Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday, a weekly bookish meme hosted by Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl that features a different bookish topic every week.
Today’s topic is My Unpopular Bookish Opinions
I’ve had so many opinions I thought were unpopular that turned out to be quite common and I felt a bit pressured to think of more, so I’m just going to cop-out with an easy alphabetical prompt. Here are some books I’ve read beginning with C.
Top Ten Books Beginning with C
- Cat’s Eye by Margaret Atwood – I’ve talked about this book several times because it’s one of my favorite books; it focuses on the friendships between women and the way we are pitted against each other and taught to see each other as rivals. It’s been a while since I read it and I desperately need to reread.
- The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas – Another favorite that I’ve read many times but never get tired of. If you’re daunted by its size, I promise it’s really fast paced and easy to read once you get into it!
- The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black – One of my favorite vampire stories although I can’t remember why! I guess I need to reread this too!
- Carrie by Stephen King – I’ve read this before and I mean to read this again soon for my Stephen King Reading Challenge. It has been on my mind lately because of the buzz about Mike Flanagan adapting it. It’s very exciting!
- Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein – It’s a WW2 spy story and I remember feeling all the feelings when I read it more than ten years ago. In my Goodreads review I mention that this is a book I need to reread. I think I need a separate TBR list for rereads!
- Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky – This book is on this list purely for bragging purposes. 😂 I read it, it was okay, it mostly felt like a fever dream, but I read it relatively recently and I wanted to make sure everyone knew how much of an intellectual I am. 🤓
- Circe by Madeline Miller – I would read anything by the author, and yes, I loved The Song of Achilles too, but I loved this one more. I love how relatable Circe is as a woman, goddess, witch, person. Another book I really want to reread!
- Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid – I also would read anything by TJR, every book she’s written is gold! But I have a few favorites and this book is one of them.
- Cinder by Marissa Meyer – I love the whole series! I love fairytale retellings in general and I always seek them out, but this one was special and different when it came out and I just loved how creative it was and how the overarching story brought everything together.
- The Curiosity by Stephen P. Kiernan – This is one of my most favorite, most underrated authors I have ever read. I love every single one of his books but his most popular book only has about 20K ratings. It’s a shame because they are all so good. This book was my first and it’s about a man who has been frozen in ice for a century and wakes up in current times. All his books have been 5 stars for me, and I would reread them over and over again.
Have you read any of these books? What did you think of them? Would you read any of these books?
I love the Count of Monte Cristo movie and I’ve heard amazing things about Code Named Verity. Also, I was just seeing that Carrie Soto is getting a Netflix adaptation. 🙂
Oohh, I’m so excited to hear that! I can’t wait to see who plays Carrie Soto and what they’ll do with it!
I am off topic this week, too. Maybe going off topic is one of the unpopular things we both do! Ha!
My list: https://headfullofbooks.blogspot.com/2025/04/ttt-excerpts-from-new-to-me-poems-i-like.html
Lol that’s true!
I twisted the prompt round this week too 😊
I have Carrie Soto Is Back on my TBR shelves. One day I will get to reading it.
Have a great week!
Emily @ Budget Tales Book Blog
My post:
https://budgettalesblog.wordpress.com/2025/04/15/top-ten-tuesday-my-unpopular-bookish-opinions/
All TJR books are so good, I hope you’ll enjoy it!
I almost wish I would have created a cop-out post for today honestly! It’s almost frightening putting out your opinions on the internet because there is always going to be someone that will attack you for them.
My TTT: https://romantasylife.com/my-unpopular-bookish-opinions/
That scares me too! Thank you for being brave and posting yours!
It’s okay to cop out, I almost did so myself. I loved Carrie Sotto is back.
Happy reading! https://readwithstefani.com/my-unpopular-bookish-opinions/
Carrie Soto is great, so glad you loved it too!
Code Name Verity is a book that shook me. I feel for anyone who was actually in a similar situation, and I hope I never am.
Pam @ Read! Bake! Create!
https://readbakecreate.com/books-that-dont-deserve-the-hype-my-unpopular-opinon/
It haunted me for a long time after I read it!
Someday I should read Cat’s Eye.
I hope you do!
I also loved both Circe and Cinder (definitely would like to re-read the entire Lunar Chronicles one day)
Me too! It’s been a while since I read them and I’ve probably forgotten every single detail.
I still need to read Cinder! I haven’t started that series yet, but I’ve wanted to read it for ages.
I went off topic this week, too. I kept trying to think of positive unpopular opinions but my brain kept twisting around to negative ones, and I didn’t want to be a downer on my blog today. 🙂 Happy reading!
I get it! My mind went blank trying to think up unpopular opinions. I probably have some that would fit but I just couldn’t think of them for the prompt. 😅
I loved Carrie Soto and the Coldest Girl in Coldtown!
Love to hear it!!
I have to pick up Cinder sometime soon! It’s been on my TBR for a while now. This was a fun post idea 🙂
If you’d like to visit, here’s my TTT: https://thebooklorefairyreads.wordpress.com/2025/04/15/top-ten-tuesday-unpopular-bookish-opinions/
Thank you! I loved reading your unpopular opinions!
You have some of my favorites on your list. I might have to do a reread of The Coldest Girl in Coldtown too. 🙂
Yayyy! I love that! So many books I want to reread!