Discover new books on Goodreads
Meet your next favorite book
Sign in with Facebook
Around the Year in 52 Books is a Goodreads group that creates a user-generated reading challenge each year. This listopia is dedicated to one of our 2023 prompts. Please do not vote on these lists unless you are participating in our reading challenge!
Prompt: A book related to a chess piece
The chess pieces are:
The Pawn
The Knight
The Bishop
The Rook
The Queen
The King
Prompt: A book related to a chess piece
The chess pieces are:
The Pawn
The Knight
The Bishop
The Rook
The Queen
The King
Score
A book’s total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book.
| 1 |
|
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
by
3.91 avg rating — 284,109 ratings
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2 |
|
The Queen's Gambit
by
4.18 avg rating — 135,258 ratings
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 3 |
|
The Rook (The Checquy Files, #1)
by
4.10 avg rating — 62,845 ratings
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4 |
|
I Capture the Castle
by
3.99 avg rating — 114,268 ratings
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 5 |
|
Death Comes for the Archbishop
by
3.97 avg rating — 42,576 ratings
score: 775,
and
8 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 6 |
|
The Glass Castle
by
Jeannette Walls (Goodreads Author)
4.33 avg rating — 1,342,587 ratings
score: 725,
and
8 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 7 |
|
Siren Queen
by
Nghi Vo (Goodreads Author)
3.68 avg rating — 12,893 ratings
score: 684,
and
7 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 8 |
|
Queenie
by
Candice Carty-Williams (Goodreads Author)
3.85 avg rating — 155,925 ratings
score: 676,
and
7 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 9 |
|
The Count of Monte Cristo
by
4.32 avg rating — 1,006,401 ratings
score: 632,
and
7 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 10 |
|
King Lear
by
3.91 avg rating — 234,839 ratings
score: 617,
and
7 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 11 |
|
Red Queen (Red Queen, #1)
by
Victoria Aveyard (Goodreads Author)
3.98 avg rating — 1,149,652 ratings
score: 586,
and
6 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 12 |
|
The Sugar Queen
by
Sarah Addison Allen (Goodreads Author)
3.99 avg rating — 57,171 ratings
score: 583,
and
6 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 13 |
|
A Discovery of Witches (All Souls, #1)
by
Deborah Harkness (Goodreads Author)
4.02 avg rating — 549,620 ratings
score: 580,
and
6 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 14 |
|
Horse
by
Geraldine Brooks (Goodreads Author)
4.24 avg rating — 197,946 ratings
score: 576,
and
6 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 15 |
|
Deacon King Kong
by
James McBride (Goodreads Author)
4.16 avg rating — 79,436 ratings
score: 541,
and
6 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 16 |
|
Breaking Dawn (The Twilight Saga, #4)
by
3.75 avg rating — 1,851,387 ratings
score: 540,
and
6 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 17 |
|
The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3)
by
4.58 avg rating — 1,021,362 ratings
score: 494,
and
6 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 18 |
|
The Shadow King
by
3.66 avg rating — 14,811 ratings
score: 484,
and
5 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 19 |
|
11/22/63
by
Stephen King (Goodreads Author)
4.35 avg rating — 631,421 ratings
score: 483,
and
5 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 20 |
|
Queen of Shadows (Throne of Glass, #4)
by
Sarah J. Maas (Goodreads Author)
4.62 avg rating — 1,332,738 ratings
score: 482,
and
5 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 21 |
|
The Stand
by
Stephen King (Goodreads Author)
4.35 avg rating — 824,046 ratings
score: 478,
and
6 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 22 |
|
A Chess Story
by
4.27 avg rating — 165,324 ratings
score: 459,
and
5 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 23 |
|
The Winter Queen (Erast Fandorin Mysteries, #1)
by
3.91 avg rating — 14,219 ratings
score: 450,
and
5 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 24 |
|
The Lager Queen of Minnesota
by
J. Ryan Stradal (Goodreads Author)
4.01 avg rating — 46,901 ratings
score: 434,
and
5 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 25 |
|
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
by
3.76 avg rating — 76,269 ratings
score: 419,
and
6 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 26 |
|
Howl’s Moving Castle (Howl’s Moving Castle, #1)
by
4.29 avg rating — 436,626 ratings
score: 417,
and
5 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 27 |
|
Hamlet
by
4.03 avg rating — 1,033,244 ratings
score: 410,
and
5 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 28 |
|
The Blue Castle
by
4.31 avg rating — 54,303 ratings
score: 405,
and
5 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 29 |
|
American Royals (American Royals, #1)
