Top Ten Tuesday - Books I Want to Read Again

 

Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme hosted by Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl. Top Ten Tuesday was originally created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.

Here are 10 books I would like to read in no particular order of importance:

1. Queenie by Micheal Korda - I read this novel in high school in my sophomore year. This novel is fairly massive in length from what I recall and was probably one of the longest books I'd read at the time. I remember being attracted to the cover of the paperback edition as the cover looked so glamorous. Plus, the storyline was so captivating at the time. I haven't read this novel since then and I wonder if I'd find it dated now? Our tastes in books change over time too, especially from being a teenager to an adult.

2. The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz - I read this back in 2001 and loved it! I remember Ellen DeGeneres talking about this book and how life changing it was for her, so I decided to read it. I need to reread the principles and begin once again to apply the four agreements to my daily life.

3. East of Eden by John Steinbeck - I read this novel in 2008 for the first time and loved it. East of Eden became one of my all time favorite novels. What a classic!

4. The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov - I read this novel in the early 1990s. This novel takes readers on a wild ride! What a fabulous novel and a beloved Russian classic. I'm surprised that I haven't reread it again already.

5. Animals in Translations by Temple Grandin - Wow, just, wow! This nonfiction book blew me away. Temple Grandin uses "the mysteries of autism to decode animal behavior" and gives an entirely new way to view animals.

6. The Second Mrs. Hockaday by Susan Rivers - I stumbled across this historical fiction novel purely by accident when I was told it was the upcoming book club selection at our local library's book club only to find out that a different novel was chosen instead. The upshot was that The Second Mrs. Hockaday was phenomenal novel!

7. People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks - I think this was the third novel I read by Geraldine Brooks. It is fabulous and I would love to reread it again.

8. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie - I read this book for Banned Books Week in 2012 and loved it.

9. To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee - I read this classic novel for the 1st time approximately 10 years ago and loved it! I've been meaning to reread it again ever since.

10. Why We Can't Wait by Martin Luther King Jr. - I read this book in 2018 and feel like it is a must read for anyone wanting to learn more about Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement.

So which books would you like to reread? Have you read any of the books I want to reread?