Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Please check out her website for more TTT topics!

This week’s topic is: Book Titles Featuring Ordinal Numbers 

Book Titles With Numbers

I’m tweaking this a little bit because the ordinal numbers topic was kind of hard to do – or I am just too lazy to look for them! So here are titles with a number in them!

• Brighter Than Nine by. June CL Tan
• The Only One Left by. Riley Sager
• The Legend of the Nine-Tailed Fox by. Katrina Kwan

• Seven Deadly Thorns by. Amber Hamilton
• The Seven Year Slip by. Ashley Poston
• Three Shattered Souls by. Mai Corland

• The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by. Taylor Jenkins Reid
• The Executioners Three by. Susan Dennard
• Five Broken Blades by. Mai Corland

• Four Ruined Realms by. Mai Corland

What’s on your TTT?

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Top Ten Tuesday Topics:

February 3: Book Covers Featuring Cool/Pretty/Unique/etc. Typography (Typography is the art of arranging letters so they look visually appealing and more interesting than, for example, the body text of this blog post you’re reading now. I did a similar post to this a few years ago, so if you need inspiration on what I’m talking about click here to have a look.)
February 10: Love/Valentine’s Freebie
February 17: Books for Armchair Travelers (Submitted by Laurie C @ Bay State Reader’s Advisory)
February 24: Quotes From/About Books (Share book quotes you love, quotes about being a reader, etc.)

March 3: Genre Freebie (Pick a genre and build a list around it. You could do historical fiction featuring strong female leads, contemporary romance set in foreign countries, mysteries starring unreliable narrators, lyrical fiction books in verse, historical romance featuring pirates, Gothic novels with birds on the cover, etc. There are so many options!)
March 10: Book Titles Featuring Ordinal Numbers (Ordinal numbers are numbers that define an item’s place in a series. For example: first, second, third, fourth, tenth, fourteenth, thirty-third, one hundredth, etc.) (submitted by Joanne @ Portobello Book Blog)
March 17: Green Book Covers (In honor of St. Patrick’s Day today!)
March 24: Books on My Spring 2026 To-Read List
March 31: Buzzwords or Phrases That Make Me Want to Read (or Avoid) a Book (These words or phrases can be in the title, synopsis, marketing materials, reviews, author blurbs, etc. and immediately pique your interest or immediately make you say “NOPE”. Examples include: fae, forbidden romance, morally grey characters, unreliable narrator, found family, magical worlds, love triangle, marriage of convenience, dark academia, stranded, dragons, dual points of view, starting over, etc.)

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Please check out her website for more TTT topics!

This week’s topic is: Genre Freebie

Dark Academia Books

I love dark academia so here are some of the latest ones I’ve read!

• Wicked Onyx by. Debbie Cassidy
• Half City by. Kate Golden
• A Vow in Vengeance by. Jaclyn Rodriguez

• Masquerade of Mirrors by. Samantha Hartwood
• Wings of Ash & Flame by. Jocelyn Bleu
• The Book of Blood & Roses by. Annie Summerlee

• Seven Deadly Thorns by. Amber Hamilton
• Oxfood Blood by. Rachael Davis Featherstone
• We Who Have No Gods by. Liza Anderson

• An Arcane Inheritance by. Kamilah Cole

What’s on your TTT?

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Top Ten Tuesday Topics:

February 3: Book Covers Featuring Cool/Pretty/Unique/etc. Typography (Typography is the art of arranging letters so they look visually appealing and more interesting than, for example, the body text of this blog post you’re reading now. I did a similar post to this a few years ago, so if you need inspiration on what I’m talking about click here to have a look.)
February 10: Love/Valentine’s Freebie
February 17: Books for Armchair Travelers (Submitted by Laurie C @ Bay State Reader’s Advisory)
February 24: Quotes From/About Books (Share book quotes you love, quotes about being a reader, etc.)

March 3: Genre Freebie (Pick a genre and build a list around it. You could do historical fiction featuring strong female leads, contemporary romance set in foreign countries, mysteries starring unreliable narrators, lyrical fiction books in verse, historical romance featuring pirates, Gothic novels with birds on the cover, etc. There are so many options!)
March 10: Book Titles Featuring Ordinal Numbers (Ordinal numbers are numbers that define an item’s place in a series. For example: first, second, third, fourth, tenth, fourteenth, thirty-third, one hundredth, etc.) (submitted by Joanne @ Portobello Book Blog)
March 17: Green Book Covers (In honor of St. Patrick’s Day today!)
March 24: Books on My Spring 2026 To-Read List
March 31: Buzzwords or Phrases That Make Me Want to Read (or Avoid) a Book (These words or phrases can be in the title, synopsis, marketing materials, reviews, author blurbs, etc. and immediately pique your interest or immediately make you say “NOPE”. Examples include: fae, forbidden romance, morally grey characters, unreliable narrator, found family, magical worlds, love triangle, marriage of convenience, dark academia, stranded, dragons, dual points of view, starting over, etc.)

