Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish and now hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl.
The rules are simple:
- Each Tuesday, Jana assigns a new topic. Create your own Top Ten list that fits that topic – putting your unique spin on it if you want.
- Everyone is welcome to join but please link back to The Artsy Reader Girl in your own Top Ten Tuesday post.
- Add your name to the Linky widget on that day’s post so that everyone can check out other bloggers’ lists.
- Or if you don’t have a blog, just post your answers as a comment.
This week’s topic is Best Books I’ve Read in 2018 (So Far). This was a tough one for me. Not because I had trouble coming up with ten books I’ve loved. Oh no. Because I had trouble selecting only ten from the one hundred books I’ve read so far this year. (You can find my complete reading list here along with my ratings and links to my reviews.) However, after much to-ing and fro-ing, I managed to settle on just ten (shown in no particular order of preference). It will probably come as no surprise to regular followers of this blog that they are all historical fiction novels.
Click on the title to read my review.
The Poison Bed by E. C. Fremantle (Michael Joseph)
The Devil’s Half Mile by Paddy Hirsch (Corvus)
The Magpie Tree by Katherine Stansfield (Allison & Busby)
Mr Peacock’s Possessions by Lydia Syson (Bonnier Zaffre)
The Great Darkness by Jim Kelly (Allison & Busby)
The Black Earth by Philip Kazan (Allison & Busby)
The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock by Imogen Hermes Gowar (Harvill Secker)
The Gallows Pole by Benjamin Myers (Bluemoose Books)
The Secret Life of Mrs. London by Rebecca Rosenberg (Lake Union Publishing)
The Good Doctor of Warsaw by Elisabeth Gifford (Corvus)
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Great list! I’m going to have a difficult job choosing ten for my list as well!
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I know, I had to exclude some books I really enjoyed. Great to have so many to choose from though…I’ve only had one DNF so far this year, I think.
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I definitely agree on Mermaid and Mrs.. loved that book 🙂
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Yes, every so often a book comes along that is written with real spirit and gusto and I think this was one of those.
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I really need to read The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock soon! Great list!
My TTT: https://lifewithallthebooks.com/2018/07/10/top-ten-tuesday-best-books-ive-read-in-2018-so-far/
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You definitely have some appealing books on this list – I need to read The Good Doctor of Warsaw and Mrs Hancock and the Mermaid.
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The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock sounds interesting! Here is my Top Ten Tuesday.
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The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock is on my TBR list. I’m glad you liked it!
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I still have The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock near the top of my TBR pile, I really need to read it soon. I know you shouldn’t judge a book by it’s cover but some of those covers are so striking, especially Mr Peacock’s Possessions.
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I hate posts like this. They seriously impact my already too large TBR. LOL 💕
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Agreed. They should come with a special bookish health warning 😀
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