Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created here at The Broke and the Bookish. This meme was created because we are particularly fond of lists here at The Broke and the Bookish. We'd love to share our lists with other bookish folks and would LOVE to see your top ten lists
This week was a Freebie -- anything you wanted to do in literature. I couldn't think of a great topic, so I went browsing in the Top Ten Tuesday back topics. And I came across Books You'd Want on a Desert Island. I joined the fun after this topic, so today would be the perfect day to revisit. By the way, I'm cheating a bit and including series as one choice. Deal with it!
1. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (complete trilogy of 5 books) by Douglas Adams -- These books never fail to make me laugh. I just love them!
2. Complete works of Shakespeare -- Who better than the Bard? He runs the gamut of emotions. Something for every mood.
3. Complete works of Jane Austen -- My all-time favorite author has to go on the list.
4. Complete Chronicles of Narnia -- The entire series is just so much fun. A great fantasy to dream of.
5. Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States -- I am such a sucker for history books. I picked this one because it is comprehensive and I love Zinn's writing style.
6. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass -- One of my favorite childhood books.
7. Terry Pratchett's Discworld series -- I haven't read them yet, although I have seen the three movies. J is totally engrossed in the 5th book right now and says that I must read them later.
8. My college world humanties textbook -- I can't remember the exact title (it's in a box around here somewhere) but I do remember that it was a great summary of art, history, politics, literature, etc through the ages.
9. Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series -- I absolutely adored Outlander and plan on reading the rest of the series. At ~600 pages per book, these 7 books will keep me busy.
10. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald -- One of my classic favorites. I get something new every time I read it.