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Please check out her website for more TTT topics!

This week’s topic is:

Quotes From/About Books

(Share book quotes you love, quotes about being a reader, etc.)

I don’t usually highlight quotes in books – I used to, but got lazy but I just highlighted a few from recent books I read so that’s what I’m sharing!

“What is the point of suffering if we have nothing to gain?” – The Poet Empress by. Shen Tao

“How often was it, I wondered then, that the path we took was one forced upon us?” – The Poet Empress by. Shen Tao

“Why are women always expected to love those who would hurt us? To take care of those who would use us, however they please, without the slightest regard for whether we lived or died?” – The Poet Empress by. Shen Tao

“So you see now, Lady Yin, power is such a wicked thing. Razing everything it its path, consuming all, leaving none untouched. Not even the kindest of souls among us are spared, once they have had so much as a taste.” – The Poet Empress by. Shen Tao

“I don’t know how much suffering is normal. How much was ordinary, expected, the price we paid to live. How much was created by us, needless.” – The Poet Empress by. Shen Tao

“It could be the greatest nation in the world, the most magnificent empire there ever existed. But if it could not keep its own children safe and fed, was it really something worth fighting to save?” – The Poet Empress by. Shen Tao

“To grow a tree was not easy, the wait until it bore fruit long. But if the seed was not planted in the first place, nothing would ever grow.” – The Poet Empress by. Shen Tao

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“That’s the curious thing about monsters,” she whispers. “The worst ones don’t bother hiding in the dark.” – I, Medusa by. Ayana Gray

What’s on your TTT?

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Top Ten Tuesday Topics:

February 3: Book Covers Featuring Cool/Pretty/Unique/etc. Typography (Typography is the art of arranging letters so they look visually appealing and more interesting than, for example, the body text of this blog post you’re reading now. I did a similar post to this a few years ago, so if you need inspiration on what I’m talking about click here to have a look.)
February 10: Love/Valentine’s Freebie
February 17: Books for Armchair Travelers (Submitted by Laurie C @ Bay State Reader’s Advisory)
February 24: Quotes From/About Books (Share book quotes you love, quotes about being a reader, etc.)

March 3: Genre Freebie (Pick a genre and build a list around it. You could do historical fiction featuring strong female leads, contemporary romance set in foreign countries, mysteries starring unreliable narrators, lyrical fiction books in verse, historical romance featuring pirates, Gothic novels with birds on the cover, etc. There are so many options!)
March 10: Book Titles Featuring Ordinal Numbers (Ordinal numbers are numbers that define an item’s place in a series. For example: first, second, third, fourth, tenth, fourteenth, thirty-third, one hundredth, etc.) (submitted by Joanne @ Portobello Book Blog)
March 17: Green Book Covers (In honor of St. Patrick’s Day today!)
March 24: Books on My Spring 2026 To-Read List
March 31: Buzzwords or Phrases That Make Me Want to Read (or Avoid) a Book (These words or phrases can be in the title, synopsis, marketing materials, reviews, author blurbs, etc. and immediately pique your interest or immediately make you say “NOPE”. Examples include: fae, forbidden romance, morally grey characters, unreliable narrator, found family, magical worlds, love triangle, marriage of convenience, dark academia, stranded, dragons, dual points of view, starting over, etc.)

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Please check out her website for more TTT topics!

This week’s topic is:

Books for Armchair Travelers

• Goodbyes and Everything After by. Mae Coyiuto – Philippines
• Keeper of Lost Children by. Sadeqa Johnson – Maryland, Pennsylvania, France
• Heart’s Gambit by. J.D. Myall – time travel through different eras and cities in the USA

• Catch Her if You Can by. Tessa Bailey – Oahu, Hawaii
• Love and Other Brain Experiments by. Hannah Brohm – Renaissance Italy, 15th Century
• I’ll Find You Where the Timeline Ends by. Kylie Lee Baker – South Korea

• The Uninvited by. Nancy Banks – Paris, France
• The Possession of Alba Díaz – Mexico
• The Austen Affair by. Madeline Bell – England

All Paths Lead to Paris by. Sabrina Fedel – Paris

What’s on your TTT?

