Happy Tuesday, y’all! This week, Jana from That Artsy Reader Girl has handed over the reins for Top Ten Tuesday to Lisa from Hopewell’s Public Library of Life. So what did Lisa decide on for this week’s topic? She is asking us to share books with occupations in the title. After looking at several books, I struggled to find jobs in the titles. And then I came across a bunch with unusual jobs. So, who wants to get an unusual job?
A few of these jobs are actual positions, while others are variations of similar roles. All titles will lead to Goodreads.
Now, let’s get an unusual job!
The Huntress by Kate Quinn
- Genre: Historical Fiction
- Release Date: February 2019
- Job: Huntress
The Matchmaker’s List by Sonya Lalli
- Genre: Contemporary, Romance
- Release Date: January 2019
- Job: Matchmaker
Warrior Girl Unearthed by Angeline Boulley
- Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary
- Release Date: May 2023
- Job: Warrior
The Accidental Pinup by Danielle Jackson
- Genre: Romance
- Release Date: July 2022
- Job: Pinup
The Influencers by Anna-Marie McLemore
- Genre: Mystery
- Release Date: April 2025
- Job: Influencer
Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn
- Genre: Mystery
- Release Date: September 2022
- Job: Killer
Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer
- Genre: Fantasy, Romance
- Release Date: August 2023
- Job: Personal Assistant
The Treasure Hunters Club by Tom Ryan
- Genre: Mystery
- Release Date: October 2024
- Job: Treasure Hunter
The African Samurai by Craig Shreve
- Genre: Historical Fiction
- Release Date: August 2023
- Job: Samurai
An Assassin’s Guide to Love and Treason by Virginia Boecker
- Genre: Historical Fiction, Young Adult
- Release Date: October 2018
- Job: Assassin
Get an unusual job! Have you read any of these books? What books have you read that have an unusual job in the title?
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Brilliant selection!
Definitely some less usual jobs here! Well done!
I do hope that the jobs of assassin and killer are unusual. lol
The Huntress was such a good book, I’m glad that you included it.
Here’s a link to my own list
https://rosieamber.wordpress.com/2025/09/02/%f0%9f%93%9atoptentuesday-10-books-with-occupations-in-their-titles-tuesdaybookblog-booktwitter-booktwt/
It makes me very happy to see An Assassin’s Guide to Love and Treason on your list. It’s a real hidden gem!
These are some unexpected ones!
I love the route you’ve taken for this prompt! Very clever and fun 😍 I’ve got quite a few of these on my TBR and I can’t wait to read them. Great list!
i love your take on the topic! thanks for stopping by Reading Is My SuperPower!
Ooo! You’ve featured some great ones! The Matchmaker one looks interesting. 🙂 Thanks so much for visiting my list today.
Fun list! Treasure hunter does indeed sound like an unusual (and either very profitable or not at all profitable) job.
Great list Pam. I almost put The Huntress on my list today. You found some great ones.
Great list! I’m really enjoying reading everyone’s post this week.
These are some fun choices!
You do have quite a few unique ones. The only one on my list that was a bit unique was The Illusionist’s Daughter.
What a wonderfully creative list!!! Great work!
What a fantastic and original list! I love that you focused on unusual jobs. It’s a great approach to a tricky topic and a really fun way to find new books.
Yes. You are right. You found unusual and possibly horrible occupations. Ha!
Lots of unusual jobs here, Pam. Thanks for sharing.
https://thebookconnectionccm.blogspot.com/2025/09/top-ten-tuesday-top-ten-books-with.html
Fab selection!
A great list! I want to read Killers of a Certain Age and Assistant to the Villain.
I love your list of unusual jobs! They definitely sound like more fun than regular ones 🙂
Happy TTT (on a Wednesday)!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
Surprised by how many of us listed assassin as an occupation, haha.
Lol, I love these! So fun that you went for the unusual jobs!
Haze
https://thebookhaze.com/
Great list! I love how you specifically sought out unusual jobs. How does one go about becoming a professional villain or treasure hunting? Because I feel like those could be fun!
I agree they could be fun. But I’m not sure I want to be a villain.