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Here are my top ten books in no particular order of importance:
1. Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl
2. In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
3. Riven Rock by T. C. Boyle
4. The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood
5. Cutting For Stone by Abraham Verghese
6. The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
7. The Geography of Bliss by Eric Weiner
8. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson9. The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill by Mark Bittner
10. Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World by Vicki Myron
"The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo" is a must-read! And the second book is even better. I had a hard time getting into the final book, but my husband and I watched all the Swedish movies (very well-done) so I still got to find out what happened.
ReplyDeleteI read "The Historian" years ago, pre-blogging. I remember it being a bit slow and verbose, but I know I enjoyed it overall.
Oh nice! All totally new to me ones here!
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In Cold Blood is a must-read! It's actually my go-to book recommendation for pretty much everyone
ReplyDeleteOh, yes, I've also meant to read In Cold Blood for ages. Maybe one day... I quite liked The Year of the Flood, though I don't think it's as good as Oryx and Crake.
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The Historian and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo are two books I really want to get to at some point. Great list!
ReplyDeleteThe Girls with the Dragon Tattoo is a fantastic read (the whole series is, actually) and I also really loved Cutting for Stone and In Cold Blood. Great list so I hope you'll get to some of them soon :)
ReplyDeleteI've read all of these except #3! I wouldn't miss Cold Blood. All the others, I think, are good but not unforgettable.
ReplyDeleteI really liked The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (once I got past the first 30 pages) and In Cold Blood is one I can't believe I haven't read yet. Great list :)
ReplyDeleteThe Historian is great! I hated The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, but I'm probably the only one. I've had a copy of In Cold Blood on my shelf for years now, so it probably should have made my list this week too. :)
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I haven't read any of these, but I hope you enjoy them. Thanks for sharing, and for stopping by my TTT earlier. :)
ReplyDeleteI haven't read any of these books. I do hope you like them! :-)
ReplyDeleteThis is a really interesting list! The only thing I've even attempted is the Capote, and although it was really interesting and well-written, it was a pretty tough read. I hope you have more luck with it! :)
ReplyDeleteI've read Cutting for Stone and The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. I liked, but didn't love, both.
ReplyDeleteI haven't read any of these but I've heard that In Cold Blood is really great. Hope you will be reading these books soon!
ReplyDeleteQuite a wide variety on your list. I read The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and the rest of the trilogy and really, really enjoyed it even though it was far outside my usual genre.
ReplyDeleteI've tried to read The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo many times but never get very far into it. It's just such a heavy book and I'm never in the right head space for it! :( I hope you get round to reading these soon!
ReplyDeleteI have been eyeing The Girl With The Dragon for so long. Thanks for stopping by our blog.
ReplyDeleteI haven't read any of these, but I've always been interested in The Historian! I hope you love them all! :D
ReplyDeleteHere are my Top Ten!
I have a lot of Atwood on my TBR right now! She's brilliant, but her books are always so large that I always talk myself out of them in favor for smaller books!
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Of your list, I'm only familiar with (but haven't read) "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo." Thanks for dropping by my blog. :-)
ReplyDeleteNice list! I loved The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo :)
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