Tuesday, 15 July 2025

Top Ten Tuesday ~ Honorifics

"Top Ten Tuesday" is an original feature/weekly meme created on the blog "The Broke and the Bookish". It was created because they are particularly fond of lists. It is now hosted by Jana from That Artsy Reader Girl.

Since I am just as fond of them as they are, I jump at the chance to share my lists with them! Have a look at their page, there are lots of other bloggers who share their lists here.

This week's topic is a Books With Honorifics in the Title
("… an honorific is a form of address conveying esteem, courtesy or respect. These can be titles prefixing a person’s name, e.g.: Mr., Mrs., Miss, Ms., Mx., Sir, Dame, Dr., Cllr, Lady, or Lord, or other titles or positions that can appear as a form of address without the person’s name, as in Mr. President, General, Captain, Father, Doctor, or Earl.")

This was an easy one. The word Lady appears dozens of times in titles. So, I could choose books that I really liked for this one.
Bernières, Louis de "Captain Corelli's Mandolin" - 1994
Guterson, David "Our Lady of the Forest" - 2003
Ilibagiza, Immaculée with Erwin, Steve "Our Lady of Kibeho: Mary Speaks to the World From the Heart of Africa" - 2008
Pasternak, Boris "Doctor Zhivago" (RUS: Доктор Живаго) - 1957
Schmitt, Éric-Emmanuel "Oscar and the Lady in Pink" (F: Oscar et la dame rose) - 2002
Trollope, Anthony "
Doctor Thorne" - 1858 from "Barchester Chronicles"

They are all good reads, my favourites are probably "Doctor Zhivago" and "Barchester Chronicles", all of them.

📚 Happy Reading!📚

20 comments:

  1. I don’t believe I’ve read any of these books. It’s cool when that happens. :)

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    1. I think so, too, Lydia. Gives me more new ideas. On the other hand, if I read at least one of the books, I know whether I would like any of the others. But we've known each other long enough to know what we prefer.

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  2. A good list filled with lots of good books!

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  3. There are a ton of books with Lady in the title!

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    1. I know, Lark. I was surprised about that. I would have liked a larger variety but, it is what it is.

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  4. I loved the Dr Zhivago movie, but have yet to try the book.

    My own list is here:
    https://readingfreely.com/2025/07/15/teaser-tuesday-american-style-chess/

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    1. I can really recommend it, Stephen. There is so much more in the book, of course.
      Thanks for your link. I'll visit you soon.

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  5. I have not read any of the books from your list! However, I do have Doctor Zhivago on my TTT post this week.

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    1. I noticed that, Lisa, and thought you might have read it. But now you can enjoy it for the first time.

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  6. I can't believe that I didn't think to include Captain Corelli. I love that book and the film adaptation too.

    It was my suggestion for the topic this week and I'm loving all these choices!

    Here's my list: https://portobellobookblog.com/2025/07/15/top-ten-tuesday-15th-july-2025-books-with-honorifics-in-the-title-toptentuesday-amreading-bookrecommendations-tuesdaybookblog/

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    1. Oh, nice. I am sure Jana mentioned who recommended it but I didn't recognize that I knew the person. There are a few Joannes here.
      I also liked both the book and the film, though I never imagined Nicolas Cage as Captain Corelli.
      Thanks for your link, I'll visit you soon.

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  7. Nice list!
    I also have 1 lady, from Russia:
    https://wordsandpeace.com/2025/07/15/top-ten-books-with-honorifics-in-the-title/

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    1. They used to have lots of ladies in Russia, Emma. Maybe one of the reason they got rid of them. ;)
      Thanks for your link.

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  8. It was smart to narrow it down to one word!

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    1. That was not my intention, Cindy, I wanted a larger variety. I might have even been able to have only ladies on the list. LOL

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  9. "Lady" is definitely a popular titular honorific, but I didn't realize there were so many for "doctor." Interesting!

    Happy TTT (on a Wednesday)!

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    1. I was surprised how many "lady" titles I found, given that I don't read romance. I only did two with "doctor" but have seen others, as well. Thank you for your visit, Susan.

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  10. Oh! Dr. Zhivago! Good one! ~Carol @ ReadingLadies

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    1. Definitely, Carol. One of the best stories ever.

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