A book with a red spine

[Jamie]

Can anyone confirm if Catching Fire has a red spine? I know the cover is red and that my copy of Hunger Games has the spine continue the cover color, but I wanted to make sure.

Also, my copy of The Scarlet Letter, Aesop's Fables, A Lion Among Men, and The Two Towers all have a red spine.

[Caity]

Jamie wrote: "Can anyone confirm if Catching Fire has a red spine? I know the cover is read and that my copy of Hunger Games has the spine continue the cover color, but I wanted to make sure.

Also, my copy of T..."

My boyfriend's hardcover copy has a red spine.

[Jamie]

Caity wrote: "My boyfriend's hardcover copy has a red spine."

Great, thank you so much!

[Carrie]

The 5 people you meet in heaven by Mitch Albon

[Kirsten]

I read Behind Closed Doors by B.A. Paris for this one.

By the way, this is one of the most chilling thrillers I've read in a long time.

[Brianna]

I'm picking A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams. It's a play and the edition I got from the library is red so it's perfect! Can't wait to read this play.

[Heidi]

I just finished "The End of Your Life Book Club" by Will Schwalbe - - it not only has the red spine, but it also has A LOT of books discussed to use for the "A book that's been mentioned in another book" challenge, as well. :)

[Rachel]

Linda wrote: "The Red Queen by Philippa Gregory has a red spine."

I think that's what I will be reading for this challenge :)

Beloved has a red spine as well.

[Nancy]

I read The Wangs vs. the World. This would also work in the advanced challenge list as a book about an immigrant, since one of the main characters is an immigrant from China (actually, two of them are, but the lead male gets a lot more space than his wife, and the immigrant theme is a stronger with him). And for that matter, it would work for a book by a person of color, since author Jade Chang is Chinese-American. Then, since the family takes a road trip from California to New York, it might also work as a book about travel. I'm probably going to use it at most in two categories.

[Sarah]

I'm currently reading A Darker Shade of Magic for this prompt and liking so much so far that I'm trying to figure out if I can fit the follow up books into the challenge as well. Does anyone have any suggestions?

[Elyse]

I found The Color of Fire on my bookshelf and chose it buuuut I may switch to The Wrath & the Dawn, I just purchased the hardcover.

[Elyse]

Michelle wrote: "Every copy of The Catcher in the Rye that I've ever seen has a red cover and spine. I personally would count that, even if I read it on an e-reader. ;)"

That's funny because my copy doesn't! lol

[Elyse]

Pioup wrote: "I'm quite annoyed because I've wanted to read Wolf Hall for a while, and having it fit a category would be a great motivation, but the spine on my edition is mostly black with only red text... Tryi..."

It doesn't specify that the copy you have has to have a red spine...if you want to stretch it. ;)

[Wendy]

I read (trade paperback) of The Queen of the Tearling for this task. Though I read a lot of ebooks, I decided I would make myself read a hard-copy with an actual red spine.

Looking at my bookshelves, a few more red spines that jump out at me are:
- The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time
- Mistress of the Art of Death
- Poison Study
- The Underground Railroad
- The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics

[Charlsa]

Found it! I had been struggling to a book that interested me. I found myself in a B&N yesterday afternoon, so I took a quick walk down the new release aisle and found a book with a red spine that I'm choosing for this prompt.

It is Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann.

Here is the review from Amazon:
An Amazon Best Book of April 2017: In the 1920s, the Osage found themselves in a unique position among Native Americans tribes. As other tribal lands were parceled out in an effort by the government to encourage dissolution and assimilation of both lands and culture, the Osage negotiated to maintain the mineral rights for their corner of Oklahoma, creating a kind of “underground reservation.” It proved a savvy move; soon countless oil rigs punctured the dusty landscape, making the Osage very rich. And that’s when they started dying.

You’d think the Osage Indian Reservation murders would have been a bigger story, one as familiar as the Lindbergh kidnapping or Bonnie and Clyde. It has everything, but at scale: Execution-style shootings, poisonings, and exploding houses drove the body count to over two dozen, while private eyes and undercover operatives scoured the territory for clues. Even as legendary and infamous oil barons vied for the most lucrative leases, J. Edgar Hoover’s investigation – which he would leverage to enhance both the prestige and power of his fledgling FBI - began to overtake even the town’s most respected leaders.

