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Sometimes I’ve had to expand Top Ten Tuesday topics a little in order to come up with decent answers for them. Today I’m going to contract my options down to books written between the years of 2000 and 2012.
You see, this is one of those topics that I could start an entirely new blog about and instantly have years worth of material to choose from. I regularly read books that were written last week as well as ones that were written a few hundred years ago.
Memorable stories come in all shapes and sizes and can be found in any period of time in my experience.
So let’s look at some books that were written in this century that I enjoyed!
1. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
2. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
3. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt
4. Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1) by Margaret Atwood
5. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
6. The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan
7. We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver
8. The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
9. Coraline by Neil Gaiman
10. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
I’ve read and enjoyed every one of these. We Need to Talk about Kevin…such a powerful story.
That’s awesome! And, yes, it was a very powerful story.
Coraline and Never Let Me Get are a couple of my favorites!
Very cool. 🙂
I love Coraline!
Have you seen the film? It was also well done.
A wide range of topics. Feakenomics has caught my eye.
Heh, thanks. It was a super interesting book, although I don’t know how well the studies in it have held up?!
Ooh, this is the second time I’ve seen Snowflower and the Secret Fan mentioned today! I might have to chuck it back on my TBR now 😂 Coraline is also one of the books I’ve been meaning to pick up for a while and still haven’t got around to (sadly). I can’t wait to read it though! Great list 🙂
They were both such a good read, Dini. Hope you like them!
And thanks. 🙂
I remember what a splash The Lovely Bones made when it first released. I never did read it. I felt it would be too disturbing for me.
Good for you for knowing your limits! Yes, there were some very sad portions of it for sure.
Snow Flower was so good. She has some other’s I’ve enjoyed too.
Ooh, good to know! I don’t think I’ve read anything else from her yet.
It is really nice to look back at those older favorites and surprising how many there are and also how our reading journeys have changed throughout the years.
Absolutely! 🙂
I’ve read most of these! Oryx and Crake is one of my all-time-favorite books.
Very cool. Have you read the rest of that series?
I can reread The Art of Racing in the Rain over and over again. Loved that book. The curious Incident of the dog in the nighttime is also a favorite. I still haven’t read We need to talk about Kevin and I actually have a copy on my shelf! Really need to get to it. Oh and Never let me Go. Genre bending stuff with that book. But I did love it!
Thanks for visiting us earlier!
You’re welcome. I hope you enjoy We Need to Talk About Kevin and Never Let Me Go. They were both fantastic.
Have you seen the film version of The Art of Racing in the Rain? It’s quite well done.
A very eclectic mix. I have not read any of these.
Thanks. 🙂
So many great ones! I haven’t read the non-fiction ones here, but of your fiction, I loved Never let Me Go, The Curious Case…, Coraline, The Lovely Bones, Snow Flower — fabulous choices!!
Thanks! I’m glad you liked them.
Great post! I enjoyed The Lovely Bones as well. Here is my post-https://paigesofnovels.wordpress.com/2022/08/16/top-ten-tuesday-books-i-love-that-were-published-more-than-10-years-ago/.
Wasn’t it a wonderful story? 🙂
Great list of amazing books. I read a few of them and now I want to read Oryx and Crake and Never Let Me Go.
Here is my TTT: https://herseriallife.com/top-10-books-written-over-ten-years-ago/
Have a great week 😀
Thank you. I hope you like both of those books if or when you read them!
I’ve read 7 of the books on your list, Lydia! I think that might be a Top Ten Tuesday record for me. And they’re all good ones.
Wow, that’s amazing! It could be a record for sure. 🙂
I love the movie of Coraline but I still haven’t read the book yet 🙂
The book was so good. Hope you like it if you read it.
Narrowing it down to a more specific set of years was a great idea! I still need to read a Lisa See book, and Snow Flower is one of the ones I’ve got on my TBR. I read Coraline last fall though, and really liked it! I can see why it made your list.
My TTT: https://bookwyrmknits.com/2022/08/16/top-ten-tuesday-old-bookish-friends/
Thank you. I hope you like Snow Flower. Yeah, Coraline was great! Have you seen the film?
Ugh!! How could I forget the Lovely Bones??😩💜
🙂
What a wonderful list. I haven’t read any of these, but I recognize most of them!
Aww, thanks!
It’s so amazing how old some books are. I read four from your list and could have sworn they were only a couple of years old, well, some of them, LOL.
Thanks for visiting my TTT this week.
You’re welcome. And, yeah, time sure does fly.
I’m familiar with all of these titles, but haven’t read any of them yet. The Art of Racing in the Rain is on my (ridiculously long) to-read list, though.
I thought I would look at favorite books that are older than I am for my list today.
Very nice! I hope like The Art of Racing in the Rain when you read it.
Michael Pollan is great! I have The Omnivore’s Dilemma, but I have not yet read it. Perhaps it’s time! 🙂
Absolutely. I hope you like The Omnivore’s Dilemma.
Good picks! I remember being so fascinated by Freakonomics when I read it back then.
My Top Ten Tuesday list!
Thank you. Yeah, it was super interesting for sure.
I have read and enjoyed four of these. I have to say The Art of Racing in the Rain is one of my favourite animal stories. Great list Lydia. My TBR has grown so much this week.
Thank you! And, yeah, there have been so many fabulous books discussed this week.
It’s hard to believe that some of these books are at least 10 years old, isn’t it? Then, I look at some of the ones on your list and think, “that wasn’t written in the 1990s?” LOL.