by
Katharine McGee (Goodreads Author)
3.82 avg rating — 130,042 ratings
score: 398,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 29 |
|
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
by
4.45 avg rating — 2,701,128 ratings
score: 398,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 31 |
|
Rosemary and Rue (October Daye, #1)
by
Seanan McGuire (Goodreads Author)
3.78 avg rating — 39,975 ratings
score: 373,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 32 |
|
Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, #2)
by
4.01 avg rating — 142,582 ratings
score: 372,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 33 |
|
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
by
4.24 avg rating — 3,100,876 ratings
score: 369,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 34 |
|
The Game of Kings (The Lymond Chronicles, #1)
by
4.14 avg rating — 10,059 ratings
score: 368,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 35 |
|
The Queen of Nothing (The Folk of the Air, #3)
by
Holly Black (Goodreads Author)
4.34 avg rating — 936,339 ratings
score: 363,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 36 |
|
The African Queen
by
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 9,218 ratings
score: 350,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 37 |
|
She Would Be King
by
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7,303 ratings
score: 345,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 38 |
|
King of the Wind: The Story of the Godolphin Arabian
by
4.22 avg rating — 27,785 ratings
score: 343,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 39 |
|
The Wicked King (The Folk of the Air, #2)
by
Holly Black (Goodreads Author)
4.27 avg rating — 1,038,513 ratings
score: 335,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 40 |
|
A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2)
by
4.42 avg rating — 1,010,033 ratings
score: 332,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 41 |
|
Euphoria
by
Lily King (Goodreads Author)
3.87 avg rating — 99,208 ratings
score: 330,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 42 |
|
The Sword in the Stone (Once and Future King, #1)
by
3.89 avg rating — 28,172 ratings
score: 323,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 43 |
|
The Castle
by
3.92 avg rating — 73,758 ratings
score: 299,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 44 |
|
The Mists of Avalon (Avalon, #1)
by
4.13 avg rating — 212,078 ratings
score: 296,
and
4 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 45 |
|
The Uncommon Reader
by
3.73 avg rating — 59,119 ratings
score: 294,
and
3 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 46 |
|
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (The Tales of Dunk and Egg, #1-3)
by
4.25 avg rating — 111,830 ratings
score: 293,
and
3 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 47 |
|
The Windsor Knot (Her Majesty the Queen Investigates #1)
by
S.J. Bennett (Goodreads Author)
3.51 avg rating — 29,390 ratings
score: 292,
and
3 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 48 |
|
The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1)
by
Ken Follett (Goodreads Author)
4.35 avg rating — 819,176 ratings
score: 290,
and
3 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 49 |
|
The Once and Future King (The Once and Future King, #1-5)
by
4.07 avg rating — 117,118 ratings
score: 286,
and
3 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 50 |
|
The Name of the Rose
by
4.14 avg rating — 391,389 ratings
score: 284,
and
3 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 51 |
|
The True Queen (Sorcerer Royal, #2)
by
Zen Cho (Goodreads Author)
3.85 avg rating — 3,608 ratings
score: 283,
and
3 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 52 |
|
Death Comes as the End
by
3.85 avg rating — 27,241 ratings
score: 281,
and
3 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 53 |
|
The Queen of the Tearling (The Queen of the Tearling, #1)
by
Erika Johansen (Goodreads Author)
3.98 avg rating — 98,539 ratings
score: 280,
and
3 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 54 |
|
The Taming of the Queen (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #12)
by
Philippa Gregory (Goodreads Author)
3.97 avg rating — 32,657 ratings
score: 278,
and
3 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 55 |
|
The Other Queen (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #16)
by
Philippa Gregory (Goodreads Author)
3.70 avg rating — 49,304 ratings
score: 276,
and
3 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 56 |
|
The Women in the Castle
by
Jessica Shattuck (Goodreads Author)
3.84 avg rating — 65,804 ratings
score: 274,
and
3 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 56 |
|
The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, #1)
by
Brandon Sanderson (Goodreads Author)
4.66 avg rating — 646,754 ratings
score: 274,
and
3 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 58 |
