Tuesday, July 1, 2025

Top Ten Tuesday - Ten Books I'd Take With Me If I Was Stranded on a Desert Island

 


Today I'm linking up with Top Ten Tuesday hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl which is all about lists.  Since lists are one of my favorite things this is one of my favorite linkups!  Today's topic is a Throwback to a Previous Topic and I've picked 10 Books I'd Take With Me If I Was Stranded on a Desert Island


1.  When the Lights Go Out by Mary Kubica - I always enjoy her books and this one looks good and a perfect way to kill some time!

2.  The Night Parade by Kathryn Tanquary - This looks magical and would be a good break from creepier books.

3.  The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins - I should bring a slower read classic and this is one I've been meaning to read.

4.  The Hotel Nantucket by Elin Hilderbrand - Ghosts and a hotel in Nantucket sound like good topics to read about while sitting in the shade looking out at the ocean.

5.  The Anatomist's Wife (and the rest of the Lady Darby series) by Anna Lee Huber - I've been meaning to get caught up on this fairly long running series for ages and I'd have time on the desert island.  Is bringing a whole series cheating?  Maybe a bit but it's my island time so I get to make the rules!


6.  The High Tide Club by Mary Kay Andrews - This looks like a nice fun beach read.

7.  Golden Hour by Beatriz Williams - This takes place in the Bahamas in the 1940s and since I'm on an island it seems like a good time to read it.

8.  The Guest List by Lucy Foley - This is set on an island but a very different type of island from the previous book and it looks entertaining.  I don't always love Foley's books but I have enjoyed them - even if they are sometimes slower reads.  

9.  Mountains Wild (and the rest of the Maggie D'Arcy books) by Sarah Stewart Taylor - This looks like a solid series of atmospheric mysteries - not quite cozy but not overly dark.  It's a series I've been wanting to read for ages but never seem to quite get to it.  Desert island time seems like a good time.

10. Dim Sum of All Fears (and the rest of the Noodle Shop Mysteries) by Vivien Chien - I loved the first book in this long running series so now I need to read the rest of it!

Once I get all of these finished I'll flag down the boat that brings my daily food delivery to the island and head back home!  What books would you bring to a desert island?