A book with a title that's a character's name

[Juanita]

Another prompt in which I can see the discussion being on how narrowly we interpret the intent. Must the title solely be the character's name as in Olive Kitteridge? Or is it enough that the character's name is included in the title as in A Man Called Ove?

Where do you land on that debate? Or am I making it a debate unnecessarily? Going into year three, I bet a few ponder the question. ;-)

[Sara]

I land on the side that the character's name must be included btlut doesn't have to be the sole title. I'm leaning towards Heidi or Emily of New Moon, but Kristin Lavransdatter was on my list for this and I didn't get to it.

[Katie]

I fall on the title being only the name side. I'm thinking maybe David Copperfield.

[Anna]

What about Frankenstein? Or Dracula?

[Marilyn]

Tess of the D'Urbervilles & Oliver Twist. I am trying to read all those classics we were supposed to read in high school and college but I didn't.

[Katie]

I am with you on the classics, Marilyn. I've set a goal to read 2 classics a month this year and think I'll continue it next year, hence why I'm looking at Dickens for this one.

[Lindi]

Katie wrote: "I am with you on the classics, Marilyn. I've set a goal to read 2 classics a month this year and think I'll continue it next year, hence why I'm looking at Dickens for this one."

I love this goal! I've been meaning to read more classics, and I have a ton on my TBR. I never end up picking them up because there are other choices that always sound better. I might copy you! :)

I'm now in the camp that the title must be solely a characters name. I'll probably use a classic for this one, just not sure which yet. Dracula

[Kathy]

Frederica by Georgette Heyer is a regency romance.

[Fannie]

I wanted to read Rebecca for a while, I guess 2017 will be the year.

[Kirsten]

The exact wording is a title that's a character's name, not a title that has a character's name in it. Therefore it is something like Kathy and Fannie have suggested. Or Jane Eyre or I might stretch to Mr Mercedes since that's a character's pseudonym.

[Sara]

I just picked up a copy of Katherine by Anya Seyton which may end up being my choice.

[Kirsten]

Ooh!!! Sara!!!! I LOVED that one!!

[Katie]

Fannie, Rebecca is amazing! I read it this year. It's definitely a good choice for this topic.

[Anushree]

Emma can be one ! Anne of Green Gables !

But m more inclined towards A Man Called Ove !

Even Carrie can be one !

[Booklover]

Julie
Christy

[Megan]

I'll be on the side that is using book with a characters name in it.

Reconstructing Amelia
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

I've been looking forward to all these books.

Although, I also want to read Eileen and that would fit the bill for this one too!

[Charlotte]

I am reading Clariel by Garth Nix. I got it for Christmas last year and couldn't fit it into a prompt this year and I've been looking forward to it so much.

[Sharmon]

I am going with the (what I think is harder) interpretation where the character's name is the title. I will be choosing from Emma, Jane Eyre, or Juliet.

I am planning on reading Victoria in December 2016 if I get it from the wait list in time otherwise it will be my choice.

[VanesGirl]

The Garden of Eve

[Shannon]

I will be reading Sabriel. I loved it in high school and want to see if it holds up for me.

[Nancy]

I am going to read My Name Is Lucy Barton.

[Sarah]

I am planning to read Where'd You Go, Bernadette for this prompt

[Nadine in NY]

I've got several ideas, Ron Rash's Serena is at the top of my list right now. I've never read anything by him.

[Sunsettowers]

Megan wrote: "I'll be on the side that is using book with a characters name in it.

Reconstructing Amelia
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
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Reconstructing Amelia and Eileen are both really good!

I'm going with John Green's [book:Looking for Alaska, it has been on my TBR shelf for a while now.

[Ashley]

I have been wanting to re-read Anne of Green Gables for a couple of years now, so I think this is as good a time as any!
(I read it for the first time when I was in first or second grade, so I don't really remember it. My great aunt recommended it because I shared a last name with Anne.)

[Kathy]

I've been slowly reading Shakespeare's plays so it's time for Richard III.

[Marilyn]

Anna wrote: "What about Frankenstein? Or Dracula?"

I read both this year. Frankenstein is shorter and I liked it more than Dracula. However, if you are trying to read your way through the classics, Dracula is a "book of letters".

[Ashly]

Amy & Roger's Epic Detour
Emmy & Oliver
Dash & Lily's Book of Dares
The Five Stages of Andrew Brawley
Alex As Well
George
Frannie and Tru
Harrison Squared
Jefferson Blythe, Esquire
Orbiting Jupiter
Ruby on the Outside
Scarlett Undercover
Serafina and the Black Cloak
Finding Jake
Gracefully Grayson
Jackaby
Anna and the French Kiss trilogy
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
The One and Only Ivan
Cinder series
Getting Over Garrett Delaney
The Universe Versus Alex Woods
Rump: The True Story of Rumpelstiltskin

Does the Steelheart trilogy count? or does it have to be real names?

