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 That 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 Top Ten Tuesday topic is Authors You Wish Were Still Writing Today. It’s an excellent idea for a topic but I spent far too much time trying to come up with something so I decided to revisit an earlier topic – Books On My Winter 2025-2026 To-Read List. Did I read any of the ten books I said I wanted to by the end of February? Let’s find out…
- Helm by Sarah Hall (Faber & Faber) Read & reviewed
- A Granite Silence by Nina Allan (Riverrun) Read & reviewed
- Whale Fall by Elizabeth O’Connor (Picador) Read & reviewed
- Benbecula by Graeme Macrae Burnet (Polygon) Read & reviewed
- Room 706 by Ellie Levenson (Headline Review) – Read & reviewed (on Goodreads only)
- Supremacy: AI, ChatGPT and the Race That Will Change the World by Parmy Olson (Macmillan) Read & reviewed
- Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy (Macmillan) Read & reviewed
- Female, Nude by Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett (Tinder Press) No longer on TBR
- The Shock of the Light by Lori Inglis Hall (The Borough Press) Read & reviewed
- Julia Sleeps by Zoe Caryl (Self-published) Read & reviewed
Well I think this proves I like to create a reading list, generally stick to it and will never be admitted to the ‘mood reader’ or ‘Don’t know what to read next’ club.
What Cathy Read Next... 
You did well! Did you change your mind about Female Nude or was it a DNF?
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I just changed my mind. It was a proof I received at a literary event, not one I’d chosen. I had a lot of other books I wanted to read that sounded more my thing.
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Well done on reading all those books from your list! I make lists and then read something else!
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You’ve done great with your list! I still have Room 701 to read and really want to read the Shock of the light after seeing a few bloggers post about it.
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I loved The Shock of the Light. I wasn’t so keen on Room 706.
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Have a good week and a good day. Here is my TTT. https://dmhoisington.wordpress.com/2026/05/05/top-ten-tuesday-30-authors-you-wish-were-still-writing-today/
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Great job on your winter TBR!
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I also went a different direction today. I am a mood reader, but I also like completing a list. I used to complete all the book lists I have made, but over the past few years I have not. I am trying though, LOL!
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Wow, I have not heard of any of these books. Whale Fall and Wild Dark Shore looks interesting!
My List:
https://thegentlechapter.blog/2026/05/05/top-ten-tuesday-authors-i-miss/
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You are super focused! Great work!
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great job on your winter TBR! My TTT (Confession: I accidentally did next week’s list haha)
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Great job reading the majority of your seasonal TBR.
Here’s my TTT for the week: https://readbakecreate.com/my-most-read-authors-of-all-time/
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Wild Dark Shore and Whale Fall both look so good.
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WOW, very impressive! I love making TBR lists, but I rarely stick to them. Well done.
Happy TTT!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
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Well done, Cathy. I am definitely in the What will I read next club. I do make lists and eventually get to them, but I’m like a dog after a squirrel, ooo, I want to read that one, no that one, wait, that one. 🤣🤣
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