35 - A book with a three-word title

[Sara]

The big question then becomes do you count "the" or "a" as one of the words? Remember, this is a personal challenge so you can count them or not count them depending on your own perspective!

To avoid having to decide I plan to pick a book that starts with something else ;)

Listopia link: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

[Jenn]

I would like to use something without “filler” words but we’ll see how I go!!

[Johanna]

I have a lot on my TBR that start with "The" so I am counting it.

Ask Again, Yes
Big Little Lies
I Was Anastasia
Little Fires Everywhere
The Gifted School
The Great Alone
The Kiss Quotient
The Silent Patient
What Alice Forgot

[Nicole]

Stay with Me
Lady Audley's Secret
My Cousin Rachel
Girl, Woman, Other
Cold Comfort Farm
America for Beginners
Someday, Someday, Maybe
Ask Again, Yes
Boy, Snow, Bird
We Were Liars
Convenience Store Woman

[Milena]

Pride and Prejudice
Sense and Sensibility
War and Peace
Lost and Wanted
Cold Sassy Tree
Magic for Liars

[Sarah]

My TBR has a million of these:

The Starless Sea
Lock Every Door
The Bridge Home
The Water Dancer
A Transcontinental Affair
The Time Keeper
The Confession Club
The Great Believers
The Downstairs Girl
What Riley Wore
Speak No Evil
Peter and Alice
A Portable Shelter
House of Leaves
Stranger Than Fanfiction
Imani All Mine
Mapping the Bones
David Inside Out
You're Welcome, Universe
Tash Hearts Tolstoy
The Last Samurai
The Beloved Wild
Counting by 7s
The Wicked Deep
Behold the Dreamers
Foreign Gods, Inc.

[Chrissi]

Recent reads:
Little Fires Everywhere
The Orphan's Tale
People Kill People
Behold the Dreamers
The War Outside
Brave New World
The Rosie Project
Prisoners of Geography
The Bride Test
The Body Lies
Ayesha at Last
The Guest Book
A Little Life
In the Woods
In Strangers' Houses
My Oxford Year
The Boat Runner
Dear Mrs. Bird
Ready Player One
Crazy Rich Asians
Into the Water
An American Marriage
Me Before You
Red Scarf Girl
Big Little Lies
Number the Stars

I may finally get into Fall of Giants!

[Jenn]

Lies Lies Lies! :p

[Brandon]

Four Dead Queens by Astrid Scholte will be my first attempt at this prompt.

[Pam]

My #1 choice: The Rotter’s Club by Jonathan Coe

[Drakeryn]

so many options on my TBR! (with summaries that I don't vouch for because I obviously haven't read any of these)

The Light Brigade - military sci-fi
The Luminous Dead - a D-class is sent to explore a cave. bad things happen?
The Grand Dark - idk but it reminds me of Mieville's Perdido Street Station
The Escape Room - thriller. rich execs are stuck in an elevator with grudges and a gun
Gideon the Ninth - lesbian necromancers
A Thousand Fires - YA contemporary about gang warfare
Eight Will Fall - YA fantasy. eight people are sent to explore a cave(?). bad things happen. apparently this is a theme on my TBR
The Emperor's Railroad - post-apocalyptic fantasy
The Kraken Sea - kid at orphanage has tentacles? and then gets adopted?
Suffer the Children - horror. all children everywhere die. but they can temporarily be revived...with blood. what would you do to keep your kid alive
The Wolf Road - survivalist post-apocalyptic story
The Wolf Wilder - children's story about a girl who takes care of injured wolves
Dogs of War - military sci-fi about cybernetically augmented dog soldiers
All Our Yesterdays - YA sci-fi(?) about time loop hax(?)
Tool of War - YA sci-fi about a dog-man supersoldier
Muse of Nightmares - YA fantasy/romance
Charm & Strange - YA. nobody will say anything about this book due to spoilers but I hear it's good. does an ampersand count as a word?
X's For Eyes - like if President Shinra had two sons and also there were eldritch horrors
The Beast Player - I don't remember but there's a fox/wolf on the cover, good enough for me

[Rachael]

I've gone through my reading lists for Popsugar and Book Riot to suggest stuff for others, the annoying thing for me is I am currently away from home and I know that I have books that will fill this prompt but I cannot bring any to mind!

