"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.
This week's topic is: Favourite Places to Read
I know I've done these kinds of lists before and it's always the same, so I thought I'd rather go back to a list of books, this time with places, so
Cities in the Title
I first went and chose titles from Nobel Prize or German Peace Prize winners where I found quite a few, then I checked my list of Pulitzer, Booker and other prize winners where I didn't find any, so I thought I'll see whether there are other authors or books that deserve prizes.
I have cities in Egypt, France, Italy, Palestine, Portugal, Russia, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine and the USA with authors from Egypt, Germany, Palestine, Russia, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine and the USA.
Abulhawa, Susan "Mornings in Jenin" - 2010 (this author contributes to the understanding of Palestinians, she could get the Nobel Peace Prize)
Alexievich, Svetlana "Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster" (Russian: Чернобыльская молитва/Černobylskaja molitva) - 2006 (Nobel Prize 2015/German Peace Prize 2013)
Bunin, Ivan Alekseyevich (Иван Алексеевич Бунин) "In Paris" (RUS: в Париже/v Parizhe) - 1943 (Nobel Prize 1933)
Coetzee, J.M. "The Master of Petersburg" - 1994 (Nobel Prize 2003)
Lindgren, Astrid "Samuel August from Sevedstorp and Hanna from Hult aka A Love Story" (Swedish: En kärlekshistoria: Samuel August från Sevedstorp och Hanna i Hult) - 1975 (German Peace Prize 1978)
Mahfouz, Naguib "Palace Walk" (Cairo Trilogy #1) (Arabic: بين القصرين/Bayn al-qasrayn) - 1956 (Nobel Prize 1988)
Mann, Thomas "Death in Venice" (German: Der Tod in Venedig) - 1912 (Nobel Prize 1929)
Mercier, Pascal "Night Train to Lisbon" (German: Nachtzug nach Lissabon) - 2004 (brilliant author who received several prizes)
Oates, Joyce Carol "Carthage" - 2014 (my suggestion for the next Nobel Prize winner)
Pamuk, Orhan "Istanbul - Memories of a City" (Turkish: İstanbul: Hatıralar ve Şehir) - 2003 (Nobel Prize 2006/German Peace Prize 2005)
I contribute to this page: Read the Nobels and you can find all my blogs about Nobel Prize winning authors and their books here.
That's quite a few winners (and potential winners) that have cities in their titles.
ReplyDeleteTrue, Deb. There probably are more but I didn't want to list any I hadn't read.
DeleteIf you want to know more about Istanbul, I heartily recommend Orhan Pamuk's memories.
Thanks for your visit.
I like the topic you've chosen to do! I haven't heard of any of these titles before but I just finished watching the Chernobyl HBO mini-series and omg... So heartbreaking! Would definitely be keen to check out Voices from Chernobyl. Great list!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Dini. Svetlana Alexievich is a great author, no wonder she received the German Peace Prize first and then the Nobel Prize for Literature. I can highly recommend her.
DeleteMy youngest son has been pushing us to watch the Chernobyl mini-series, I think I need to insist to my husband that we finally start watching it. Thanks for that.
Wow, you found a lot of different cities! I've seen a lot of titles about Paris, but that's about it.
ReplyDeleteI don't know why, but I find disasters fascinating to read about. I've read a couple books about Chernobyl, but not this one. I'll have to check it out.
Happy TTT!
Thanks, Susan. I tried to find more than just the one. Last month, we had "Paris in July", so we all had a lot of books about Paris, I guess. I couldn't avoid it altogether but I hope I found a rare one. I always try to do that, if we all blog about the same books, there is nothing new to find. LOL
DeleteI love reading about other times and other peoples but, like you, I think they are more interesting if they talk about the negative side of living than only the positive ones. Maybe that attracts us to these books.
Fun that you found books to represent so many different cities! I really want to read Voices From Chernobyl; Mornings in Jenin intrigues me, too. Great list! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Lark. I tried to find different cities that aren't mentioned all the time and the ones I listed are all highly interesting. I hope you enjoy reading them as much as I did.
DeleteGreat topic! Here is my post-https://paigesofbook.blogspot.com/2021/08/top-ten-tuesday-favorite-places-to-read.html
ReplyDeleteThanks, Paige, I prefered it to the given one, especially since I've done it before.
DeleteLove the topic! Mornings in Jenin caught my attention.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Cindy. Susan Abulhawa is a great author. I have also read "The Blue Between Sky and Water" and just bought her newest one, "Against the Loveless World". I can only recommend her.
DeleteA great list!
ReplyDeleteWhen you get the chance, I hope you stop by my post: https://readbakecreate.com/10-books-with-travel-locations-in-their-title/
Thanks, Pam. I always like looking at other lists, so I'll surely visit your page.
DeleteI love visiting a city I've never been to, or maybe one that I have, in a good book. PAris and Venice are always nice to visit... I feel like I'd like to experience more Scandinavian cities in books...
ReplyDeleteThanks, Greg. Scandinavia is fantastic, I just didn't have many cities in their books but if you're looking for more books to read about those countries, check out my label, I have 31 books there that I have read about that fascination part of Europe.
DeleteGreat twist on this week's theme, Marianne. I love to read books about the place I'm visiting.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Claire. So do I. And of places I'd love to visit. And places I know I will probably never visit in my life. Well, I just love reading about places. LOL
DeleteThanks for visiting.
This was a fun twist! It has me trying to think of books I've read with a city in the title.
ReplyDeleteOh, that's wonderful, Deanna. I hope you'll find the perfect book for you from the perfect city for you.
DeleteGreat list! Has reading any of these books given you the "travel bug"?
ReplyDeleteA while ago it was discoverd there is such a thing as a travel gene, Lectrice. We have decided that my family definitely has it, so there is nothing we can do to escape the travel bug. I hope you will be able to catch it, as well.
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