Exhuming the massive amount of detail is no mean feat, and it’s even harder to make it entertaining. But journalist David Grann knows what he’s doing. With the same obsessive attention to fact - in service to storytelling - as The Lost City of Z, Killers of the Flower Moon reads like narrative-nonfiction as written by James M. Cain (there are, after all, insurance policies involved): smart, taut, and pacey. Most sobering, though, is how the tale is at once unsurprising and unbelievable, full of the arrogance, audacity, and inhumanity that continues to reverberate through today’s headlines. --Jon Foro, The Amazon Book Review

BTW, the hardcover is priced lower than the paperback on Amazon at this time. It was just released on April 18, 2017, so it wold also fulfill the prompt for a book published in 2017.

[Ashley]

Do you think The Thirteenth Tale would work for this? It's sort of a dark red/purple/brown.

[Rebecca]

Tantalize has a red cover. I have had this book on my shelf at home for years, I think I'll read it finally for this prompt.

[Lynn Renee]

The Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen

[Theresa]

Just have to chime in to create a trio with another 'Theresa' and a 'Therese'! Do you know how rare it is for more than one to appear in same place at same time, let alone 3?!

Some eclectic red spines spotted amongst my huge collection of books:
The Paris Wife
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life
A Feast for Crows
My Name is Red
Angels at the Table
The Nine Lives of Christmas
Ape House
A Strangeness in My Mind
Cake on a Hot Tin Roof
Aunt Dimity's Christmas
Learning to Bow: Inside the Heart of Japan
Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time
Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them
The Ringed Castle
Queens' Play
The Lover's Knot
A View from A Broad
Immoveable Feast: A Paris Christmas
The Bookseller's Daughter

[Jai]

I'm planning on reading The Handmaid's Tale but I also have 9th Judgement by James Patterson

[Natasha]

The Bite of the Mango by Mariatu Kamara has a red spine. Yay! I also own it! This book was also mentioned in the book The End of Your Life Book Club, which is how this book ended up on my TBR list the first time so long ago. It could probably fit under several topics for 2017, too.

[Tricia]

There is a page dedicated to this

https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...

Who would have thought!

[Elyse]

Tricia wrote: "There is a page dedicated to this

https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...

Who would have thought!"

Maybe someone made it for this task! lol

[Yorky]

poshpenny wrote: "OK, I while at the bookstore tonight I collected red spines. These are all from the Bestseller, New, Recommended, Staff Picks or Awards tables, shelves and ends. The spines are all or mostly red.

..."

Wowsers what a list :-)

[Monnie]

Well there is a Persuasion with a red cover somewhere in the world :)

https://tse2.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.9v...

[Megan]

I reserved The Hate U Give from the library and I went to pick it up and she handed it to me and it has red spine. I nearly hugged her because I was so happy to be able to fit this in the challenge (but I didn't hug her because that would be weird so I opted to just celebrate internally)

[Sammy]

if it helps pretty much all the Vintage classics have red spines if classed as adult fiction (some of the kids ones have other colours) so that's a boocase of choices right there! Search using Google or their website if there's a particular one you aren't sure about :)

[Chinook]

I'm either going to read Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg or Sorcerer to the Crown. I have both books on my shelves but have borrowed the ebooks from Overdrive because I prefer reading on my kindle.

[Cindy]

I've been wanting to read Redshirts by John Scalzi so book with a red spine here I come.

[Tania]

I read The Valentine Legacy by Catherine Coulter for this (although personally I didn't care for that book), but a few more I read this year that also would have worked are:
Blood of Brothers: Life and War in Nicaragua by Stephen Kinzer

By the Pricking of My Thumbs by Agatha Cristie

[Rachel]

I've just finished Seven Ways We Lie

[Anshita]

I found this rare copy of Fasting, Feasting in the Chandini Chowk book market in New Delhi. I've meaning to read it since years and now I shall for this prompt.