|| Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. ||
Today the theme was top ten covers with [an item of your choice] n the front and I chose top ten covers with cats because I have a lot of books with cats on the front. That’s probably because I read a lot of cozy mysteries and cozy mystery readers and authors like cats in their books and on their covers. Sometimes they barely mention a cat in the book but they still put a cat on the cover. Cozy mystery readers and authors also like dogs but today I went with bookcovers with cats on them.
- The Cat Who Sniffed Glue by Lilian Jackson Braun
When I looked through my The Cat Who books I was actually surprised by how many of the covers didn’t have cats on them. They had paw prints, but no actual cats. It looks like there are some knock-off covers online but those are not the official covers so I did not include them. A couple of the books, such as this one, did have cats on them, though.
2. The Kamogawa Food Detectives by Hisashi Kashiwai
I have not read this one yet but I hope to this winter. I have had it on my list for a while and planned to read it but got distracted by some other books first. Yes, the story of my life.
2. Mums and Mayhem by Amanda Flowers.
The cat is part of the story in this series but not a huge part. The fox pictured here is more a part than the cat.
4. Read and Buried by Eva Gates
I’ve only read one book in this series and it was pretty good. From what I remember, the cat was a big part of it.
5. A Fatal Footnote by Margaret Loudon
This one was on my fall TBR but I don’t think I’m going to get to it so I am pushing it off until winter. My daughter picked this one out because of the cat, which looks a lot like our cat Scout.
6. Apple Cider Slaying by Julie Anne Lindsey
I don’t really remember there being cats in this book but I liked the cats on the cover at least.
7. We’ll Prescribe You A Cat by Syou Ishida
I have not read this one yet, but it is on my list and I like the name because cats often help me when I don’t feel well or I am down. Sometimes they drive me crazy too.
8. Gladwynn Grant Gets Her Footing by Lisa R. Howeler
Yes this is my book but it has a cat on the front so…I shamelessly added it. It is on sale on Amazon and can also be read on Kindle Unlimited if you are interested. *wink*
9. Save the Cat! Writes a Novel by Jessica Brody
This is a writing craft book that I have read part of and would like to read more of but have put it somewhere and can’t find it.
10. The Crime That Binds by Laurie Cass
I’ve had this one on my shelf for over a year so I really hope to get it read soon. This series looks so good and I am interested to see how the cat fits in to the story.
How about you? Do you have books with either cats on the cover or a lot of books with similar images?
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I love cats so much! And books with cats on the cover always attract my attention. I haven’t read any of these books, but I love the covers for Kamogawa Food Detectives, The Crime that Binds, and your book, Gladwynn Grant Gets Her Footing so much!
If you’d like to visit, here’s my TTT: https://thebooklorefairy.blogspot.com/2024/11/top-ten-tuesday-books-with-swords-on-the-cover.html
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Thank you! I’ll head over to your blog too. I am soooo behind on blog reading this week.
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The cats on the covers of The Kamogawa Food Detectives and We’ll Prescribe a Cat make me want to go pick out a cat right now.
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I know!!! Same!
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Cats and cozies definitely go together! I featured four cozies on my list this week and three of them have cats on the cover 🙂 I’ve read a couple of the books on your list and there are a bunch more I need to take a closer look at.
Happy TTT (on a Wednesday)!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
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What fun covers!
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How fun! And how timely that just last night, my granddaughter and I read a book called Three Stories You Can Read to Your Cat. We had picked up that book at our library’s book sale last year.
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What a fun prompt! Since I usually read books on my iPad, I don’t pay much attention to the covers. These look like some fun reads.
https://marshainthemiddle.com/
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I had a favorite book when I was young that my Great Aunt gave me. She was the only one in her family to move away from the farm life, and traveled a lot. On one trip she brought back for me a book that her friend was part of. It was about a cat that came in through the open windows at an elementary school in California. The kids adopted him, 😺. The book was called “A Cat Called Room 8.” Now here’s another old book that I’m going to have to track down! 😂
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Who knew? Researching for the book, and there is a Room 8 Facebook page! And the book is still in print on Amazon! Yay!
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Oh so fun! I tend to have lots of books with water/beaches/docks on the cover… and trees… lots and lots of trees.
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Lisa, thank you for sharing an interesting post about insightful book covers. While I haven’t read any books with cat-inspired covers, I was inspired to write a short story about Revel, my youngest daughter’s mischievous cat. I don’t think he is often perceived as the household’s “Top Cat.”
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It seems like cats are really popular in books by Japanese authors. I haven’t read any of these myself, because cozy books are not my go-to genre.
My TTT: https://laurieisreading.com/2024/11/05/top-ten-tuesday-ya-one-book-wonders/
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I love seeing happy animals on book covers.
Here is my <a href=“https://lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-covers-with-fog-on-the-cover/“>Top Ten Tuesday.</a>
Lydia
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I think this is the fifth post I have seen that has focused on cats today! Popular topic. Happy reading.
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