Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish and now hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl.
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Each Tuesday, Jana assigns a new topic. Create your own Top Ten list that fits that topic – putting your unique spin on it if you want. Everyone is welcome to join but please link back to That Artsy Reader Girl in your own Top Ten Tuesday post. Add your name to the Linky widget on that day’s post so that everyone can check out other bloggers’ lists. Or if you don’t have a blog, just post your answers as a comment.
This week’s topic is Books Written Before I Was Born, either books we’ve read or books we want to read. My list is made up of the latter. And, no, I’m not going to disclose my birth year!
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson (first published in 1938)
The Town House by Norah Lofts (first published in 1959)
Invitation to the Waltz by Rosamond Lehmann (first published in 1932)
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe (first published in 1958)
The Greengage Summer by Rumer Godden (first published in1958)
The Scapegoat by Daphne du Maurier (first published in 1957)
Republished by Pushkin Press:
Vanish in an Instant by Margaret Millar (first published in 1952)
A Stranger In My Grave by Margaret Millar (first published in 1960)
Republished by Handheld Press:
There’s No Story There and Other Wartime Writing by Inez Holden (first published in 1944)
Business As Usual by Jane Oliver & Ann Stafford (first published in 1933)
What Cathy Read Next... 
Things Fall Apart is one of my favourite novels! I love Achebe’s depiction of the land and the people! It is heart breaking too. I did put a little twist on the topic this week: rather than disappearing into the classics (where there are so many that I love but rarely blog about) I went for books published in the year I was born!
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Great list! I hope you can stop by:
https://collettaskitchensink.blogspot.com/2021/02/top-ten-books-written-before-1978-222021.html
Colletta
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I loved Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day and Business as Usual.
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Oh, I forgot all about Things Fall Apart. I read that in High School and I remember much of it!
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I read Rebecca last year and I definitely want to read more Du Maurier now. Happy reading! 😀 My TTT https://readwithstefani.com/books-written-before-i-was-born-the-classics-edition/
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I haven’t read any of these books yet, but they do sound good.
My post.
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I haven’t heard of any of these books, although I recognize some of the authors’ names. I hope you enjoy these when you get to them!
Happy TTT!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
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Ohh makes me wonder some of the old books I have on my shelves!
Thanks for sharing.
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I have not read any of these books Cathy. I am going to check some of them out. Interesting list.
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Miss Pettigrew is a DELIGHT! I loved Things Fall Apart too–I read it when I came home from Peace Corps (I served in Malawi).Several of these are right up my alley. I LOVE the cover on Business as Usual.
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I’ve not read any of these, but I see a few that I can add to my TBR now!
Here is our Top Ten Tuesday. Thank you!
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Oooh, I loved Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day. I mostly read it because i loved the movie and was curious if the book would hold up, but it was SO. MUCH. FUN. (and a pretty quick read, too)
I have a few Rumer Godden books on my TBR, but I don’t think I had that one on my radar. The cover immediately draws me in, though.
–RS
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