TOP TEN TUESDAY: MARCH 11TH 2025

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Today’s topic: Books that Include/Feature [insert your favorite theme or plot device…

Lin’s Perspective

11th Mar 2025

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Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.

Today’s topic: Books that Include/Feature [insert your favorite theme or plot device here] (for example: unreliable narrators, coming of age, darkness vs. light, time travel, metafiction, a specific romantic trope, good vs. evil. cliffhangers, flashbacks, plot twists, red herrings, loose ends, stories within stories, meet cutes, symbolism, etc.) (submitted by Alice @ The Wallflower Digest)

~Ok, so what I have noticed recently is that I enjoy books that feature ghosts or just the afterlife/death. I’m not sure if there is a name for this, but here are my top 11 (because I can’t stop at 10) books featuring either ghosts, the afterlife/death, or both:

_{Clicking on the covers will take you to the Goodreads page of the respective book.}

I have also included graphic novels and manga, have you read any of these?

14 responses to “TOP TEN TUESDAY: MARCH 11TH 2025”

Dini @ dinipandareads

Mar 11, 2025 at 5:22 pm

You’ve got a ghosty theme going on! I loved Before the Coffee Gets Cold and I also loved Scythe! I’ve got A Monster Calls on my TBR still but I feel like I have to be in the right mood to pick that one up. I have a feeling it’ll make me very emotional, lol.

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1. Lin’s Perspective
  
  Mar 11, 2025 at 5:39 pm
  
  Yes, I love this topic in books. Definitely, you need to be in the right mindset diving into A Monster Calls, I wept a lot. But it is such a great and meaningful book! I love Toshikazu’s writing, and Scythe was so different. I loved the concept of it.
  
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Amanda Kay Oaks

Mar 11, 2025 at 6:53 pm

What a fun topic! I haven’t read any of these, but Before The Coffee Gets Cold is on my list.

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1. Lin’s Perspective
  
  Mar 11, 2025 at 7:10 pm
  
  Thank you! I hope you like it as much as I did 🙂
  
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lydiaschoch

Mar 11, 2025 at 7:23 pm

I love books about ghosts and the afterlife. Great pick!

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1. Lin’s Perspective
  
  Mar 11, 2025 at 7:25 pm
  
  Ahh, thank God I’m not the only one, haha! Thank you for stopping by! Do you have favourite books featuring ghosts or the afterlife or both?
  
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WordsAndPeace

Mar 12, 2025 at 2:02 am

Nice list! I have read The Ocean at the End… and Before the Coffee….

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1. Lin’s Perspective
  
  Mar 12, 2025 at 10:59 am
  
  Thank you! I love these two I hope you enjoyed them too 🙂
  
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  1. WordsAndPeace
    
    Mar 12, 2025 at 4:22 pm
    
    I have! I listened to the one by Gaiman, is a fabulous narrator of his own books:
    https://wordsandpeace.com/2014/01/05/book-review-the-ocean-at-the-end-of-the-lane/
    I actually did a buddyread on Before the Coffee… But decided not to keep reading the series, thinking it would be too similar:
    https://wordsandpeace.com/2021/03/20/before-the-coffee-gets-cold-read-along-part-1/
    
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  2. Lin’s Perspective
    
    Mar 14, 2025 at 4:33 pm
    
    Ohh thank you. I will check your reviews as soon as I can!
    
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Susan

Mar 12, 2025 at 7:47 pm

I like a good ghost story as long as it’s not TOO scary! I loved THE GRAVEYARD BOOK.

Happy TTT (on a Wednesday)!

Susan

http://www.blogginboutbooks.com

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1. Lin’s Perspective
  
  Mar 12, 2025 at 9:57 pm
  
  Same! I loved that book, too, I find Gaiman to be the only horror author that I can read, haha
  
  Thank you for stopping by, and happy TTT to you, too 🙂
  
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Aj @ Read All The Things!

Mar 12, 2025 at 10:29 pm

I love ghost books too! I’ve read a few of these.

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1. Lin’s Perspective
  
  Mar 15, 2025 at 2:50 pm
  
  Ah, it’s so nice to see other people enjoying this topic! Which ones have you read, and did you like them?
  
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