Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Loved So Much I Bought a Physical Copy (or two…)

Hey y’all! Top Ten Tuesday is a bookish question idea that was originally created and hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, from way back in June 2010! Since January 2018, Top Ten Tuesday has been hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. Thanks for taking it over! The idea is to make a list of ten books or bookish things on different topics each week. Check out her site for details on how to join and what the upcoming prompts are. 😊 You can also see all the posts from other bloggers linked on each weekly post on their main site.

Today’s prompt is books that I bought because I loved them so much (prompt recommended by Alecia @ The Staircase Reader). This is one that I can only join because of recent changes in my life, namely having space to HAVE a library of my own of shelves and shelves of books. It’s such a luxury, and it’s basically all I need to be happy in my home.

The books that have moved me most enough to buy a copy tend to be nonfiction or graphic novels (or sometimes both!). This is partly because nonfiction tends to have a lot of information that I like to quickly thumb through and refer to or dip back into on re-reads, and graphic novels or heavily illustrated books are nicer to have a physical copy of to enjoy the art. With that in mind… here’s my list!

The Books

• The Cat I Never Named by Amra Sabic El-Rayess
• Around the World in 80 Plants by Jonathan Drori
• World of Warcraft: War of the Ancients by Richard A Knaak
• Lore Olympus Vol 1 by Rachel Smythe
• Cardboard by Ten Napel
• Invisible Women by Caroline Criado-Perez
• Foul is Fair / Golden Boys Beware by Hannah Capin
• Manga Classics: Macbeth by William Shakespeare, Adapted by Stacy King
• The Moth Presents: All These Wonders by various, edited by Catherine Burns
• The Pun Also Rises by John Pollack
• The Fox and Little Tanuki Vol 1 by Mi Tagawa

The Graphic Novels

• Lore Olympus Vol 1 by Rachel Smythe: because I’ve fallen in love with the characters and art and world and even sprung for the elaborate extra pretty special edition(s)
• Cardboard by Ten Napel: because it took such an intense unexpected turn and punched me right in the feelings
• Manga Classics: Macbeth by William Shakespeare, Adapted by Stacy King: because the art captures the essence of the story so well and draws me in to the grim world
• The Fox and Little Tanuki Vol 1 by Mi Tagawa: because it’s hella cute and never fails to make me laugh

The Nonfiction

• The Cat I Never Named by Amra Sabic El-Rayess: because this one lingered and I had to have it on hand to remind me about what’s important in life
• Around the World in 80 Plants by Jonathan Drori: because the mini histories of each plant are fascinating and the illustrations are gorgeous
• Invisible Women by Caroline Criado-Perez: because there is so much data and yet it’s still riveting, and also depressing and baffling…
• The Moth Presents: All These Wonders by various, edited by Catherine Burns: because there’s so much emotion in it that I wanted to come back to it anytime I needed
• The Pun Also Rises by John Pollack: because I don’t even know where I first read it but it’s so packed with history and language fun that I wanted it

The Fiction

• World of Warcraft: War of the Ancients by Richard A Knaak: because the series was SO DAMN GOOD and introduced me to a lot of the history I’d been craving about key characters and events,
• Foul is Fair / Golden Boys Beware by Hannah Capin: because I LOVED the ARC when I got it, and purchased it under it’s original name (with hideous cover) and it’s second name (less good but with a less awful cover) because I loved it so much I wanted to support and have both. I re-read this book yearly pretty much, so now I have options (though the content is the same)

That’s it y’all! Do you have any common triggers for what makes you purchase a copy of a book? Drop a link below to your TTT! 🙂