|
The Red Queen (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #3)
by
Philippa Gregory (Goodreads Author)
3.82 avg rating — 77,458 ratings
score: 273,
and
3 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 58 |
|
The Queen of the Night
by
Alexander Chee (Goodreads Author)
3.43 avg rating — 12,113 ratings
score: 273,
and
3 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 60 |
|
The King's General
by
3.90 avg rating — 5,846 ratings
score: 272,
and
3 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 61 |
|
The White Queen (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #2)
by
Philippa Gregory (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 181,635 ratings
score: 269,
and
3 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 62 |
|
The Green Mile
by
Stephen King (Goodreads Author)
4.49 avg rating — 356,948 ratings
score: 268,
and
3 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 63 |
|
Writers & Lovers
by
Lily King (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 164,915 ratings
score: 267,
and
3 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 64 |
|
Duma Key
by
Stephen King (Goodreads Author)
3.98 avg rating — 135,204 ratings
score: 264,
and
3 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 65 |
|
Barchester Towers (Chronicles of Barsetshire, #2)
by
4.05 avg rating — 17,550 ratings
score: 261,
and
3 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 66 |
|
The Ravenmaster: My Life with the Ravens at the Tower of London
by
4.04 avg rating — 5,974 ratings
score: 255,
and
3 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 67 |
|
The Beet Queen
by
3.87 avg rating — 14,550 ratings
score: 253,
and
3 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 68 |
|
The Snow Queen
by
3.74 avg rating — 18,526 ratings
score: 244,
and
3 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 69 |
|
Summer Knight (The Dresden Files, #4)
by
Jim Butcher (Goodreads Author)
4.26 avg rating — 160,040 ratings
score: 241,
and
3 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 70 |
|
The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)
by
4.50 avg rating — 1,103,194 ratings
score: 225,
and
3 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 71 |
|
Macbeth
by
3.89 avg rating — 1,004,463 ratings
score: 223,
and
3 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 72 |
|
The Eight (The Eight, #1)
by
3.93 avg rating — 45,807 ratings
score: 199,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 72 |
|
Bob
by
Wendy Mass (Goodreads Author)
4.05 avg rating — 11,870 ratings
score: 199,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 74 |
|
A Promise of Fire (Kingmaker Chronicles, #1)
by
Amanda Bouchet (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 55,177 ratings
score: 198,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 74 |
|
King, Queen, Knave
by
3.82 avg rating — 6,207 ratings
score: 198,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 76 |
|
The Inheritance Games (The Inheritance Games, #1)
by
Jennifer Lynn Barnes (Goodreads Author)
4.13 avg rating — 1,038,739 ratings
score: 197,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 76 |
|
The Queen of Hearts
by
Kimmery Martin (Goodreads Author)
3.59 avg rating — 17,537 ratings
score: 197,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 76 |
|
The Ruin of Kings (A Chorus of Dragons, #1)
by
Jenn Lyons (Goodreads Author)
3.83 avg rating — 15,686 ratings
score: 197,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 79 |
|
Island Queen
by
Vanessa Riley (Goodreads Author)
3.91 avg rating — 4,443 ratings
score: 196,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 79 |
|
Idylls of the King
by
3.97 avg rating — 10,383 ratings
score: 196,
and
3 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 79 |
|
Snowed In at the Castle (Snowed In for Christmas #1)
by
Lucy McConnell (Goodreads Author)
4.28 avg rating — 411 ratings
score: 196,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 79 |
|
The Girl Who Saved The King Of Sweden
by
3.78 avg rating — 61,311 ratings
score: 196,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 79 |
|
Half a King (Shattered Sea, #1)
by
3.97 avg rating — 73,202 ratings
score: 196,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 84 |
|
The Secret Chord
by
Geraldine Brooks (Goodreads Author)
3.68 avg rating — 21,704 ratings
score: 195,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 84 |
|
The Summer Tree
by
Guy Gavriel Kay (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 26,426 ratings
score: 195,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 84 |
|
Majesty (American Royals, #2)
by
Katharine McGee (Goodreads Author)
3.75 avg rating — 79,087 ratings
score: 195,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 84 |
|
Queen Bee
by
Nina Manning (Goodreads Author)
3.73 avg rating — 2,864 ratings
score: 195,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 88 |
|
The Hawthorne Legacy (The Inheritance Games, #2)
by
