Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset
Green Mansions by W. H. Hudson
Indian Summer by William Dean Howells
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
Miss Pym Disposes by Josephine Tey
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
The Death of the Heart by Elizabeth Bowen
Barabbas by Par Lagerkvist
Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev
The Diary of a Madman, The Government Inspector and Selected Stories by Nikolay Vasilyevich Gogol
Palm-of-the-Hand Stories by Yasunari Kawabata
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Each Tuesday That Artsy Reader Girl assigns a topic and then post her top ten list that fits that topic. You’re more than welcome to join her and create your own top ten (or 2, 5, 20, etc.) list as well. Feel free to put a unique spin on the topic to make it work for you! Please link back to That Artsy Reader Girl in your own post so that others know where to find more information.
You have lots of work ahead of you, Deb!
ReplyDeleteHave a good week and a good day. Here is my TTT. https://dmhoisington.wordpress.com/2026/07/14/top-ten-tuesday-35-books-i-want-to-read-by-new-to-me-authors/
ReplyDeleteMy top 3 would be: Meditations, Ivan Denisovich and Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset (Nobel Prize winner)! Have fun reading!
ReplyDeleteI haven't heard of any of these titles before but I hope you enjoy these authors and their books whenever you get to them :)
ReplyDeleteI love Josephine Tey's mysteries but haven't read this one. I have a thick bio of her on my to-read pile!
ReplyDeleteSome heavy stuff in here! Greatly enjoyed the Solzhenitsyn. I'm still trying to finish a smaller Undset before I tackle Kristen.
ReplyDeleteIndian Summer sounds excellent!
ReplyDeleteA very literary minded selection, thanks for sharing your #TTT
ReplyDeleteInteresting list, Deb. Lots of classic-type authors. Josephine Tey is an author I've always meant to sample, but haven't not as yet. Enjoy!
ReplyDeleteWow! What a great list! So many classics. I have a few classics on my TTT list this week too, but not nearly so many. Hope you enjoy these, when you get to them!
ReplyDeleteThese are all new-to-me authors too, I haven't heard of any of them except for Marcus Aurelius. They look very intimidating to me! I hope you enjoy them all!
ReplyDeleteNice list!
ReplyDeleteFathers and Sons is excellent even if I did read it in 1982 for a college class! I remember it fondly. Also, Josephine Tey is usually good [I've had one disappointment] Daughter of Time is very good by her. I also read One Day in the LIfe of Ivan in college--all of his books are very readable even the Gulag.
ReplyDeleteThese are all new to me as well! ~Carol @ ReadingLadies
ReplyDeleteInteresting list. I hope you enjoy these.
ReplyDeleteThe only book I've read on your list is One Day in the Life of... and it is so well done. Plus it is short. I'm glad I finally read it -- just last year.
ReplyDeleteThese are all new to me authors.
ReplyDeleteLooks like a lot of classics. I hope you enjoy these when you get to them.
ReplyDeleteAll the best for reading some of these. Frankly I find them very challenging looking reading.
ReplyDeleteLots of neat books, Deb! I am sure you will enjoy reading these!
ReplyDeleteOh nice! These are all new to me ones as well! I hope you find some new favorites among them once you get to read them!
ReplyDeleteHere's my Tuesday Post
Have a GREAT day!
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Wow, that's quite a few classics! To be honest, some of the titles here are simply too emotionally heavy for me; I tend to concentrate on books that give me hope or lift my spirits. But I have nothing but admiration for people who enjoy reading the heavier classics. The only one here that I have read is the Josephine Tey; it's very good, but my favorite of her books, and the one I usually recommend to people, is The Daughter of Time. I hope you enjoy all of these, whenever you get to them!
ReplyDeleteThese are all new to me. Happy Reading!
ReplyDeleteI hope you enjoy reading all of these when you get the chance.
ReplyDeleteHere's my TTT this week: https://readbakecreate.com/most-anticipated-holiday-releases-of-2026/
yes it took me quite some time but i read Kristin Lavransdatter. An amazing book!
ReplyDeletecheers
sherry
Lots of books to peruse. The Tey one is my first pick
ReplyDeleteI have a copy of Meditations, but I haven’t read it yet. It was one of my on sale or free ebooks. These all look like classics. Good for you!
ReplyDeleteI really like Josephine Tey! Still need to read some of hers. I have read Indian Summer and it's a good one, too, although it didn't lead me to any more by Howells so far.
ReplyDeleteI’ve only read excerpts of Marcus Aurelius, and nothing at all of the others. I’m sure each has its merits.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great list. I have read some of them and there are others I would like to read at some point. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteThere are quite a few authors on your list that I have read. Here a few thoughts. Kristin Lavransdattir was a big surprise. Still a well worth read about the Middle Ages. Full of life and how a woman fights for her own life. Marcus Aurelius is also great. Best to read in small doses at the time, to get into his thoughts and philosophy. Josephine Tey is always good. I especially like The Daughter of Time, I think her most famous book.
ReplyDeleteBarabbas by Pär Lagerkvist is a great book. My favourite by him. Read Father and Son many years ago, but do not remember much. Gogol is not my favourite of the Russian authors, but popular with many readers.
I recently read Snow Country by Kawabata and like it very much.
You have a lot of good authors to look forward to.