Happy Tuesday! Today’s suggested theme for Top Ten Tuesday is ‘water’. I debated which body of water to feature but ultimately I decided to go with a ‘water, water everywhere’ approach to the book titles I included. I’m featuring book titles that mention 10 different bodies of water, from the more common to the more rare. What’s your favorite body of water to visit? Do you prefer the ocean or the lake? A creek or a river? Bay or bayou? What about a pond, a cove, the sea, or springs? Well, today you’ll find book titles to help you visit your fave body of water through the magic of fiction!
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A Second Chance in Blue Ridge Bay by Cara Joy (contemporary romance)
Driftwood Bay by Irene Hannon (contemporary romance)
Forever on the Bay by Lee Tobin McClain (contemporary romance)
Bayou Book Thief by Ellen Byron (cozy mystery)
Bayou Secrets by Kari Trumbo (romantic suspense)
Under the Bayou Moon by Valerie Fraser Luesse (historical fiction)
Celebration at Christmas Cove by Carrie Jansen (contemporary romance)
Sandpiper Cove by Irene Hannon (contemporary romance)
The View from Coral Cove by Amy Clipston (contemporary romance)
Christmas in Bonita Creek by June McCrary Jacobs (historical romance)
Someone Cruel in Coyote Creek by Kris Bock (cozy mystery)
Tunnel Creek Ambush by Kerry Johnson (romantic suspense)
Ladies of the Lake by Cathy Gohlke (historical fiction)
On Moonberry Lake by Holly Varni (contemporary romance)
The Souls of Lost Lake by Jaime Jo Wright (dual timeline suspense)
The Inn at Ocean’s Edge by Colleen Coble (romantic suspense)
No Ocean Too Wide by Carrie Turansky (historical fiction)
The Ocean Between Us by Meredith Resce (contemporary romance)
Lily’s Pond by Julane Hiebert (historical romance)
The Reckoning at Gossamer Pond by Jaime Jo Wright (dual timeline suspense)
Still House Pond by Jan Watson (historical fiction)
In the Shadow of the River by Ann H. Gabhart (historical romance)
River of Mercy by Paula Scott (women’s fiction)
The River Queen by Stephenia H. McGee (historical romance)
Sea Glass Castle by T.I. Lowe (contemporary romance)
The Sisters of Sea View by Julie Klassen (historical romance)
Wedding at Sea by Melissa Tagg (contemporary romance)
Chapel Springs Revival by Ane Mulligan (women’s fiction)
The Hope of Azure Springs by Rachel Fordham (historical romance)
The Lady of Tarpon Springs by Judith Miller (historical romance)
What about you? What’s your favorite body of water to visit (or read about)? Which books do I need to add to these water, water everywhere titles?
Valerie’s book is so pretty (that color combo!) and I used to read so many of Colleen’s novels. Favorite book memories there. 🙂
aww good 🙂
Wow. You did a wonderful job organizing your selections. Very attractive.
thanks so much, Anne!
You can certainly pick neat topics! I love water! And these covers all have that same look–sort of watery. 🙂 I’m thinking of the Gulf of Mexico right now and the hurricane bearing down on it. I have a book, Splashdown, that starts off with a hurricane on Florida’s Gulf Coast, and another I am writing about a flood. So many disasters these days. Water is beautiful, but can also be deadly.
very true!
A great take on the prompt. I didn’t realise that there were so many bodies of water and also that I hadn’t been to many of them either!
Have a great week!
Emily @ Budget Tales Book Blog
My post:
https://budgettalesblog.wordpress.com/2023/08/29/top-ten-tuesday-books-and-water/
same! (and thanks 🙂 )
You used words I forgot about when searching through my Goodreads to find titles with water words.
Pam @ Read! Bake! Create!
https://readbakecreate.com/book-covers-featuring-water-recent-reads/
i totally looked up ‘bodies of water’ on wikipedia for inspiration haha
Wow, that’s an amazing selection you have come up with! I don’t think I’ve read any of them but there are some great covers.
Here’s mine for this week: https://portobellobookblog.com/2023/08/29/top-ten-tuesday-29th-august-2023-water-toptentuesday-tuesdaybookblog-bookrecommendations/
thanks, Joanne!
I love the way you did this. I went with books with water on their covers that were on my physical bookshelves that I need to read…and some of them are ones you listed here 😉 Have a great Tuesday!
thanks, Cindy! 🙂
What a fabulous list! I loved Under the Bayou Moon and Bayou Book Thief. You’ve got more there that I’ll be adding to my TBR.
Happy Tuesday!
yay! I hope you enjoy the ones you read, Lisa 🙂
Hi Carrie, that was fun! Thanks for sharing No Ocean Too Wide!
my pleasure!
I love how you separated this by types of water in the titles and that some also had water on the covers. Nice job today!
thanks, Deanna! 🙂
Love me a good beach book for both reading AND writing! 😉 Favorite beach? Pawleys Island, South Carolina. My favorite recent book? Memory Lane by Becky Wade. Oh. My. Goodness!
ohhhh I loved Memory Lane – SO GOOD!
I love that you broke the list down into different bodies of water! I am not familiar with any of these books but I must admit, I am quite intrigued by a number of them. I’ll have to add these to my TBR to check them out.
yay! I hope you enjoy them 🙂
Love how you broke this down by body of water! Neat idea. 😀
Here is our Top Ten Tuesday. Thank you!
thank you! 🙂
Yay! I spy Anola and The River Queen. =) Thanks for including them on the list!
I didn’t think of spring or bayou. Great choices, Carrie.
I’ve read seven of these. Thank you for sharing.
yay!! good job! 😉
You found some great water titles! I think my favorite kind of water is actually a waterfall. They’re just so pretty and soothing.
Happy TTT!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
they are! I agree!
Clever way to break down this topic. There are some really good books on your list!
thanks, Nicole!
Very creative way to take this topic!
My TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2023/08/29/top-ten-tuesday-435/
thank you!
I’ve had Under the Bayou Moon, on my reading list for a few weeks. I’m glad to see some books I recognize on here, even if I have not read them yet. I like Coleen Cobles books that are set near water.
I enjoyed checking out some of the mysteries! Great idea for a book compilation!