Top Ten Tuesday Hosted by The Broke and Bookish
In not particular order:
- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen: the best intellectual romance out there.
- Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell: Beautiful vivid writing with an engrossing, epic story
- Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn: I love anything by this author but this in particular has great pacing and a twisting storyline with despicable characters.
- 11/22/63 by Stephen King: This was the first King book I had ever read (although I have seen some movies). The what if? factor is incredible and the author’s elegant writing had me rereading sentences soly because of it.
- In Cold Blood by Truman Capote: True crime books are the only scary books that actually scare me. I know Norman Bates is fictional by Hannibal Lecter was based on real persons, and that’s how I feel about In Cold Blood. Capote’s writing is eerily brilliant and created something very difficult — empathy for the murderers.
- Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling: A fabulous fantasy series. I’ve read this series every year since its publication starting when I was 11, so there maybe some nostalgia here as well.
- The Book Thief by Markus Zusak: I cry every time I read this tragic book which for me is very hard to do.
- Lord of the Rings Trilogy by J.R.R.: For me, this is the grown-up equivalent of Harry Potter.
- Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris: With a sick humor, this book has me laughing out loud every time.
- Cane River by Lalita Tademy: A wonderful piece of historic fiction. Whenever I see Cane River at a garage sale I pick it up to give to another bookish friend of mine — it is just that good.
I need to read that SK book. I have had it for ages but haven't read it yet.
Great list! I had considered putting the Harry Potter series on my list, but I've never actually recommended it to anyone, mostly because all my friends have read it already. Lol. I still have yet to read The Book Thief but it's on my TBR list.
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Ashling @ Reading, Writing, & Anything but Arithmetic
I just got Gone Girl and I look forward to reading it, as well as LotR, still haven't read those. :X Not to mention the classics… Ooft, I have a lot of work! 😀
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Of course Pride and Prejudice is on the top of my list, too 😉
David Sedaris is so funny and I enjoyed In Cold Blood, too. MUST read Gone with the Wind and 11/22/63 soon!
I need to read 11/22/63 as I love some of Kings other books! Also yay for Harry Potter and Gone Girl!
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In Cold Blood made it onto my list as well! It was such a surprise for me, so much more exciting, involving and all-round brilliant than I expected – if I can persuade more people to give it a shot then so much the better! I have a few of your other choices on Mount TBR, so I'll boost 'em up a place or ten. 🙂
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You've read Harry Potter every year since its publication?! Would you like to be my new best friend? lol
I really need to read Pride and Prejudice. I've owned a copy for 10-12 years and every year I promise myself I'll read it but I haven't yet. This is the year though!
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11/22/63 was my second King and blew me away–I should've included that in my own list, because I have recommended it a lot, but I'm not sure anyone has taken me up on it. Great book.
I would like to finally read Cold Blood–I just have to get it and then wait for the right mood. I know it will be good, but disturbing.
I'm just going to have to read The Book Thief–it gets recommended so often!
Fun list–I enjoyed seeing what you always seem to be recommending.
I still haven't read 11/22/63. I need to jump on that.
I'm always a huge fan of recommending Harry Potter.
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I still haven't read 11/22/63. I need to jump on that.
I'm always a huge fan of recommending Harry Potter.
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Ah, so many favourites on here. I loved seeing Pride and Prejudice at the top of your list. Jane has been getting me through a few bad weeks. She's good at that! 🙂