#TopTenTuesday Books With Nationalities In The Title #TuesdayBookBlog

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 Books With Nationalities In The Title, a topic suggested by…me! It turned out to be more difficult than I thought, especially since I set myself the challenge of finding ten different ones. Links from each title will take you to my review or the book description on Goodreads.

  1. French Windows by Antoine Laurain
  2. The English Führer by Rory Clements
  3. The Persian Boy by Mary Renault
  4. The American Agent by Jacqueline Winspear
  5. Greeks Bearing Gifts by Philip Kerr
  6. The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
  7. The German Messenger by David Malcolm
  8. The Spanish Girl by Jules Hayes
  9. The Swiss Spy by Alex Gerlis
  10. Canadian Occasions by John Buchan

#TopTenTuesday Books Set in Places I’ve Visited #TuesdayBookBlog

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 Bookish Places I’ve Visited. I’ve been fortunate to have visited quite a few countries, especially on cruises, and I love when I come across books set in a place I’ve been to… or the other way around. Links from each title will take you to my review.

  1. Two Women in Rome by Elizabeth Buchan
  2. The Last Apartment in Istanbul by Defne Suman
  3. Island of Secrets by Patricia Wilson (Crete)
  4. Glorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon (Sicily)
  5. Venetian Vespers by John Banville
  6. Daughters of Naples by Diana Giovinazzo
  7. The Matchbox Girl by Alice Jolly (Vienna)
  8. Woman in Blue by Douglas Bruton (Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam)
  9. The Labyrinth of the Spirits by Carlos Ruiz Zafon (Barcelona)
  10. House of Beauty by Melba Escobar, translated by Elizabeth Bryer (Colombia)