Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish and now hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl. For the rules see her blog.
The topic this week is Bookish Characters (these could be readers, writers, authors, librarians, professors, etc.). There are some Top Ten Tuesday topics that I think I’d struggle to find ten books – not so with this one. It’s a no-brainer as I’ve read plenty of books with bookish characters, most of them librarians. These are just ten of them:
- The Serpent Pool by Martin Edwards, Marc Amos, a rare book dealer
- The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, Liesel Meminger, who loves books
- The Bookman’s Tale by Charlie Lovett, Peter Byerly, an antiquarian bookseller and Bartholomew Harbottle in the Elizabethan/Stuart period and the Victorian Benjamin Mayhew
- The Burning Chambers by Kate Mosse, Bernard Joubert, a bookseller
- The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett, Mr Hutchings, Westminster travelling librarian
- The Wench is Dead by Colin Dexter – Christine Greenaway, a librarian at the Bodleian Library.
- The Paris Library by Janet Skeslien Charles, Odile Souchet at the American Library in Paris
- Crucible of Secrets by S G Maclean, Robert Sim, the college librarian (it was called Crucible when I read it)
- Titus Groan by Mervyn Peake, Sourdust, the Gormenghast librarian
- The Giant’s House by Elizabeth McCracken, Peggy Cort, an introverted librarian
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The Book Thief was on my list, too!
My post: https://lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-bookish-characters/
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It’s a popular choice!
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Oh, this is a great TTT category, Margaret! And I do like the novels you’ve chosen. I think Martin Edwards’ series is very well done. And I’ve always liked Colin Dexter’s series. Your list made me think of bookshop owner Malcolm Kershaw in Peter Swanson’s Eight Perfect Murders<.
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I enjoyed The Uncommon Reader so much that I recommended it to our book club and it’s our read for next month.
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I loved it – I hope your book club enjoy it too.
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I loved the Uncommon Reader! Very poignant today even for an American like me to see the Queen NOT at the State Opening of Parliament.
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Me too! I love the pageantry of the State Opening of Parliament. I was sorry the Queen wasn’t able to be there …
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Liesel is a great choice for bookish characters.
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Yes – I think Liesel’s love of books illustrates the power of words.
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I read The Uncommon Reader twice and found it especially funny the second time around. I totally misread the prompt. You did it right, I didn’t but I did make a fun-to-explore list. Check it out at Characters in Real Life
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I do like Alan Bennett’s books and I’ve been meaning to re-read The Uncommon Reader. I’m glad you enjoyed it too.
I enjoyed you take on the topic this week – some fascinating lists.
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The Book Thief was on my list this week too! Great picks! Happy TTT!
Zoë x
My TTT: https://zbestbooks.blogspot.com/2022/05/top-ten-tuesday-bookish-characters.html
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It’s the ideal choice for this topic!
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Love your list! Especially The Uncommon Reader. That’s such a great book. 🙂
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Liesel was on my list this week too!
My TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2022/05/10/top-ten-tuesday-367/
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