11. A book originally published in a year that is a prime number

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

This week we are putting on our math hats and reading a book that was published in a year that is a prime number. A prime number is "a natural number greater than 1 that cannot be formed by multiplying two smaller natural numbers". Check those publication dates and get to reading!

-----------------------------------
Suggestions:
You can find a list of prime numbers here.

Prime numbers from 1700 to 2020:

18th Century: 1709, 1721, 1723, 1733, 1741, 1747, 1753, 1759, 1777, 1783, 1787, 1789
19th Century: 1801, 1811, 1823, 1831, 1847, 1861, 1867, 1871, 1873, 1877, 1879, 1889
20th Century: 1901, 1907, 1913, 1931, 1933, 1949, 1951, 1973, 1979, 1987, 1993, 1997, 1999
21st Century: 2003, 2011, 2017

ATY Group Listopia

Wikipedia's List of Years in Literature

Goodreads has a feature where you can search for the top 200 books added to Goodreads in specific years. Below are more recent years linked, but you can search for any year you are interested in through 1919.
Top 200 Published in 2017
Top 200 Published in 2011
Top 200 Published in 2003
Top 200 Published in 1999
Top 200 Published in 1997
Top 200 Published in 1993

-----------------------------------
Optional Questions:
1. What are you reading for this category?
2. What year was this book published?
3. Do you read more contemporary or more classic books?

[Johanne]

I just found this, I like the number 1777 and wanted to look at that. It's Wikipedia so it probably needs checking, but it lists the year in books by year. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_...

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

Thanks for this link, Johanne! I'll add it to the first post since it could be such a valuable resource.

[Johanne]

:)

[Serendipity]

Pretty sure I’ll be tackling something from 2017. 4321 and The Refugees are both on my TBR and I feel like I should read Lincoln in the Bardo.

[Dana]

From 2017, I'm going to try for One of Us Is Lying.

[MaryAnn (EmilyD1037)]

Mine is from 2003, Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi.
It has been on my TBR for ages. I tend to read more modern, but I am trying to get to the classics as well.

This is my first book by her but have at least 1 more on my TBR shelves.

[Jill]

MaryAnn (EmilyD1037) wrote: "Mine is from 2003, Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi.
It has been on my TBR for ages. I tend to read more modern, but I am trying to get to the classics as well.

This is my first book by ..."

I loved Reading Lolita in Tehran. Enjoy!

[Angie]

There are a ridiculous number of choices, so I have a list.

Lord Edgware Dies
Beloved
The Shipping News
Dreams Underfoot
A Night in the Lonesome October
The Stone Diaries
The Angel of Darkness
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game
Artemis

[Entropia]

Here are options from my tbr shelf:

I generally prefer reading contemporary books, majority of my reads on goodreads were written in 20th century.

[Angie]

I've realized that War and Peace was released in 1867, so I will be doing that.

[SadieReadsAgain]

So many choices on my physical/Kindle shelves! Some of them are...

A Hundred and One Days: A Baghdad Journal (2003)
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation (2003)
Enduring Love (1997)
Great Expectations (1861)
Less (2017)
Little Fires Everywhere (2017)
Original Bliss (1997)
The Diary of a Bookseller (2017)
The Heart's Invisible Furies (2017)
The Lost for Words Bookshop (2017)
The Night Circus (2011)
The Whole Story and Other Stories (2003)
This Is Just My Face: Try Not to Stare (2017)
Vanity Fair (1847)
Young Jane Young (2017)

[[deleted user]]

For this prompt I'll be reading a book published in 2017

[Rachel]

So many choices on my TBR list from 2017!

The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women
Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows

Too many to list here.

[Milena]

1. What are you reading for this category?
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
2. What year was this book published?
2011
3. Do you read more contemporary or more classic books?
Contemporary, but I do make a point to read a few classics every year.

[Sarah]

1. What are you reading for this category?
I read Aunt Dimity Takes a Holiday by Nancy Atherton for this week.

2. What year was this book published?
It was first published in 2003

3. Do you read more contemporary or more classic books?
I would say I read more contemporary books.

[Milena]

1. What are you reading for this category?
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
2. What year was this book published?
2011
3. Do you read more contemporary or more classic books?
Definitely more contemporary, but I am making it a point to read at least a few classics every year.

