Top Ten Tuesday used to be a weekly post hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, but was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl. “It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.” This is definitely something I can understand and want to participate in.
I’ve been focusing on reading a lot of recent books, so finding books that I love which were written more than ten years ago took a lot of effort on my part. Here’s some of my favorite books that are at least a decade old:
- A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness (2011).
- The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman (2011).
- Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo (2012).
- The Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell (2006).
- Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (2005).
- The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett (2002).
- Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi (2000).
- The Witching Hour by Anne Rice (2004).
- The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (2008).
- The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (2003).
What are some books that were written more than 10 years ago that you love?
Categories: Top Ten Tuesday
Leah's Books 
Great list, I actually mentioned Persepolis in my post as well! I remember reading it for my senior year of high school, and it ignited my interest in graphic novels (:
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I only read it last year, but absolutely loved it and how it conveyed such a strong message in graphic novel format!
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The Dove Keepers… Oh that book was the BEST. Can’t believe it’s over 10 years ago… But yes it is!
Great choices you have today.
Elza Reads
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Thank you! I absolutely loved that book, and I didn’t read it until last year, but appreciated it even more because I had already visited Masada.
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Wait — Shadow and Bone has already been around for 10 years?! Also, Hunger Games and Discovery of Witches? Wow, time reaaaaaaally flies.
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I know! I couldn’t believe how long ago these books were written, when it feels so recently. I can remember when The Hunger Games came out!
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Outlander has been a popular pick this week!
My post: https://lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-books-i-love-that-were-written-over-ten-years-ago/
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That doesn’t surprise me at all!
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The Shell Seekers, Evergreen, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall and one of my favorite books of all time- The Sunne and Splendor.
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I haven’t read any of those, but I’ve definitely heard of a couple of them.
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Some good books on there,.I can’t belive the Kite Runner is more than 10 years old!
https://seriesbooklover.wordpress.com/2022/08/16/top-ten-tuesday-books-written-ten-years-ago-that-i-love/
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Thank you! It’s weird to realize how fast time goes by.
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I had to go back a little way too as I only read recent ones at the moment!
Have a great week!
Emily @ Budget Tales Book Blog
My post:
https://budgettalesblog.wordpress.com/2022/08/16/top-ten-tuesday-books-i-love-that-were-written-over-10-years-ago/
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Thank you, hope you have an awesome week as well! And going back made me realize how many truly great books I’ve read from the past.
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Thank you. Same! And also how old books are 😂
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The Hunger games- yes! I actually came to that one fairly late as a blogger- or at least I thought so. I haven’t tried Cornwell yet…
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I remember reading The Hunger Games when they were relatively new, but Cornwell was an old favorite that I’ve revisited since it’s been so long since I read her books!
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I loved A Discovery of Witches! I haven’t read any of your others yet, but Outlander is on my to-read list (as well as on at least half of the TTT posts I’ve seen today!)
I went with books that are older than I am for my list today.
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I’ve heard that Outlander is really popular on lists this week!
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Oh I need to look into Persepolis! It looks great.
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It is!
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For me it’d be The Hot Zone by Richard Preston; Goblet of Fire by JKR; Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares. Your list also made me think of Queen of the Damned by Anne Rice–I remember liking that one the most out of the 3 vampire books of hers that I read. I’m sure there are more but it’s the end of the day and my brain is tired. 🙂
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My favorite Anne Rice book is The Witching Hour – I’m sure that one’s more than a decade old too!
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I think, as book bloggers, we tend to focus on the new and shiny books. 😀 Good list, though. I’ve only read The Hunger Games from your list, but many of the others are on my TBR. Someday.
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Thank you! I’m glad to have read some older books, and hope you get to read them too!
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Great list! I had Follet and Outlander on my list today too!
My Top Ten!
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They’re such great examples of evergreen reads!
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Nice! I’ve read three of these: HG, THE KITE RUNNER, and OUTLANDER. I enjoyed all of them.
Happy TTT (on a Wednesday)!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
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It’s always nice to find people who have similar taste in reading books! Happy Wednesday!
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Great list of very interesting books. We have Shadow and Bone, The Hunger Games and A Discovery of Witches in common. And I have a few of the books you picked on my TBR.
Here is my TTT: https://herseriallife.com/top-10-books-written-over-ten-years-ago/
Have a great week 🙂
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Thank you! I always love seeing when who I have books in common with, and especially finding books that are on my TBR!
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The Pillar’s of the Earth is such a good book! Happy reading! My TTT https://readwithstefani.com/10-books-i-want-to-read-by-the-end-of-2022/
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My friend recommended it and I was honestly surprised at how much I loved it!
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