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Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday! This week’s topic is Books I’d Want With Me While Stranded on an Island. Finding books for this topic was easy. The difficulty was limiting my list to ten!
Beauty by Robin McKinley-I know I’ve featured this book many times, but it will always be a favorite of mine.
Lord of the Rings Trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien-Again, a series I’ve featured before, but I’d have to have them with me. I’m counting them as “one” book.
Mercy Thompson series-I love this series so much! Almost any book from the series would be welcome on the island.
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell-Yes, I have three historical romances on my list, and I’m completely okay with that.
The Complete Tales and Poems by Edgar Allan Poe-This isn’t cheating because there are books that contain all his works in one volume.
Grimm’s Fairy Tales-I have several collections of fairy tales, but for the sake of the list, I’ll just pick this one.
My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows-I laughed so much when I read this! I think I’d need some humor if I were stranded on an island.
The Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell-I’m about half way through this series, and am loving it. Picking one book is hard, but I’ll go with the first one for this list.
What do you think? Would you take any of these books on an island with you? What other books would you pick?
Great list! I love the BBC adaptation of North and South, I need to give the book a try.
I love the BBC adaptation too!
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Great choices! I really love Beauty too.
It is definitely a favorite of mine!
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P&P is on my list, also love Northanger and North and South, good choices. Kat x
Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed my list.
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Great list – I’m sure a huge fan of The Last Kingdom series! It’s a great one to lose yourself in.
Yes! I completely agree.
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That Poe anthology is a genius idea! Great list 🙂
Thanks! I think it is a pretty good choice too.
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I should’ve included P&P, I could 100% read that over and over.
It is definitely a must have!
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Ooh Lord of the Rings- I didn’t think of that one! Mercy thompson is a nice long series so that would be fun to have. Austen seems like another excellent choice.
Thanks! I’m glad you like my choices. Mercy is one of my all time favorite heroines so I’d have to bring her along on an island.
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Great choices! There are definitely some on here I wish I had thought of, being on a deserted island would probably finally give me time to finish LOTR
I hope you find time to finish LOTR someday without having to be stranded on an island! 🙂
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Lord of the Rings is such a great choice. I’ve been wanting to re-read that series for years but never seem to find the time.
I need to make time to re-read it as well!
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I like how you included series/trilogies, I felt a little guilty about doing that, so I feel absolved now. LOL
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You’re welcome! Yes, I bent the rules a little, but I couldn’t help myself!
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The Lord of the Rings series would be great in this scenario. I finally read The Hobbit last year and I’ve been working up to the trilogy. That would be the perfect time!
What did you think of The Hobbit? I almost included it in my list as well.
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Great looking list!
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Great list! Such a good idea to include the Lord of the Rings as one!
Thanks! I think it was a good idea too.
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I really want to read Pride and Prejudice! Great list!
I’m glad you enjoyed my list! I need to make time to re-read Pride and Prejudice. When you get a chance to read it, come back and let me know what you think!
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Much as I love Austen and Gaskell BBC (or British) adaptations, I don’t read the novels. But someday I should given them a chance again. Also, “My Lady Jane” sounds WAY fun!! 🙂 Thanks for visiting Finding Wonderland last week.
I hope you’re able to enjoy Austen and Gaskell some day! My Lady Jane is so much fun! If you get a chance to read it, you’ll have to let me know what you think!
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All books I enjoyed or know are very popular. Great list.
I’m glad you enjoyed my list!
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