Top Ten Tuesday: Lovely Books I Should Mention More

Top Ten Tuesday is a meme created by The Broke and the Bookish.  I hate to say it, but there are some books I hold dear to my heart that I seem to rarely (if ever) mention--which is a disgrace!  All books deserve some love, don't they?

1.  Watership Down by Richard Adams

As the first and only book I ever dared to call my favorite, it is such a shame I don't bring it up more.  It was the first book to expose me to what great writing could be and will always hold a special place in my heart.

2.  Divergent by Veronica Roth

If you asked me in middle school (although all apologies if you met me in middle school--twelve year old's are terrifying) to recommend, I would probably have said this.  Not only did I adore the characters and the story itself, the themes carried out in the trilogy made the gears in my head turn.

3.  A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle

This is one of the first truly science fiction novels I read (disregarding those piles upon piles of dystopian books) and I would be lying to say it didn't blow my mind.

4.  The Archived by Victoria Schwab

I read this book entirely by accident.  By that I mean that my dad saw this for a dollar, bought it for me, and once I kicked him out of my room for disturbing my Netflix-watching time, I deigned to read it...and without my permission my heart completely fell in love with the premise and the characters.

5.  All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque

Although it may seem out of the ordinary for a then-thirteen year old to like a war book so much, this novel really hit me.  It doesn't hide from the horrors of war like some other books do, and for that I give it the highest of ratings.

6.  The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

It has been more than a year, and I am still to this day impressed by the ambiance the the arc of this story.  I wanted to climb inside this one and live in it, if only for a night.

7.  To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee

In accordance with most every other person in the world, I enjoyed this book despite the fact that I was forced to read it for school.  Admittedly, the first third bored me half to death--but the rest made me see why this is considered such a classic.

8.  The Alchemyst by Michael Scott

Okay, admittedly, I have mentioned this one a few times.  Just not enough.  Not enough.  To me, although it has been so long the details are blurry, it remains a fantastic series with a legendary ending in my mind.

9.  Magyk by Angie Sage

For such a solid and magical series, it frustrates me to no end how little attention this gets.  There are dragons and wizardry--what more could you want?

10.  Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling

For a series that is so prevalent, I don't bring it up much.  It is certainly flawed and certainly a fantastic story, of which The Prisoner of Azkaban has stayed my favorite since I first read it at around age seven.