Sense and Sensibility - The Jane Austen version, but there are a bunch of others with the same name, I think my mum read a Joanna Trollope version
The Carpet People - I'm sure lots of other Terry Pratchett's work for this too
The Bone People
Throne of Glass - Most of Sarah J. Maas' books appear to work for this
The Handmaid's Tale
Before I Fall - Really enjoyed this one, aimed at YA but a good read
The Night Circus
Hercule Poirot's Christmas - Agatha Christie is another one who probably could fill this brief many times over
Shades of Grey - No, not 50, it's a good read, Jasper Fforde is probably one of my favourite authors (though the 50 sequels do fit for this prompt)
The Poisonwood Bible
The Assassin's Blade
The 5th Horseman - The fifth book in the series, think most of the Women's Murder Club would fit for this
V for Vendetta
The Rosie Project - Plus sequels, I think
Let's Get Lost
Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA - Okay, so only if you don't count words after colons
If I Stay
The Book Thief
Me Before You
La Belle Sauvage
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Okay so on my list it's down as three words (minus the adventures)
The Neverending Story
Let it Snow
I'm Traveling Alone
Testament of Youth
The 5th Wave
The Sisters Brothers
The Secret Garden
City of Ashes - This is the second one, read City of Bones years before, think the entire series is City of something, maybe there's a way to read all 6 as different prompts
Six of Crows
The Night Manager
The Lovely Bones
The Cuckoo's Calling
A Little Life
Pride and Prejudice
The Lie Tree
Waiting for Wednesday - Third book, first is Blue Monday if I remember right, second is Tuesday's Gone, crime books (not medical thrillers, sadly)
The Color Purple
Murder in Mesopotamia
(Don't You) Forget About Me - As ever, playing fast and loose with punctuation
The Railway Children
Chasing Captain America: How Advances in Science, Engineering, and Biotechnology Will Produce a Superhuman
About a Boy
The Thirteenth Tale
Big Little Lies
The Cosmic Tourist - Non-fiction, although the title doesn't sound like it
Stranger Than Fanfiction
Dead Poets Society
Crazy Rich Asians - Plus sequels
The Graveyard Book
The Scorch Trials - The second book, think most of James Dashner's books from this series work for this prompt
The Bell Jar
The Polar Express
Ready Player One
The Great Gatsby
A Monster Calls
Things Fall Apart
Brave New World
Dragonfly in Amber - Second book, first book Outlander
The Kite Runner
The Three Musketeers
Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen
Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation
World War One: A Short History - Decent read for a quick overview of WW1
Tipping the Velvet
The Shepherd's Crown
Mao's Great Famine: The History Of China's Most Devastating Catastrophe, 1958-62
The English Patient
Dear Committee Members
The Fifth Season
Don't Send Flowers
The Whale Rider
Lord Edgware Dies
An Extraordinary Union
The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups

It may have helped if I'd provided some vague summary for these books, but for those who use one book for more than one prompt, this is a great way to find a book you chose because of the title!

And after going through my old prompts, I always meant to read Angels & Demons after finishing The Da Vinci Code, so this is the prime opportunity!

[Mel]

If I stick to books I own, my options are:
The Child Finder
Sweet Little Lies
The Collected Stories
An Excess Male
Not Your Sidekick
My Notorious Life
Blood Water Paint
The Essex Serpent
The Color Purple
Young Jane Young

[Lizzy]

I think I'll pick one with literally three words....including any "the" and "a". A book with a subtitle in addition to a three-word title will be a disqualifer....for me.

[Darci]

I'm going to go with Funerals are Fatal, since I already own it.

