"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 Jana from 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.
Our topic for today would be Book Quotes (these could be quotes from books or quotes about books/reading). Since January 2013, I've been posting them every week and you can find a list of all the quotes I ever gathered here.
Also, we did a TTT about book quotes in September (see here).
So, I thought I'd search through the old themes and choose one of those that I missed.
Authors that Deserve More Recognition
There are a couple of authors that I count among my favourite ones but if I mention them, most people either say "I never read a book by them" or, even worse, "I have never heard of them". Therefore, I like this topic and hope that some of you will pick up at least one of their books:
Frazier, Charles (US American)
Fredriksson, Marianne (Swedish)
Ghosh, Amitav (India/Bangladesh)
Hislop, Victoria (British/English)
Lawson, Mary (Canadian)
Rutherfurd, Edward (British/English)
Schami, Rafik (Syrian, writes in German)
Sendker, Jan-Philipp (German)
Waltari, Mika (Finnish)
My favourite one by any of them is in the the pictures, you find all the other books I read by them in the link.
And which authors would you recommend?
Great choices. I must admit there are three I have not heard about. I have a couple of favourites here too: Marianne Fredriksson, Edward Rutherford and Jan-Philipp Sendker.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure you would like the other ones, as well. Which are the ones you haven't heard of?
DeleteI have not heard of Frazier, Charles - Lawson, Mary -Schami, Rafik. I will check them out.
DeleteYou might have read that some have only heard of Charles Frazier. LOL. I think that's because he is American. Maybe you have watched the movie made by his most well-known book: Cold Mountain with Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Renee Zellweger and Donald Sutherland (my favourite actor of those four).
DeleteMary Lawson is Canadian and I discovered her through a Canadian member in my international book club.
Rafik Schami is Syrian but has lived in Germany for decades. He writes in German and not all of his books have been translated into English but those that I reviewed here are available. Mind you, you would probably also read the German ones, right?
Anyway, you will find all their books on the link.
I'm sure curious about Cold Mountain. Was that the same book that was turned into a film about 15 years ago?
ReplyDeleteMy post.
Yes, that was exactly the one. I quite liked the film but the book was, of course, soooo much better. I've read it several times, one of the few where I managed that.
DeleteThanks for your link. It never really works but I know how to reach you.
I've heard of Charles Frazier, but that's it. I *think* I've even read COLD MOUNTAIN, but I'm not sure. I'll have to look up some of these other authors. This is one of the reasons I love reading book blogs - I always find new authors to check out.
ReplyDeleteHappy TTT!
Thanks, Susan. You might have watched the movie? (see my comment to Lisbeth). And yes, he is the only American author (one Candian, the rest are European and Asian).
DeleteI hope you will pick up one or two of the authors I mentioned. I'm sure you'd love Mary Lawson (Canadian), Victoria Hislop (English) and Marianne Fredriksson (Swedish).
I have added the nationality to the authors.
Happy Reading!
I'm not sure I've read any of these, but I like seeing everyone's choices today.
ReplyDeleteI hope you will be able to pick up a book or two by these authors because they really are great.
DeleteThanks for your visit, Hopewell.
Nice list of books and authors!! I've been meaning to read Russka by Edward Rutherford, but haven't yet... In fact, quite a few of novels sound like really good reads.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Captivated Reader.
DeleteI know why you don't get to read Russka, it's quite a chunky book. But, same as all his other books, it's totally worth it.
I have only chosen those authors where I've read several (hence the links I can provide to all my reviews) and loved all of their books, so I hope there are some reads among them that others love, as well.
Thank you for visiting.
I have not heard of any of these. Thanks for picking an interesting topic! Here is my post-https://paigesofbook.blogspot.com/2020/12/top-ten-tuesday-books-i-want-to-reread.html.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your visit, Theaterwriter.
DeleteAs I mentioned above, except for one, they are all non-US authors but all have books translated into English. You can always check my reviews through the link, I always hide spoilers if I write any, so you can see whether you'd be interested in any of the literature.
Thanks for leaving your link, see you on your page.
I have been meaning to read Victoria Hislop.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Judy. I am sure you would love her. Most of her books are about Greece and she has been made honory Greek because of that. Her novels are just fantastic.
DeleteThanks for being such a faithful follower.
These authors certainly do need more hype because I haven't heard of most of them. It was cool to see Victoria Hislop's name because my sister had a friend with that last name growing up.
ReplyDeleteMaybe she's a relative? She got this name through marriage, so it would be her husband's family. LOL
DeleteAnyway, I'm sure you would love her. She writes fantastic novels.
Thanks for your visit, Deanna. As always.
I don't know. Maybe she's related to the Washington state Hislops.
DeleteWho knows, maybe some relatives of his Scottish ancestors emigrated to the States. Always possible.
DeleteI could not agree with you more about Mary Lawson. She's such a unique voice—I adore her work.
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad you said that because maybe it will attract even more readers if they know I'm not the only one. It always takes ages until she publishes the next one but it's definitely worth the wait.
DeleteThanks for your visit.