47 & 48 - Two books that share the same title

[Simone]

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (screenplay) and Fantastic Beasts and Where to find them (textbook/illustrated edition).
Yay!

[Ruth]

I've just found quite a few books with "beast" or "the beast" as the title:

Beast
Beast
The Beast
Beast
The Beast
Beast
The Beast
Beast
Beast
Beast
BEAST
Beast
The Beast
Beasts
The Beast
The Beast
The Beast


Quite a few "beauty and the beast" books as well.

[Mandi]

Thinking of doing One Day in December and One Day in December: Celia Sánchez and the Cuban Revolution.

[Rachelnyc]

I told myself I wouldn't research the advanced prompts since I'm already overextending myself for 2019 challenges but it doesn't hurt just to do a little planning just in case, right??

I'm surprised at just how many options there are since you would think writers/publishers would try to avoid being confused with another book.

Anyway, IF I do it, I'll probably go with

The Golden State
Golden State
since both are on my TBR (there are also a few others with the same title if anyone is interested!)

And just to have options:

Invisible Man
The Invisible Man

The Idiot
The Idiot

[Jenn]

I will likely be reading
Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard and
Red Queen by Christina Henry

But I also found
No Exit
No Exit

The Circle
The Circle

[Sarah]

I was looking at Ruby Red for the African author prompt and came across:
Ruby Red
Ruby Red
Ruby Red
Ruby Red

That said, I am considering bending the prompt and going for a similar title but same content or a book published in two volumes.

[Amanda Beauchesne]

Save the Date
Save the Date

[Janet]

I'm going to read Dark Matterby Michelle Paver and Dark Matter by Blake Crouch.

[Spynonu]

Koa wrote: "Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing
Endurance: A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery by Scott Kelly"

Great idea!!

[oliver]

the raven king from the raven cycle series and the raven king from all for the game trilogy

[Robert]

I'm currently reading Of Blood and Bone and I was planning on reading Children of Blood and Bone.

Would these work for the prompt?

[Darci]

I had a lot harder time with this prompt then I thought I would. I figured I'd pick a book off my TBR with a common title and find another that looked interesting. But I had the hardest time finding the second book. Bob looks interesting, and I've been wanting to read Bob for awhile.

[Emily]

I am going with The Lying Gameand The Lying Game.

Other ideas for people: Inferno and Inferno
Brave and The Brave
Into the Water and Into the Water
First Comes Love and First Comes Love
Three Wishes and Three Wishes
After You and After You
Asking For It and Asking for It: The Alarming Rise of Rape Culture and What We Can Do about It

[Beth]

Night Shift Stephen King
Night Shift Charlaine Harris
Night Shift Nora Roberts

[Jen]

Ellie wrote: "Well I seem to be drawn to books with unusual names but I've found a few maybes...

Contagion by Erin Bowman
Contagion by Teri Terry

Night Shift by Ste..."
The Feed is fun too. A novel idea and a quick read. Mira Grant's whole series rocks though.

[Jen]

The Red Queen

plus

Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
and
The Red Queen by Philippa Gregory as listed above.

[Jytta]

Forever . . .
Forever by Judy Blume


Forever
Forever by Pete Hamill

[Jessica]

I'm super tempted to do The Book of Lost Books: An Incomplete History of All the Great Books You'll Never Read and The Island of Lost Maps: A True Story of Cartographic Crime even though they aren't actually identical. I have them sitting practically next to each other on my shelf and never even noticed the similarity until today! Lol!

[Jessica]

Did you guys know this combo actually exists?!?

The Mermaid in the Basement
Mermaids in the Basement
The Mermaids in the Basement
Mermaids in the Basement

Is this some sort of common phrase that I've never heard before?

(Btw, I've read the first one and it was a pretty decent little mystery.)

[Jackie]

Ok, my curiosity made me look it up. It is apparently from an Emily Dickinson poem (here's a link)

There's apparently a band called Mermaids in the Basement too.

Super weird.

[Nicole]

I just decided to read the Silver Triology by Kerstin Gier
The titles are not the same in english, but the german original is nearly identical.
Silber: Das erste Buch der Träume
Silber: Das zweite Buch der Träume
Silber: Das dritte Buch der Träume

[Jenn]

I know nothing about the first one, but found these at the library yesterday. Adding them to my possible choices.

Letters to the Lost
Letters to the Lost

[Lark of The Bookwyrm's Hoard]

Anabell wrote: "These are the ones I am considering:

Another possibility for The Thief is The Thief, a novella by noted mystery writer Ruth Rendell. And it would also count for the "author whose first/last names begin with the same letter" prompt, if you're doubling up.

[Dedra ~ A Book Wanderer]

I'm trying really hard to use books I already own, so I'll be going with The Living and The Living.

[Angelina]

Struggling to find two good reads I own or can get from the library for this. I am reading The Girl Next Door and there are loads more with this name, just don’t look like my sort of thing!

Also read the art book I'd Rather Be Reading: A Library of Art for Book Lovers this evening and when I went to add it as read found another I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life so that might help someone (can’t get the second from my library)

[The Reading Raccoon]

I’m doing

How to Breathe Underwater
How to Breathe Underwater

I stumbled on one when I was searching for the other and it coincidently aligned with this year’s challenge!

[Jen]

The Reading Raccoon wrote: "I’m doing

How to Breathe Underwater
How to Breathe Underwater

I stumbled on one when I was searching for the other and it coincidently aligned with this year’s chall..."

IF you are not bothered too much about perfectly matching titles there is also Breathing Under Water which is one of my very rare 5* reads and one of the most beautiful emotive books I have ever read.

[Rachel]

How about Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami and Norwegian Wood: Chopping, Stacking, and Drying Wood the Scandinavian Way by Lars Mytting?

