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Tuesday, November 12, 2024
Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Books On My TBR List With Real City Names in the Title
1:10 PM
Today's TTT prompt is pretty straightforward: Top Ten Books With Destination Names in the Title. I decided to take the topic literally, choosing titles off my TBR list that included the names of real cities around the world. Since I love historical fiction, a genre which lends itself to these types of titles, it was a cinch to create. I've featured some (most?) of these books before, but since they remain unread by me, here they are again!
Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by the lovely Jana over at That Artsy Reader Girl. Join the TTT fun by checking out the rules on her blog then creating and sharing your own list. The more the merrier.
Top Ten Books On My TBR List With Real City Names in the Title
1. The Warsaw Orphan by Kelly Rimmer—It's 1942 and Poland is overrun by Nazi invaders. Their presence is irritating and inconvenient, but Elzbieta Rabinek has been unharmed by them so far. Unlike her neighbors in her city's Jewish ghetto. When Elzbieta befriends a nurse in her apartment building, she is propelled into helping those very neighbors. Her actions put her at great risk, especially since she's hiding secrets that could be deadly for her and her family. Does she dare put her neck out for her Jewish neighbors when it could so easily find its way into a Nazi noose?
2. Daughters of Shandong by Eve J. Chung—Cursed with only daughters, the Ang family lives with the shame of having no male heir to inherit their land and wealth. As civil war rages in China in 1948, the male members of the clan abandon their home, leaving the worthless females behind to fend for themselves. As the eldest, Hai stands trial for her family's crimes. Only barely surviving her beating by the Communist army, she knows she, her sisters, and her mother must make a daring escape. Braving every kind of danger, they set out on a perilous thousand-mile journey to find the family who abandoned them so cruelly.
Based on the author's family history, this novel sounds riveting!
3. The Bangalore Detectives Club by Harini Nagendra—Set in India in the 1920s, this is the first installment in a cozy mystery series starring a husband and wife detecting team. When they attend a party at the Century Club, Kaveri spies a suspicious-looking person lurking in the shadows. Shortly thereafter, a murder occurs. She is concerned when a vulnerable woman is connected to the crime and determines to find the killer.
4. Embers in the London Sky by Sarah Sundin—When the Netherlands is invaded in 1940, Aleida van der Zee Martens escapes to England, but loses her 3-year-old son in the process. Desperate to find her child, she takes a job helping children evacuate to the countryside. Hugh Collingwood is a BBC radio correspondent reporting on the war as well as a series of murders that is plaguing London at the same time. When Aleida begs Hugh for help, the two grow increasingly closer as the world around them becomes more and more deadly.
5. A Daughter of Fair Verona by Christina Dodd—In this reinvention of a classic play, Romeo and Juliet live happily ever after in lovely Italy and become the parents of seven children. Rosie Montague is the eldest of the brood. Content to remain a spinster, she plays matchmaker with every suitor her parents present, finding the groom-to-be a more willing bride. When Rosie finally meets the man who could very well be her match, their betrothal ball goes awry when a duke is killed at the party. Just about everyone had a reason to want the man dead, but who actually murdered him? Rosie is determined to find out.
6. The Lost Book of Bonn by Brianna Labuskes—American librarian Emmy Clarke is sent by her government to Germany to help the Monuments Men recover literature that was stolen by the Nazis. When she comes across an intriguing note written inside one of the books, it leads her on an intriguing quest to uncover a fascinating story of wartime resistance, betrayal, and courage.
7. The Medicine Woman of Galveston by Amanda Skenandore—After a patient dies because of a mistake she made while operating, Dr. Tucia Hatherly no longer practices medicine. Not really. In order to support her disabled son, she is forced to take a position with a traveling medicine show peddling phony miracle cures. Desperate to be free of her obligation to the show's overbearing leader, she prepares to run when the show reaches Texas. It's 1900 and just as she's about to flee Galveston, a devastating hurricane—one so mighty that it will go down in the history books—hits. Tucia must decide whether to save herself and her son or to stay and use her doctoring skills to help the storm's victims.
8. The Haunting of Moscow House by Olesya Salnikova Gilmore—In post-revolutionary Russia, the Goliteva's ancestral mansion in Moscow has been taken over by Bolsheviks. Forced to live in the attic, the family members look for ways to bring light into their grim lives. Sisters Irina and Lili work for the American Relief Administration to help relieve suffering while back in their bleak home, the house whispers to them of long-buried secrets they must uncover. When one of the Bolshevik officials is found dead in their home, another mystery unfolds...
9. A Bakery in Paris by Aimie K. Runyan—This dual-timeline historical novel features two women from the same family living in Paris during times of war and upheaval. Having thrown her fate in with a handsome revolutionary, Lisette Vigneau casts off her wealthy upbringing to fight for the people. She opens a small bakery to help sustain her fellow Parisians, but her determination falters as the city descends into chaos from famine, violence, and despair. In 1946, 76 years later, 19-year-old Micheline Chartier is mourning the loss of her parents in the war. As the sole guardian of her two younger sisters, she feels trapped and overwhelmed. When a neighbor enrolls her in a baking school, Micheline finds hope and an unexpected connection with her family's past.
10. Next Year in Havana by Chanel Cleeton—Another dual-time line story, this one concerns a Cuban American freelance writer who travels to Havana to scatter her grandmother's ashes in the deceased's homeland. While there, she investigates her own family history, where she discovers her grandmother's story of romance, revolution, and resilience in the midst of political chaos in the land of her birth.
There you go, ten historical novels on my TBR list with names of real cities in their titles. What do you think? Have you read any of them? Which hist-fic stories with city names in the titles have you enjoyed? I'd love to know. Leave me a comment on this post and I will gladly return the favor on your blog. I also respond to comments left here (although I'm a week behind at the moment).
