"Top Ten Tuesday" is an original feature/weekly meme created on the blog "The Broke and the Bookish". This feature was created because they are particularly fond of lists at "The Broke and the Bookish".
It is now hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl.
Since I am just as fond of them as they are, I jump at the chance to share my lists with them! Have a look at their page, there are lots of other bloggers who share their lists here.
Top Ten Reasons Why I Love Reading Nobel Prize Winners
Every year, I wait for the Thursday (it mostly is the Thursday) where they announce the Nobel Prize Winner in Literature. Every year, I try to read at least one book by that author and at least another new one who received the Nobel Prize in a past year.
Here are my reasons why I love reading Nobel Prize Winnters:
1. According to Alfred Nobel, this prize is awarded to an author, from a country, who has 'in the field of literature the most outstanding work in an ideal direction'. What better way of finding a good book?
2. I have already found a lot of favourite authors that way. And authors that I might never have heard of.
3. Some of my favourite books were awarded the Nobel Prize.
4. The authors sometimes come from some obscure countries that a re worth reading about but usually never mentioned.
5. I find many books from different languages that way, as well.
6. A lot of the authors have had ideas that changed or hopefully will change the world.
7. The books are mostly quite challenging.
8. There is no better way to travel the world.
9. There are often some very good female authors among the laureates.
10. I have learned so much from them.
I contribute to this page: Read the Nobels and you can find all my blogs about Nobel Prize winning authors and their books here.
I have read a lot of other prize winners but not sure if I have read Nobel winners.
ReplyDeleteI am sure you have read some. I just checked your page and see that you have lots of different blogs. And on the first one I looked into I already saw Pearl S. Buck, John Steinbeck, Ernest Hemingway, and Toni MOrrison, just by glancing over the titles. They are all Nobel Prize winners. If you want to know more, have a look at my post Nobel Prize Winners and Their Books, I've listed them all there.
DeleteNow I'll look through your TTT and see that you posted historical fiction, that's also one of my favourite genres.
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I don't know if I've ever read a noble prize winning novel. You're making me want to change that. :)
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As I just said to Marg ^^, I'm sure you have. You can check out my post Nobel Prize Winners and Their Books where I've listed all the recipients.
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I like how reading Nobel Prize winners takes you all around the world. I'd love to read more of these.
ReplyDeleteThat is one of the reasons why I love reading them. And there are so many (as you can see here: Nobel Prize Winners and Their Books ).
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I have certainly found some gems among the Nobel Prize winning authors.
ReplyDeleteSo true, there are some true gems there to be found. But you know all about it.
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This is a great reading project! I try to keep up with the Newbery Award winners.
ReplyDeleteThat is also a very nice project. I used to read many of them when my kids were in school and I was much involved in the reading projects there.
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I tend to avoid winners of lofty literary prizes because they're usually not the types of books I enjoy reading! I love your reasons for loving them, especially that it introduces you to obscure writers and places that might not get much love otherwise. That's a great reason to read the Nobel prize winners!
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I think that's exactly the reason why I love them, I get bored too much with other literature. LOL. But I can see why some people don't though I know everyone has at least one Nobel Prize winner among their favourite authors. Check out the list and see which one is yours.
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I don't know that I've read a Nobel Prize winner before. It's cool that you love reading them.
ReplyDeleteI had a quick glance over your list on your blog and couldn't find any. But - never say never - maybe you have read one in school? And I am sure there is an author lurking among the Nobel Prize recipients that could be your next favourite one. ;)
DeleteHappy searching.
Good reasons! I track the ones I've read on a shelf in Goodreads--I have shelves for many awards. I like seeing why other readers enjoy prize winners, too.
ReplyDeleteLisa @ https://hopewellslibraryoflife.wordpress.com/2020/05/19/top-ten-tuesday-reasons-why-i-love-historical-fiction/
I never even thought about adding them to different shelves on Goodreads. Really should start doing that.
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This is such a glorious reminder of why we should read -- and read Nobel Prize winners too. You have such an awesome love of reading!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Verushka. Yes, I love reading more than anything else. It gives me the world.
DeleteHave you read any Nobel Prize winners? Any of them that you loved and just had to read all of their books?
Your post this week inspired me to read more Nobel Prize Winners. Off the top of my head, I've read (and love) Steinbeck's works, but I'll have to check the The Nobel Prize in Literature website to discover more winners.
ReplyDeleteIf you loved John Steinbeck, I'm sure you'll find more fantastic Nobel Prize winners you'd like to read. Just go to my link here and you'll find all of them (including the ones I have read with links to the reviews).
DeleteIt would be lovely to know which others you might have read or want to read.