A Good Twist
Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister
The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
I’ve read all four of these, and they stand out as books that, at least in part, surprised me. The best for this were Gone Girl, The Thursday Murder Club and Wrong Place Wrong Time. I had kind of guessed The Paris Apartment whodunit, but there was still a good twist I didn’t see coming, so it gets a spot!
Intergenerational Friendship
Frank & Red by Matt Coyne
Bucket List by Russell Jones
The Mostly True Story of Tanner & Louse by Colleen Oakley
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
The Story of Arthur Truluv by Elizabeth Berg
The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin
All of these are books I read and enjoyed a lot, and all of them stood out for their intergenerational friendships, and just for their emotional impact in general. I enjoyed all of them, but probably my favourites were How to Age Disgracefully, Frank & Red, The Bucket List and Friends of Dorothy. But I’d recommend all of them!
Neurodivergence/Neurodivergent Coded
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
This is where I haven’t read one – The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time I started and got a decent part of the way through, but found that it moved too slowly for me and I couldn’t stick with it. I put this down to my ADHD brain rather than the book itself, and I do think it’s an excellent book from what I did read. The other three I have read and liked, though The Rosie Project I vaguely remember being a bit problematic. A Man Called Ove doesn’t label Ove, but it felt to me as I was reading that he was coded as being on the autism spectrum (I’ve noticed unnamed but recognizable neurodivergence and/or mental health issues in all of his books I’ve started or read so far, and I like that about his work – it’s not made a big deal of, but it’s there). The Things We Cannot Say is a newer read for me, but I enjoyed that the parts set in the present have a young boy who is on the autism spectrum, and I loved seeing his family learn and grow with him.
That’s it for me this week! Have you read any of these? If so, what did you think? Any you want to read? Any that fit my themes that aren’t on this list that you’d like to recommend?
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly link-up feature created by The Broke and the Bookish and hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl. Every week TTT has a different topic, and everyone who links up has to create a link of ten items that fit that topic. To see past and upcoming topics, go here.
Love these prompts! I’m really interested in checking out those intergenerational reads, gonna bookmark your post to come back to!
Thank you! I hope you get a chance to try some out – I read most of these recently and just loved my time with these characters!
I’ve heard of several titles on your list but haven’t read any of them (yet). For a good twist, you might try Sea of Tranquility by Emily St.John Mandel. For neurodivergence, you might try The Lady And The Tiger (male lead has ADHD) or The Twelve Points Of Caleb Canto (title character is on the autistic spectrum), both by Sam Starbuck. Thanks for the list and happy reading!
Thank you so much for the great recommendations!! I’m excited to look into them! I haven’t heard of any other than Emily St. John Mandel – I haven’t read Sea of Tranquility yet, but have read three of her other books and was impressed by all of them. Thanks for stopping by, and happy reading to you as well!
I like that you went with several different themes. Great idea! I wish I had thought of that since I couldn’t for the life of me come up with ten books that fit a theme for this prompt. Sometimes, I just draw a total blank on freebies…
Happy TTT (on a Wednesday)!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
Oh me too! I usually prefer solid prompts, but then again, some of those leave me stumped sometimes as well!
I love the variety. You always remind me to spread out my reading beyond people who think and act like myself.
Thanks, that is high praise! I don’t always do so well at that myself, but I try to remind myself as well!
I love reading books featuring multigenerational friendships.
Pam @ Read! Bake! Create!
https://readbakecreate.com/mature-citizens-of-the-world-books-featuring-mature-characters/
Me too!
i love your variety of topics! Will definitely check out some of these, particularly the good twists 🙂 My TTT
Thank you! I hope you find something you enjoy if you get a chance to check them out!
I like your spin on the topic! This week was tough. I don’t read a lot of books that are similar.
Thanks! Yeah, I had a hard time figuring out what to do with it as well! It was a bit of a cheat… lol
I like how you went with a few different topics!!
I almost picked up How to Age Disgracefully at the library the other day and then remembered I had a billion books to read on my nightstand. Next time!!
Thank you! Oh I so get that feeling of too many books on the go. If you get through some of them and need a re-stock I’d recommend it – I really enjoyed it!
I like all of these, but seem to be reading a lot recently about intergenerational friendships.
Yeah, I’ve read a lot more of them in the past year or so. Partly I just came across a few more of them, but also I had some great recommendations that gave me a great run!
I struggled to decide on this week’s theme too. Here’s my list: https://damppebbles.com/2025/03/11/toptentuesday-11th-march-2025/
Yeah, it was a bit of a tricky one!