Top Ten Tuesday is a meme hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, featuring a different top 10 theme each week. This week’s topic is Book Titles That Describe Me/My Life, with the prompt: Example titles: Well Traveled could describe you if you like to travel, Hotshot Doc could describe you if you’re an awesome doctor, Falling into Place could describe a life where things are starting to work out, An Infinite Love Story could describe your relationship, It Could Have Been Her could describe a thing you’re happy you avoided or a path you could have taken but didn’t. You can explain your choices or not, and they can be as specific or as abstract as you’d like.
Fun challenge! I searched my bookshelves, and here’s what I’ve come up with:
- Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree: Coffee and books sum up my life pretty accurately!
- The Kitchen God’s Wife by Amy Tan: My husband is the family cook… and yes, I know how lucky I am!
- This Summer Will Be Different by Carley Fortune: I love planning vacations, and try to find something new to explore each summer.
- Across the Green Grass Fields by Seanan McGuire: Fields, trails, paths by the beach… get me outside with space to walk and appreciate the views, and I’m happy.
- A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court by Mark Twain: I haven’t made it to Camelot, but I’m originally from Connecticut, and even though it still feels like home, I’ve lived far away from there most of my adult life.
- Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell: My fandoms bring me joy! It’s the little pop culture moments that add a bit of zing.
- Meet Me at the Cupcake Cafe by Jenny Colgan: Sweets are my weakness, and I will never say no to meeting a friend at a bakery
- Finding Fraser by KC Dyer: Reading Outlander for the first time, over 15 years ago, not only introduced me to a favorite series and characters but also led me to my book group, which brings me so much joy.
- Chaos Choreography by Seanan McGuire: Dancing has been a big part of my life since childhood! Not in a polished performance — but in the chaotic way that recreational dancing brings people together and provides endless enjoyment and fresh challenges
- A House for Happy Mothers by Amulya Malladi: Being a mom — even now that my kids are grown — means the world to me.
Do you have book titles that describe your life?
Share your link, and I’ll come check out your top 10!
Bookshelf Fantasies 
Someone else picked Fangirl this week as well!
Who are you a fangirl of? 🙂
Oh, so many 🙂 but especially Buffy, Outlander, the worlds of Seanan McGuire, and not as much any more, but at one point, Harry Potter.
Very interesting choices–out of the “usual”–and now I want to re-watch Bing Crosby in Connecticut Yankee!
I didn’t even know about that (Bing Crosby in the movie version) — sounds like something I should check out!
Being a mum means the world to me too.
Thanks for sharing your #TTT
Thank you! Even now that my kids are grown, being their mom is so special!
Great choices.
Thanks!
I love Legends and Lattes!
Such a fun book!
I almost picked Fangirl myself this week. My fandoms also bring me lots of joy!
My TTT this week is here 🙂
Yay for Fangirl! I love how fandoms connect us with people we might never meet otherwise!
Love these! Especially love Fangirl!
It’s such a great book! (And I love her as an author — currently reading her newest!)
Great list. Here is my TTT. https://dmhoisington.wordpress.com/2026/04/14/top-ten-tuesday-27-book-titles-that-describe-me-my-life/
Thank you!
You are welcome
So fun to read these and learn a little bit more about you. Love the titles you found to describe yourself and your life! 😀
Thanks! Such a fun prompt this week!
These are so fun! I love Fangirl as a choice, and can I borrow your husband?😉
LOL, sorry! But if you lived nearby, I’m sure he’d be happy to invite you for dinner!
You ARE lucky to have a husband who loves to cook! I’ve never really liked to cook (although I love to bake – sweet treats!), but I force myself to do it at least occasionally. I’d love to have someone else do all the meal planning and cooking.
Happy TTT!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
Oh, it is lovely to come home from work and have dinner waiting! I’ve never been into cooking, and he cares about it a lot more than I do, so it works for us!
You’ve got some really creative picks. I can’t say I’m married to a kitchen god but I do appreciate that my husband likes to cook and try new things to make. I share your love of the Outlander books.
Thanks! It’s nice to have someone else to cook for me — I do my share of other things around the house, but the kitchen is definitely his territory!
these are really cool picks! I like how you used 4 to describe you 🙂
here’s mine: https://thewordyhabitat.com/top-ten-book-titles-that-describe-me-my-life/
Thanks! This week’s prompt was really fun.
This is such a great list. Ohhh, Fangirl!! That’s a great one because fandoms bring me so much joy too!
Fangirl is such a great book! I’m in the middle of Rainbow Rowell’s newest, and I’m loving it. 🙂