#TopTenTuesday Books on My 20 Books of Summer 2025 Reading List (Part 2) #TuesdayBookBlog

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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 on My Summer 2025 To-Read List. I did something similar a few weeks ago listing the first ten titles from my massive TBR pile that I’m hoping to read for the 20 Books of Summer 2025 reading challenge which runs from 1st June to 31st August. Here are the other ten books on my list. Links from the title will take you to the book description on Goodreads.

  1. Force of Nature by Jane Harper
  2. The Legacy of Elizabeth Pringle by Kirsty Wark
  3. Appetite by Philip Kazan
  4. Tombland by C. J. Sansom (audiobook)
  5. Anna of Kleve by Alison Weir
  6. A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain by Robert Olen Butler
  7. Washington Black by Esi Edugyan
  8. All The Lives We Never Lived by Anuradha Roy
  9. Blood Orange by Harriet Tyce
  10. The Cross and the Curse by Matthew Harffy

My Week in Books – 15th June 2025

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On the blog last week

Monday – I shared my publication day Q&A with Jolie Tunnell, author of historical mystery Shadows in Chinatown.

Tuesday – I went off-piste for this week’s Top Ten Tuesday topic with a list of Book Titles That Would Make The News Bulletin.

Wednesday – As always WWW Wednesday is a weekly opportunity to share what I’ve just read, what I’m currently reading and what I plan to read next… and to take a peek at what others are reading. 

Thursday – I shared, with some trepidation, my prediction for the winner of the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2025. (Spoiler: I got it wrong.)

Friday – I shared an excerpt from psychological thriller, Tangled Darkness by MM Desch, ahead of its publication on 15th July.

New on my shelves

The House at Devil’s Neck by Tom Mead (Head of Zeus via NetGalley)

A former First World War field hospital, the spooky old mansion at Devil’s Neck attracts spirit-seekers from far and wide.

Illusionist-turned-sleuth Joseph Spector knows the house of old. With stories spreading of a phantom soldier making mischief, he joins a party of visitors in search of the truth.

But the house, located on a lonely causeway, is quickly cut off by floods. The stranded visitors are soon being killed off one by one.

With old ally Inspector Flint working on a complex case that has links to Spector’s investigation, the two men must connect the dots before Devil’s Neck claims Spector himself as its next victim.

What I’m currently reading

The Surgeon's House

I’m listening to Behind the Scenes at the Museum by Kate Atkinson (the first book on my 20 Books of Summer list), I’m reading The Surgeon’s House by Jody Cooksley from my NetGalley shelf and a review copy, Spit by David Brennan.

Look out for…

  • Book Review: Glorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon
  • Book Review: The Mare by Angharad Hampshire
  • Book Review: A Beautiful Way to Die by Eleni Kyriacou
  • Blog Tour/Book Review: Kane by Graham Hurley