I’m so glad
that The Broke and The Bookish has decided to give this week Top Ten Tuesday topic to
each participant to decide. Yes, it’s a freebie week! As I am in the middle of
The Classics Club Project (and am very excited right now), there are several
books I’ve been curious to read from my list. I know, there are always so many
books I want to read, yet so little reading time I have! So, even listing ten
books of them which I’m curious of the most is quite difficult for me. Hey, I’d
like to read them all!! Anyway, ten is the game, so here are those ten books I'm curious to read,
Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas
After
finishing The Man In The Iron Mask, I’m hungry to read more of d’Artagnan and
the three musketeers adventures (yes, I know, I should have read Twenty Years
After before The Man In The Iron Mask, and I have posted about that here). I
have ordered this book, and it’s on the way right now.
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
I have just
won a giveaway, and I got this book as the gift, yayyy! (sorry…I’m still
exciting!). Being the most biographical novel of Charles Dickens has made me
very curious of this book. I am reading Dickens biography now, and I find him
as an interesting personage. I’d like to learn more about him through David
Copperfield.
Tender Is The Night by F. Scott
Fitzgerald
After
reading The Great Gatsby, I’m longing to read Fitzi's other books. One of it that
is also very biographical is Tender Is The Night. I have read several promising
reviews about this book, and can’t wait to read it.
The Woman In White by Wilkie Collins
This book
has been intriguing me since I read the review in a blog. Then last weekend I happened
to read an interview of Mary Higgins Clark, where she was asked about the best
suspense novel she has ever read. And guess what her answer was? Wilkie Collins’
The Woman In White. That’s enough for me to look forward to read this book.
Suspense is one of my favorite genre anyway.
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar
Wilde
I always
love books with strong psychological aspects such as Agatha Christie and Emile
Zola. The Picture of Dorian Gray seems to be the most tempting psychological
novel to me right now. Actually I plan to read it next month for the Victorian
Celebration.
One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken
Kessey
Same reason
with Dorian Gray, this book has made curious for months. I just have to find
time to read it!
Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Many book
lovers had suggested me to read this book. I have the copy already, and right
now I am preparing to host a readalong for this ‘bulk’ book. I plan to read it
near Mrs. Mitchell birthday on November.
Germinal by Emile Zola
No need to
say again, that I am already in love with Emile Zola. He is one of my all time
favorite authors. Germinal is one of his best works, so I’m already impatient
to wait for my copy to arrive!
Sketches by Boz by Charles Dickens
Charles
Dickens is one of my favorite authors too. Although Sketches by Boz is not his
best work, I am curious to read it because it’s his first-published-work, and
because it contains everyday life sketches. It seems very interesting, not to
mention that this is a rare book which I have bought in a very fair price.
A short stories collection by Guy de Maupassant
It’s a
translation edition of Guy de Maupassant short stories collection. The title in
Bahasa Indonesia is ‘Cinta Sejati’ which means True Love (I don’t know whether
it is one of the short stories title). I’ve been longing to read Guy de
Maupassant, and also several pieces of short stories. I’m not a fan of short
stories, but I think there are a lot of good short stories out there that I may
appreciate.
So, that’s
it. Hopefully I can manage my time to read all those ten great books very soon.
What’s your Top Ten Tuesday of this week?
I LOVE that you're plannint the Gone With the Wind readalong around Mitchell's borthday!! So many greats on this list, Fanda, but I especially can't wait to know what you think of Gone With the Wind. :-)
ReplyDeleteI can't wait too to read it Jill! And I hope you can join the readalong..
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