Top Ten Tuesday #31
Books I Love that were Written Over 10 Years Ago
I think this week’s prompt is “Books I Love that were Written Over 10 Years Ago.” As bloggers, I think we tend to focus on the more recently published books when there are so many other awesome books written a long time ago (in a galaxy far, far away ). Anyway, here are my top ten 15 books:
All of these books were published before 1990 and I rated them four or five stars when I read them.
What about you? Which books written more than 10 years ago did you love reading? Do we have any in common?
I did a reread of (nearly) all of the Anne Shirley books last winter. They’re so good!
My post: https://lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-books-i-love-that-were-written-over-ten-years-ago/
That’s awesome! I’ve only read the first one, but I’d like to read the rest sometime. 😀
Summer of My German Soldier takes me back. I think I read that one in middle school/junior high.
That’s when I read it too. 😀 My teacher had us do an exercise where we rewrote the ending. That’s why this particular title stood out to me for all these years.
Pride and Prejudice and Lord of the Rings are some of my oldest favorites too!
Yay! 😀 They both such great stories!
So many wonderful books on this list! I just loved To Kill A Mockingbird.
Thanks, Wendy! 😀 This was a fun one to do! And, yes, TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD is fantastic. I love Atticus Finch so much.
I considered adding The Sumer of My German Soldier to my list today also. You have a nice mix of YA/Junior/and Adult titles.
Cool! I wonder how many people liked that book? I remember being one of the only ones in my class who liked it. 😀
I remember those dragon PRince books! The cover artist is one of my favorites. I nevere read em though. And yay for LoTR! I read Dune too, years ago.
That’s cool! 😀 I really love the covers, especially the second one. You should read the books. They’re really good!
Star Scroll has a fabulous cover. Michael Whelan is the cover artist and his stuff is amazing
Thanks for letting me know the cover artist. I’m going to look him up and check out his other works. 😀
Great list. I love Pride & Prejudice. Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None is my favorite from the author.
Here is my TTT: https://herseriallife.com/top-10-books-written-over-ten-years-ago/
Have a great week 🙂
Thanks, Rae! 😀 I’ve actually never read another book by Agatha Christie, but I’m familiar with other stories because of movies. I’d like to read more; it’s just a matter of when, lol.
Great list! I’ve read nine of these. TKAM is my favorite book of all time and ANNE OF GREEN GABLES is definitely in my Top 5. I also loved AND THEN THERE WERE NONE and P&P. Mary Higgins Clark was my favorite writer when I was a teen. I stayed up WAY too many nights finishing her books when I should have been sleeping 🙂
Happy TTT!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
Thanks, Susan! 😀 TKAM is my sister-in-law’s all-time favorite book too. Atticus Finch is one of my favorite literary characters. It’s a tie between him and Dumbledore.
Oh, wow, I couldn’t choose between those two either! Both are gentle, wise, and loving. No wonder they’re beloved by so many of us readers 🙂
Wonderful choices! I love many of them as well.
Thank you, Margaret! 😀 This was a fun list to make.
Anne of Green Gables! I totally forgot about that one. Pride and Prejudice is such a staple! Great list.
Lol. I realized by blog hopping that I forgot REBECCA, but as I already have 15 books, it’s probably for the best. 😀
Fabulous list! Seeing Where Are the Children brings back such memories — it was the first book of its kind that I read, and I remember being so shocked and blown away by it! These are all great choices, and it makes me happy to see Anne of Green Gables. I’m a very late arrival to Anne’s charm, but I love those books so much!
Where are the Children was my first foray into that type of book too. 😀 I’m also very late to the Anne love. I still haven’t read more of the series. I need to, though.
I can’t exactly say that I’ve enjoyed reading Night, but it’s had such a deep impact on me and hit me differently each time I’ve read it.
I understand. I have a hard time saying that I enjoyed reading NIGHT as well. It was eye-opening. I learned things I hadn’t known yet. How it affected his life and belief really shook me. I can only imagine what it must’ve been like reading it as a Jewish person. I know it probably made you feel things I could never understand.
Oh, good choices! Agatha Christie, LOTR, Anne of Green Gables – all made my list, though a different Christie novel was my favorite. And some of your other picks are wonderful, too. I’ve not read all of them, but some are on my TBR lists, notably P&P, the Eva Ibbotson books, and My Father’s Dragon
I’m glad my list resonated with you. 😀 I hope you enjoy Pride & Prejudice, the Eva Ibbotson books, and My Father’s Dragon when you do read them.
HIII I’M NEW TO YOUR BLOG BUT IN LOVE WITH ALL OF IT??? the design’s STUNNING AND AM OBSESSED OK 😭 also i LOVE this post and ANNE OF GREEN GABLES IS THE MOST PHENOMENAL BOOK IN EXISTENCE, i love all of the characters TO THE MOON AND BACK they’re THE BEST EVER!! also YES to pride and prejudice I LOVEEE!! i havent read any of the other ones but most of them are on my tbr AND DID I MENTION THIS IS PERFECTION AND I ABSOLUTELY LOVE ALL OF IT????? so excited to DEVOUR all of your future posts and cannot wait to interact more with youu!!
Thanks, Anoushka! 😀 I appreciate all of the compliments! I hope you enjoy reading the books that are on your TBR!
A Countess Below Stairs has been dancing around my TBR for a while now.
I hope you love it as much as I do when you read it. 😀