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 ‘Purple, Yellow, and/or Green Book Covers (in honour of Mardis Gras, which is today!)’ and, as February is LGBT+ History Month here in the UK, I’ve decided to feature a bunch of queer fiction!
The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters: I’ve read five of Waters’ six novels and this one isn’t one of my favourites, but I still managed to push my way through this chonk because Waters’ writing is so enjoyable. I also loved this novel for exploring the 1920s outside of the flappers and gangs, and instead looking at how much Britain suffered during the interwar years.
Hollowpox: The Hunt for Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend: I love this series – it’s completely earned its hype! – and I was so pleased by the inclusion of a queer romance in this instalment.
Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert: I don’t read an awful lot of contemporary romance but I loved this one, and Dani is a bisexual queen.
Heartstopper: Volume 4 by Alice Oseman: This contemporary YA romance graphic novel series is so sweet. I’m looking forward to reading this next volume!
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid: This is another novel that’s well worth the hype; Evelyn is such a fantastic character.
Pulp by Robin Talley: I really enjoyed Talley’s debut, Lies We Tell Ourselves, but haven’t enjoyed any of her other work as much since. I haven’t read Pulp yet, but I’ve heard good things!
The 5th Gender by G. L. Carriger: This sci-fi novel is so sweet it’s likely to cause cavities, but if you’d like to read a queer sci-fi romance with a dash of murder then this is a book you should try.
Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett: I love Italian-inspired fantasy so I was bound to love this high fantasy novel, but I was even more pleasantly surprised to find that the heroine, Sancia, is queer.
The Care and Feeding of Waspish Widows by Olivia Waite: I really enjoyed The Lady’s Guide to Celestial Mechanics and I keep meaning to read this next instalment’s in Waite’s f/f historical romance series.
Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan: I read this YA fantasy novel in January and, while I didn’t love it as much as I hoped I would, I’m glad I finally crossed it off my TBR!
I love the Heartstopper vol 4 cover, those colors are amazing. 🥰
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I like your twist for the week! It’s so funny, but I’m apparently so used to reading queer romance that I don’t even remember one in Hollowpox, so I apparently just read past it without even taking note? xD I mean, I guess that’s a good sign, really, but now I’m thinking I need to go back and re-read for what I missed LOL.
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Love your twist on the theme this week! Definitely adding Pulp to my TBR pile.
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I love your spin on this week’s theme and your choice of books. 🙂
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Thanks!
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girls of paper and fire is so good ❤
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Yay, someone else with The 5th Gender!! I don’t know of many people who have read it, but it’s such a good one (and super sweet, I agree). I loved Evelyn Hugo, and I thought Pulp was really good too. I’d love to read Hollowpox. Such a fun list!
My TTT
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I really need to give Pulp a try!
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Pulp made my list too – and it’s excellent!
Lauren @ Always Me
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I need to try it!
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I love that you were able to narrow it down to LGBTQ books! The 5th Gender sounds really interesting 😊
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It’s a really cute sci-fi novel!
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Love this! I cannot wait for Heartsopper 4!!
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I’m really looking forward to that one, too!
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I hope I can find the time to read Girls of Paper and Fire this year. The cover is so stunning.
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I hope you enjoy it!
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This is such an awesome list idea! I loved Dani Brown, and have plans to read Girls of Paper and Fire.
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Thanks Leah!
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I’ve not read any of these! Here is my Top Ten Tuesday. Thank you!
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I love the cover to Hollowpox, I plan on reading Nevermoor soon so hopefully will make my way to Nevermoor at some point too. Happy reading 😀 Here’s my TTT if you want to have a look https://readwithstefani.com/books-with-green-covers/
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I hope you enjoy Nevermoor, it’s such a good series!
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I’ve not read any of these, though I’ve heard a lot about Evelyn Hugo!
My TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2021/02/16/top-ten-tuesday-303/
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Evelyn Hugo is brilliant, I highly recommend it!
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So many great books on here! I really need to read Take a Hint, Dani Brown and Girls of Paper and Fire!
(www.evelynreads.com)
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Take a Hint, Dani Brown is such a fun contemporary!
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This is a great idea, love the combo of Mardi Gras and LGBTQ+😁
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Thanks Tammy!
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Yaaas, I had Dani Brown on my list too 😍 Ugh, I love that cover so much! Also, queer romance in Hollowpox?! 😃 Aah,I can’t wait to read that book! Also, super love Evelyn Hugo. Great list, Jess!
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I hope you love Hollowpox, Dini! I look forward to hearing your thoughts on it. 😀
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I love how you were able to do your own thing while still fulfilling the topic! I can’t believe I didn’t think of Evelyn Hugo for a green cover!
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It’s great that there’s so much more queer fiction around now!
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Aww, I love what you did with this list! The Paying Guests was a great book, too.
My post: https://lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-books-about-mardi-gras/
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Thanks Lydia!
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Yay for Heartstopper!
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It’s such a lovely series!
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I’m loving the Heartstopper series. So sweet! 🙂
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Yes, it’s so lovely!
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Really need to read Evelyn Hugo, as I loved Daisy Jones! I just finished Maurice by E.M Forster which was lovely – happy ending LGBT romance written 1913!
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Haha I’m the opposite–I loved Evelyn Hugo so I need to read Daisy Jones!
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I really wanna read Girls of Paper and Fire! 😀
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I hope you enjoy it when you do!
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I really need to read Olivia Waite
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I enjoyed The Lady’s Guide to Celestial Mechanics!
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