome – BBS)
2. Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time – which I feel bad about but the sheer scale of the series just distracts me.  There’s a lot of love for this series though so part of me really does want to go there!  BBS
3. Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell – this is a book that has a lot of positive reviews but I’ve seen the film and it always puts me off reading the book.  I have to read the book first.
4. Life of Pi by Yann Martel – for the same reason as above – already seen the film.
5. The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton – this book is suffering from being sat on the tbr for too long.  I bought it ages ago and really liked the look of it but I find that the longer the book sits looking at me the more my interest dwindles.
6. Looking for Alaska by John Green – another book that I bought eons ago!
7. Part of a series that I’ve lost interest in – The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness.  Read the first two but don’t think I will complete the series.
8. Tallula Rising (The Last Werewolf No.2) by Glen Duncan.  Unfortunately this was another series that I started but just didn’t work out for me.
9. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn – seen the film so won’t pick the book up now.
10. The Hundred Year Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson