Top Ten Tuesday is an amazing weekly meme hosted
by The Broke and the Bookish.
The topic I chose for this week is: “Top Ten Books/Series
That Would Be on the Syllabus If I Taught 101 YA Literature”.
I decided to do a very generic list because
my tastes are very diverse when it comes to genre, but I mostly stay within YA and NA;
I love fantasy, dystopian, adventure, contemporary, paranormal, sci-fi, and
everything in between. So here is my
list, in no particular order:
Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling
The Fault In Our Stars by John
Green
The Scorpio Races by Maggie
Stiefvater
The Vampire Academy series by
Richelle Mead
The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa
Meyer
Daughter of Smoke and Bone
Trilogy by Laini Taylor
The Infernal Devices by Cassandra
Clare
The Grisha Trilogy by Leigh
Bardugo
The Darkest Part of the Forest by
Holly Black
Snow Like Ashes by Sara Raasch
To be honest if I were to actually teach a YA
Literature class, I would have multiple options for each genre and allow my
students to pick what they wanted to read. I never enjoyed being forced to read
certain books in school. I think that is one of the reasons people don’t read
more; they never found that one genre that speaks to them. Recently I’ve mostly
read fairytale retellings and fantasy; I go thorough phases. Do you have a
favorite genre? Let me know in the comments below :)
One day I will read The Vampire Academy! Idk when, but hopefully one day lol!! Same goes for Snow Like Ashes. One day, one day. My favorite genre as you probably already know would have to be YA Fantasy :) I'm in love with the magically creatures and the new world with endless possibilities. Love it!! Great post Bogdana!!
ReplyDeleteIf I had to pick only one favorite, I think I would have to pick fantasy as well. I love everything about it. I can't wait for you to read Snow Like Ashes and share your thoughts. :)
DeleteI agree with all these! I have them all...I haven't yet read Daughter of Smoke and Bone or Snow Like Ashes yet but OMG this would be a class I would ACE!
ReplyDeleteI haven't finished the Daughter of Smoke and Bone series yet, but it is fantastic so far. And as you know, I am absolutely obsessed with Snow Like Ashes :D
DeleteI would love to take a class like this. :)