Top Ten Tuesday: Books With The Word Sun In The Title

Hello and welcome back to Top Ten Tuesday! Today’s topic is books with the word [insert word] in the title. As I’m very late with writing and posting this blog post and the sun is shining very brightly (it’s even 21°C), I decided to search for books with the word “Sun” in the title. I did a random search, so not all books on this list are ones I have read or are on my TBR.

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.

  1. I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson (read)
  2. The Sun is also a Star by Nicola Yoon
  3. The Sun Sister by Lucinda Riley (read)
  4. She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan (read)
  5. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (read)
  6. If You Could See the Sun by Ann Liang
  7. Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
  8. The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
  9. The Sun and her Flowers by Rupi Kaur
  10. Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

What books with the word “sun” in the title spring to mind for you?


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20 responses to “Top Ten Tuesday: Books With The Word Sun In The Title”

  1. Klara and the Sun was interesting.

  2. I just finished a book by Adichie yesterday and she mentioned her book HALF A YELLOW SUN. Now I’ll have to look for it. I did read and loved I’LL GIVE YOU THE SUN. Wow.

    My word is WORLD: https://headfullofbooks.blogspot.com/2025/04/ttt-strange-collection-of-books-all.html

  3. Love that you featured the word ‘sun’. I have several of these on my TBR. Happy reading! My TTT https://readwithstefani.com/books-with-the-word-wind-in-the-title/

  4. OoO, another Ann Liang book! I’m going to look that one up. 🙂

  5. Mine would be Trial of the Sun Queen!

    1. Yeah I totally forgot about that book!

  6. Great list and choice of word! I think I’ve only read 2 of the books on this list but I do love the word Sun in a title.

  7. Joanne @ Portobello Book Blog Avatar
    Joanne @ Portobello Book Blog

    I’ve read numbers 5 & 10 from your selection, maybe number 8 as well.

    Good choice of word! ☀️

  8. Great and fitting choice of word! I only read I’ll Give You the Sun, but I remember enjoying that one.

  9. I liked Half of a Yellow Sun.

    Here is our Top Ten Tuesday.

  10. Sun is a good word for this time of year! I’ve heard of The Sun Also Rises, but I don’t know what it’s about.

    1. Me neither! I just entered the word “sun” in the Goodreads search bar and found this 😂

  11. I’ve read a few of these…..I really need to read A Thousand Splendid Suns too, that’s been on my tbr for years.

  12. I’ll Give You the Sun immediately came to mind – loved that one!

  13. I really liked Klara and the Sun, though I thought it sometimes called back a little strongly to some of his previous works.

  14. I haven’t read any of these, but great word choice! I’ll have to check to see how many books I have on my TBR with sun in the title.

  15. A nice spread of genres – I really enjoyed SHE WHO BECAME THE SUN!

  16. A good choice. I’ve read The Sun Sister, A Thousand Splendid Suns, and Half of a Yellow Sun – all excellent books. I’ve also read The Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Penman, The Sunrise by Victoria Hislop and
    Sunshine on Scotland Street by Alexander McCall Smith – also excellent!

  17. Great choice. I read #5 and 10, both great books.
    I chose History: https://momobookblog.blogspot.com/2025/04/books-with-word-history-in-title.html

  18. I’ve only read She Who Became the Sun, but it was such a good story.

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