Tagged by cydoniahype : ten books that have stayed with me
Rules: In a text post, list ten books that have stayed with you in some way. Don’t think too hard — they don’t have to be the “right” or “great” works, just the ones that have touched you. Tag ten friends, including me, so I’ll see your list. Make sure you let your friends know you’ve tagged them! (edit: choosing just 10 was almost impossible)
1. Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë - My favourite book, it speaks so many volumes to me about love and loss and man's relationship with nature, and I'm in love with Heathcliff even though I'm aware that he's a terrible person but I have a soft spot for Byronic heroes o k
2. Dracula by Bram Stoker - My seconds favourite book, because I love the Gothic so much, and this properly got me into vampires as a kid. I've know the story since I was a nipper and I still find it so brilliantly creepy, I can't reread it without making sure my windows and doors are closed before I go to sleep.
3. Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf - I studied this last year for uni, and it remains my favourite novel by Woolf. The way it switches perspective and explores human minds is just genius, though that can be said for most of Woolf, really.
4. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro - This is a gorgeous take on the Dystopian genre and it made me cry so much that I avoided watching the film in case it A) didn't do it justice or B) caused me to have an emotional breakdown
5. Wolf Brother by Michelle Paver - This was like the first YA book series I read as a kid and to this day I have no idea why it hasn't been made into a movie, it's genius. I love the semi-magical prehistoric world Paver creates.
6. Varjak Paw by S.F Said - again, a book I read as a kid, recommended to me by my art teacher at the time. Obvs I was obsessed with cats at the time (and have been ever since) but seriously, the text and illustrations were absolutely gorgeous and the storyline was pretty brutal considering the target audience.
7. The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter - possibly the most fucked up book I've ever read, but grotesquely fascinating - a brilliant study of the female Gothic, I love the dark reworkings of fairytales. I think 'The Bloody Chamber' is my favourite but I also love 'The Lady in the House of Love'.
8. Trumpet by Jackie Kay - I read this for uni over the summer, and I didn't expect to love it as much as I did. The various perspectives on gender, sex, love and death are all so realistic and striking and yep this made me cry a lot
9. A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess - This is probably my favourite Dystopian work, mostly for the language Burgess invents and how it manages to worm its way into your brain. The discussions on morality and free will are absolutely genius.
10. The Butterfly Lion by Michael Morpurgo - This was read to me as a small child and as a big animal lover it made me weep like a baby. Most of Michael Morpurgo's work elicited a similar response tbh - they all have this wonderful element of nostalgia, and the setting of this in the African Serengeti is an image that's stuck with me for decades.
And I will tag uhhhhh cydoniahype, kedlubna, theangrygingerkid, vincenoirofficial, danifreya, tinytumbling, andlovewilltearusapartagain, itsnotcrockettscience, krrang and mysticalbees :>