{"id":1763,"date":"2010-06-03T23:04:13","date_gmt":"2010-06-04T03:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/?p=1763"},"modified":"2022-06-11T00:14:29","modified_gmt":"2022-06-11T04:14:29","slug":"even-more-literary-ten-bests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/03\/even-more-literary-ten-bests\/","title":{"rendered":"Even More Literary Ten Bests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/55935853@N00\/2399831128\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/3234\/2399831128_d01094b4ea_b.jpg?resize=180%2C240&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"180\" height=\"240\" hspace=\"12\" vspace=\"6\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\"alt=\"Ten Bells, Spitalfields, E1\"><\/a>Can you name ten memorable vegetables from the literature you&#8217;ve read? How about ten pieces of literature that include a shipwreck or perhaps a volcano? You&#8217;ll find lists for these and much more below. <\/p>\n<p>When I went searching for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/2010\/05\/08\/literary-lists-of-ten-best\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the literary lists of &ldquo;Ten Best&rdquo;<\/a> from the UK newspaper <em>The Guardian<\/em>, I somehow missed dozens of interesting collections. These links will take you to ten of the best:<\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/books\/2010\/mar\/06\/ten-best-bells-in-literature\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bells<\/a> <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/books\/2009\/oct\/10\/secret-societies-books-john-mullan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">secret societies in literature<\/a> <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/books\/2009\/sep\/26\/10-best-green-stories-mullan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">green stories in literature<\/a> <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/books\/2009\/sep\/19\/books-written-in-prison\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">books written in prison<\/a> <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/books\/2009\/sep\/12\/ten-best-literary-reformations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reformations<\/a> <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/books\/2009\/aug\/29\/ten-of-the-best-devils\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">devils<\/a> <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/books\/2009\/aug\/22\/ten-best-literary-concerts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> concerts in literature <\/a> <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/books\/2009\/aug\/08\/ten-best-volcanoes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">volcanoes in literature<\/a> <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/books\/2009\/aug\/01\/ten-best-literary-swimming-scenes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">swimming scenes<\/a> <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/books\/2009\/jul\/24\/ten-best-novels-about-novelists\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">novels about novelists<\/a> <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/books\/2009\/jul\/18\/ten-best-failed-coupling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">failed couplings<\/a> <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/books\/2009\/jul\/04\/ten-best-literary-shipwrecks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shipwrecks<\/a> <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/books\/2009\/jun\/27\/ten-best-literary-vegetables\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">vegetables<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/books\/2009\/jun\/20\/ten-best-literary-births\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">births<\/a> <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/books\/2009\/jun\/13\/literary-pieces-of-fruit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pieces of fruit<\/a> <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/books\/2009\/jun\/06\/ten-best-graveyard-scenes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">graveyard scenes<\/a> <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/books\/2009\/may\/30\/ten-best-balloon-flights\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">balloon flights<\/a> <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/books\/2009\/may\/23\/literary-breakages-exodus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">breakages<\/a> <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/books\/2009\/may\/16\/literary-femme-fatales\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">femme fatales<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/books\/2009\/may\/09\/ten-best-disastrous-performances\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">disastrous performances<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/books\/2009\/may\/01\/ten-of-the-best-doppelgangers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">doppelg&auml;ngers<\/a> <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/books\/2009\/apr\/24\/floggings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">floggings<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/books\/2009\/apr\/18\/ten-best-literary-deserts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">deserts<\/a> <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/books\/2009\/apr\/10\/ten-of-best-floods\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">floods<\/a> <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/books\/2009\/apr\/04\/ten-best-punch-ups\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">punch-ups<\/a> <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/books\/2009\/mar\/28\/ten-best-scars-literature\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">scars in fiction<\/a> <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/books\/2009\/mar\/13\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">visits to the lavatory<\/a> <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/books\/2009\/mar\/07\/ten-best-literary-misers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">misers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/books\/2009\/feb\/28\/ten-best-literary-nuns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">nuns<\/a> <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/books\/2009\/feb\/21\/ten-best-literary-funerals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">funerals<\/a> <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/books\/2009\/feb\/14\/ten-best-weddings-in-literature\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">weddings<\/a> <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/books\/2009\/feb\/06\/politics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">prime ministers<\/a> <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/books\/2009\/jan\/31\/ten-best-chess-games\">chess games<\/a> <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/books\/2009\/jan\/24\/ten-of-the-best-identical-twins\">identical twins<\/a> <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/books\/2009\/jan\/17\/ten-best-parodies-chaucer-austen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">parodies<\/a> <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/books\/2009\/jan\/10\/10-of-the-best-butlers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">butlers<\/a> <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/books\/2009\/jan\/03\/ten-best-literary-valets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">valets<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/books\/2008\/dec\/20\/10-best-books-christmases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Christmases<\/a> <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/books\/2008\/dec\/13\/10-best-books-jewels\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">jewels<\/a> <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/books\/2008\/dec\/06\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pirates<\/a> <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/books\/2008\/nov\/29\/ten-best-locks-of-hair\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">locks of hair<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/books\/2008\/nov\/22\/ten-best-literary-marital-rows\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">marital rows<\/a> <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/books\/2008\/nov\/15\/literary-episodes-of-drunkenness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">episodes of drunkenness<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/books\/2008\/nov\/01\/fake-deaths\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fake deaths<\/a> <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/books\/2008\/oct\/25\/circadian-novels\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">circadian novels<\/a> <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/books\/2008\/oct\/18\/cannibalism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">acts of cannibalism<\/a> <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/books\/2008\/oct\/11\/5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mistaken identity<\/a> <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/books\/2008\/oct\/04\/13\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">incestuous relationships<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/books\/2008\/sep\/27\/3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">subtitles<\/a> <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/books\/2008\/sep\/13\/ten.best.murders.books\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">murders<\/a> <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/books\/2008\/aug\/30\/fiction5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unconsummated passions<\/a> <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/books\/2008\/jun\/28\/saturdayreviewsfeatres.guardianreview8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">escapes<\/a> <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/books\/2008\/jun\/21\/saturdayreviewsfeatres.guardianreview32\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">smells<\/a> <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/books\/2008\/jun\/14\/saturdayreviewsfeatres.guardianreview14\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">villains<\/a> <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/books\/2008\/may\/31\/2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">examples of bad driving<\/a> <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/books\/2008\/may\/24\/2\">smokes<\/a> \n      <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>Always be sure to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/books\/series\/10ofthebest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">check for newest additions<\/a> to the list on the Guardian site. You may find a new list that&#8217;s perfect for the texts you&#8217;ve been reading in class<\/p>\n<p>Obviously there are more lists there than you&#8217;ll need for any one class, and some of the lists may be inappropriate for your students. There&#8217;s enough range though that you&#8217;re bound to find something useful whether you want to model <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/2010\/05\/10\/a-year-end-activity-with-literary-lists-of-ten-best\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a year-end activity with the literary lists of ten<\/a> or try something else.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/55935853@N00\/2399831128\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Creative Commons licensed Flickr photo by Ewan-M<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can you name ten memorable vegetables from the literature you&#8217;ve read? How about ten pieces of literature that include a shipwreck or perhaps a volcano? You&#8217;ll find lists for these and much more below. When I went searching for the literary lists of &ldquo;Ten Best&rdquo; from the UK newspaper The Guardian, I somehow missed dozens [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,26,131,17,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-american","category-british-literature","category-list-of-ten","category-literature","category-poetry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pqzI8-sr","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1763"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1763\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20030,"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1763\/revisions\/20030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}