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Top Ten Tuesday Topics:

February 3: Book Covers Featuring Cool/Pretty/Unique/etc. Typography (Typography is the art of arranging letters so they look visually appealing and more interesting than, for example, the body text of this blog post you’re reading now. I did a similar post to this a few years ago, so if you need inspiration on what I’m talking about click here to have a look.)
February 10: Love/Valentine’s Freebie
February 17: Books for Armchair Travelers (Submitted by Laurie C @ Bay State Reader’s Advisory)
February 24: Quotes From/About Books (Share book quotes you love, quotes about being a reader, etc.)

March 3: Genre Freebie (Pick a genre and build a list around it. You could do historical fiction featuring strong female leads, contemporary romance set in foreign countries, mysteries starring unreliable narrators, lyrical fiction books in verse, historical romance featuring pirates, Gothic novels with birds on the cover, etc. There are so many options!)
March 10: Book Titles Featuring Ordinal Numbers (Ordinal numbers are numbers that define an item’s place in a series. For example: first, second, third, fourth, tenth, fourteenth, thirty-third, one hundredth, etc.) (submitted by Joanne @ Portobello Book Blog)
March 17: Green Book Covers (In honor of St. Patrick’s Day today!)
March 24: Books on My Spring 2026 To-Read List
March 31: Buzzwords or Phrases That Make Me Want to Read (or Avoid) a Book (These words or phrases can be in the title, synopsis, marketing materials, reviews, author blurbs, etc. and immediately pique your interest or immediately make you say “NOPE”. Examples include: fae, forbidden romance, morally grey characters, unreliable narrator, found family, magical worlds, love triangle, marriage of convenience, dark academia, stranded, dragons, dual points of view, starting over, etc.)

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Please check out her website for more TTT topics!

This week’s topic is: freebie

Couples On the Book Cover

• Fated Skates by. Victoria Schade
• Maybe This Once by. Sophie Sullivan
• Second Chance Romance by. Olivia Dade

• Goodbye and Everything After by. Mae Coyiuto
• Love and Other Brain Experiments by. Hannah Brohn
• The Re-Do List by. Denise Williams

• Catch Her if You Can by. Tessa Bailey
• Good Spirits by. B.K. Borison
• Not in My Book by. Katie Holt

Drive Me Crazy by. Lizzy Dent

What’s on your TTT?

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Top Ten Tuesday Topics:

February 3: Book Covers Featuring Cool/Pretty/Unique/etc. Typography (Typography is the art of arranging letters so they look visually appealing and more interesting than, for example, the body text of this blog post you’re reading now. I did a similar post to this a few years ago, so if you need inspiration on what I’m talking about click here to have a look.)
February 10: Love/Valentine’s Freebie
February 17: Books for Armchair Travelers (Submitted by Laurie C @ Bay State Reader’s Advisory)
February 24: Quotes From/About Books (Share book quotes you love, quotes about being a reader, etc.)

March 3: Genre Freebie (Pick a genre and build a list around it. You could do historical fiction featuring strong female leads, contemporary romance set in foreign countries, mysteries starring unreliable narrators, lyrical fiction books in verse, historical romance featuring pirates, Gothic novels with birds on the cover, etc. There are so many options!)
March 10: Book Titles Featuring Ordinal Numbers (Ordinal numbers are numbers that define an item’s place in a series. For example: first, second, third, fourth, tenth, fourteenth, thirty-third, one hundredth, etc.) (submitted by Joanne @ Portobello Book Blog)
March 17: Green Book Covers (In honor of St. Patrick’s Day today!)
March 24: Books on My Spring 2026 To-Read List
March 31: Buzzwords or Phrases That Make Me Want to Read (or Avoid) a Book (These words or phrases can be in the title, synopsis, marketing materials, reviews, author blurbs, etc. and immediately pique your interest or immediately make you say “NOPE”. Examples include: fae, forbidden romance, morally grey characters, unreliable narrator, found family, magical worlds, love triangle, marriage of convenience, dark academia, stranded, dragons, dual points of view, starting over, etc.)

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Please check out her website for more TTT topics!

This week’s topic is:

Book Covers Featuring Cool/Pretty/Unique/etc. Typography

(Typography is the art of arranging letters so they look visually appealing and more interesting than, for example, the body text of this blog post you’re reading now. I did a similar post to this a few years ago, so if you need inspiration on what I’m talking about click here to have a look.)