Jennifer Lynn Barnes (Goodreads Author)
4.19 avg rating — 599,220 ratings
score: 194,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 88 |
|
The Knight of Maison-Rouge
by
3.89 avg rating — 1,988 ratings
score: 194,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 90 |
|
At Home in Mitford (Mitford Years, #1)
by
4.13 avg rating — 68,976 ratings
score: 193,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 91 |
|
The Final Gambit (The Inheritance Games, #3)
by
Jennifer Lynn Barnes (Goodreads Author)
4.10 avg rating — 444,732 ratings
score: 192,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 91 |
|
Mrs Queen Takes the Train
by
William Kuhn (Goodreads Author)
3.56 avg rating — 7,642 ratings
score: 192,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 93 |
|
Thud! (Discworld, #34; City Watch, #7)
by
4.35 avg rating — 78,476 ratings
score: 190,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 94 |
|
King's Cage (Red Queen, #3)
by
Victoria Aveyard (Goodreads Author)
3.88 avg rating — 292,365 ratings
score: 189,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 94 |
|
Rook
by
Sharon Cameron (Goodreads Author)
3.78 avg rating — 9,757 ratings
score: 189,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 94 |
|
The Queen of Spades and Other Stories
by
4.09 avg rating — 9,217 ratings
score: 189,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 94 |
|
Knight's Castle (Tales of Magic, #2)
by
4.04 avg rating — 5,542 ratings
score: 189,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 98 |
|
The Raven King (The Raven Cycle, #4)
by
Maggie Stiefvater (Goodreads Author)
4.25 avg rating — 158,574 ratings
score: 188,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 98 |
|
The Lost Queen (The Lost Queen, #1)
by
Signe Pike (Goodreads Author)
4.16 avg rating — 16,005 ratings
score: 188,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 100 |
|
The Immortal King Rao
by
Vauhini Vara (Goodreads Author)
3.66 avg rating — 4,228 ratings
score: 187,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
720 books ·
100 voters ·
list created August 29th, 2022
by Emily Bourque (votes) .
Comments Showing 1-8 of 8 (8 new)
date
newest »
newest »
I think it's too big a stretch to include words with "king" imbedded in a title word or author's name - eg. working, mockingbird, looking, Kingfisher, etc. This prompt is already very broad.
Rooks are sometimes called a castle, a tower, and an elephant in various cultures.
NancyJ wrote: "I think it's too big a stretch to include words with "king" imbedded in a title word or author's name - eg. working, mockingbird, looking, Kingfisher, etc. This prompt is already very broad."Totally understand if you don't want to include those books in this prompt, NancyJ (I personally don't plan to) but I'll allow them to remain on the listopia for people who may want to broaden the prompt to that.
Dubhease wrote: "Rooks are sometimes called a castle ... in various cultures."Agreed
Mandy wrote: "here are some other names for pieces. ... horse ..." I so agree
OK... The Count of Monte Cristo?A Discovery of Witches?
11/22/63?
Writers and Lovers?
Euphoria?
The Uncommon Reader?
Rosemary and Rue?
How are these related to chess pieces? People should be motivating their votes here, too.
And, no, words with -king on them shouldn't count. I know this is just a reading challenge and not serious or so, but why would people join a reading challenge if they don't plan to challenge themselves in any way? I mean, I can accept "royals", and "rookie", but there are TONS of books with "king", "queen", "horse" and "tower" to choose from, without needing to go that far out to fish. One could just as well select any 52 books and then come up with far-fetched motivations.
BTW, in Finnish the pieces are called the King, the Queen, the Messenger, the Horse (Steed), the Tower and the Soldier
in Swedish: king, lady, runner, horse, tower, peasant
in Estonian: king, flag, spear, horse, wagon, forerunner
A reminder, Ketutar, that everyone approaches the challenge in a different way. We encourage people to put notes on their votes explaining how the book fits, but at the end of the day, it is up to each person using the listopia to decide if a book fits for them or not. We aren't here to judge how or why someone chooses to complete our challenge.I appreciate your listing the different words used in different languages! That's very helpful!
Anyone can add books to this list.
How to Vote
To vote on existing books from the list, beside each book there is a link vote for this book clicking it will add that book to your votes.
To vote on books not in the list or books you couldn't find in the list, you can click on the tab add books to this list and then choose from your books, or simply search.
Minister, top, lady, tower, vizier, horse, officer
A link for finding international piece names. unfortunately, unless you can read the language, google translate will be your friend.
www. schach-chess. com / chess-pieces .htm