17 - A book that has the same title as a song

[Megan]

Christina wrote: "^ me every single time XD"

To be fair, it wouldn't count, because the song is actually called "The Cell Block Tango." {end pedantic nerd}

[Heather L]

Megan, I was going to say the same thing! (Sorry, guys!) 🙂

[poshpenny]

At least we got a sing-along out of it

[Ashley]

Betty by Tiffany McDaniel

Betty by Taylor Swift (new folklore album)

[Darci]

I've been wanting to read Alice, and I figured there has to be a song with the name. Turns out Avril Lavigne came out with one AND it was vaguely Alice in Wonderland themed.

[Marie-Eve]

Darci wrote: "I've been wanting to read Alice, and I figured there has to be a song with the name. Turns out Avril Lavigne came out with one AND it was vaguely Alice in Wonderland themed."

I have just finished this book. It's really good, but gets really dark. I wish it had come with trigger warnings.
But it's still a great read.

[Renn]

[Morgan]

Ashley wrote: "Betty by Tiffany McDaniel

Betty by Taylor Swift (new folklore album)"

Ugh, why didn't I think of this! Betty is my favorite song on the album, and that book has been sitting on my shelf for ages! Thanks!

[Jenni]

Chrissi wrote: "Norwegian Wood sounds intriguing. I may pick that one up."

Its such a good book. I read it when I found it on the shelf of a place where I was staying on holiday, and didn't leave the house for a day and a half until I'd finished it!

[Jenni]

Station Eleven is in the listopia, but I can't for the life of me find a song of that name! But I really want to use that book for this prompt.

[L Y N N]

Dedra ~ A Book Wanderer wrote: "I just recently did a blog post on this topic, as well!

Book Titles That Have Me Singing"

Thanks for posting this link! That is a huge help! :)

[L Y N N]

Ellie wrote: "The amount of times I've searched for a book online and I've been given a song instead, this should be easy."

That made me laugh! LOL

[Nadine in NY]

Caitlin wrote: "... True, I honestly had not even though of that ! I was choosing it based on the song Heroes (We Could Be) by Alesso feat. Tove Lo. But that works too! I will have to listen! ..."



LOL I never even heard of that song! I'm showing my age, thinking of songs from the 70s :-)



And, speaking of 70s, Neil Young has a song titled "Only Love Can Break Your Heart" so that works perfectly for Only Love Can Break Your Heart.


And in the 90s, long before Taylor Swift sang about Betty, Helmet was singing about Betty (although, in their case, their album was called "Betty" and the song that mentions Betty was titled "The Silver Hawaiian").

[Heather]

I might have stretched this prompt a little so I could fit more Agatha Christie books into my challenge. I'm reading one a month and there aren't enough categories they fit into easily. In the book, Mrs. McGinty's Dead is described as a children's singsong or rhyming game sort of like Red Rover, but darker.

[Jenna]

Betty by Tiffany McDaniel and Betty by Taylor Swift!

[Heather L]

Reading All Through the Night by Mary Higgins Clark for this one. There are multiple songs with this title. The Cyndi Lauper song was what immediately came to mind, but it’s also a traditional Welsh carol.

[Lilith]

Nowhere to Run by Mary Jane Clark works, and now I'm hearing Martha and the Vandellas in my head.... which is rather good, actually.

[Erin]

Layla by Colleen Hoover is also the title of a song by Eric Clapton. And both are awesome

[Gwen]

I'm reading Layla by Colleen Hoover!

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...

[Dedra ~ A Book Wanderer]

Lynn wrote: "Dedra ~ A Book Wanderer wrote: "I just recently did a blog post on this topic, as well!

Book Titles That Have Me Singing"

Thanks for posting this link! That is a huge help! :)"

Yay! I'm happy it helped. :)

[Jocelyn]

I’m reading ‘your own kind of girl’ - song and book by Clare Bowditch

[Serendipity]

I’ve just finished Loveless by Alice Oseman - a YA Book with a wide variety of LGBTIQA+ rep that focuses on the main character realising and coming to terms with being asexual and aromantic. There is also a song called Loveless by Lo Moon.

