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Monday, March 2, 2020

TTT: Wonderful books with one-word titles

Top Ten Tuesday: Books I've enjoyed which have one-word titles
 
 
1. Atonement by Ian McEwan 
 
2. Beartown by Frederik Backman 
 
3. Beloved by Toni Morrison 
 
4. Blankets by Craig Thompson  
 
5. Crank by Ellen Hopkins  
 
6. Crossover by Kwame Alexander 
 
7. Educated by Tara Westover 
 
8. Emma by Jane Austen
 
9. Eragon by Christopher Paolini 
 
10. Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
 
11. Feed by M.T. Anderson 
 
12. Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
 
13. Kindred by Octavia Butler
 
14. LaRose by Louise Erdrich
 
15. Less by Andrew Sean Greer 
 
16. Lolita by Vladimir Nabakov
 
17. Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
 
18. Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
 
19. Persuasion by Jane Austen
 
20. Seraphina by Rachel Hartman
 
21. Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
 
22. Sadie by Courtney Summers 
 
23. Circe Madeleine Miller
 
24. Becoming by Michelle Obama
 
25. Nimona by Noelle Stevenson

I could go on...I'll stop.
Anne

18 comments:

  1. Yay for Fangirl! Haha I just read your comment over on my post. :) Circe is one I really want to read soon.

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  2. Love Persuasion and I'd like to read Beartown someday. Great list!

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  3. Hmm. I remember I didn't finish Dragon :3 maybe high-fantasy isn't really mi thing.

    Great list!

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    1. I listened to Eragon. I think that made the difference.

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  4. Oh boy, you've got some really good books on that list. It's a category I haven't thought about before.

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  5. I was surprised to discover that I like a lot of books with one-word titles.

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    1. It was so popular it spun off a bunch of other one-word titled book that I didn't read.

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  7. Great choices! so many of these are my TBR but love that you included Persuasion. It's such an amazing story and so underrated.

    Here is my TTT: https://fangirlpixieblog.com/2020/03/03/top-ten-tuesday-9/

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    1. I guess you'd better read FANGIRL since it is part of your blog title.

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  8. Educated was such a good memoir, too.

    My TTT .

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  9. I really liked Nimona and have been wanting to read Seraphina. I've heard great things about that one. :)

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    1. It surprised me. I wasn't expecting it to be so touching.

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  10. Fabulous list! I have Sadie on mine and can't believe I forgot Beartown. A lot of great books on here!

    My TTT!

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  11. You had an easier time than I did with this. Fangirl is a great book.

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  12. I need to read Becoming.
    www.rsrue.blogspot.com

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  13. The cover for that edition of Persuasion is adorable!

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