Other options from the books I own:
Angels & Demons
Fall of Giants
Grimm's Fairy Tales

[Kira]

I'm trying to choose as many unread books that I already own as possible this year. My choices for this prompt are:

The Bell Jar
The Water Dancer
Sing, Unburied, Sing
Death with Interruptions
The Thirteenth Tale
Unbought and Unbossed
The Handmaid's Tale
Pieces of Her
The Perfect Son
The Perfect Child
Certain Dark Things
What You Did
Blood for Blood
The Forgotten Hours
Beastie Boys Book

[Jan]

One of the books I have that I haven’t read yet is Beach House Reunion. That will be my book for three word title.

[Megan]

The Great Quake: How the Biggest Earthquake in North America Changed Our Understanding of the Planet is my choice.

[Tara]

I think this will be my choice:
This Tender Land

[Mel]

Some recommendations:
Long Way Down
Sing, Unburied, Sing
Spell on Wheels
The Alice Network
The Handmaid's Tale
The Nowhere Girls
The Poet X
The Shell Seekers
The Witch Boy
We Are Okay

[Juniper]

a few from my own TBR:

• Machine Without Horses, by helen humphreys
• City of Crows, by chris womersley
• Dear Mrs. Bird, by a.j. pearce
• Every Other Weekend by zulema renee summerfield
• Our Homesick Songs, by emma hooper
• One Station Away, by olaf olafsson
• Imagine Me Gone, by adam haslett
• Three-Martini Lunch, by suzanne rindell
• Flight of Dreams, by ariel lawhon
• Never Coming Back, by alison mcghee
• Enchantress of Numbers, by jennifer chiaverini

[SadieReadsAgain]

I just saw Janice Galloway discussing this on The Scottish Book Club, so I'm going with All Made Up

[vanshika]

for this one I think I'll be reading the poet x by Elizabeth Acevedo.

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Beirut Hellfire Society, unless I use that one for the “title that caught my attention” prompt.

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[Allie]

Would it be cheating if I did (The) Tea Dragon Society?

[Rebecca]

Also, North Toward Home by Willie Morris

[Rachel]

Currently reading My Lovely Wife, halfway through.

[Rebecca]

Just finished City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert.

[Sherri]

I read Girl,Woman,Other by Bernardine Evaristo

[L.]

I read Everything Is Figureoutable for this prompt (not counting the sub-title!)

[Beth]

I'm reading Past Perfect Life for this. Pumped there is no filler words ;)

[Ashleigh]

I read The 5th Wave for this prompt. Yes, filler word, yes a technical number. But it counts right??

[Naina]

I read Long Bright River for this prompt. Highly recommend!

[Evil Secret]

For this challenge I read Spin the Dawn
I gave it four stars I enjoyed it just wish the tasks had a little more depth

[Kristine]

I read Ready Player One for this challenge.

[Donna]

I read In Cold Chamomile by Joy Avon. Finished it on 1/14

[Evil Secret]

I read Spin the Dawn by Elizabeth Lim
392 pgs

[Jen]

I read Grace In Action by Kristin Billerbeck to fit a book with a three-word title.

[Jackie]

I used Theft of Swords by Michael J. Sullivan for this challenge, because I needed to finish. It's a jolly good time.

[Errlee]

Naina wrote: "I read Long Bright River for this prompt. Highly recommend!"

Everyone is raving about this book ... it's still On Order at my library and I WANT IT NOW.

[Errlee]

I read Know My Name: A Memoir by Chanel Miller and I was impressed at how readable and compelling this was. I don't tend to read these kind of books much but it was really powerful and moving.

I think everyone should read it, especially men, and have told my 16 year old son to pick it up - it just give so much insight into how it feels to be violated and all the ramifications of that - but also empowering and angry and all the things it should be. Highly recommend.

[mysterychick]

I’m reading The Chestnut Man by Soren Sveistrup. It’s a fast read so far.

[Melanie]

I read “The Murderer’s Son”

[Erin]

Blood of Elves

If you can't wait for The Last Wish and have watched The Witcher on Netflix, this book picks up right after that.

[Catherine Herrington]

I've just finished Thief River Falls by Brian Freeman. I highly recommend

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[Brenna]

Currently reading Little Fires Everywhere - it came recommended by several people

[Julia]

My choice:
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen

[Britany]

Finished This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger

My Review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...