#TopTenTuesday Books with Family Members in the Title #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 Beach/Beachy Reads. I’m not really a beach read person so I’ve come up with my own topic: Books with Family Members in the Title. Links from the title will take you to my review or the book description on Goodreads.

  1. The King’s Mother by Annie Garthwaite
  2. The Good Father by S. R. Wilsher
  3. The Seventh Son by Sebastian Faulks
  4. The Physician’s Daughter by Martha Conway
  5. Sister of Mine by Laurie Petrou
  6. Brother by David Chariandy
  7. Living Among the Dead: My Grandmother’s Holocaust Survival Story of Love and Strength by Adena Bernstein Astrowsky
  8. Travels With My Aunt by Graham Greene
  9. Uncle Silas by Sheridan Le Fanu
  10. My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier
Living Among the Dead

My Week in Books – 27th July 2025

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On the blog last week

Monday – I published my review of historical thriller The Art of a Lie by Laura Shepherd-Robinson.

Tuesday – My take on this week’s Top Ten Tuesday topic was Books Set on Islands.

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 The Last Apartment in Istanbul by Defne Suman.

Saturday – I shared my review of futuristic thriller, The Coming Fire by Greg Mosse.

New on my shelves

The Two Roberts by Damian Barr (Canongate via NetGalley)

He will stay like this forever, Robert’s arm draped round him. They will be forever twenty.

Scotland, 1933. Bobby MacBryde is on his way. After years grafting at Lees Boot Factory, he’s off to the Glasgow School of Art, to his future. On his first day he will meet another Robert, a quiet man with loose dark curls – and never leave his side.

Together they will spend every penny and every minute devouring Glasgow – its botanical gardens, the Barras market, a whole hidden city – all the while loving each other behind closed doors. With the world on the brink of war, their unrivalled talent will take them to Paris, Rome, London. They will become stars as the bombs fall, hosting wild parties with the likes of Lucian Freud, Francis Bacon and Elizabeth Smart. But the brightest stars burn fastest.

What I’m currently reading

I’m listening to the audiobook of The Mirror & the Light by Hilary Mantel, I’m reading There Are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak for my book club and The Best of Intentions by Caroline Scott from my NetGalley shelf.

Look out for…

  • Book Review: The Mare by Angharad Hampshire
  • Book Review: Green Ink by Stephen May
  • Book Review: Go Set A Watchman by Herper Lee