Top Ten Intimidating Books

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Today’s topic on Top Ten Tuesday is supposed to be:

Top Ten Author Duos You’d LOVE To See Write A Book Together (aka my (Jamie’s) world would explode if Gayle Forman and Jandy Nelson wrote a book together) — might be hard to come up with 10 but still would be fun! Bonus points if you tell us what kind of book you’d like them to write!

But since I had a hard time thinking of 3 pairs I decided to choose an older topic I didn’t do: Intimidating books.

I think we all have books we find intimidating. Whether it’s because the book has a complex plot, a lot of hype surrounding it or because it’s thicker than a dictionary, we avoid them. And so I’ll tell you about ten books that I find intimidating.

10. A Song of Ice and Fire series
9. The Goldfinch

This book has a lot of buzz around it an the page number of the paperback is 864. I think more nervous of the hype that surrounds it.
8. The Luminaries

Page count: 848
7. The Way of Kings

I’m equally nervous about the hype, plot complexity and page count (1008) of thus book.
6. Lord of the Rings

This is the only book on the list that I’ve read, but I found it intimidating because of the writing style, the hype, and the length. It’s was especially intimidating when I learned that this in fact isn’t a trilogy, but a single book.)
5. A Tale of Two Cities

I don’t kw why I’m intimidated by this book. I just am.
4. Les Misérables

complexity and page count (1463).
3. The Count of Monte Cristo

page count: 1276.
2. The Iliad

1. The Odyssey

Hmm, I noticed a lot of these are classics. If you did a Top Ten this week, feel free to link it down blow. What are some intimidating books to you?