[Allyson]

Calypso by David Sedaris (song by John Denver) https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...

[Laura]

I'm going to read Indigo by Beverly Jenkins. Numerous artists have songs named Indigo. I like the song by NIKI.

[Kristina]

I added Norwegian Wood to my Christmas wish-list and got it - it also checks the advanced box for a ‘free’ (gifted) book.

[Johanne]

In 2020 Bob Dylan released a song called I contain multittudes. Around that time my husband was reading the book by Ed Yong. So I think of the book when I hear the song. Probably gonna read that :)

[Bev]

Just finished "Dreaming of You" -historical romance by Lisa Kleypas and song by Selena

[Theresa]

A Natural Woman: A Memoir by Carole King - I can't even think of the title without singing the song! Excellent memoir...pretty sure I gave it at least 4 stars, possibly 5.

And if you don't own it already, you will stream her album Tapestry while reading it.

[Christine]

I’m reading The One Plus One Jojo Moyes/Beyoncé at the moment so will probably use this x

[Ira]

I think this is a good oportunity to read my second Hemingway book with For Whom the Bell Tolls.

[Sandra]

I am reading the Bridgerton series, and one is called "It's in his Kiss".

[Blaise]

I have two books with 'Born To Run' as the title. Bruce Springsteen's autobiography and Born To Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World has never seen. I figure, I can choose which fits my mood when I get to this prompt in my reading.

[Jas]

You should see me in a crown - Leah Johnson, Song by- Billie Eilish

[Debbie]

I am probably using Midnight Sun for this prompt, but it would also work for the oxymoron prompt.

[Christy]

I am reading the classic book Rebecca and it was also turned into a play with the song a Rebecca.

[Vanessa]

[Robin H-R]

I read

Live and Let Die

[Meagan]

I'm going to read The Wild Ones by Nafiza Azad. The song is by Flo Rida and ft. Sia. I'm also thinking of using this to satisfy the prompt of reading a book by a Muslim author. The synopsis is perfection. I got emotional just reading it. This is one of my most anticipated releases of the year!

[Jennifer W]

Blaise wrote: "I have two books with 'Born To Run' as the title. Bruce Springsteen's autobiography"

If you're an audiobook person, I recommend the audio version, Bruce narrates it, and I might have to relisten to it just for that. In some ways, it's kind of a "boring" book; if you're expecting sex, drugs and rock and roll, you're only going to get one of those. But it made me love Bruce even more!

[Lauren]

I read a YA called Instant Karma it is a fun stand alone summer ya romance. It is from the same author who wrote the cinder series and the renegade series

[John]

Almost every Ian Fleming novel which became a James Bond movie is highlighted by a song that is the same as the book title. For example:

Goldfinger
Diamonds Are Forever
You Only Live Twice

[Niharika]

I'm reading "sometimes I lie" by Alice Feeney for this prompt.

[Jennifer W]

I was just thinking about the James Bond books. :)

Sometimes I think my books slap me in the face related to prompts. I was just looking at my shelves and saw a book that belongs to my partner that he highly recommended I try, Fire and Rain: The Beatles, Simon and Garfunkel, James Taylor, CSNY, and the Lost Story of 1970.

[Dee]

For any Flaming Lips fans out there... - written by my GR friend Kevin Kuhn

[Lilith]

I'm reading Life on Mars, and loving it!
Tracy K. Smith is our former Poet Laureate, an African American woman, and .... yes ... a Bowie fan!!

I'm blown away by what I have read so far <3

[Erica]

Shuri, Vol. 2: 24/7 Vibranium this works because 24/7 Vibranium is a song on the radio within the comics.

[Kayla]

I chose An American Tragedy, it's the name of an album (not a song), but I needed to fit it somewhere.

[Teri]

Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin

I picked it during the Christmas season.

[Theresa]

Midnight Blue by Simone van der Vlugt - historical fiction
Same as Melissa Manchester's hit song Midnight Blue.

[Tania]

The book I chose was Southern Comfort by Fern Michaels, song is by Shooter Jennings