Top 5 Tuesday – Books Starting with U – V – W – X – Y – Z

This week’s edition of Shanah’s Top 5 Tuesday is being brought to you by the number 5 and the letters U, V, W, X, Y, and Z. And yes, I used that exact joke for every single post this month. Deal with it.

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U – United as One
by Pittacus Lore

Again, this one is more about the whole series being great as one thing (and the fact that I haven’t read many books starting with U). Though, to be fair, this is the BEST book of the series. If you’ve tried to start this series before and was scared off by the first one or two, consider persevering. This last book is WORTH IT!

V – Vicious
by V.E. Schwab

Over to my TBR for this one, because I haven’t read a single book starting with V. This is one of those books that’s been on my shelf for over a year and I keep telling the world that “this is the month I’m finally going to read it,” but then it still doesn’t happen. I’ve put it off for far too long, but, this is the month I’m finally going to read it.

W – World War Z
by Max Brooks

Before I read Sleeping Giants, The Illuminae Series, or Robopacalypse, World War Z made me stand up and take notice of a book written in a unique and really enjoyable format. I’ve read it multiple times, even taking in the audiobook a few times (which stars Mark Hamill among many other voice actors.) Also, you should know this is NOTHING like the movie. The only thing the book and the movie share is the title.

 X – X-Men: A v X
by Marvel Comics

Okay. This is cheating, big time. But I really didn’t have an X-book. And this is one of the coolest stories out there. The Phoenix is coming back to Earth, and they believe it’s going to take Jean Grey’s daughter and they’ll have to deal with another Dark Phoenix situation (one of the most powerful beings EVER.) The Avengers insist on taking the girl to protect her, and the X-Men insist they’re plenty capable of protecting her themselves. Shouting happens, ego inflate, feelings are hurt, and then… super awesome fights.

Y – The Young Elites
by Marie Lu

Back to my TBR for this one. Plague, super-powered people, and a society bent on hunting down said people? So in.

Z – Zero Sum Game

Imagine James Bond was a brilliant mathematician instead of just having several horseshoes up his butt, and that’s what you’ve got here. Our lead seems to see the world more like the Matrix, with numbers and calculations everywhere. So when she does something nearly impossible (which is all the time) it wasn’t chance. She made it happen.

Fun fact about this post: Almost picked World War Z for Z instead of W, but felt like more cheating…