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.
This week’s prompt is water, which is a relatively broad topic. We’re given some suggestions, like book covers with water on them, books with bodies of water in them, titles with bodies of water in them, etc), but I kind of wanted to come up with my own idea for water. So here’s my list of books where a body of water plays into the story significantly:
- Meet Me at the Lake by Carley Fortune. Well, the lake made it into the title, so it’s clearly pretty important to the story.
- The Bone Shard Daughter by Andrea Stewart. The series is named The Drowning Empire, and it’s set on a group of islands which are in danger of sinking into the sea.
- Circe by Madeline Miller. In this one, water is used to trap Circe on an isolated island by herself, but it also brings unexpected travelers her way.
- The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker. There’s an interesting journey across the Atlantic for the Golem to get from Europe to America.
- Madhouse at the End of the Earth by Julian Sancton. This tells the true story of the Belgica, one of the first voyages to Antarctica, and the challenges that this doomed expedition faced.
- On the Savage Side by Tiffany McDaniel. A powerful book that retells the true story of six Ohio women who were murdered and found in Paint Creek.
- Seven Fallen Feathers by Tanya Talaga. Another nonfiction book that explores the death of seven First Nations young people in a northern city in Canada.
- Fable by Adrienne Young. This is a story set in an island world, and so much of the story takes place on a boat.
- The Lost Legends by Cait Marie. This one involves a princess on the hunt for a band of immortal warriors to save her kingdom, and she enlists a group of pirates to help her.
- River Woman, River Demon by Jennifer Givhan. This story is set right beside a river, and much of the action in the story is relevant to the river (as if you couldn’t tell it would play a big role by the title).
What are your favorite books where a body of water plays into the story in a big way?
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Leah's Books 
Great way to use this topic. There are stories that use water or something similar in a significant way, so using that to form your list was a great idea. 🙂
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Thank you! I didn’t want to go with the prompt ideas because I’ve done those in the past, and I wanted to do something different. Glad to hear you liked it!
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That is an interesting list. I found 10 with water on the cover, but it doesn’t feature heavily in all of them.
Have a great week!
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Thank you! Maybe it’s because I live on an island, but I do have a special place in my heart for water and books featuring water. Enjoy your week too!
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Maybe 🤣 I’m in the UK – South East and about an hour’s drive away from the coast.
Thank you.
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Long Island, New York here, luckily I live only about 15 min from a beach! But my island is a lot smaller than yours 😂
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New York is in my to see list but with 2 small children it is a pipe dream 🤣 I don’t think of the UK as an Island really 🤣
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I guess the UK doesn’t feel like an island because it’s so big? And yeah, NY is tough with 2 little kids, but it’s an amazing trip if you can manage it!
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Yeah. Plus the mainland is made up of Scotland and Wales as well.
My youngest is 8 weeks old so it is definitely a few years yet. I would love to go at Christmas 🤣 like everyone else really
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Yeah, that’s a tough age to travel with a kid! But traveling around the city on Christmas Day is the best time to go, because it’s empty and you can visit everything!
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Haha even travelling down the road is a mission!!
That sounds amazing! Maybe one day…
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I can’t even imagine how much work a newborn much be! I’ll stick to my four legged offspring, thank you. When you get to NY, give me a holler – maybe we could meet up!
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So tiring! It’s the round the clock feeding. I see some part of every hour over night. Then the pumping.
That would be good. We will probably be old and grey 😂
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I thought about doing something similiar this week, but instead, I did covers featuring water.
Pam @ Read! Bake! Create!
https://readbakecreate.com/book-covers-featuring-water-recent-reads/
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That seems to be a popular topic this week! I’ve done that in the past, so that’s why I went in my own direction this week.
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You chose some great books for this topic!
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Thank you! I like how it let me showcase some different books this week.
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Madhouse at the End of the Earth sounds like a fascinating read.
Here is our Top Ten Tuesday. Thank you!
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It was! I can’t read the boring, dry kind of nonfiction.
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Great post! Here is my post https://paigesofnovels.com/2023/08/29/top-ten-nine-tuesday-favorite-tropes/
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Thank you!
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I love Circe never thought of that being a book about water but it very much so is.
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Right? I never thought about it either until yesterday, but water is such a prominent theme in that book!
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Fable and The Bone Shard Daughter would definitely be on my list too. Great picks, Leah!
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Thanks! It doesn’t surprise me at all that you’d pick those two – I do have a little insight into your taste 😉
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True! lol
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I like your take on this week’s table. Fable looks like a good story. I’ve not heard of that book before.
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Thank you! I love Fable – it’s one of my favorite books set at sea, so I’m obviously going to highly recommend it!
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Great list, Leah! I like how broad you kept the topic so you could add more books in. Some of these are my faves – Bone Shard Daughter & The Golem & the Jinn, but there’s a few I haven’t heard of so I’ll absolutely have to check them out 🙂
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Thanks Becky! You know I love to switch things up and work some different books in whenever I can, so I’m glad to introduce you to some of my other faves!
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