Top 10 Tuesday: Books Written Before I Was Born | 02/02/21

Top 10 Tuesday: Books Written Before I Was Born | 02/02/21

Yes, I’m here again with another Top 10 Tuesday post. I’m trying to get back into taking part in the weekly challenge as I love how it brings the book blogging community together!

This week, we’re going to be talking about books that we’ve read or books that we WANT to read, that were written before I was born – which was 1995. This is basically going to be a list of classics, isn’t it? BECAUSE I’M SO OLD! 😭I genuinely don’t think there are any books that are on my TBR that was written before 1995… I guess it’s time to scroll through my Goodreads list!

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly bookish list prompt originally hosted by The Broke and the Bookish and currently hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl.

 

The topic for this week is:

Books Written Before I Was Born

The rules are simple:

  • Each Tuesday, Jana assigns a new topic. Create your own Top Ten list that fits that topic – putting your unique spin on it if you want.
  • Everyone is welcome to join but please link back to The Artsy Reader Girl in your own Top Ten Tuesday post.
  • Add your name to the Linky widget on that day’s post so that everyone can check out other bloggers’ lists.
  • Or if you don’t have a blog, just post your answers as a comment.
  1. The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole (1764) || REVIEW
  2. The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson (1886) || REVIEW
  3. Dawn by Octavia E. Butler (1987) || REVIEW
  4. Northern Lights by Philip Pullman (1995) || REVIEW
  5. The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson (1959) || REVIEW
  6. Great Expectations by Charles Dickens (1861) || REVIEW
  7. The Passion of New Eve by Angela Carter (1977) || REVIEW
  8. A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller (1959) || REVIEW
  9. Oleanna by David Mamet (1992) || REVIEW
  10. Orlando by Virginia Woolf (1928) || REVIEW

 

 

  1. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (1960)
  2. Possession by A.S. Byatt (1990)
  3. Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier (1938) || REVIEW
  4. The Color Purple by Alice Walker (1982) || REVIEW
  5. Dracula by Bram Stoker (1897)
  6. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë (1847) || REVIEW
  7. The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne by Ann Radcliffe (1789) || REVIEW
  8. We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson (1962) || REVIEW
  9. The Monk by Matthew Lewis (1796) || REVIEW
  10. To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf (1927) || REVIEW

 

Ok, so it turns out I’ve read quite a few books that were written before 1995. There were WAAAAAYYY more than 10, so I decided to include 20… you know… just to bend the rules a little bit 🤫. Most of these books are ones that I’ve had to read for my degree or Masters, or just for pleasure. There are a few more, but I couldn’t bend the rules THAT MUCH! 😂

 

 

Future Top 10 Tuesday Topics:

February 9: Valentine’s Day/Love Freebie
February 16: Purple, Yellow, and/or Green Book Covers (in honor of Mardis Gras, which is today!)
February 23: Books That Made Me Laugh Out Loud (Claire @ Book Lovers Pizza)
March 2: Characters Whose Job I Wish I Had (maybe not even because the job sounds fun, but maybe the co-workers are cool or the boss is hot?)
March 9: Spring Cleaning Freebie (for example, books you’re planning to get rid of for whatever reason, book’s you’d like to clean off your TBR by either reading them or deciding you’re not interested, books that feel fresh and clean to you after winter is over, etc.)
March 16: Books On My Spring 2021 TBR
March 23: Funny Book Titles
March 30: Places In Books I’d Love to Live
April 6: Books I’d Gladly Throw Into the Ocean (submitted by Beauty & Her Books)
April 13: Book Titles That Sound Like They Could Be Crayola Crayon Colors (Take a moment and Google some of the crazy Crayola crayon colors that exist. Can you think of any book titles that sound like they could also be a crayon color? It might be fun to include a description of the kind of color you’re picturing.)
April 20: Colorful Book Covers
April 27: Animals from Books (these could be mythical, real, main characters, sidekicks, companions/pets, shifters, etc.) (Submitted by Paige @paigesquared and Jennifer Y. @ Never Too Many to Read)

 

 

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What books have you read that were published before you were born? Let me know in the comments below, and happy TTT! 

Until next time…

 

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4 thoughts on “Top 10 Tuesday: Books Written Before I Was Born | 02/02/21”

  4. “I’m so old!”, cried the absolute baby of the TTT crowd. XD (true Old People* use emoticons instead of emojis) (*Old Millenials)

    I’m glad you doubled up — it’s always fun when you’re super enthusiastic about a topic. I just read The Haunting of Hill House last year. It wasn’t my favorite — simply not scary enough for this horror movie junkie — but I’m really glad it resonated so well with you. It’s one of my mom’s favorites, and I do agree it’s a book you have to read slowly. I was able to listen to part of it as an audiobook, which helped with that.

    I am still pretty enthusiastic to try her other favorite, We Have Always Lived In The Castle.

    –RS

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