Top Ten Tuesday: Books Written Before I Was Born

Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish,
Now, hosted by Jana over at That Artsy Reader Girl 

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Sorry this is being posted so late...

I haven't read many books, willingly, that were written/published before I was born. Mostly Nancy Drew in grade school before required reading ruined reading for me. 

The Vampire Lestat (The Vampire Chronicles #2) by Anne Rice

   I've read the first book, I don't know how many times over the years, but I never continued the series. I don't know if I'll read all of them, but I want to at least read this one.

Matilda by Roald Dahl

   While I have seen the movie, I haven't read the book. Granted I didn't know it was a book until a couple years ago. But I'd be willing to give this a read.

The Witches by Roald Dahl

   This is another one where I saw the movie when I was a child, and that movie caused me to be terrified of paintings until I was about 8 or 9. I hadn't realized how many of Dahl's books were adapted.

Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (Charlie Bucket #2) by Roald Dahl

   One more for Dahl. I've known this book has existed for years, I just never got around to reading it. I knew about it in 4th grade after we read the Chocolate Factory as a class, and my school didn't have it in their library, and by the time I able to buy things with my own money I forgot about it.

Emma by Jane Austen

   Or something by Austen. I skim-read Pride and Prejudice a few years ago. But I didn't really give it a real read. I'd like to read a classic and not feel like it's homework.

Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

   This is a classic I might actually really enjoy. Horror Sci-fi. I've seen a few adaptations, my favorite and probably least accurate (but very funny) is Mel Brooks' adaptation, Young Frankenstein.

Oz series by L. Frank Baum

   I vaguely remember reading these when was in grade school, but I don't remember anything. 3rd grade was a long time ago, and think that maybe these books were too dense for my 8-year-old brain. 

Nancy Drew Mystery Stories Series by Carolyn Keene

   As mentioned, I read some of these when I was a child. But I think these too might have been too dense of my child-brain. Though I think technically they were "children's" books when they were written. But Children in 1930 aren't the same as children in 1994.