This week's Top Ten Tuesday hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl is books on your to be read pile that have the oldest publication dates. What a unique topic! I had fun going into my Kindle and looking on my bookshelf to see what I had. It was not what I'd expected and I'm finding I don't have as much interest in all of them as I did when they were purchased.
My TBR pile is enormous at this point. I know I'm not alone. Asking for ten TBR books is impossible with a true book lover as we have a million to sift through. Here is my list as close as I could get (no links or covers due to limited time, just the list for now). I am excited to read other bloggers' lists to compare and see what new titles look interesting!
1. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen 1818
2. The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas 1844
3. North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell 1854
4. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy 1873
5. The Circular Staircase by Mary Roberts Rinehart- 1908
6. The Cannon in Residence by Victor Whitechurch 1911
7. The Witness for the Defense by A.E.W. Mason 1914
8. Midwinter Murders by Agatha Christie 1920
9. The Spiral Staircase by Ethel Lina White 1933
10. The Sancturary Sparrow by Ellis Peters 1983
I am sure there are a few more classics and classic mysteries that fell into the list and I missed them but I tried! Happy Reading ya'll :)
I’ve heard good things about The Count of Monte Crisco.
ReplyDeleteMy post: https://lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-oldest-aka-earliest-published-books-on-my-tbr/
I will check out your list Lydia.thanks!
DeleteA few Jane Austen and Agatha Christie made it to my list, but I did miss North and South as it is also on my TBR. Have a great week!
ReplyDeleteWait a minute, The Spiral Staircase* is on there twice... I only mention it because I'm loving the fact that there are multiple titles, including that one, on your list that I don't know, so if you have an alternate I'd love to hear it.
ReplyDelete*although having looked it up, oh, that actually sounds pretty cool. Where did you come across it?)
Lol....yes! I saw that and fixed it but thank you so much for telling me. I always want to know if others spot those things, I'm OCD about it. It is just one of those old mysteries I've always heard about.
DeleteA would like to read a few of these as well, namely The Count of Monte Cristo and Northanger Abbey!
ReplyDeleteMy TTT: https://darkshelfofwonders.com/top-10-oldest-science-fiction-books-on-my-tbr/
I'm not big on classics, so I haven't read any of these. I do need to read more classic mysteries, though! I hope you enjoy all these when you get to them.
ReplyDeleteHappy TTT (on a Wednesday)!
Susan I have found I'm not big on the classics either. I am really trying to be because I know there's a reason they are so popular. You are not alone!
DeleteGreat list! I haven't read any of these either, but Northanger Abbey is a book I'd like to read in the future. I hope you'll love these books when you read them :)
ReplyDeleteIf you'd like to visit, here's my TTT: https://thebooklorefairy.blogspot.com/2024/11/top-ten-tuesday-oldest-books-on-my-tbr.html