[Maple]

1. What are you reading for this category?
Stillhouse Lake

2. What year was this book published?
2017

3. Do you read more contemporary or more classic books?
I try to read a little of everything, but seem to stay towards the contemporary.

[Sara]

1. What are you reading for this category? Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President

2. What year was this book published?
2011

3. Do you read more contemporary or more classic books?
Primarily classics and not often enough non-fiction. Loved this history.

[Emily]

For this prompt, I read The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. It was published in 2017.

I tend to read contemporary books, but I have several classics on my shelf that I hope to get to this year.

[Maple]

Emily wrote: "For this prompt, I read The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. It was published in 2017.

I tend to read contemporary books, but I have several classics on my shelf that I hope to get t..."

Oh Emily! This was one of my absolute favorite reads of 2019. I was so taken by surprise (mostly because I thought I had picked up The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle for my book club selection *face palm*).

It was so lovely and delightful though. I wish I could go back in time before I read it, just so I can read it for the first time, again.

[Sherri]

I read Little Fires Everywhere byCeleste Ng published in 2017.

[Severina]

1. What are you reading for this category?
I am reading Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death, and Jazz Chickens by Eddie Izzard

2. What year was this book published?
2017

3. Do you read more contemporary or more classic books?
Definitely contemporary!

[Kim]

1. What are you reading for this category?
2. What year was this book published? 1993
3. Do you read more contemporary or more classic books? More contemporary than classic.

[Anne]

I have read Angels of Mercy by Lyn Andrews published in 1999. Really good book.

[Anne]

I will actually be reading Gold dust woman the biography of Stevie Nicks by Stephen Davis published in 2017. I put the one above on in error as used in a different category's, oops!

[Andrea]

I read Shipping News by Annie Proulx for this prompt. Its year of original publication was 1993.

[Cora]

1. What are you reading for this category?
Hounded

2. What year was this book published? 2011

3. Do you read more contemporary or more classic books?
I read a good mix of both, but the contemporary ones probably out number the classics.

[Matthias]

1. What are you reading for this category?
I read The Farthest Shore by Ursula K. Le Guin.
2. What year was this book published?
It was published in 1973.
3. Do you read more contemporary or more classic books?
I read a mix. A lot of 'contemporary' books now (depending on how one defines that) but I read across time, language, genre ...

[Aine]

What are you reading?
Exit West by Moshin Hamid

What year was it published?
2017

[Samantha]

1. What are you reading for this category? My Not So Perfect Life
2. What year was this book published? 2017
3. Do you read more contemporary or more classic books? Most definitely contemporary.

[Bana AZ]

1. What are you reading for this category?
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams by Matthew Walker - 4 stars
It's really good and educational. We should all get more sleep!

2. What year was this book published?
2017

3. Do you read more contemporary or more classic books?
When I took a look at the books I've read, more than half was actually published before the year 2000. I'm trying to balance it out a bit more.

[Robin P, Orbicular Mod]

Yikes, I thought 2019 was a prime number, I'll have to readjust.

[Brittany]

1. What are you reading for this category?
My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 1
2. What year was this book published?
2017
3. Do you read more contemporary or more classic books?
Contemporary. I am trying to get my classics in, but if something doesn’t catch my attention I just can’t stick with it.

[Susan]

I read Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow, published in 2017. I usually read more classic lit in fiction, but so far this year I've been reading quite a bit of newer fic.
People have been mentioning such great books in this thread. Vanity Fair is a brick but an absolute joy to read. The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America still stays with me, and I read it when it first came out.

[Laurel]

Murder on the Red River by Marcie Rendon
Published in 2017
Usually I read more classics, but this year most of my reads so far have 21st century publication dates.

[Alexx]

1. What are you reading for this category?
I am reading My Lovely Wife in the Psych Ward by Mark Lukach

2. What year was this book published?
This book was published in 2017

3. Do you read more contemporary or more classic books?
I read more contemporary books just because of ease of getting the books. I definitely should read some more classics though!

[Marie]

I read Basilisk by Rob Thurman, which was published in 2011.

