Are you drawn to books with flowers in the titles?
Books with Flowers in the Titles
I’m linking up today with That Artsy Reader Girl for Top Ten Tuesday: Covers with Fall Vibes. Hummm….I’m not a cover person. I rehomed all my physical books and bookshelves, so I don’t spend time rearranging books by color or genre or alphabetically. Because I don’t have physical books lying around, I don’t notice covers several times a day. I read on Kindle or a Libby app, so I rarely look at the cover. Bottom line, I’ve got nothing for fall cover vibes today. Therefore, I’m going rogue and creating a list of books with flowers in the titles.
I have not reviewed all of these books. Titles are linked to my reviews when available.
(In no particular order)
A Fall of Marigolds by Susan Meissner
one of my favs by the author
The Rose Code by Kate Quinn
compelling histfic with a side of thriller
White Rose, Black Forest by Eoin Dempsey
survival
Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly
intense
Lost Roses by Martha Hall Kelly
#2 in the loosely connected series
Sunflower Sisters by Martha Hall Kelly
Martha Hall Kelly to the rescue for books with flowers in the titles! This is my favorite of the “flowers trilogy”
Love and Lavender by Josi S. Kilpack
loved this sweet marriage of convenience
Indigo Heiress by Laura Frantz
arranged marriage
The Magnolia Palace by Fiona Davis
not reviewed
Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
not reviewed
QOTD:
What is your favorite book with flowers in the title?
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Good list, while I don’t intentionally choose a book with a flower title, I have read The Rose Code and others with flower titles.
Thanks! Titles that always attract me are ones with books, bookshops, or libraries in the titles!
Good idea Carol! 🌸🌼
Thanks! 🌻
Yes, all of these covers exude a bit of sadness about the dying of the light.
Fab pivot, Carol! I’m a huge cover person and get my inspiration for TTT from my WP image library!
Good idea to use the WP image collection!
Marigolds are such pretty flowers.
Yes! Love them! 🌻
I always have trouble with cover themed topics for the same reason as you… plus I’m too lazy to pull books off shelves to try to find suitable covers. I like you flower theme, great idea.
Thanks for the solidarity! 🌻
i love seeing Laura Frantz on your list – loved that book. Also loved the Josi Kilpack one you included and I really need to read that Susan Meissner one. My TTT
All good reads! Thanks for stopping by and commenting! 🌻
Haha, it must be the genres I read, but for all of 2024 and 2025, I do not have one single book with a flower in the title! (I don’t read much historical fiction, for instance.) However, I want to say, that I have noticed such an upswing in flower COVERS! For books that have nothing to do with flowers and I can’t see the connection! I will cut my list down to 10, but I found nearly 30 books with gorgeous floral covers (like still lifes): We Are the Brennans, The Connollys of County Down, One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot, Eddie Winston is Looking for Love, The Essex Serpent, The Name, When Women Were Dragons, 1000 Doors of January, The Stationery Shop and The Family Upstairs! And there are so many more, and that’s not counting all the books with TREES on the cover, or falling leaves! You sent me down a ‘cover art’ rabbit hole…..
lol! I need your inspiration for next time! 🌻 Thanks for commenting!
I’ve done autumn covers so often that I decided not to participate today. But it’s a nice idea to take flowers instead. Maybe next year.
I’m not very good with cover prompts! 🌻
I totally agree. It’s so much easier to look for certain words.
A great collection of titles!
Pam @ Read! Bake! Create!
https://readbakecreate.com/more-autumn-vibes-ten-book-covers-with-autumn-vibes/
Thanks! 🌻
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I like a good rogue post! And Daisy Jones and the Six was great! I didn’t post this week.
I’ve become braver in going rogue!
Nice picks!
Here is my TTT.https://dmhoisington.wordpress.com/2025/09/30/top-ten-tuesday-3/
Thanks! 🌻
You are welcome
I have just finished The Sweet Smell of Magnolias and Memories, Carol, which I enjoyed. I also enjoyed A Fall of Marigolds, The Rose Code and The Lilac Girls. Lovely post. 💖📚
Thanks Sandy!
A FALL OF MARIGOLDS is the first book I read by Meissner! I loved it and have enjoyed everything I’ve read by her since. Great list.
Happy TTT!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
It may the first I read as well…or maybe it was As Bright As Heaven 🤷♀️
I think going rogue was a brilliant idea! I’m completely drawn to titles with flowers in them, and your list is fantastic. I’ve read and loved *The Rose Code*, and I am always looking for more historical fiction, so **A Fall of Marigolds** has definitely caught my eye. Martha Hall Kelly’s trilogy with all the flower titles is very clever!
What a beautiful selection!
I can highly recommend Fall of Marigolds! One of my fav Meissner titles! (Sorry for the delayed response… I found your comment in spam).