There are so many books I wish I could read again for the first time, and not only could I not pick just ten, but I couldn’t even think of all of them right now. So here are some fiction and non-fiction books that came to mind, but it’s by no means an exhaustive list!
Fiction
The Martian by Andy Weir
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
The Silence of Bonaventure Arrow by Rita Leganski
Non-Fiction
My Mess Is a Bit of a Life by Georgia Pritchett
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
The Year I Met My Brain by Matilda Boseley
Ten Steps to Nanette by Hannah Gadsby
Between the Stops by Sandi Toksvig
Q’s Legacy by Helene Hanff
As I said, this is in no way a full list – it’s the ones that popped into my head first as I was putting this post together. There are so many authors, genres, topics and formats that aren’t represented here that absolutely belong on this list, but there isn’t time for that!
What about you guys? Which books made your list this week? See anything on my list you’d also like to read again for the first time?
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly link-up feature created by The Broke and the Bookish and hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl. Every week TTT has a different topic, and everyone who links up has to create a link of ten items that fit that topic. To see past and upcoming topics, go here.
I saw Hannah Gadsby life. She is so funny and so sad all at the same time. I think I want to read her book but I’m not sure I could handle the sad side for so many pages. Your thoughts?
Did you enjoy her live show? I’ve only seen her on Netflix, which was where I discovered her. I can understand your hesitation – especially if you saw Nanette and not her other shows (Something Special is maybe a little less intense)! I think if you enjoy her, it’s worth trying – you can always stop if it’s too much. It’s very similar to Nanette – it has the hard stuff, it has the trauma and struggles – but it also very much has the humour, the wonderful personality, the strength, and the process of figuring out how to be who she is. Much like life, really! And I love watching her shows alongside her book, and seeing her come through a lot of the darkness and find a happier (for lack of a more accurate descriptive word) place for herself, like in her newer shows. There’s still difficulty and struggle, of course, because life, but a little less of the intensity. I also listened to it as an audibook, so it’s basically just like a longer show, and I definitely would recommend that format! I’d be interested, if you do decide to try it, to hear whether you do finish it and if it is manageable!