Looking at my spreadsheet for this year, I'm mostly reading from the last 20 years, with only seven books pre-2000. My most read years will be 2011 and 2016, with six each.

[Amy]

1. What are you reading for this category? Final Girls by Riley Sager and Renegades by Marissa Meyer

2. What year was this book published? Both published in 2017.

3. Do you read more contemporary or more classic books? I'm usually more of a contemporary book reader but occasionally I throw a classic in there.

[SadieReadsAgain]

What are you reading for this category? #MeToo: Essays About How and Why This Happened, What It Means and How to Make Sure it Never Happens by Lori Perkins
What year was this book published? 2017
Do you read more contemporary or more classic books? I read all over, but the bulk are later 20th century onwards.

I think the subtitle basically tells you what this book is all about. But I will add that it is a collection of essays from different individuals, including men, so the perspectives and experiences shared or alluded to are mixed. But they all come together with a powerful message, and that is really what the purpose of this book is. As with many anthologies, the pieces are on a spectrum. They range from analytical to emotional, and there are pieces that are stronger than others. But this is a protest book, it is raw and reactionary, maybe unpolished. That doesn't detract from the fact that it is important, and it still managed to be a good read. My only criticism is that it is very US-centric, but it's only a nit-pick at best because the movement began in the US, it's key antagonists are from the world of Hollywood, and unfortunately sexual abuse and harassment translate easily into every culture and language on earth.

[Jackie, Solstitial Mod]

I read My Sister, the Serial Killer, originally published in 2017. I think I generally read from a bit of everything, though it definitely skews to the more recent.

[Wendy]

I read Caleb's Crossing by Geraldine Brooks published in 2011. I read a decent mix of classic and contemporary books, though lately I've been skewing more contemporary.

Lately I've been on a New England history kick, and this book features a puritan girl growing up in a missionary family who befriends a Wampanoag boy, who grows up to become the first Native American to graduate Harvard. It's not the most uplifting book, but after this one I picked up Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War to get more historical background about the settling of New England and King Philip's War. Geraline Brooks did a fantastic job incorporating research and setting into this book.

[Jana]

1. What are you reading for this category? The Luster of Lost Things
2. What year was this book published? 2017, the only book already on my TBR that was written in a prime year.
3. Do you read more contemporary or more classic books? Last 20 years, weighted to the last 5 years.

[Shelley]

1. What are you reading for this category?
The Garden of Evening Mists

2. What year was this book published?
2011

3. Do you read more contemporary or more classic books?
As I read more it's getting to be that I'm reading more contemporary books because I've filled in the book spaces of classics that I'd like to read. Also I' reading way more often in the past few years so I can keep up with books as they're being talked about.

[Traci]

The Last Mrs. Parrishby Liv Constantine was published in 2017 and was the book I chose. This was a book on my list to read in 2019 that I never got to. I tend to read more contemporary books, not a big classic book reader


https://titlesurfingwithtraci.blogspo...
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Stephanie]

I listened to Leviathan Wakes which was originally published in 2011 and the audiobook was released in 2017. I read a mix of classic and modern, but I'm just starting to explore in sci-fi.

[Ruth]

1. What are you reading for this category?
I've just finished The Thread by Victoria Hislop
2. What year was this book published?
It was published in 2011
3. Do you read more contemporary or more classic books?
Probably more contemporary books, but I do enjoy historical
fiction and this book was a very good introduction to the history of Thessaloniki from 1917 and also referencing the expulsion of the Jews from Granada in the 15th century.

[Joanne]

1. What are you reading for this category?

I read

2. What year was this book published?

Published in 2017

3. Do you read more contemporary or more classic books?

I've read a fair share of classics, but most of my reading is post 2000.

[Kellie Lyn]

1. What are you reading for this category?

Regular: Sing, Unburied, Sing
ABC: Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?

2. What year was this book published?

Regular: 2017
ABC: 2011

3. Do you read more contemporary or more classic books?

I actually read both types although my "fun" reading will usually be contemporary and "work" reading will be classic. They do merge sometimes.

[Evelyn]

1. What are you reading for this category?

2. What year was this book published? 2017
3. Do you read more contemporary or more classic books?
I read more contemporary books than classic books.