Top Ten Tuesday used to be a weekly post hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, but was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl. “It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.” This is definitely something I can understand and want to participate in.
For someone who adores books, I don’t have a lot of people around me in real life who enjoy reading. Which means I don’t make a lot of recommendations outside of the online book community. But when someone tells me that they loved an author that I also love, I can make some good recs based on what I enjoyed afterwards. Recently, I loved The Drowning Empire series by Andrea Stewart, so if you liked her writing, you’ll probably enjoy the following books:
- The Obsidian Tower by Melissa Caruso
- Ashes of the Sun by Django Wexler
- The Bladed Faith by David Dalglish
- The Unbroken by C.L. Clark
- The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri
- The Justice of Kings by Richard Swan
- The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang
- Jade City by Fonda Lee
- One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig
- Empire of Exiles by Erin M. Evans
What do you think? Have you read any of these? What recs would you make?
Categories: Top Ten Tuesday
Leah's Books 
Guess I’d better start with Andrea Stewart. I’m not familiar with her writing/books. Thanks.
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Her series is incredible! I’m so glad to have introduced you to one of my new favorites!
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Great list, I can’t wait till the Bon Shard War comes out
My TTT
https://seriesbooklover.wordpress.com/2023/03/28/top-ten-tuesday-top-ten-books-to-read-if-you-enjoyed-dorothy-dunnetts-epic-historical-fiction-series-the-lymond-chronicles/
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Thanks! I was lucky to have gotten an ARC of it, and let me tell you, it’s so good! Luckily you won’t have to wait long.
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I struggle making book recs because the readers around me read different genres than I do. My youngest daughter prefers real life sci-fi (not set in space) and horror. Whereas I prefer historical fiction, cozy mysteries, and romance.
Pam @ Read! Bake! Create!
https://readbakecreate.com/love-agatha-christie-check-out-these-ideas/
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I totally understand that – I’m pretty eclectic, so I can generally point someone in a good direction, but I’d struggle with sci-fi and horror recs (clearly).
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I don’t have a lot of IRL bookish friends either.
My post: https://lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-books-for-people-who-liked-shel-silverstein/
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At least we have an awesome and supportive online bookish community though, right?
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I agree on The Poppy War, but I just ouldn’t get trhough Jade City and The Jasmine Throne.
My TTT: https://laurieisreading.com/2023/03/28/top-ten-tuesday-books-for-people-who-want-to-have-a-throback-tuesday/
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Oh man, those are two favorites of mine! Maybe it helped that I did Jade City as a buddy read.
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I haven’t heard of this author before, but I have heard of some of your recommendations. It made this post fun to read. Gave me some ideas.
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I’m so glad to hear that! Maybe it’ll even introduce you to Andrea Stewart’s works!
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I love that you included photos of all the books. Here is my post- https://paigesofnovels.com/2023/03/28/top-ten-tuesday-book-recs-for-those-that-enjoy-becky-albertalli/
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I’m glad to hear that you liked the post and the pics!
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So many good ones, Leah! Loved One Dark Window, and I’m super excited for the next book. And I need to read Jade City. I’ve heard so many good things about it.
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Thank you! I figured you’d probably like the books on my list since I know you love Andrea Stewart 😉 You absolutely need to read Jade City! Let me know when and I’ll join you for a reread! It’s one of my favorite series.
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Awesome. I’ll definitely do that!
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Yes, Yes, Yes!! Did you see that she re-tweeted this?!?! There are so many amazing books on this list. I’ve read 6 and several of the others are on my TBR!!
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Thank you, and OMG yes I saw that and nearly fell off my chair! I’m a huge fan of all of these books, so I love hearing that you have enjoyed so many of them, and hope that you love the rest as much as I do.
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Yeah!! I would too. She’s so sweet! I interact with her a lot on there and probably how I got into her series in the first place!!
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I love when an author engages with readers on social media!
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Me too!!
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I’m not a fantasy reader, so I’m not familiar with any of these. I’m sure they’re good recs, though! Glad you have this community to share your reading recs with 🙂
Happy TTT!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
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Thank you for checking out today’s post even if fantasy is not your jam! Next time I’ll have to make a list with a different genre.
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Love this idea! Especially as a huge Andrea Stewart fan. Pretty sure I’ve read half of these and the other half are on my tbr lol, so I will definitely be bumping them up the list 😀
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Now that I’ve become a huge Andrea Stewart fan, I finally see why everyone was over the moon about this series! And I’m so glad to push you to read these sooner, even if I didn’t add to your TBR 😂
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Thanks for sharing this.
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