Top Ten Tuesday: Read-alikes! If you liked A you will probably like B
(And since it is Nonfiction November, I will be sneaking in a few nonfiction titles to tickle your fancy.)
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The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah // Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky
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The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas // *Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine
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Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell // *Shakespeare: The World as Stage by Bill Bryson
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We Are Not Free by Traci Chee // *Uprooted: The Japanese American Experience During WWII by Albert Marrin
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The Midnight Library by Matt Haig // Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
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New Kid by Jerry Craft // *This Book is Anti-Racist by Tiffany Jewell
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Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo // The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
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Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte // Jane by April Lindner
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There There by Tommy Orange // Post Colonial Love Poem by Natalie Diaz
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*The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet by John Green // *Under A White Sky: The Nature of the Future by Elizabeth Kolbert
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*=Nonfiction title
-Anne
Interesting. I loved "Life after Life" and "There, There." But I remember liking "Suite Francaise" more than "The Nightingale" which like too many Hannah books, isn't particularly well-written.
ReplyDeleteI like Hannah's books. I found Suite Francaise distressing since we know the author was captured and killed by the Nazis
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DeleteExcellent pairings! I especially like There There with Post Colonial Poems.
ReplyDeleteSome books just make such a profound impact on me. There There and Postcolonial Love Poem are two such books.
DeleteOh I haven't read Bryson yet. And Life After Life looks good...
ReplyDeleteOh this is so clever! I love the idea of if you love this - you will love that.
ReplyDeleteI've bought a copy of Life after Life a couple of weeks ago, and I'm glad to see you compare it to The Midnight Library. Loved that book.
Happy TTT!
Ten Books to Read if You Love X
It is another "time" warped books. It will take a while to gt used to it. But relax into it and I think you will enjoy it.
DeleteI'm especially keen on reading The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet by John Green and Under A White Sky: The Nature of the Future by Elizabeth Kolbert.
ReplyDeleteI actually haven't read the Elizabeth Kolbert book yet but plan to before years end.
DeleteI loved We Are Not Free by Traci Chee. I may have to check out the book you paired it with.
ReplyDeletePam @ Read! Bake! Create!
https://readbakecreate.com/bookish-gift-guide-stocking-stuffer-edition/
It is an excellent nonfiction account of the whole debacle.
DeleteI loved The Nightingale so I think I'll definitely have to check out Suite Francaise. Quite a few of the "A" options are still on my TBR but I love how you've suggested NF titles that are similarly interesting! Great picks :)
ReplyDeleteI enjoy reading books where I learn something new if a fiction book does that, great. If not I have to look for nonfiction titles that will teach me something. The Suite Francaise book is so bittersweet because it was written by a Jewish woman who was captured by the Nazis and killed. Someone found the book, handwritten, in a closet well after the war.
DeleteAdded _Life After Life_ to my list! Also, I liked the graphics you made, and totally get how much work they were!
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Lori
https://fiftytwo.blog/2021/11/15/ttt-if-you-like/
Thank you. The graphics were a bit of work. But I had a harder time finding parings of books I thought would go together that I had read.
DeleteWhat a great take on the challenge.
ReplyDeleteInteresting list! I've not read any of these.
ReplyDeleteHere is our Top Ten Tuesday. Thank you!
Fun list! I loved The Hate U Give and The Midnight Library and Clap When You Land are on my TBR.
ReplyDeleteI appreciate The Midnight Library more and more over time since I read it.
DeleteI have not read Kristin Hannah in a long time but still have books of hers that I want to read. Thanks for sharing. My link is here: https://cindysbookcorner.blogspot.com/2021/11/top-ten-tuesday-new-authors.html
ReplyDeleteThis is such a great list, and I've definitely added a few of these to my TBR.
ReplyDeleteThe Nightingale was the first Kristin Hannah book I ever read. Thanks for the tip on Jane Eyre/Jane. Will have to add to my TBR. Here's my post: https://pagesandpaws.com/2021/11/16/10-books-to-read-if-you-love-narnia/
ReplyDeleteLove what you did with this week's topic.
ReplyDeleteI did a similar thing but with books and TV shows.
ReplyDeleteMy TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2021/11/17/top-ten-tuesday-342/
Great list - one of these days I need to read New Kid.
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I haven't read any of these but judging them solely on their covers, they seem like great read-alike picks! Thanks so much for visiting Finding Wonderland on this week. :)
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