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 [Item] on the Cover
I chose pianos for the item on the cover because I’ve been trying to be better on the piano and I’m hoping to motivate myself to practice a little more. It’s not working but hey, at least I found some books with gorgeous covers!
Top Ten Books with Pianos on the Cover
- The Piano Man’s Daughter by Timohy Findley – This is a historical fiction set in Canada. I have not read or heard of the author, but it’s got great reviews and I’m curious about it.
- The Secret Pianist by Andie Newton – A newly published historical fiction that reminds me of books in the vein of Madeline Martin. It’s set during WW2 and gives me the same kind of vibes.
- Pianos and Flowers by Alexander McCall Smith – I read his book, The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency years ago and enjoyed it but I’ve never read anything since. This is a book of short stories so maybe a good place to get back into his stories.
- Death in D Minor by Alexia Gordon – The second book in the Gethsemane Brown Mysteries series with a classical musician as the mystery-solving protagonist.
- The Bear and the Piano by David Litchfield – This is a picture book that sounds absolutely adorable! I think I’d love to read it.
- Forbidden Melody by Magnolia Robbins – An LGBT romance that looks really good. Two musicians falling in love, that sounds right up my alley!
- Mad Boys by Heather Long – This is the second book in a new adult, reverse harem romance series, not something I’m usually interested in, but I love the cover!
- Lessons by Ian McEwan – I’ve only ever read Atonement by the author, but this one sounds really good too!
- Crescendo by Allen Cheney – This is a biography but I don’t know anything about the person of topic, Fred Allen. I do love the cover though.
- Middle C by William H. Gass – I don’t even know what this book is about, but I love the representation of part of a piano on the cover and had to include it!
Have you read any of these books? What did you think of them? Would you read any of these books?
How fun! I admire you trying to practice piano. I took lessons as a kid and will confess, I wasn’t very motivated or disciplined. I’m guessing I was my teacher’s worse student. 😉
Lol I get it! I’m not the best student either!
I have not read any of these books, but I’m going to recommend all of them to my mother, who is a pianist. I hope you have a great week.
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Perfect! I hope she enjoys as many of them as possible!
Such a lovely collection of covers. I hope you find the motivation to practice with these covers.
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Thank you! I don’t know if I’ll actually practice, but we can hope 😂
Such a sweet idea! I haven’t read any of the books, but the covers are beautiful. The Secret Pianist looks really interesting 🙂
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It does! It’s the one I’m most interested in too.
Who would have thought there were ten books with pianos on the cover?!
I had to dig deep!
The piano is a lovely choice. Do you have one in your home? The Secret Pianis has a great cover and sounds like something I would read.
I do, but right now it’s collecting dust 😭 The Secret Pianist looks good to me too!
Aw The Bear and the Piano looks so cute!
I know! I want to read it too!
Oh, that’s a cool hobby. Someday I would love to learn to play the piano.
I hope you do!
Ooh, nice pick! I don’t think I’d have very many (if any) books for this prompt. At least, none that I can think of off the top of my head! 😂 I hope it motivates you to practice your piano, haha.
I definitely didn’t think of any of these off the top of my head either! 😂
Oooh, great choice! I love the variety of the images. And I feel seen, LOL. I need to start practicing my piano again too, but have I? No…
Same!! 😂
I love this! I tried taking lessons as an adult and haven’t made much progress, I also haven’t tried in a few years…good luck 🙂
Thank you!
Such a fun pick for this week’s topic. Good luck with your piano practice!
Thank you!
What a fun topic! I took piano lessons for years, but haven’t played much as an adult. I should get back into it!
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I hope you do and that you do better than I’m doing! 😂
Great idea for a post! I took piano lessons for years when I was a kid. I hated practicing and I was thrilled when my mom let me quit. Ha ha. Good luck with your practicing!
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Lol I feel you! Thank you!
I love this idea, and it seems like it would be hard to find! Great job, and good luck with your playing:-)
It was challenging but yes, it was fun!
I have not heard about any of these but I love that you picked pianos because the covers are all gorgeous and it’s fun seeing different books 🙂 The Bear and the Piano looks so adorable. I hope you can read some of these and good luck with your piano practice! (I used to play when I was like 7 but I gave up 😣)
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I get it, I played when I was younger and gave up too, but I’m trying to keep at it this time. 🤞
Love this idea. Would never have thought there were so many covers with pianos.
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I love your tree choice!!
This is a fun cover theme to focus on! I like how varied all the cover designs are 🙂
Thanks! I loved your picks!
What a wonderful set of covers! I recently started taking piano lessons and am eager to read some of these titles.
I’ve always liked Alexander McCall Smith, so I might start with Pianos and Flowers. I wonder if it is standalone or part of one of his many series.
The Bear and the Piano also caught my eye!
That’s so exciting! I hope you’re enjoying your lessons and doing well with them!
I guess there are a lot of pianos on book covers. I never thought about it before, LOL. Pianos are alluring.