Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl.
The topic this week is a Freebie. I decided to choose: Books I’ve Recently Added to My TBR List.
- These Dark Places by Hilary Tailor – Some secrets should stay buried. Her husband’s won’t.
- The Death Lesson by Sarah Ward – A taut and twisty crime thriller set in the wilds of West Wales.
- The Dark Wives by Ann Cleeves – the 11th Vera Stanhope murder mystery.
- Shy Creatures by Clare Chambers – a story of love, family and the joy of freedom.
- Quartet in Autumn by Barbara Pym – Darkly funny and full of stubborn optimism.
- Good Days by Michael Rosen – An A-Z of hope and happiness with 26 ideas for bringing joy into every day.
- Maigret and the Old People by Georges Simenon – The death of a beloved former ambassador unearths disturbing truths.
- Tai-Pan by James Clavell – historical fiction set in Hong Kong in the 1840s.
- Where the Sea Lavender Grows by Kitty Johnson – historical fiction with dual timelines in the present day and the 1940s.
- Diddly Squat: a Year on the Farm by Jeremy Clarkson – a behind-the-scenes look at the infamous Diddly Squat Farm in Oxfordshire.
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These are great choices, Margaret! I like Sarah Ward’s work very much. And it’s hard to go far wrong with Ann Cleeves, in my opinion. The others look very interesting, too!
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I agree, Margot. It’s hard to know which one to read first – maybe with The Death Lesson, but I’m the mood for finding what Michael Rosen says about Good Days!
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May you enjoy them all. I love the cover of Tai-Pan.
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Thanks Lydia – I love that cover too!
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I did this topic too!! I hope you enjoy them!
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Leslie – great minds think alike. I’ll come over and read yours.
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That Barbara Pym book is on my TBR, too. I keep wanting to read something by her and not following through to make it happen!
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I’ve read some of hers and enjoyed them. I hope you’ll enjoy Quartet in Autumn when you do get round to reading it.
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Other books keeping crowing her out. I think I will go to the library webpage right now and place a hold on the book.
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I love Ann Cleeves! Hope you enjoy all of these.
Here is our Top Ten Tuesday. Thank you!
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Thanks, Aymee. And thanks for the link to your TTT.
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I’ll be checking these out! Quartet in Autumn is already on my TBR–I’ve loved every Barbara Pym I’ve read/listened to.
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Me too Hope! I hope it lives up to the rest of her books.
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Here is a good link to my list: https://headfullofbooks.blogspot.com/2026/04/ttt-what-i-was-reading-freebie.html
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I feel like my oldest daughter might enjoy reading Diddly Squat as she enjoys watching Jeremy Clarkson on Top Gear and anything to do with farms.
Here’s my TTT for the week: https://readbakecreate.com/the-xs-ys-and-zs-have-it-ten-titles-starting-with-x-y-or-z/
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I love Clarkson’s TV programmes about his farm – has your daughter watched them too?
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I’m not sure if she has.
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I enjoyed The Dark Wives. Hope you do too!
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Thanks, Kay. I hope so too. I love the Vera books.
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I’m looking forward to the new series of Clarkson’s Farm!
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Me too Joanne!
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I haven’t heard of any of them, but most same to be mystery/thriller adjacent which is not really my genre anymore. I get bored way too easily with them now as I’ve read the genre a lot in the past.
My TTT: https://laurieisreading.com/2026/04/28/top-ten-tuesday-royal-books/
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I know what you mean about reading a lot of one genre, which is why these are not all crime fiction – I like a variety of different genres.
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My husband enjoys watching Clarkson TV series.
Thanks for sharing your #TTT
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Good idea. But I could never stop at ten. LOL
My post is about Food.
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