Top 10 Tuesday: Classics

We've all read them.  Lots of them.  We were required to read many of them through our course work in high school and even in college.  You'll find several in this list..some of which I slogged through in high school, but now that I'm older I have a new found appreciation for.  So, with that in mind...ON WITH THE LIST! 

Top 10 Classics

10. Little Women - Louisa May Alcott

9. Little Men - Louisa May Alcott

8. Les Miserables - Victor Hugo

7. Paradise Lost - John Milton

6. A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens

5. Great Expectations - Charles Dickens

4. Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens

3. Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll

2. To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee

1. The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald

There are several more that I enjoy, but this is my top ten list at least for now.  However, Gatsby usually ends up on top no matter what. 

What are your favorite classics? 

Top Ten Tuesday: Trilogies

Holy crap! It's MARCH! Where has 2016 gone?! Three months in already!  Holy moley! 

As the first is ALSO a Tuesday, you know what that means!  It is time for another Top Ten Tuesday!!!!! This week, I'm celebrating my favorite top ten trilogies! 

These series have only three books in them, will only have 3 books in them. Three has become the magic number for these awesome series! 

Without further adieu, let's get to the main attraction! 

Top Ten Trios

10. The Testing by Joelle Charbonneau

9. The Razorland Trilogy by Anne Aguirre

8. Black City Chronicles by Elizabeth Richards

7. Legend by Marie Lu

 

6. All Souls Trilogy by Deborah Harkness

 

5. Red Rising Trilogy by Pierce Brown

 

4. Bill Hodges Trilogy by Stephen King

3. The Night Trilogy Elie Wiesel

2. The Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor

1. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien

Did your favorite trilogy make the list?  If not, let me know what it is!  I've read lots of trilogies, these are just by far my favorites and ones that I repeatedly return to re-read.  

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Here you'll find random top 10 book related lists!!! 

Top 10 Fantasy

1. Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone - J.K. Rowling

2. Stardust - Neil Gaiman

3. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll

4. The Wizard of Oz - L. Frank Baum

5. Game of Thrones - George R.R. Martin

6. Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkein

7. The Witches of Eileanan - Kate Forsyth

8. The Name of the Wind - Patrick Rothfuss

9. Wicked - Gregory Maguire

10. Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief - Rick Riordan

Do you realize just how insanely HARD that list was to compile?  I figure this will be my challenging post every week!