Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday, a weekly bookish meme hosted by Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl that features a different bookish topic every week.
Today’s topic is Books With Nationalities In The Title
This list was more difficult to curate than I expected. I apparently haven’t read a lot of books with nationalities in the title, but at least it’s given me more books to add to the TBR!
Top Ten Books With Nationalities In The Title
- A Most Peculiar Malaysian Murder by Shamini Flint – This is the first book out of seven of the Inspector Singh Investigates series. The other books also have nationalities in the titles but I wanted to feature different authors on the list so I decided to just go with this first one. I’m actually really excited to try this series because it looks really good and it’s by a Malaysian author.
- The East Indian by Brinda Charry – Okay, I won’t lie, it’s the cover that caught my attention first because I love the look of it, but I also love historical fiction and this one sounds really good. I also think the distinction in the title that this is about “the East Indian” is important, because the word “Indian” has also been used to describe Native Americans. (I had another book with Indian in the title as a description for Native Americans but technically it’s not their nationality so I decided not to include it.)
- Japanese Gothic by Kylie Lee Baker – This one sounds deliciously creepy! It’s gothic horror and split between two timelines. There’s a murder, a ghost, a portal between the two timelines maybe? I don’t know yet but I want to find out! And I also love the cover!
- American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang – I’ve read Lunar New Year Love Story by the author and really enjoyed it. This book also became a TV series with a serious star-studded cast like Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan, and Daniel Wu. I am so curious about both!
- Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami – I’ve been so curious about Murakami’s works ever since I read What I Talk About When I Talk About Running but I haven’t gotten around to reading any of his books yet. I’m hesitant for two reasons; he has so many books I don’t know where to start, and what if I end up not liking his books!
- The Last Russian Doll by Kristen Loesch – I have enjoyed Russian historical fiction and this one looks good too. This story spans three generations so I know I’m in for an epic story.
- Canadian Boyfriend by Jenny Holiday – One of only two books I’ve read on this list. A lot of the books here are more on the serious side and I wanted to add some light-hearted romance to the list as well. I remember loving this book because of the banter and chemistry between the two MCs. It was fun.
- The German Wife by Kelly Rimmer – I honestly don’t purposely seek them out but for some reason I am drawn to a lot of WW2 historical fiction. The reviews look really good as well and I feel like I would really love this one.
- I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sanchez – This one calls to me; the MC is a girl who’s not perfect but has a sister who seems to be. Then her sister dies. I’m anticipating a story with issues on family, culture, grief, mental health, coming of age, and more.
- Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins – The only other book on the list I’ve read, and a nice light-hearted YA romance too. I read it more than ten years ago so I don’t remember a single thing, but I did rate it 5 stars!
Have you read any of these books? What did you think of them? Would you read any of these books?
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