Top 10 Tuesday — Buzzwords

31 Mar

Happy Tuesday! Today’s TTT topic is buzzwords — words attributed to a book that make you want to read it. With a little tweaking of the topic, I am bringing to you books that might appeal to you if you are looking for a specific trope or plot device. There are 5 buzzwords but 10 books of a variety of genres! I hope my list achieves its goal to make you want to read them immediately! 😉

For more book buzzwords, please visit That Artsy Reader Girl.

Top Bookish Buzzwords and The Books That Go with Them

Enemies to Lovers — Fragile Designs by Colleen Coble and Last to Fall by Lynn H. Blackburn

Marriage of Convenience — Indigo Heiress by Laura Frantz and The Mistletoe Countess by Pepper Basham

Opposites Attract — The Meet-Cute Manuscript by Kimberly Duffy and Memory Lane by Becky Wade

Second Chance at Love — Lost Hours by Susan Sleeman and The Words We Lost by Nicole Deese

Unreliable Narrator — The Curse of Crow Hollow by Billy Coffey and Queen of Hearts by Heather Day Gilbert

9 Responses to “Top 10 Tuesday — Buzzwords”

  1. lydiaschoch March 31, 2026 at 9:11 am #

    Unreliable narrators are so much fun to read about.

    • rbclibrary March 31, 2026 at 9:29 am #

      Another good book for that is The Girl Upstairs by Jessica R. Patch.

  2. Veros March 31, 2026 at 10:46 am #

    Oh I recently discovered I enjoy the marriage of convenience trope but I haven’t read enough books with this yet..it might be a future buzzword for me lol. I love how you put examples of books for each buzzword!

    Here’s my list: https://darkshelfofwonders.com/top-10-buzzwords-that-make-me-pick-book/

  3. Carrie March 31, 2026 at 12:38 pm #

    ooo i love unreliable narrators too! great list 🙂

    • rbclibrary March 31, 2026 at 1:11 pm #

      Thanks! I made this post before I read The Girl Upstairs. So good! And so unreliable! 😂

      • Carrie April 1, 2026 at 10:54 am #

        haha!

  4. Laurie March 31, 2026 at 2:16 pm #

    I’m not a super fan of these tropes, but I enjoy them occasionally. I don’t have specific tropes that instantly make me pick up a specific book.

    My TTT: https://laurieisreading.com/2026/03/31/top-ten-tuesday-reasons-to-read-or-avoid-a-book/

  5. Susan April 1, 2026 at 4:16 pm #

    I don’t love the marriage of convenience trope, but I’m a fan of all these other ones. I like that you included reading recs, too.

    Happy TTT (on a Wednesday)!

    Susan
    http://www.blogginboutbooks.com

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