• The Summer of Lost Things by. Jenn Bennett
• Here Lie All the Boys Who Broke My Heart by. Emma Simmerman
• Terror at the Gates by. Scarlett St. Clair

• The Fall of Iris Henley by. Jennifer Graham
• Cold Wire by. Chloe Gong
• Coffin Moon by. Keith Rosson

• Wandering Wild by. Lynette Noni
• The Thrashers by. Julie Soto
• A Desert of Bleeding Sand by Lucia Damisa

Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by. Grady Hendrix

What’s on your TTT?

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Top Ten Tuesday Topics:

February 3: Book Covers Featuring Cool/Pretty/Unique/etc. Typography (Typography is the art of arranging letters so they look visually appealing and more interesting than, for example, the body text of this blog post you’re reading now. I did a similar post to this a few years ago, so if you need inspiration on what I’m talking about click here to have a look.)
February 10: Love/Valentine’s Freebie
February 17: Books for Armchair Travelers (Submitted by Laurie C @ Bay State Reader’s Advisory)
February 24: Quotes From/About Books (Share book quotes you love, quotes about being a reader, etc.)

March 3: Genre Freebie (Pick a genre and build a list around it. You could do historical fiction featuring strong female leads, contemporary romance set in foreign countries, mysteries starring unreliable narrators, lyrical fiction books in verse, historical romance featuring pirates, Gothic novels with birds on the cover, etc. There are so many options!)
March 10: Book Titles Featuring Ordinal Numbers (Ordinal numbers are numbers that define an item’s place in a series. For example: first, second, third, fourth, tenth, fourteenth, thirty-third, one hundredth, etc.) (submitted by Joanne @ Portobello Book Blog)
March 17: Green Book Covers (In honor of St. Patrick’s Day today!)
March 24: Books on My Spring 2026 To-Read List
March 31: Buzzwords or Phrases That Make Me Want to Read (or Avoid) a Book (These words or phrases can be in the title, synopsis, marketing materials, reviews, author blurbs, etc. and immediately pique your interest or immediately make you say “NOPE”. Examples include: fae, forbidden romance, morally grey characters, unreliable narrator, found family, magical worlds, love triangle, marriage of convenience, dark academia, stranded, dragons, dual points of view, starting over, etc.)

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Please check out her website for more TTT topics!

This week’s topic is:

Bookish Discoveries I Made in 2025

(New-to-you authors you discovered, new genres you learned you like, new bookish resources you found, friends you made, local bookshops you found, a book club you joined, etc.)

New to Me Authors

• A Vow of Shadow & Blood by. Charlene Antrobus
• Good Spirits by. B.K. Borison
• Hollow by. Caroline Peckham & Susanne Valenti

• Alchemised by. SenLinYu
• The Wolf and the Crown of Blood by. Elizabeth May
• The Housemaid by. Freida McFadden

• The Death-Made Prince by. Lisette Marshall
• Ship of Spells by. H. Leighton Dickson
• Drive Me Crazy by. Lizzy Dent

Coffin Moon by. Keith Rosson

What’s on your TTT?

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Top Ten Tuesday Topics:

January 6: Best Books I Read in 2025
January 13: Most Anticipated Books Releasing in the First Half of 2026
January 20: Goals for 2026 (Bookish or not! Share your reading goals, personal goals, etc.)
January 27: Bookish Discoveries I Made in 2025 (New-to-you authors you discovered, new genres you learned you like, new bookish resources you found, friends you made, local bookshops you found, a book club you joined, etc.)

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Please check out her website for more TTT topics!

This week’s topic is:

Goals for 2026

(Bookish or not! Share your reading goals, personal goals, etc.)

1. Go back on a book buying ban because I really need to save for some upcoming trips! *I don’t feel confident in accomplishing this goal* LOL
2. Request LESS books on NetGalley. I read more than 200 books in 2025. I think the highest I ever read was 170+.
3. When I have no time to read books that are offered to me, I’ll just do a spotlight on the book on my blog and socials.
4. Be more brave to show my face in my videos? 😅
5. I need to get another bookshelf.

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Top Ten Tuesday Topics:

January 6: Best Books I Read in 2025
January 13: Most Anticipated Books Releasing in the First Half of 2026
January 20: Goals for 2026 (Bookish or not! Share your reading goals, personal goals, etc.)
January 27: Bookish Discoveries I Made in 2025 (New-to-you authors you discovered, new genres you learned you like, new bookish resources you found, friends you made, local bookshops you found, a book club you joined, etc.)