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Top Ten Books on My Shelf if I were a Teacher




My choice of books that would be on my shelf in school if I were a teacher :) I'm not sure on what the 'rules' are of school reading materials, and I don't want to limit myself to specific grades, so here I go!




1. Jurassic Park


And possibly even The Lost World. These are number one favorites of mine, and it would make as a great book-to-movie discussion.



2. The Illiad, The Odyssey and The Aeneid


For some reason I was never made to read The Illiad in school, however I loved The Odyssey and The Aeneid (and I finally read The Illiad last year.) I feel these would be great way to learn about epic poetry and the Greek and Roman gods.



3. Cinder


So this is the beginning of one of my all-time favorite series, and I believe it would be a wonderful example on the study of fairytale retellings.



4. Sherlock Holmes and the case of the Speckled Band


Or maybe the complete collection of Sherlock Holmes. I mention this case more specifically because it was the story I read in school that really started my love for mysteries.



5. A Game of Thrones


A book that features multiple Point-of-views that I actually love! The ASOIaF series would be great for studying character development and world-building.



6.  Angela's Ashes


Everyone should read some non-fiction every once in a while to show the hardships of the real world, and this is a book I'd greatly recommend.



7. And Then There Were None


One of the greatest whodunnit's of all time and my favorite book! I'm sure I'll always find a chance to put this on any shelf.



8. Their Eyes Were Watching God


I finally read it this year, and I'm so mad I didn't read it earlier! This book would be great for historical fiction, as well as a good study on diction/ voice in a novel used to immerse the reader into the scene.



9. Life of Pi


A very introspective piece, and a good allegory.



10. Angels and Demons


Also The DaVinci Code, The Lost Symbol and The Inferno. I just really love this series and the art and historical conspiracies that occur. Such a great thrill!


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18 comments:

  1. "Cinder" is one I've been meaning to read for eons now. But the good news is, the series is now complete so I can binge-read them. (So long as I get over being intimidated by their length.) Also, three cheers for Sherlock. An iconic character. :)

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  2. Angela's Ashes is a great choice! Fab list.

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  3. I really like a lot of the books on your list. The Life of Pi, Agatha, Holmes, Homer. My TTT lists some sci-fi cat books to read instead of doing homework.

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  4. I loved both ASOIAF and the Lunar Chronicles!! I still need to read winter and the fourth in ASOIAF, though!! Here mine: https://pageturner20.wordpress.com/2016/08/30/top-ten-tuesday-42/

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  5. Oh I loved the Life of Pi movie!! But still...haven't read the book. Eeeep. BOOKWORM SHAME. XD I will get to that though *nods sagely* And Game of Thrones is amazingly complex although I don't think I would've been ready for it in school though haha. 🙈🙊 AND A THOUSAND YESES TO CINDER.
    Here's my TTT!

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  6. Loved Life of Pi and And Then There Were None! The latter especially was just so gripping and creepy, which is great for a mystery novel. I loved Life of Pi too, but I actually prefer the movie - the visuals are undefeatable in my eyes. :P

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  7. I would have LOVED it if one of my teachers had something like Cinder in their classroom. I mean, that or Great Expectations?? I'm choosing THAT! :) Great list!

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  8. I agree with you on Cinder!

    Check out my TTT.

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  9. YES OMG I LOVED THE CINEMATOGRAPHY SO MUCH! I read the illustrated edition of Life of Pi which was beyond beautiful as well :D

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  10. Thats okay! If you do get the chance to read Life of Pi, I'd recommend the illustrated edition :D I read that edition on my kindle and it was so beautiful and added to the experience. Cinder & Crew is bae!

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  11. Yay! I totally understand, I waited a while before reading Winter, lol I just wasn't ready for the series to end. I also need to read the 5th ASoIaF book, I think I was holding off until a release date for Winds of Winter, but that doesn't seem to be happening anytime soon, lol!

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  12. Thanks so much! It was definitely a favorite of mine when I read it in school :D

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  13. Yessss to a good binge read, lol!! My mom just binge-read the entire Lunar Chronicle series and absolutely loved it, they got her back into reading again :D

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  14. I didn't know there was an illustrated edition! I'll have to check it out - with that scenery I can only imagine it's BEAUTIFUL. <3

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  15. I don't think that is happening anytime soon - but he is working on it!! He decided to stop working on the scripts for the tv show and started working on the book again :-)

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  16. Wow, what a diverse group of books. I have been trying to borrow a copy of the first Game of thrones book from our library, but something always comes up when I'm next in queue and I don't end up checking it out. But I think I wouldn't have anyone younger than college age read a book with so much violence and sex in it. I totally agree on anything ancient Greek though, my personal favorite being Prometheus Ground.

    My TTT: http://books.thetechchef.net/top-ten-tuesday

    And this week I did a bonus TTT: http://books.thetechchef.net/top-ten-tuesday-13-bonus/

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