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I haven't read any of these, but The Bangalore Detectives Club looks fun!
ReplyDeleteI had a lot harder time assembling my TTT this week: https://bookwyrmknits.com/2024/11/12/top-ten-tuesday-destination-titles/
This is a great take on today's topic! I hadn't thought of historical fiction as a rich vein for today's prompt, but of course it is!
ReplyDeleteGreat list, Susan! Sarah Sundin is SO popular with my library patrons. I love love love historical fiction! I hope you're having an awesome week, my friend! Happy Tuesday!
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure I've heard of any of these! I read history but not really historical fiction 😅 thanks for dropping by my post!
ReplyDeleteI'm so impressed how you were able to stick to cities! And real ones at that!
ReplyDeleteThis week’s list was fun to make! Great titles! ~Carol @ ReadingLadies
ReplyDeleteGreat list, Susan! I haven't read any of these books, but they all look so good!!!
ReplyDeleteI’d love to read Next Year in Havana. Great picks.
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Excellent choices! Some gorgeous covers there.
ReplyDeleteAnother fun list of books! I like the look of the Warsaw Orphans, and Embers in the London Sky also looks like one I would really like. :D
ReplyDeleteI do like the sound of Next Year in Havana, it isn't a place I've read much about. I'll look that one up. The Medicine Woman one sounds good too.
ReplyDeleteI love historical fiction too and I love the vibes of your list! I'm adding so many of these to my TBR!
ReplyDeleteA great collection of titles. I hope you enjoy reading them when you get the chance. It feels like London and Paris are popular locations to be included in titles.
ReplyDeletePam @ Read! Bake! Create!
https://readbakecreate.com/traveling-through-the-usa-with-ten-book-titles/
I haven't read any of thses, I read historical fiction occasionally, but not a lot. I don't think I have a single historical fic on my shelves that includes a city name!
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Great list! And I've been wanting to read the Verona book -- so good to see it here!
ReplyDeleteI've only read Next Year in Havana, which reminds me that I need to continue with that series.
ReplyDeleteWith your love of historical fiction, this week’s prompt must have been a breeze!
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by earlier.
I haven't read any of these, but a few are already on my wishlist. Great list!
ReplyDeleteI've read The Warsaw Orphan and Next Year in Havana and enjoyed them both. Both are authors I really enjoy. Wonderful list, Susan.
ReplyDeleteI read Next Year in Havana a while back. Such a beautiful cover! Great list of historicals with a real location! :)
ReplyDeleteI read Embers in the London Sky and as I remember, it was really good. Slow moving sometimes, but I think the story lends itself to that so it worked. :) Hope you enjoy and thanks for visiting my list today!
ReplyDeleteI’m especially drawn to The Medicine Woman of Galveston. The setting and historical context sound captivating.
ReplyDeleteAnd A Bakery in Paris? That combination of food and love during tumultuous times is always so appealing.
Thanks for the recommendations.
Loved The Bakery in Paris. I've got the ARC to her upcoming novel, and am reading a book she wrote with two other authors right now - The Liberty Scarf. Really good!
ReplyDeleteFab choices!
ReplyDeleteOoh nice list! I couldn't really think of many titles with real places in them. My picks ended up being fake places...and mostly ones you do not want to visit at all! Lol.
ReplyDeleteHave a GREAT day!
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One of my favorite real-life cities is Galveston, so I love it that you featured The Medicine Woman of Galveston. I must look for that one.
ReplyDeleteNice list, Susan! I haven't read any of these books but I've been aware of several of them. The Galveston one seems to be calling my name - ha!
ReplyDeleteI haven't read any of these but some of them are tempting me to change genre and try historical fiction for a while
ReplyDeleteGreat way to do the topic! I struggled a lot with this one! I haven't read any of these books. I have seen them around though. :)
ReplyDeleteA great list. I like the look of The Bangalore Detectives Club 😊
ReplyDeleteHave a lovely week!
I loved A Bakery in Paris and The Lost Book of Bonn and the rest of these are on my TBR - especially the Chanel Cleeton. Great list!
ReplyDeleteI think I'll checkout A Daughter of Verona. I love re-telling and spin-offs of classics
ReplyDeleteI also stuck to real places and most of my list was books I haven't read yet. I hope you enjoy these when you get time to read them. Have a great week and thanks for stopping by my blog earlier.
ReplyDeleteI'm honored that Bangalore is mentioned here! Great list! Here's my TTT if you want to check it out: https://prismsandbooks.wordpress.com/2024/11/14/places-in-book-titles/
ReplyDeleteI love how different all of these cities are. I don't think I realized how many titles include the names of cities and aren't just the same ones over and over (like they aren't all Paris or London or something similar). Great idea for a list this week! :)
ReplyDeleteI haven't read any of these, but I hope you enjoy them!
ReplyDeleteNice trip. I've never heard about the one about Bonn, sounds interesting.
ReplyDeleteHere are my destinations:
https://momobookblog.blogspot.com/2024/11/top-ten-tuesday-destination-titles.html
Great list! I love that you added real places, my list is mostly fictional destinations. I haven't read any of these books, but The Haunting of Moscow House looks really interesting :) Thanks for visiting my blog, have a lovely week!
ReplyDeleteYou have so many cities outside the US on the list, too. Nice!
ReplyDeleteAdding everyone of these to my TBR (somehow, I almost always end up with ten+ books when I visit your TTT!!) My post is here
ReplyDeleteI had to add Daughters of Shandong to my TBR. That one sounds so interesting! And I was late to the party finding out about The Mystery of Moscow House, but I have to read that soon.
ReplyDeleteGreat list! Next Year in Havana has been on my TBR for too long, I definitely need to get to it soon.
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