#TopTenTuesday Books On My Spring 2025 To-Read List #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 one of my favourites – Books on My Spring 2025 To-Read List – needing no invitation to look forward to the bookish treasures that await. My list is made up of NetGalley ARCs and books on the longlist for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction. Links from each title will take you to the book description on Goodreads.

  1. The CIA Book Club by Charlie English (published 13th March)
  2. The Injustice of Valor by Gary Corbin (published 25th March)
  3. Glorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon (Reading Ireland Month/Walter Scott Prize)
  4. Legionary: Devotio by Gordon Doherty (published 27th March)
  5. Munichs by David Peace (Walter Scott Prize)
  6. Eden’s Shore by Oisin Fagan (published 10th April)
  7. Men at Arms by Evelyn Waugh (#1952 Club)
  8. Days of Light by Megan Hunter (published 17th April)
  9. Viper in the Nest by Georgina Clarke (published 24th April)
  10. My Name Is Emilia del Valle by Isabel Allende (published 6th May)

What’s on your Spring To-Read list?

My Week in Books – 16th March 2025

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On the blog last week

Monday – I shared my review of Warrior (Agricola #2) by Simon Turney.

Tuesday – This week’s Top Ten Tuesday topic was Books That Include A Favorite Theme or Plot Device and I chose Whole Life Stories.

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. 

Friday – I published my review of A Death in Berlin by Simon Scarrow as part of the blog tour.

Saturday – I published my review of The Paris Dancer by Nicola Rayner.

New on my shelves

Viper in the Nest by Georgina Clarke (ARC, VERVE Books)

London’s streets are sinister. But what if the real danger lies closer to home?

London, June 1759. When a charmless civil servant takes his own life, Lizzie Hardwicke, who plies her trade in the brothels of London whilst also working as an undercover sleuth for the magistrate, is alone in wondering why.

Lizzie’s search for answers takes her from the smoke-filled rooms of fashionable gambling houses, where politicians mix ambition with pleasure, to the violent streets of Soho, ready to erupt with riots in the sultry summer heat.

Then a gambling house owner is brutally murdered, and Lizzie finds herself tangled in a chaos that she cannot control. The darkest of secrets threatens her friendship with William Davenport, the magistrate’s assistant. Revealing the truth could send her to the gallows.

The Art of a Lie by Laura Shepherd-Robinson (eARC, Mantle via NetGalley)

Following the murder of her husband in what looks like a violent street robbery, Hannah Cole is struggling to keep her head above water. Her confectionary shop on Piccadilly is barely turning a profit, her suppliers conspiring to put her out of business because they don’t like women in trade. Henry Fielding, the famous author-turned-magistrate, is threatening to confiscate the money in her husband’s bank account because he believes it might have been illicitly acquired. And even those who claim to be Hannah’s friends have darker intent.

Only William Devereux seems different. A friend of her late husband, Devereux helps Hannah unravel some of the mysteries surrounding his death. He also tells her about an Italian delicacy called iced cream, an innovation she is convinced will transform the fortunes of her shop. But their friendship opens Hannah to speculation and gossip and draws Henry Fielding’s attention her way, locking her into a battle of wits more devastating than anything she can imagine.

What I’m currently reading

Look out for…

  • Book Review: Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall