Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week's TTT is words/topics that make you instantly buy/pick up a book. I've decided to not only list my Go-To words/topics, but also some of the books that I did actually buy/pick up because of them.
Top Ten Words/Topics That Make Me Instantly Buy or Pick Up a Book
- Retelling/Revamping/Adaptation
- Splintered by A.G. Howard
- Jane by April Lindner
- Beastly by Alex Flinn
- Mythology (especially Hades & Persephone)
- Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan
- Abandon by Meg Cabot
- The Goddess Test by Aimee Carter
- Love Triangle (I know, I know; cue the groaning & eye-rolling)
- Matched by Ally Condie
- The Selection by Kiera Cass
- The Host by Stephenie Meyer
- Dystopian
- Dualed by Elsie Chapman
- Birthmarked by Caragh M. O'Brien
- Eve by Anna Carey
- Regency/Historical Romance
- Georgette Heyer's novels
- Seeking Persephone by Sarah M. Eden
- A Gown of Spanish Lace by Janette Oke
- Dragons
- A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan
- The Dragonriders of Pern series by Anne McCaffrey
- The Dragonlance Chronicles by Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman
- Jane Austen
- Austenland by Shannon Hale
- Lost in Austen by Emma Campbell Webster
- A Memoir of Jane Austen by James Edward Austen-Leigh
- Mystery/Suspense
- Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
- The Hercule Poirot series by Agatha Christie
- And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
- Epic/High Fantasy
- The Cadet of Tildor by Alex Lidell
- The Prydain Chronicles by Lloyd Alexander
- The Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini
- Travel and/or Cooking Memoir (especially set in Italy)
- A Thousand Days in Tuscany by Marlena de Blasi
- Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl
- Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
So what do you think? Are you a fan of any of these words or topics? Are you wondering how I could possibly like love triangles? And what are some words or topics that make you grab up a book without a second thought?
3 of yours made it on my list as well. You have good taste!
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DeleteGreat list, minus the love triangle, I absolutely hate those! The rest are cool!
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I figured I'd be in the minority when it came to the love triangles. Lol!
DeleteWe have one the same! Jane Austen is a good one I didn't think of. My list could easily have been longer!
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Mine too. I could have also added Gothic, anti-hero, brooding hero, unlikely romances... the list could go on for a while.
DeleteI love re-tellings, Jane Austen, and mythology, too. Great list!
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I love retellings, dragons, mystery/suspense, and travel too! :) Thanks for stopping by my TTT list!
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Dragons are my absolute favorite!
DeleteDRAGONS. I LOVE DRAGONS. Also, I'm beginning to realize there aren't as many YA mystery novels as I feel like there should be. Like, there's a mystery in every book to a certain degree but I want more novels about hardcore crime solving (ie the book version of Veronica Mars).
ReplyDeleteI totally agree! YA mystery novels are too rare, and a book version of Veronica Mars sounds epic!
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