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 Books I Was Assigned to Read in School
I grew up in Malaysia and our schools didn’t have assigned reading so I’m just going to adapt this topic for books that are set in schools. There are a lot of great books set in schools but I suddenly can’t think of them now that I’m trying to make a list out of them!
Top Ten Books Set in Schools
- Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster – I’m sure I’ve talked so much about this book that everyone is tired of hearing about it, but it’s set in a boarding school so I had to have it on the list.
- Heartstopper by Alice Oseman – I love Charlie and Nick and I would die for them! I love how heartwarming the whole series is!
- Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros – My guilty pleasure! I recognize the tropes and cheese but I still love it.
- To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han – I loved this one. Lara Jean and her family are so cute and fun to read about.
- My Oxford Year by Julia Whelan – Julia Whelan is one of my favorite audiobook narrators but she also writes books and this one is set in an educational institution. This one was so heartwarming and I loved it!
- The Sweet Valley High series by Francine Pascal – I devoured this series as a child and have very fond memories of reading SVH from morning to night during my school holidays!
- The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins – It took me too long to pick this up because I loved The Hunger Games and wasn’t convinced I needed a story from Snow’s POV. It turned out to be brilliant though!
- Matilda by Roald Dahl – I love Matilda! I was Matilda! Minus the magical powers and the over-the-top abuse from her family, and I didn’t have a Miss Honey, and I’m not half as smart as Matilda… I guess I’m not very Matilda except that I love reading. That counts, right?
- Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson – This one hurts but it’s such a powerful book and I loved it.
- A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik – I loved the idea of this series, and the first book wasn’t bad, but the books got progressively worse for me and I ended up really disappointed in the end.
Have you read any of these books? What did you think of them? Would you read any of these books?
Hahah, Sweet Valley High? I remember reading a few from my oldest sister’s collection (..I would read anything), but never as a school assignment. Oxford Year was just reccommended to me by my lady friend!
I like your twist on the topic…and I don’t think I would have ever come up with Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes for your twist, because although you are absolutely right that it’s set in a school, it doesn’t feel like it’s set in a school. I hope you have a great week.
Here’s my TTT if you wish to visit – https://justanothergirlandherbooks.blogspot.com/2024/10/top-ten-tuesday-books-i-was-assigned-to.html
I love this take on the topic. I love Matilda so much and have for a long time. It was nice reading your reviews 🙂
If you’d like to visit here’s my TTT: https://thebooklorefairy.blogspot.com/2024/10/top-ten-tuesday-books-i-was-assigned-in-school.html
I love what you did with the topic! I read none of these but I saw three adaptations of them! Matilda is such a great movie, and the Ballad … well, kind of is my roman empire, haha.
I am loving reading about other people’s school experiences. And I love your list. I am a big fan of books set in schools and boarding schools. I recommend The Lake of Dead Languages if you haven’t read it, by Carol Goodman. It is so good!
What a great twist on this week’s prompt! There are so many great books set in school 🙂
The Sweet Valley series (from kids to high to their uni years) was such a huge part of my childhood! 😂 I loved those books so much. Heartstopper and To All the Boys are faves too!
Oh my goodness, Sweet Valley High! I ADORED those books as a kid. I should reread them and see what I think of them now 🙂
Happy TTT!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
I love the Heartstopper series, as well as Fourth Wing and To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before! My Oxford Year is on my TBR and I hope to get to it soon 🙂
I loved the Sweet Valley High and Sweet Valley Twins books!! Great tweak to this week’s topic!
Heartstopper is one of my favorites!
A great twist on the topic! I read the Sweet Valley High books before high school and recently read Heartstopper. I would do anything to protect Nick and Charlie.
Pam @ Read! Bake! Create!
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It took me a while to read The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes as well. When I did finally pick it up, I enjoyed it! Here is our Top Ten Tuesday. Thank you!
Ah, Sweet Valley High, how nostalgic!