It’s Tuesday again which means time for another round of Top Ten Tuesday; I like joining in on this meme because I have a set topic to work with. Top Ten Tuesday is a book blogger meme that is hosted by The Broke and the Bookish and this week the theme is: Top Ten Favourite Classic Books or Top Ten Classics I Want To Read. I thought I would take the opportunity to mention ten books I really need to read. I feel so much shame for not having read these books.
- Candide by Voltaire
- Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
- Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
- Moby-Dick by Herman Melville
- Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
- The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
- The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
- The Crucible by Arthur Miller
- The Monk by Matthew Lewis
- Wicked by Gregory Maguire
You haven’t read Jane Eyre or The Crucible! mmm, tut tut 🙂 – No seriously, I haven’t read most of these either.
I know, I’m ashamed of that…of that is why it is called my wall of shame.
Great list! You mentioned some excellent titles–S&S, The Age of Innocence,–and some I’ve been meaning to revisit at some point but nonetheless found fascinating (The Brothers Karamazov, Don Quixote). Hope you enjoy those classics when you get to them! 🙂
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I need to read more Dostoevsky, like all of it.
I’m super impressed that Don Quixote is on the list. I also love seeing Jane Austen and Edit Wharton make an appearance.
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One day I’ll read them
I feel quite shameful when I look at the classics that I haven’t read. I really need to try and read some more classics. I enjoyed Wicked, but it is quite a strange book!
I am about to go to New York and Wicked is playing on Broadway, I think this will motivate me to read it. There are so many classics to catch up on, I’m slowly getting there.
I don’t like classics. *runs and ducks*
Blasphemes, why are we friends again 😛
Well, since you’ve seen my classics posts admitting to all the ones I haven’t read I’m in the same boat as you. ALTHOUGH I have read The Crucible. Yay me. lol I’ve heard The Monk is fabulous, hope you’re enjoying it!
I’m currently reading The Monk, it is really unusual
I haven’t read any of these either. The Brothers Karamazov has been on my TBR for an age, but none of the others particularly enthuse me, though a part of me does feel they are books I *should* read. The exception; I’d never even heard of The Monk before everyone started doing these lists today – it sounds crazy, definitely picking a copy of that up soon!
One thing I love about this group is the fact they mostly seem to vote for good books, in all genres. I love it, just wish more people talked.
I’ve only read three. Don’t feel shame, though. As readers, we should celebrate what we read when we read it, not feel bad because we have reading agendas and haven’t gotten to texts that someone decided were important to lead literary lives. Just my two cents. Happy reading, yo.
To be fair, Wall of Shame was a tongue in cheek title. These are the books I really want to read but haven’t got to yet, I keep getting distracted by other books.
I get that. I have so many books I want to get to at some point. There just aren’t enough reading hours in the day.
I have only read Brothers Karamazov in your list. I have heard great things about Jane Austen’s books but sadly I haven’t read any one of them 🙁
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I recommend Pride and Prejudice, it was amazing
Yes you need to read Jane Eyre. Yep yep yep.
Probably not as good as Wuthering Heights
They should keep you busy for a while. 🙂 I haven’t read Wicked. Jane Eyre is over-rated if you ask me. I find the religious stuff boring and Rochester is a creep. The ending really annoys me, too. 😛
I probably can handle religious stuff better than you 😛 I’m loving Wicked, I’ve read The Monk already and still stuck in Middlemarch. Maybe Jane Eyre will be my next choice; or actually I book I forgot to mention A Hero of our Time.