Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.

This week’s theme is books I loved that were written over ten years ago.

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I’m not going to go with any “classics” for this one. We all know my favorite Austen novels are over ten years old. Nor will I do any that, to my knowledge, have TV and film adaptations – because if the movie is over ten years old, the book clearly is too! I’ve chosen to focus on historical romance novels because, well, you know me.

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The Morning Gift by Eva Ibbotson

Originally published: 1993

Spice: None

 

A Song for Summer by Eva Ibbotson

Originally published: 1997

Spice: None

 

When He Was Wicked by Julia Quinn

Originally published: 2004

Spice: Medium

 

It Happened One Autumn by Lisa Kleypas

Originally published: 2005

Spice: Medium

 

The Masque of the Black Tulip by Lauren Willig

Originally published: 2005

Read more about it here.

Spice: Mild

The Secret History of the Pink Carnation by Lauren Willig

Originally published: 2005

Read more about it here.

Spice: Mild

The Stranger I Married by Sylvia Day

Originally published: 2006

Read my review here.

Spice: Hot

The Betrayal of the Blood Lily by Lauren Willig

Originally published: 2009

Read more about it here.

Spice: Mild

An Affair Without End by Candace Camp

Originally published: 2011

Spice: Medium

 

Seven Years to Sin by Sylvia Day

Originally published: 2011

Read my review here.

Spice: Hot