WG: Books that have been on my shelf for far too long

Weekly Geeks questions for this week made me eye the to be read shelf suspiciously:

This week, tell us about a book (or books) you have been meaning to read. What is it? How long have you wanted to read it? And, why haven't you read it yet?

( I have many books, but I'll just list two )

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( state of the TBR shelf )

Currently re-reading: The Game of Kings by Dorothy Dunnett (oh shut up) and am thinking of starting Dunnett's Scales of Gold in a bit and maybe throw some science fiction in between.