Top Ten Tuesday: Books with the Word Rose in the Title


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Two red roses against a black background. The roses are still attached to their stems. Here are ten books with the word rose in the title. Theyโ€™re such a pretty type of flower!

1. The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco

2. The Tea Rose (The Tea Rose, #1) by Jennifer Donnelly

3. Rose Red and Snow White: A Grimms Fairy Tale by Ruth Sanderson

4. Rose Madder by Stephen King

5. Rose Daughter by Robin McKinley

6. A Rose for Emily and Other Stories by William Faulkner

7. I Never Promised You a Rose Garden by Hannah Green

8. The Nightingale and the Rose by Oscar Wilde

9. A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1) by Sarah J. Maas

10. The Black Rose by Thomas B. Costain

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56 Responses to Top Ten Tuesday: Books with the Word Rose in the Title

  1. Great picks! (lol) I read I Never Promised You a Rose Garden when I was in high school and it just was so good, that it still stands out in my mind.

  2. I love Rose Daughter! Robin McKinley is one of my favorite authors, so I was happy to see that on your list. I’ve also read A Rose for Emilyโ€“Faulkner is such a strange guy!
    Here is my TTT: https://thissideofstoryland.blogspot.com/2025/04/top-ten-tuesday-books-with-word-star-in.html

  3. Rose is a tough one! Great list ๐ŸŒน

  4. I love how these are all different genres. Great choice for a word:-)

  5. Joanne @ Portobello Book Blog

    Never read any of these but I like the topic ๐ŸŒน

  6. I see you have some classic titles in your list. I am trying frantically to read as many classics as I can, making up for lost time.

  7. What a fabulous choice, Lydia. And so many wonderful books with rose in the title. Thanks for sharing.

  8. I’ve heard of a few of these. But haven’t read any. However, I think at one time I was curious about both Jennifer’s and Robin’s! May be two more titles I need to take a look at again. ๐Ÿ™‚ Thanks so much for visiting my list today!

  9. I loved Rose Daughter. It’s so interesting to compare it to her other BATB retelling, Beauty.

  10. Ahhh! I can smell their lovely fragrance! Wonderful list!

  11. I Never Promised You A Rose Garden is on my TBR!

  12. Using the word “Rose” seems like a popular theme this week!! Nice choice.

  13. Nice choice! And I love seeing Rose Daughter on your list — that reminds me that I’m due for a reread!

  14. Oh, nice choice! Always love a flower in a book title and roses do seem quite popular.

  15. Good word choice. Name of the Rose!

  16. I only read, of course, A Court of Thorns and Roses and I have heard of The Tea Rose. However, it doesn’t sound like a book for me unfortunately.

  17. I love roses! It’s a great word choice for spring.

  18. Poinsettia

    Great list! I really enjoyed Rose Daughter and A Rose for Emily. Here is our Top Ten Tuesday.

  19. Great word choice! These all sound really good.

  20. We managed to have all different choices too!

  21. I enjoyed The Tea Rose but I really loved The Winter Rose by Jennifer Donnelly! So good!

  22. I didn’t even think of rose! Great choice!

  23. I like the sound of I Never Promised You A Rose Garden

  24. Great list! I love William Faulkner and Oscar Wilde. Have a good day!

  25. Rose Madder and Rose Daughter are two books on my immediate TBR, as soon as I can get to them, by two of my favorite authors! Great choice of word!

  26. Great word, Lydia. I have read four of your books (1, 7, and 8) and probably would have found a few more, as well. I love the idea.

    Thanks for visiting my post:
    https://momobookblog.blogspot.com/2025/04/books-with-word-history-in-title.html

  27. This is a really interesting list. I’ve read ACOTAR, but most of the others were new to me. Roses are such pretty flowers, and I remember hearing about I Never Promised You a Rose Garden, but never reading it. Just added that to my TBR.

  28. Thank you. Hope you like that one.

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