Haha! I hear you there.
I’ve read Oryx and Crake, but the rest of these are new to me. I’ll have to check them out! Thank you for sharing them.
You’re welcome. Happy reading!
I considered adding The Art of Racing in the Rain, too. I loved that book. I reread The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time and enjoyed it just as much or more the second time around.
Nice! I’ll have to reread The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time sometime. 🙂
Good list and Art of Racing in the Rain almost made my list….but I just had too many. Glad to see Oryx & Crake as the Atwood entry – I enjoyed that a lot. Didn’t care for Incident of the Dog, but everything can’t be a hit, right? Thanks for the visit.
Terrie @ Bookshelf Journeys
You’re welcome. And no worries. Not everyone will like the same books.
But there were so many books to pick from this week. I hear you about having to leave off some great ones.
Great list! I have read 4 of these, my favorite is the last one!
That’s awesome!
I read and enjoyed a few of these in high school and college.
Very cool. 🙂
Great list! I’ve read a few of them, and enjoyed them.
Thank you! that’s great.
The Pollan book I can see reading as I’ve been drawn to his books before. and yes- I sometimes think the same thing, there are so many books (and underappreciated OLDER books) that I could start a blog devoted to those and never run out of material ha! 🙂
If you do, please tell me about it. I’d like to read it. 🙂
And, yeah, Pollan has written other great books, too.
I haven’t read any of these but definitely recognise a few!
Cool!
I like that timeframe you put on it. I want to read Coraline. I don’t know of the others.
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/
Thank you. I hope you have a good week, too!
I agree that it’s so easy to list books for this prompt without limiting them to a certain time frame. This century worked well!
Thank you!
Awesome picks, I’ve read a few of these! Still need to read Never Let Me Go.
Thank you. Never Let Me Go was so good.
I liked #1 and #3 as well. I wasn’t a big fan of Curious Incident, but it might have been because I wasn’t in the mood for it. Nice list!
Thank you. Yeah, being in the right mood for certain books is definitely important.
I’ve read and enjoyed a few of these, but the biggest surprise to me was The Art of Racing in the Rain. I am not a dog person and would have never picked it up if it weren’t a pick for my book club. It is a wonderful and touching story.
It sure is! Have you seen the film?
Great list, I loved The Art of Racing in the Rain as well!
Yay! And thanks.
I remember reading The Art of Racing in the Rain!! I remember it being a big surprise! 🙂
For sure. 🙂
I felt the same way about this week’s topic, so I chose a specific genre within the last ten years. I haven’t read any of these books, but they sound wonderful. Thanks for sharing and for visiting my blog.
You’re welcome. It’s cool you picked a similar theme!
Love your List!
I was completely enthralled with the entire MaddAddam Series and completely understand the lure to start a whole other blog about older favorite books.
Thank you. I’m glad you get it.
The Art of Racing in the Rain is such a great book. I loved that one and also The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time.
Very cool!
A good list full of books that I’ve been wanting to read, but still haven’t gotten around to yet 😆 The Lovely Bones is sitting on my TV stand right now, as I’ve seen the movie and really wanted to read the book for a while now!
Thank you. Hope you like The Lovely Bones. Wasn’t the film great?
I haven’t read any of these but I have heard great things about Never Let Me Go, I really want to get to it. I watched the movie based on The Lovely Bones and it was hard to watch, I can’t imagine how much harder reading the story would be.
It was so good! But, yes, it was hard to read, too.
I hope you like Never Let Me Go;
Nice list! I’ve read four of these books. I think my favorite of the bunch was SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN. I remember really liking that one. THE LOVELY BONES was also a really compelling read. NEVER LET ME GO is one I’ve been meaning to read for forever! One of these days…
Happy TTT (on a Wednesday)!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
Thank you, Susan! I think you’d like Never Let Me Go. Happy TTT to you as well.
I read The Lovely Bones and I hated the ending.
I kind of wanted to read Coraline but I fear it might be creepier than I would like.
Thanks for dropping by my blog. Have a lovely day.
You’re welcome.
What kind of ending would you want for The Lovely Bones?
And, yeah, Coraline was pretty scary. Good for you for knowing your limits.
If you enjoyed Freakonomics, you might enjoy The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell.
Thanks for the recommendation. I’m looking that book up now.
Great list! Oryx and Crake very nearly made my list too.
Thanks. And very cool.
Good work. We Need to Talk About Kevin still haunts me? I read Columbine when it came out, too. Perfect fiction–nonfiction pairing.
I’ll have to read Columbine sometime.
Yeah, We Need to Talk About Kevin was a haunting read for sure.
I’ve only read The Lovely Bones and Coraline!
I hope you liked them. 🙂
I’ve read a couple of these, Curious Incident which I wasn’t a big fan of, and Coraline, which I only read a couple of years ago and it was my first Neil Gaiman book, and I quite enjoyed it.
Cool!
So many of these I’ve heard of but never read. I forgot about Curious Incidents, I loved watching the play as well
Ooh, I didn’t know there was a play!
Thanks for sharing some of your favorite books from this century! I don’t think I’ve read any of these.
Thank you for stopping by my blog last week!
Pam @ Read! Bake! Create!
You’re welcome!
The Cover of The Lovely Bones seems to be as beautiful as the story itself seems to be sad. I feel like I should make sure to have lots of tea and my favourite blanket when I read it.
You’re quite right about that.
The ending was very satisfying, though. May you enjoy it.