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.
I almost always wear dark, muted colors, but when I think of my favorite color, the one that comes to mind is purple. There’s so many variations on this one color, and I’m really glad to say that I think there are ten books that I loved that have purple on the cover. Here’s what I came up with:
- The Undermining of Twyla and Frank by Megan Bannen. A cozy fantasy with a mid-life romance that hit the spot.
- New Nigeria County by Clare Brown. This audiobook was fantastic, and such a satirical twist on contemporary society and the issues we face.
- Labyrinth’s Heart by M.A. Carrick. Another book that I love, and such a great ending to the trilogy.
- The Bone Shard War by Andrea Stewart. This is another trilogy finale that was outstanding, and I highly recommend it to all fantasy readers.
- When You Wish Upon a Lantern by Gloria Chao. I was drawn by the pretty purple cover, but I really loved the sweet YA romance inside.
- Emperor of Ruin by Django Wexler. I really got into this sci-fi/fantasy trilogy, and all the covers are really pretty, but you know I loved the purple cover the most.
- We Dream of Gods by Devin Madson. Maybe there’s something about final books, but here’s another great series finale with a purple cover.
- The Valley of Horses by Jean M. Auel. I read this series for the first time as a teenager, and I still love this book the best. Watching Ayla become independent and step into her own power is amazing.
- The Bone Witch by Rin Chupeco. This is such an interesting book, how could I not love it?
- Cool for the Summer by Dahlia Adler. It’s a bisexual sliding doors-type YA romance with a pretty purple cover. It’s basically guaranteed that I’ll love it.
What’s your favorite color? Have you read any of these? What did you think?
Categories: Top Ten Tuesday
Leah's Books 
I feel like I have quite a few purple covers on my shelf! I don’t think any of these are books I own, but I like Gloria’s. It’s so sweet and pretty. 🙂
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There has been a bunch of purple covers that came out in the last few years, and Gloria’s is hands down the prettiest, in my opinion. I think I’m going to change my shelf so that one is face out.
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Let me guess. PURPLE? I love purple things, too. Thanks for visiting my blog. I love Demon Copperhead, too, but it would never work for my sister’s book club since the book is crammed full of drama! Ha!
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Haha, we purple people tend to find each other! Demon Copperhead is such a fantastic book, but yeah, it is full of drama. I forgot the main concept of the book club 🙄 clearly! I’ll have to put some more thought into this one.
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Ooh, that’s a nice cover for Valley of the Horses. I think my edition was different. I don’t have a dominant favorite color, so I chose favorite book covers for this year.
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Thank you! There’s all kinds of covers for this book – I don’t think I ever owned the purple cover, but I must admit that I like the newer covers that I got with the kindle versions.
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Only read The Bone Witch, but never picked up the sequels. It was okay to me, but I think I like other books more.
I have seen the Drowning Empire series a lot, but never got to them either.
My TTT: https://laurieisreading.com/2024/07/02/top-ten-tuesday-mid-year-2024-reading-goals-check-in/
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I never read the sequels to The Bone Witch either, but I did enjoy the first book, and the cover is really, really pretty. I highly recommend the Drowning Empire series if you like fantasy.
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I love all of the purple together! The Undermining of Twyla and Frank and When You Wish Upon a Lantern both look interesting. All of the covers are beautiful though!
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Thank you! I thought all of the different shades look so pretty together. Both The Undermining of Twyla and Frank and When You Wish Upon a Lantern are great reads – I loved them both.
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Aww, The Valley of Horses. What a great story that is.
Thanks for stopping by earlier.
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Of course! I always look forward to seeing your posts. The Valley of Horses, or any of the books in that series really, are such great nostalgic reads.
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Fantastic collection of covers!
Pam @ Read! Bake! Create!
https://readbakecreate.com/books-with-pink-covers-pick-a-color/
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Thank you, Pam!
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Whwn You Wish Upon a Lantern is so pretty!
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Isn’t it? The colors and the design make this one a favorite of mine.
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I did purple too. I debated between that and green. There are so many great purple covers out there! 🙂
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There are, and there’s so many beautiful green covers as well! My favorite color does shift depending on the day, the weather, my mood, and a bunch of random factors, but I do love a gorgeous purple book cover.
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Purple is a popular choice today! I really love the cover for WHEN YOU WISH UPON A LANTERN. It’s gorgeous. I’m glad to hear the book is good as well. I need to read it already.
Happy TTT!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
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yay! I did purple too – but all different covers! I love these! My TTT
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That’s so cool! There are so many gorgeous purple book covers to choose from out there.
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These are pretty covers. My favourite colour is pink but I don’t read many books with pink covers 😂
Have a great week!
Emily @ Budget Tales Book Blog
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Thank you! I have a little collection of pretty pink book covers, but they tend to be YA romances. And I haven’t read most of them. Plus, I don’t have anywhere close to ten.
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That’s the thing isn’t it. 10 is a big number 😂
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It sure is!
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It’s just a shame that a smaller number doesn’t have a nice ring to it 😂
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🤣🤣 so true
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😂
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