Top Ten Books That Will Make You Cry

This week's Top Ten from The Broke and the Bookish asks for the Top Ten Books That Will Make You Cry.

1) The Book Thief - I ugly cry every time I read this.
2) The Time Traveler's Wife - Beautiful romance, impossible obstacle
3) Song of Achilles - The Trojan War never felt so personal.
4) Anne of Green Gables - One word: Matthew
5) The Sparrow - Tragedy on an epic level
6) Still Alice - If you know anyone who has had Alzheimer's this one will get you.
7) Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close - 9/11 heartbreaker
8) The Diving Bell and the Butterfly - Just about my worst nightmare, but also incredibly inspiring story of the human spirit.
9) Jude, the Obscure - Leave it to Hardy to redfine tragedy.
10) Little Women - Do you guys remember Joey's reaction on Friends? Exactly.

Top Ten New-To-Me Authors I Read In 2013

This week's Top Ten from The Broke and the Bookish asks Top Ten New-To-Me Authors I Read In 2013. The following are all new ones I was thrilled to discover. I’ve already got a second book or two in the queue for 2014 from some of them.

1) Erin Morgenstern (The Night Circus)

2) Olive Ann Burns (Cold Sassy Tree)

3) Madeline Miller (Song of Achilles)

4) Carol Rifka Brunt (Tell the Wolves I’m Home)

5) Veronica Roth (Divergent trilogy)

6) Maria Semple (Where’d You Go, Bernadette?)

7) Laurie R. King (The Beekeeper’s Apprentice)

8) Jon Meacham (Thomas Jefferson Biography)

9) Elizabeth Wein (Code Name Verity)

10) Jeannette Haien (The All of It)

Top Ten Books I've Read So Far In 2013

June 25: Top Ten Books I've Read So Far In 2013:

This week's Top Ten from The Broke and the Bookish asks for the Top Ten Books I've Read So Far In 2013. These are the ones that came to mind. Who knows what the rest of 2013 will hold!

1) Re-Reads: The Great Gatsby, Persuasion, and Little Women

2) Where'd You Go, Bernadette

3) Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

4) Cold Sassy Tree

5) The Night Circus

6) Mythology

7) Song of Achilles

8) State of Wonder

9) Tell the Wolves I’m Home

10) The Green Mile

Painting is "The Reader" by Buffalo Bonker