[Cheryl]

I had two other doubles lined up, but traded them in for:
The Bird and the Sword
The Bird and the Blade

[Elizabeth]

I'm reading The Lost Girls by Heather Young and Lost Girls: An Unsolved American Mystery by Robert Kolker. I stumbled upon them with the same title, next to each other in my Scribd saved section! Made that one a lot easier.

[Megan]

Why am I so dumb, you guys?
I was struggling with this task and just now glanced at my TBR shelf on my bookcase and BOOM! Two books with the same title

D-Day, June 6, 1944: The Battle for the Normandy Beaches

and

D-Day: The Battle for Normandy

Yes I know the subtitles are different but pffffft the titles are the same (looking at them now, the D-Day is the only thing you see)
I bought them after visiting Omaha beach; a trip I believe everybody should take at least once in their life.

[Jen]

Megan wrote: "Why am I so dumb, you guys?
I was struggling with this task and just now glanced at my TBR shelf on my bookcase and BOOM! Two books with the same title

[book:D-Day, June 6, 1944: The Battle for t..."

Some areas along that coast are just so emotive. Etaples cemetery always makes me cry as does Rue des Juifs in Hardelot Plage. It starts up by the house we worked in and runs down through the woods to an area where Jews were executed or brought in as prisoners. It also terminates at an old WWII bunker still on the beach. Hardelot Plage the town has only 4 houses which are pre WWII left the rest were flattened. It is a beautiful but haunting place so if you are going to Northern France any time soon do visit.

[Kimberly]

How about Bad Blood by John Sandford and Bad Blood by John Carreyrou?

[Hannah]

I think I'll go with Stardust and Stardust

[Sarah]

For horror fans:

Dead Sea by Brian Keene
Dead Sea by Tim Curran

[Ketutar]

Julie wrote: "at the moment I have Night Watch and The Night Watch"
I just saw the Night Watch at the local library and my soul screamed. i love the movie! Though I might take the Night Watch instead :-D

[Ketutar]

Twilight and Twilight and Twilight
or
The Outlander and The Outlander
I kind of like the idea of taking something everyone thinks they knows, but it's not that :-D
The Medallion, The Medallion and The Medallion

[jeannette ⋆ ੈ✩‧₊˚]

I am considering The Perfect Mother & The Perfect Mother for this prompt! One I have on my kindle and the other is available at my local library.

[Jackie]

Not sure if i'll do Stardust or
Haunted
Haunted
Haunted
Haunted

[Megan]

Jen wrote: "Megan wrote: "Why am I so dumb, you guys?
I was struggling with this task and just now glanced at my TBR shelf on my bookcase and BOOM! Two books with the same title

[book:D-Day, June 6, 1944: Th..."

I went to Pont du Hoc too and stood in one of the German bunkers. Chilling experience. The ground is still cratered! I've seen pics of people sunbathing on Omaha Beach and it's like..."how? How can you lay there and sunbathe knowing what terrible things happened on that beach?" It's like camping at Gettysburg. I don't get it.

(Sorry guys for going way off topic!)

[Miri]

Jenn wrote: "I know nothing about the first one, but found these at the library yesterday. Adding them to my possible choices.

Letters to the Lost
Letters to the Lost"

Thank you so much for this! I was struggling with this prompt and Letters to the Lost has been on my reading list for a while. I'm definitely going to read these books now!

[Jen]

Megan wrote: "Jen wrote: "Megan wrote: "Why am I so dumb, you guys?
I was struggling with this task and just now glanced at my TBR shelf on my bookcase and BOOM! Two books with the same title

[book:D-Day, June..."

They are beautiful beaches but the minute you think about what happened there..... I always had about 40 teenagers in tow to wrangle so didn't get to dwell unless it was day off.
Sorry to others for off topic but ……. not really, that bit of history is important and being forgotten way too fast.

[Laura Z]

I just finished Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield, so now I'm looking to tackle Once Upon a River by Bonnie Jo Campbell.

If you're into thrillers/psychological suspense, you might try The Girl Before by J. P. Delaney and The Girl Before by Rena Olsen.

[Michelle (RavenLily)]

Exit, Pursued by a Bear by E.K. Johnston - YA Contemporary
Exit, Pursued by a Bear by Greer Gilman - Mystery Fantasy

[Raquel (Silver Valkyrie Reads)]

I just noticed that there's another book called Sourdough, by Benjamin Ludwig.

This would be a lot of fun to match with the Sourdough by Robin Sloan that a lot of us read last year.

[Karen]

Not exact but related and by two AOC.

The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin and

The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race by Jesmyn Ward

[Alix]

I'm doing Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen and Lock & Key by Cat Porter

[LukasmummyReads]

I came across these the other day while searching for something else in my collection but there are some brilliant suggestions listed
Adorkable
Adorkable

The Inventor's Secret
The Inventor's Secret

Can You Keep a Secret?
Can You Keep a Secret?

[Ruth]

Okay, I just finished reading "Winter Garden" by Kristen Hannah and "The Winter Garden" by Johanna Verweerd.

Do you think those titles are close enough to count for this challenge? I could always use the Verweerd book for ""A book set in Scandinavia" and the Hannah book for female author or a novel with 2 or more viewpoint characters or book with 2 word title or find another author's version of "Winter Garden" for this challenge.

[Katy]

Ruth wrote: "Okay, I just finished reading "Winter Garden" by Kristen Hannah and "The Winter Garden" by Johanna Verweerd.

Do you think those titles are close enough to count for this challenge? I could always ..."

Definitely. I don't think an article at the beginning should count as a different name. They even allow that on Jeopardy, so it's official:)