Books for your Hogwarts House/ Top 5 Wednesday

🦅 Books for Your Hogwarts House/ Top 5 Wednesday- June 7th 🦅

Top 5 Wednesday is a group created by Lainey from Ginger Reads Lainey on Booktube and is now hosted by Sam of Thoughts on Tomes on Booktube. Here is a link to the group on Goodreads if you are interested in joining: 

Show your Hogwarts House Pride and Say the top 5 books that represent your house. 

Ravenclaw Pride Time:

We value:

Creativity, Wisdom, Wit, Learning, and Individuality

The Runner Up:

6.) The Odyssey by Homer: I added this extra book because I did not want to leave it out. Odysseus is someone that uses his intelligence in every action that he takes. He is known for his wit and how well he can speak. He is a character that I believe would be a Ravenclaw though he does make some mistakes throughout his tale. His intelligence is what eventually gets him home to his family.

"Tell me, O Muse, of the man of many devices." The Odyssey by Homer

5.) Any of the Discworld series by Terry Pratchett but I will stick with the first book for this, The Colour of Magic: Like I said I believe that any of Terry Pratchett's books could fit for this category because of the wit that he writes with. Ravenclaw students, I believe would enjoy Terry Pratchett's dry humor and find the characters interesting. Also most of the characters within the series are highly intelligent. This fantasy series is one of the best though I am going to say that it might not be for everybody. Terry Pratchett wrote with so much intelligence and creativity that I cannot help but admire him. He was an incredible author and a great person period.

"If you have enough book space, I don't want to talk to you." - Terry Pratchett

4.) The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams: This novel has a witty type humor that I believe any fellow Ravenclaw would enjoy and love. It is part of a longer Science fiction series of books created by Adams. This is another novel centered around this humor that may not make sense or seem funny to some people. It is a type of humor that is dry similarly to Terry Pratchett's books, in other words British humor. The story is also complex and again highly intelligent. 

"'I like the cover," he said. 'Don't Panic. It's the first helpful or intelligible thing anybody's said to me all day.' " -Arthur Dent from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

3.) A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle: A mixture of Science fiction/fantasy story for children that I cannot recommend enough. Multiple characters in this novel and the series as a whole, I believe would be in the Ravenclaw house. This book and series are highly intelligent and are just wonders of literature. This is another series that I am going to have to pick up again and reread because I have not read it since I was a child. Meg, Charles, and Calvin are all highly intellectual children (Charles is just five years old and is a child prodigy) that I believe would be the perfect characters for a Ravenclaw to read. They are definitely some of the best characters in all of literature. The best part of the story is that it is not just a story that children can enjoy.

"I don't understand it any more than you do, but one thing I've learned is that you don't have to understand things for them to be."- Madeleine L'Engle, A Wrinkle in Time

2.) Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll: This book I feel also fits in with Ravenclaws because of the witty jokes throughout the book. Lewis Carroll has a lot of social commentary in this novel and also a lot of other humor that makes jokes using intelligent content. I just really love his creativity in this and I think it fits the idea of our Hogwarts house perfectly. 

"Curiouser and Curiouser." Alice, from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

1.) Matilda by Roald Dahl: This was the book that I first thought of when I saw this Top 5 Wednesday topic. Matilda to me is the quintessential Ravenclaw character in a book. She is another highly intelligent child who gained this intelligence through reading. I remember looking up to her when I was very young and loving this novel so much. She was one of my all time favorite character for so long and I believe that she fully represents every one of the aspects of Ravenclaws. This is another children's book that I feel is for all ages and one that I must reread very soon.

"So Matilda's strong young mind continued to grow, nurtured by the voices of all those authors who sent their books out into the world like ships on the sea. These books gave Matilda a hopeful and comforting message: You are not alone."- Matilda by Roald Dahl