Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature created at The Broke and Bookish. Each week you compile a list of ten books which coincide with that week's theme. You can find everything you need to know about joining in here!
This week's theme is 'Top Authors I've Only Read One Book From But NEED to Read More', which sounded like way too much fun to miss! So, without further ado, here are my top ten:
Eva Ibbotson
One Book Read: A Company of Swans
Diana Wynne Jones
One Book Read: Howl's Moving Castle
J. Sheridan Le Fanu
One Book Read: Carmilla
Katherine Howe
One Book Read: The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane
Margaret Atwood
One Book Read: The Penelopiad
Rainbow Rowell
One Book Read: Attachments
Wilkie Collins
One Book Read: The Moonstone
Susan Fletcher
One Book Read: Corrag
Shirley Jackson
One Book Read: The Haunting of Hill House
Geraldine Brooks
One Book Read: Year of Wonders
Who made your top ten?
Rainbow Rowell and Margaret Atwood made my list too. I highly recommend The Handmaid's Tale by Atwood, so thought provoking, scary, and well written.
ReplyDeleteI've heard brilliant things about The Handmaid's Tale! :) I think the next book of hers I'm going to read is Alias Grace, and then I'm finally going to get my hands on a copy of The Handmaid's Tale. :D
DeleteI forgot about Margaret Atwood - oops! That would have made my list look waaay more intelligent, heh. I've only read The Handmaid's Tale by her, which I thought was incredible. Thanks for stopping by my TTT!
ReplyDeleteI really need to read The Handmaid's Tale - people have been telling me to read it for years! No worries, thanks for stopping by mine! :)
DeleteI've only read Rainbow Rowell's books, but I really recommend both Fangirl, and Eleanor & Park. They're great. I also want to read something from Margaret Atwood, but I've to check out the rest of the authors on your list as well. Great list, and thanks for stopping by my TTT earlier. :)
ReplyDeleteI've got a copy of Fangirl, but I have to admit I'd really like to read Eleanor & Park next. :) I really enjoyed The Penelopiad - it's a really quick read if you're looking to introduce yourself to Atwood's work!
DeleteI want to read more from Susan Fletcher too. I loved Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell. It was such a good book.
ReplyDeleteI really want to read The Silver Dark Sea. :) I think Eleanor & Park is the Rowell book I most want to read!
DeleteGeraldine Brooks is one of my favorite authors! I would recommend People of the Book next. :)
ReplyDeleteI've got my eye on that one! I think I'm going to read Caleb's Crossing next, and then I'll read People of the Book. :)
DeleteThe only author I've read from your list is Margret Atwood and that was her book The Penelopiad (sp?) it was wonderful and I am a fan of some of her short stories. I'm really looking forward to reading Geraldine Brookes sometime.
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by my TTT post :)
-Kimberly @ Turning the Pages
Year of Wonders is a great novel - I definitely recommend it! :)
DeleteMargaret Atwood! You should read The Handmaid's Tale. I know everyone will recommend that, but there is good reason! I love Rainbow Rowell's writing style. I have yet to read Landline, but own the rest of her books. They are so easy to sink into!
ReplyDeleteI'll definitely get around to The Handmaid's Tale soon, but I think I'm going to read Alias Grace first. :)
DeleteDWJ is an author that I have always wanted to read! Same with Margaret Atwood! Good list! thanks for stoppin' by! Have a great week!
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed Howl's Moving Castle and The Penelopiad, so I recommend them both. Thanks - you have a great week, too! :)
Deletethat's a well rounded list of authors. You definitely should read more books by them. kelley—the road goes ever ever on
ReplyDeleteI'm definitely going to. :)
DeleteWhat a great list! Howl's Moving Castle is my favourite from Diana Wynne Jones, but I also really liked Charmed Life, so I recommend that next!
ReplyDeleteI just finished reading Carmilla, which I really enjoyed. And look, we have the same book from Rainbow Rowell on our list! From Shirley Jackson, I loved The Haunting of Hill House, and have also read We Have Always Lived in the Castle, but didn't like it quite as much. Her writing style is so captivating, and I want to read more from her. And I haven't read any Atwood yet, which I really need to correct!
Oo great, I have a copy of Charmed Life - thanks for the recommendation! :)
DeleteCarmilla's fantastic, isn't it? Doesn't it just have one of the most haunting last lines ever? I've heard a lot of praise for We Have Always Lived in the Castle, but I think I'd like to check out some of her short fiction before I dive into another one of her novels. ^__^ Well I really enjoyed The Penelopiad, so I recommend it! In fact a friend of mine and I are planning on reading Alias Grace together a little later this year, you'd be welcome to join us if you want to read some Atwood! :D
I've also only read one book by Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale. It was a difficult topic to read about but a great book. Oh and I can recommend Collins' The Woman in White! That and The Moonstone are the only ones of his that I've read though.
ReplyDeleteI'm a bit embarrassed to admit that I've owned Howl's Moving Castle for about a year and still haven't read it >.< I don't know what's keeping me from it.
Thanks for stopping by! Cool to meet another person who loved The Gargoyle :)
Yeah I really need to read The Handmaid's Tale, but I think the fact that it's been so highly recommended to me for years is what's scaring me off reading it - I'm afraid to read it just in case I don't like it! I will definitely read at some point, though, but I think I'm going to read Alias Grace first. :) I have a copy of The Woman in White, but it's a beast of a book so it might be a little while before I read it!
DeleteHaha, no need to feel embarrassed - there are books on my shelves I've owned for years that still haven't been read, but I like to tell myself I'm just building up my own personal library. ;)
It's always great to meet a fellow fan of The Gargoyle. :D