Top Ten Tuesdays is a meme hosted by the Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is
Top Ten All-Time Favorite Authors
1. J. R. R. Tolkien: A lot of fantasy authors have tried to imitate him, but none has matched him.
2. C. S. Lewis: Reading Lewis is like talking to a friend.
3. William Shakespeare: Whatever you want to read, Shakespeare seems to have.
4. Dante Alighieri: His imagination and daring never cease to amaze me.
5. L. M. Montgomery: Her character descriptions, depictions of nature, lovely friendships–it’s all perfect.
6. Charles Dickens: How does he manage to mix gritty social commentary with sometimes cloying sentiment and make it work?
7. Chaim Potok: He’s best known for The Chosen, but my favorite book of his is My Name Is Asher Lev.
8. N. D. Wilson: He’s possibly my favorite living fantasy author and one whose work deserves more attention that it gets. My favorite of his works is The Dragon’s Tooth, which follows a boy and his sister as they join an ancient order of explorers.
9. Louisa May Alcott: One of my favorite authors growing up, Alcott holds a special place in my heart.
10. Jane Austen: Darcy and Elizabeth? Emma and Knightley? So many great couples!
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Great list! I have many of the same on mine.
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Good for you for paring down to 10, Krysta. I don’t think I would have been able to! If I did, though, your #1 would definitely be on my list. 🙂
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It was pretty difficult to choose only ten. I feel a little bad for the authors who got left off.
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lol I agree re: Shakespeare, he really does seem to have everything xD As an aside, I only have 8 of his plays left to read ;_; Yay for Tolkien, Austen, Dante, and Dickens 🙂
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Wow! That’s impressive! I started trying to go through all his plays maybe two years ago. I think I have more than eight left, though I haven’t counted. 😉
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Really nice choices! I stuck with living authors just for the sake of narrowing it down, but otherwise Tolkien, Austen, Dickens, Alcott, Shakespeare, and Lewis would have been hard to ignore. 🙂
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That’s a good idea. I was having trouble sticking to only ten!
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I’m reading Lord of the Rings for the first time and enjoying it! I haven’t heard of N. D. Wilson, but from your description, it sounds like a book I would like 🙂
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I don’t know many people who have read N. D. Wilson and I think that’s a shame! 🙂
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Your choices make me so happy! Besides Dante I’ve read and loved them all! I need to get around to some Dante. I’ve read The Chosen and liked it but I’ve never heard of My Name is Asher Lev so I’ll be looking into it. 🙂
It’s great to find another N.D. Wilson fan. I haven’t read the most recently published in the Dragon’s Tooth series and my brother keeps bugging me about it. Someday I will! 🙂 It is a great series though. 🙂
http://youmeandacupofteablog.blogspot.com/2015/04/top-ten-all-time-favorite-authors.html
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I can’t believe the last Ashtown Burials book is coming out soon (this year?). I am so excited! You still have time to read the third one, though, so that’s good!
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