TOP TEN TUESDAY
March 10, 2015
It’s Top Ten Tuesday, hosted by the wonderful blog at The Broke and the Bookish! This week’s topic was:
Top Ten Books for Readers Who Like _____ (so I chose SCOUNDRELS)
Scoundrels are some of my favorite characters. Some are more unscrupulous than others. Some are nastier. Most of the ones I fall in love with are more of the rogue and rascal variety! I just love scoundrels. They’re clever, witty, smart, and daring — and they ALWAYS find a way to keep things lively! I had a lot of fun coming up with my favorite books featuring scoundrels — as we know, I love me some Swoony Snark — so check them out below!
So those are my favorite scoundrels! Some are more just swoony wise-crackers (Finn, Jason, Emilio, Thorne), some are clever schemers (Tyrion, Littlefinger, Sturmhond) and some are honestly thieves (Locke Lamora, Hale). Some are a bit more good-natured than others but they all crack me up, fascinate me, and hold a little piece of my heart!
- The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard #1) – Scott Lynch | The Scoundrel: Locke Lamora (or really, all of the characters)
- Scarlet (The Lunar Chronicles #2) – Marissa Meyer | The Scoundrel: Captain Carswell Thorne
- Siege and Storm (The Grisha #2) – Leigh Bardugo | The Scoundrel: Sturmhond
- Loop by Karin Akins | The Scoundrel: Finn
- Meant To Be – Lauren Morrill | The Scoundrel: Jason
- A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire #1) – George R.R. Martin | The Scoundrels: Tyrion, Littlefinger
- Catching Fire (The Hunger Games #2) – Suzanne Collins | The Scoundrel: Finnick
- The Book of Broken Hearts – Sarah Ockler | The Scoundrel: Emilio
- Heist Society (Heist Society #1) – Ally Carter | The Scoundrel: Hale
HONORABLE MENTIONS
- A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas | The Scoundrel: Lucien
- The Storyspinner (The Keepers’ Chronicles #1) – Becky Wallace | The Scoundrel: Dom
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (Harry Potter #1) – J.K. Rowling | The Scoundrels: The Weasley Twins
- The Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich | The Scoundrels: Morelli and Ranger
19 thoughts on “Top Ten Tuesday – March 10, 2015: Top Ten Books Featuring Scoundrels”
Great list! I’ll add Cole from Brodi Ashton’s Everneath series. He’s just awful in that roughish amusing way. A great complex villain.
I also might add The Darkling from The Grisha Trilogy to this list. He’s not good natured like Sturmhond but he’s certainly got swagger.
Uggggh. Yes yes yes to all of these Scoundrels 😀 I love the character trope so much, and I regret NOTHING. Awesome list! Loved every single one of them <3
I totally forgot that Thorne was in Scarlet. clearly I need to do a reread of that series! Great list, I definitely agree wtih Sturmhund!
This list just put the biggest smile on my face! I LOVE a good scoundrel. I had a feeling Thorne would make your list; he was the first one I thought of. 🙂 Love the mention of Emilio, too!
They’re just so irresistible and charming, yeah?
Great topic! I love most of the books listed!
Nice list of books for this week’s TTT post!! Here’s a link to my TTT post for this week: http://captivatedreader.blogspot.com/2015/03/top-ten-tuesday-ten-books-for-readers.html
Haha, love it! Locke Lamora pretty much defines “scoundrel” in the best sense of the word. 🙂
I just re-read Heist Society! I LOVE that book! Meant to Be, Scarlet, and Catching Fire are all great too! I am eagerly awaiting A Court of Thorns and Roses!!!
Thanks for sharing, will be checking out the other books on this list 🙂
There’s a reason that Scarlet and Siege and Storm are my favorites in their series 😉 I guess these scoundrels had something to do with it! But I do love Cress too since Thorne continues with his shenanigans in that one. Now we’ll just see what happens in Winter O_O
What a fun idea for this post, Brittany! I love it. Gonna have to agree with quite a few of your choices, and making a mental note to check out The Lies of Locke Lamora soon, as well as Heist Society 😉
AHHH!!! I love this. Some of my favorite characters are scoundrels and rogues. Thorne and Strumhond are fantastic. I still need to read Lies of Locke Lamora but I’ve heard great things about Locke and Jean. And I love that you consider Tyrion a scoundrel. I would have seriously thought you were going to say Jamie for that book, I mean he is known as the Kingslayer after all. Great list!
I do like scoundrels, too, Brittany. Thorne from The Lunar Chronicles is such a fun character, and of course I like Morelli and Ranger.
These are great picks. Throne would love to be on this list.
In Game of Thrones, Littlefinger is the biggest scoundrel of all. He is just a crazy schemer.
Thanks for sharing.
Captain Carswell Thorne! Love him!! And I really need to read the Grisha Trilogy so I can meet this Sturmhond guy everyone talks about. Ooh Finnick! Good choice, I never would have thought of him! Love the topic you chose!
Nice topic! And picks! Loved Scarlet and Siege & Storm was awesome too! And ahhh! Another ACOTAR, even as an honorable mention? Seeing it too many times today and it’s driving me batty! Netgalley is still holding it hostage. Le sigh….
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ahh yes Captain Thorne and Finnick! couldn’t agree more! (also agreed with alot of your honorable mentions as well) great idea for this week’s post! its one of the best ones i’ve read yet!
I think Thorne would pretty much love the idea of being called a scoundrel LOL
Great list. I loved Finnick in Catching Fire! 🙂
I ADORE scoundrels but I prefer to call the scallywags! Love your choices! Very scoundrely
❤️Britt