Top 5 2018 Wishlist

Hi again! This will be my last Top 5 Wednesday for 2017 — how crazy is that? I hope you all had a wonderful holiday.

Today’s topic is our bookish wishlist for 2018 and the types of books, genres, themes, tropes and topics we’d like to see more of.

Top 5 Wednesday was created over on BookTube by the wonderful Laniey at gingerreadslaniey and run by the lovely Sam of Thoughts on Tomes . Also you can check out the Goodreads page for past and future topics.

These books are listed in no particular order.

Diverse Fairytale and Myth Retellings

I adore retellings. If a book mentioned it’s a retelling or as been marketed that way I will buy it. But more 2018 I would love to see some fairytales and myths that aren’t from The Grimms Brothers or Ancient Greece. Each cultures has their own set of myths and fairytales and I love the chance to explore them all.

Medieval Historical Fiction

I really couldn’t do this list without wishing more historical fiction releases. Medieval history — 5th to 15th centuries — is hands down my favourite period to read about so I would love more titles to pick up next year. Also if some of those could be based in the Eastern European countries or around the Ottoman Empire that would be amazing!

Antiquity Historical Fiction

It’s no surprise that I really do want more historical fiction releases, but unlike the one above, I’d like to see more books set in Antiquity. I’m not too fussy on when just more books set in Ancient Greece, Egypt and Rome please and thanks you.

More Own Voice Books

I will admit that I am guilty of not reading as of these amazing stories as I would like to. However, I love seeing this trend in publishing and want to see it continue! Our world is full of people of difference races, cultures and sexuality and our literature needs to reflect that.

Silenced Historical Perspectives

What I would love to see more of is books, both non fiction and fiction, that explore events through the perspective different to the historical records. Basically POV’s that aren’t straight, white males. Books like Black Tudors which came out this year and looks at some of the African people who lived freely in Tudor England.

That’s all for me. Comment down below and let me know what types of genres, topics and themes you’d like to see more of in the new year.

Until next time, happy reading!
Dearna

2 thoughts on “Top 5 2018 Wishlist”

auroralibrialis

More diverse fairytale and myths are on my list as well. More books set in medieval times and during the antiquity would also be awesome, so would historical fiction set during the Renaissance.

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December 27, 2017 at 7:29 pm Reply
1. Dearna_Mulvaney
  
  Yes more books set in the Renaissance too. That era is beautiful.
  
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  December 28, 2017 at 10:05 am Reply