Tuesday, July 31, 2018

Top Ten Tuesday: Popular Books that I Think Lived Up to the Hype

                
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly book blog meme now hosted by Jana over at The Artsy Reader Girl!

This week's topic is: Popular Books that Lived Up to the Hype

Well this was a fairly easy topic for once! Most of the books I chose are probably more semi-recent books because I'm mainly going off of ones that I've seen a lot of hype for, whether it was before or after I read them. I'm also sure that there are a lot more, but I'm already going over on this list because I cannot follow directions (sixteen is close to ten, right?).

   Nevernight (The Nevernight Chronicle, #1)  

The Sandman graphic novels by Neil Gaiman
There's a reason that these are so popular and so highly revered.
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The Witcher series by Andrzej Sapkowski (Starting with The Last Wish)
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Emperor of all Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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The Secret History by Donna Tartt
I had no idea that this book was so popular when I picked it up! It was years ago before I was into blogging or anything and I saw the hardcover (no jacket) at my library bookstore and was so intrigued by the cover that I bought ot even though there was no summary on it and therefore I had no idea what it was about. It turned out to be one of the best cover buys I've ever bought. And I ended up as a Classics major, so... it worked.
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Nevernight by Jay Kristoff
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The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
Okay, I know that this is about as obvious as Harry Potter, but I know a lot of people who don't want to read the books because they seem intimidating, but I promise it's totally worth it.
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Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor
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Heartless by Marissa Meyer
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Senlin Ascends by Josiah Bancroft
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Coraline by Neil Gaiman
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The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
People are starting to seem to dislike this book simply because they are mad at Rothfuss, but I'm here to tell you to ignore them! This book is still wonderful and you should read it if you haven't.
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The Poppy War by R.F Kuang
Talk about one of the most hyped fantasy books of the year! Fortunately,  this one really lived up to it in my opinion.
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Six of Crows by Leigh  Bardugo
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Furyborn by Claire Legrand
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We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
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Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis
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Have you read any of these books? What popular books do you think were worth the hype?