This week’s topic for Top Ten Tuesday (hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl) is 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.”) (Submitted by Joanne @ Portobello Book Blog)
I noticed that I’ve reviewed exactly ten books with the word Mrs in the title, so decided to just stick to those for this week’s post. They are listed below:
1. The Other Side of Mrs Wood by Lucy Barker – The story of a successful medium in 19th century London who gets more than she bargained for when she takes on a new apprentice!
2. The Autobiography of Mrs Tom Thumb by Melanie Benjamin – A fictional memoir of the American circus performer Lavinia Warren.
3. Mrs Poe by Lynn Cullen – This novel explores the relationship between Edgar Allan Poe and the poet Frances Sargent Osgood.
4. The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock by Imogen Hermes Gowar – Set in Georgian England, this book begins with a captain selling his ship in exchange for a mermaid!
5. Mrs England by Stacey Halls – A children’s nurse takes a new position with a family in Yorkshire and quickly sense that something is not quite right.
6. The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst by Katie Lumsden – A small, quiet community in 1840s England is shaken up by the arrival of Mr Montgomery Hurst’s new wife.
7. Mrs Engels by Gavin McCrea – A fictional look at the life of Lizzie Burns, common law wife of the German philosopher Friedrich Engels.
8. Good Evening, Mrs Craven by Mollie Panter-Downes – A collection of short stories written between 1939 and 1944 and giving some insights into Britain during the Second World War.
9. Dear Mrs Bird by AJ Pearce – The first in the Emmy Lake series, about a young woman who becomes an advice columnist in wartime London.
10. Mrs Whistler by Matthew Plampin – A fictional account of the life of Maud Franklin, the model and muse of the artist James McNeill Whistler
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Have you read any of these? Which other books with ‘Mrs’ in the title have you read?
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I’ve enjoyed the Emmy Lake series so far, I hope to read the most recent one soon.
Pam @ Read! Bake! Create!https://readbakecreate.com/a-royal-family-found-in-book-titles/
I’ve still only read the first Emmy Lake book, so have a lot of catching up to do!
I’m reading the latest now and… I’m already sure it will get 5/5 stars from me!
I think it’s cool that you picked Mrs. titles for everything.
I was lucky that I had exactly ten reviews of Mrs books on my blog.
Great list, it has some really intriguing sounding titles. A couple were already on my TBR but I’ve just added the Tom Thumb one too. I’d never heard before that there was a real person with that name. I’m also going to have to double check that Mrs Wood is on my list as that also sounds fascinating. I love a book featuring mediums.
The Tom Thumb book was fascinating. I knew nothing about the real person of that name either, or his wife Lavinia Warren. And Mrs Wood was one of my favourite books of the year a few years ago – I definitely recommend it!
I’ve read 4, 5, 9 & 10. A few others I’ve read – Mrs Quinn’s Rise to Fame, Mrs Hemingway, Mrs Dalloway and Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont
I haven’t read any of those, but I’m sure I’ll read Mrs Dalloway at some point!
oooo Mrs. England sounds intriguing! My TTT
It’s great! I’ve enjoyed all of Stacey Halls’ books.
Mrs. Poe sounds interesting! Here is our <a href=”https://www.longandshortreviews.com/miscellaneous-musings/top-ten-tuesday-books-with-honorifics-in-the-title/“>Top Ten Tuesday. </a> Thank you!
Yes, I found it interesting, particularly as I like Edgar Allan Poe.
Good work!
Thanks!
I gotta add all of these to my growing TBR now. I love having more options!
They are all good books!
I thought I would have more books with Mrs in the title! I am going to revisit this topic in future I think.
I was going to include a mixture of honorifics until I saw that I had reviewed exactly ten books with Mrs in the title. It was a great topic this week.
Smart to keep it to Mrs. because I had SO many options, I couldn’t choose!
Yes, there were too many options for this week’s list! It was much easier when I decided to just stick to Mrs.
I’ve read Mrs Bird, Mrs Hancock and Mrs England! All very enjoyable! I also enjoyed Ruth Ware’s The Death of Mrs Westaway a lot.
I have The Death of Mrs Westaway on the TBR, so I’m glad you liked it. I’ve enjoyed some of Ruth Ware’s other books.
Love that you went with Mrs. in all your titles! I almost put Dear Mrs. Bird on my TTT list, but then went with Mrs. Dalloway instead. 😀
There are so many books with Mrs in the title! I stuck to ones that I’ve reviewed on my blog, but I can think of a lot of others.
DEAR MRS. BIRD is on my list this week, too, and I had MRS. ENGLAND on it before I traded it out for another book so I’d have a little variety on there. Great list!
Happy TTT (on a Wednesday)!
Susan
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I think a lot of us have Dear Mrs Bird on our lists this week! I loved it and must read the others in the series soon.
It looks like we have a few books in common on our lists! https://franlaniado.wordpress.com/2025/07/15/top-ten-tuesday-honorifics-in-the-title-mr-mrs-miss-ms/
I also read Mrs. Poe a long time ago… The Trouble with Mrs. Montgomery Hurst and Mrs. England are both on my TBR. In both cases I’ve really enjoyed other work from the authors.
I hope you enjoy the two on your TBR. Mrs England is probably my favourite of Stacey Halls’ books.