Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly book meme hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. Each week, she posts an idea relating to books and encourages other book bloggers to respond with their own top ten lists.
This week’s topic is “top ten books I read because someone recommended them to me.” Most of my friends from university aren’t huge readers, so I get a lot of my recommendations from bookstagram! Here are 10 books that bookstagram made me read:
A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab
I had already read (and loved!) The Archived, so after seeing so many beautiful pictures of the Shades of Magic books, I had to pick them up…. and also post a picture, of course.
Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
Ninth House was everywhere. It showed up in all the dark academia aesthetics, which definitely piqued my interest. I didn’t love this book as much as the rest of bookstagram, but I do love all the aesthetic photos of it!
Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
Bookstagram talked about this as if it was the fluffiest book in existence, and I’m so happy that it gave me those same warm, fuzzy feelings.
Rodham by Curtis Sittenfeld
I had seen a lot of strong opinions about this book on Twitter. The majority of Bookstagram reviews were positive for it, though, which solidified it something I should at least start reading.
Normal People by Sally Rooney
I also only watched the TV show adaptation because of Twitter, so consider myself influenced when it comes to Sally Rooney!
The Cruel Prince by Holly Black
Until last year, I hadn’t read a Holly Black book since her Modern Faerie Tale series. I had seen enough photos of the first two books on IG that when I saw one of them on the library shelves, I didn’t think twice before picking it up.
Serpent & Dove by Shelby Mahurin
Technically I haven’t read this one yet, but I did just pick it up from the library because I had seen it (and the sequel) in so many positive review posts lately.
Uprooted by Naomi Novik
This is a book that I had seen enough times that I was scared to read it in case I didn’t love it. I finally picked it up in 2018 when the hype had (kind of) died down, and it definitely lived up to expectations.
The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Choshki
THIS COVER. Every single photo I’ve seen of this book has been stunning – I was sold even before I saw that it was set in Paris.
Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust
If it weren’t for the Fairyloot-exclusive edition making the rounds, I’m not sure that this book would have made it onto my radar. I’m so glad that it did, though – it was a beautiful, poignant read.
What books did you read because of Bookstagram?
A lot of these are on my TBR! I haven’t read Serpent & Dove yet either, but I want to. Everyone loves it – I haven’t seen one negative review lol. I also want to read Uprooted! It seems like a staple that everyone should read.
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Same – everything I’ve seen about Serpent & Dove has been overwhelmingly positive. I hope you enjoy Uprooted!
erin recently posted…Top Ten Books I Read Because Bookstagram Recommended Them
I’ve heard so many good things about Ninth House.
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I didn’t love it as much as I had hoped, but I think I’m an outlier in that – all of the reviews I’ve seen have been really positive!
erin recently posted…Top Ten Books I Read Because Bookstagram Recommended Them
A Darker Shade of Magic was on my list this week too, everyone in the book community seemed to be talking about it, so I just had to read it, and it became one of my favourite books (and VE Schwab is one of my favourite authors).
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I’m so glad you loved it – it’s one of my favourite series, too!
erin recently posted…Top Ten Books I Read Because Bookstagram Recommended Them
I want to read so many of the books on this post!
I hope you enjoy them!
erin recently posted…Top Ten Books I Read Because Bookstagram Recommended Them
I know lots of people LOVE Bookstagram! I haven’t gotten into it, but I’m glad you’ve been able to find so many great recommendations that way.
Happy TTT!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
I don’t post on it as regularly as I should, but I love seeing how creative everyone’s photos are!
erin recently posted…Top Ten Books I Read Because Bookstagram Recommended Them
Bookstagram and it’s pretty pictures makes me want to read a lot of books.
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Same – I can’t say no to a pretty cover!
I have both A Darker Shade of Magic and The Cruel Prince on my TBR! 🙂
I hope you enjoy both of them!
Great post! Yeah bookstagram convinces me to read so many books, but nornally it works out for the best. I’ve nominated you for the Bookish Snob Tag 🙂 https://hundredsandthousandsofbooks.blog/2020/10/25/the-bookish-snob-tag/
Bookstagram is such a good source of recommendations! Thank you so much for the tag!
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