Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature hosted at That Artsy Reader Girl. Each week you compile a list of ten books which coincide with that week’s theme. You can find everything you need to know about joining in here!
This week’s theme is ‘Extraordinary Book Titles (submitted by Elise @ A Book and a Cup)’, so today I’m going to share some of my favourite titles from 2019* releases with you!
*One title is a 2018 release I read in 2019, and it was too good not to include, and another is one that was released in 2018 in some places and 2019 in others.
In a lot of ways I don’t pay much attention to what a book’s called – at least I don’t think I do. I know when I don’t like a title, but for the most part I accept the book’s title as the title because naming things is hard. I do love pretty, unusual names, though, and I quite like titles that include a character’s name.
The Last Banquet of Temporal Confections by Tina Connolly: This title’s so pretty, and I loved this novelette; I need to check out more of Connolly’s work.
The Confessions of Frannie Langton by Sara Collins: Something about this title rolls so easily off the tongue.
A Cathedral of Myth and Bone by Kat Howard: I think this title’s gorgeous and I love the cover, too. This is a short story collection I really want to read.
To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers: Chambers’ sci-fi always has amazing titles in my opinion, and this is another pretty one.
The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon: Maybe it’s because I went to Seville earlier this year where there was a surplus of orange trees, but I feel like I can smell this title.
All the Bad Apples by Moïra Fowley-Doyle: I think this title is really fun! Also while the US edition is pretty, I think the UK edition is GORGEOUS.
The Bird King by G. Willow Wilson: I don’t think I could tell you why I like this title so much, I just do.
Water Shall Refuse Them by Lucie McKnight Hardy: This is quite possibly my favourite title of the year. Not only does this novel include witchcraft but it’s also set during the famous British summer of 1976 when there was a heatwave, so I love the title’s double meaning.
My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite: What’s not to love about this title?
The Daughters of Temperance Hobbs by Katherine Howe: It’s not quite as good as The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane, but it’s still a great title!
Great list. My Sister, the Serial Killer is definitely a title that makes me want to start reading immediately to find out how that came about.
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The Bird King was excellent. Great list this week!
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I love that you used titles that I haven’t been seeing all over the place. To Be Taught, If Unfortunate is one that definitely makes me curious!
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I can’t wait to cross that one off my TBR!
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I really like The Priory of the Orange Tree as a title too. 🙂
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It’s so pretty!
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I want to read My Sister, The Serial Killer because of the title. That’s the best title I’ve run across this year. I like the cover too.
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It’s a really eye-catching title, isn’t it? I need to cross that book off my TBR!
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Some new titles for me. Great list!
Here’s my TTT for this week! 🙂
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Thanks!
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My Sister, the Serial Killer – now that’s a title that will grab your attention!
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I know, right? I still need to read that one!
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So many amazing titles. I like The LAst Banquet- that one’s fun! And I need to read the Chambers book!!!
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I need to get to that one, too!
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I like that you focused (mainly) on 2019 releases! I feel like I can smell “Priory of an Orange Tree” as well. Great list! 🙂
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Thanks! 😀
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Pretty sure with exception to ‘Orange Tree,’ I haven’t heard of any of these books or their titles! It’s always fun to find a good selection of new favorites, and so far, it looks like you’ve had some great ones this year. 🙂 Thanks so much for visiting Finding Wonderland, Jess.
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2019 has definitely been a good reading year for me! 🙂
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I think the title and cover of The Priory of the Orange Tree are so lovely. Here’s the extraordinary titles that made my TTT list this week: https://thebookwormchronicles.wordpress.com/2019/10/15/top-ten-tuesday-15th-october-2019/ 🙂
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It’s such a good title, isn’t it? 🙂
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It certainly is! Sadly the only review I have seen of it said it was a little disappointing.
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These are all great titles! Happy reading! 🙂
My Top Ten Tuesday!
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Thank you!
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Great spin. I love the title All the Bad Apples and I can’t wait to read it – such an underrated author.
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Thanks! I really need to read that one, too.
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I love your spin on the topic, and you found some excellent titles😁
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Thanks! 😀
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I totally agree with you on the title of The Confessions of Frannie Langton. Such a great title.
My TTT.
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It’s lovely, isn’t it? I need to cross that one off my TBR!
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Some new to me titles here! Here’s my super literal list: Top Ten Extraordinary Titles
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Hope you enjoy them if you pick any of them up!
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I love the title All the Bad Apples. Plus the book is amazing.
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It’s a great title, isn’t it? I want to cross that one off my TBR soon!
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Yes, My Sister the Serial Killer has definitely drawn in a lot of people from the strange title.
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It’s such a fun title for what I’m guessing is probably quite a macabre book!
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To Be Taught If Fortunate is a great one for this list. Oh and I love Water Shall Refuse Them. The title, I don’t know the book. Yet.
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Water Shall Refuse Them is one of my favourites, too. 😀
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The last banquet of temporal confections is probably the most amazing book title I’ve ever heard!!!!!! Great TTT :))))
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It’s such a lovely title, isn’t it? 🙂 It’s available to read online for free, so I’d recommend checking it out!
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Oh thanks for the tip Jess!!! :)))
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The Priory of the Orange Tree is definitely a great title! I love how you said you could practically smell the oranges based on your trip! Happy Tuesday!
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Haha if only it wasn’t so big perhaps I could have taken it to Seville with me and read it under an orange tree. 😉
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This is such a great list! I’ve got All The Bad Apples on my TBR but I am utterly intimidated by The Priory of the Orange Tree!
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Thank you! They’re both books I want to read, too. The Priory of the Orange Tree is such a beast and I really want to read it before the end of the year, but I read a lot on my commute and I have the hardback which is way too big to take on the bus!
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Great list!
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Thanks!
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