[Stina]

I'm torn. It seems to me that the title should just be the name of the character, but I want to read The Traitor Baru Cormorant for this one.

[poshpenny]

Robinson Crusoe
Moll Flanders
Don Quixote
Moby-Dick; or, The Whale
Silas Marner
Ethan Frome
Ivanhoe
Mrs. Dalloway
David Copperfield
Nicholas Nickleby
Little Dorrit
Martin Chuzzlewit
Barnaby Rudge
Anna Karenina
Daisy Miller
Mildred Pierce
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle
Mary Poppins
Peter Pan
Tron
Coraline
Matilda
Pippi Longstocking
Stuart Little
Artemis Fowl
Eragon
Lassie
Whittington
Mister Pip
Lucy
The Count of Monte Cristo

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Eleanor & Park
John, Paul, George & Ben

[Jo]

I just finished Marina. Read Eleanor & Park this year too and adored it. Agree that the Lunar Chronicles (Cinder etc.) are great too! So much choice for this category!

I've got Binti and Ruby to choose between, for now.

[Cindy]

Any of the books from the 80's Sunfire Series would work as well. I read them all as a kid and over the past couple of years have tracked them all down so I own the collection. Great YA historical fiction if you can find them.

[Mandee]

The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer (YA)

[ila]

Nancy wrote: "I am going to read My Name Is Lucy Barton."

me too! I have this one on my tbr and I was waiting for an excuse to actually buy it, this seems the perfect one :D

[Madeleine]

I'm going with Will Grayson, Will Grayson or The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly :)

[Marisa]

Sarah wrote: "I am planning to read Where'd You Go, Bernadette for this prompt"

Thanks for the idea! That is what I am going to read too!!

[Jill]

I am going to read LaRose for this prompt.

[Kelli]

I just finished reading Ruby by Cynthia Bond. It was excellent!

[Stina]

Well, I need to read The Traitor Baru Cormorant anyway for a book club. If I read it and find that the character is often referred to in that manner (like they've made "The Traitor" into a title of sorts), I'll use it for this prompt. Otherwise, I'll probably give Serena another go.

[Kirsten]

I know many of us interpret things widely but on this one I think some of us are really going widely.

The prompt is "a book with a title that's a character's name". It is not "a book with a title that contains a character's name". That's just my 2 cents.

[Erin]

Do biographies/ Memoirs count?

[Kirsten]

I would say so. It doesn't say what KIND of book it is. Just a book.

[Erin]

Thanks Kirsten!

[Kathryn]

I've had Franny and Zooey on my list for a while, so I think that's going to be my choice for this prompt.

[Kelli]

Hannah Coulter or Jayber Crow by Wendell Berry would be good for this.

[Miranda]

A friend of mine picked up Amy Snow by Tracy Rees and finds it interesting thus far!

[Ashley]

Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk this is a book of the month choice for January, and I'm glad to see it fits!

[Christophe]

A pretty easy prompt: at least four books in my 2016 challenge would be a match:
- Saul Bellow, Herzog ;
- Edmond et Jules Goncourt, Germinie Lacerteux ;
- William Shakespeare, Hamlet
- Olivier Sillig, Bzjeurd (yes that's a character name!)

To which I could probably add two:
- one that have the name of two characters in its title: John Updike, Gertrude and Claudius
- one that have the nickname of a character as a title: Jacques Roubaud, Le chevalier Silence, une aventure des temps aventureux

Widening the net in any way would make that prompt so easy as to be almost pointless, IMHO.

For that prompt I might read Dominique by Eugène Fromentin or Adolphe by Benjamin Constant: what this prompt evoques to me are 19th Century French classics - preferably one that is not much read anymore. But let's face it: there are so many other possibilities that it's hard to chose! For instance I might use Sebastien Roch by Octave Mirbeau as my "book on a difficult topic", etc.

[CarleyB]

A few ideas:
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd - Agatha Christie
Dracula - Bram Stoker
Katherine - Anya Seton
Tess of the D'Ubervilles - Thomas Hardy
The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry - Gabrielle Zevin
Mrs. Dalloway - Virginia Woolf

[Ashley]

Tackling this task first - I'm currently reading Marina by Carlos Ruiz Zafon and totally loving it! I can't wait to read his "Shadow of the Wind" series!