04 - A book with a tiger on the cover or "tiger" in the title

[Ron]

Does anyone have any nonfiction recs for this prompt?

I'm having a hard time with it.

[Jen K]

Ron wrote: "Does anyone have any nonfiction recs for this prompt?

I'm having a hard time with it."

The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival
Soul of a Tiger: A Miraculous True Story of a Family Who Survived the Cambodian Genocide
Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother

I haven't read any but they could be interesting as non-fiction options.

[Ron]

Jen K wrote: "Ron wrote: "Does anyone have any nonfiction recs for this prompt?

I'm having a hard time with it."

The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival
[book:Soul of a Tiger: A Miracu..."

Those do sound interesting, especially the "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mom." Thanks.

[Anshita]

I am listening to Moon Tiger by Penelope Lively. This book had the word 'Tiger' in the title and piqued my interest.

[Theresa]

How Much of These Hills Is Gold by C Pam Zhang

[Kristen]

I'm going with 1999: A Novel of the Celtic Tiger and the Search for Peace by Morgan Llewellyn

[Jackie]

I might go with Tiger Girl and the Candy Kid: America’s Original Gangster Couple for this prompt

[LeahS]

I read Tiger by Polly Clark which happened to be on the New Books shelf in my local library. The tigers in the book are Siberian tigers and the book moves between the viewpoints of a keeper at a private English zoo, a Russian working on a makeshift tiger sanctuary in Siberia, a Udeghe woman and her daughter and the tigers themselves. I thought the England sections were the weakest part, but the sections set in Siberia were compelling and gave real insight into life there for both people and animals. I would recommend.

[K.L.]

Jennifer wrote: "I’m probably going to find a Calvin and Hobbes collection"

My personal favorite is Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat.

[Jille]

The Tiger Rising is on my TBR.

[Trish]

I'd like to put in another recommendation for When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain (and The Empress of Salt and Fortune, which works for both 5. Sapphic and 27. Hugo winner).

Nghi Vo was one of my best author finds last year.

[David]

Paper Tigers: Martial Arts and Misadventure in Japan

[Drakeryn]

Thinking of reading Yoon Ha Lee's Tiger Honor, which is middle-grade sci-fi based on Korean mythology. (It's book 2 in the series, after Dragon Pearl, which I haven't yet read but have heard a lot of good things about)

[Jessica]

I was just reading The Guardian's list of 25 best Australian books of 2021, and spotted that Wild Abandon by Emily Bitto has a tiger on the cover - I think that will be my pick.

[Meeann]

I saw some others have already mentioned How Much of These Hills is Gold, but also adding The Orphan Master’s Son.

[Nadine in NY]

I am currently reading When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain and I want to reassure anyone who is holding off on reading it because it is #2 in a series. It truly is a stand-alone, I'm enjoying it very much and I don't feel like I'm missing anything for not having read the first book. It's a lot of fun. It's mythopoeic. There are talking tigers. There is a mammoth. The main character is NB. Plus, it's SHORT!

And it's all about tigers! Tiger on the cover, tiger in the title, tigers are some of the main characters! Win win win WIN!!

[Caitlin]

Nadine in NY wrote: "I am currently reading When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain and I want to reassure anyone who is holding off on reading it because it is #2 in a series. It truly is a stand-alone, ..."

With the character being NB, would this also work for 37. A Book About Gender Identity?

[Joshua]

Nadine in NY wrote: "I am currently reading When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain and I want to reassure anyone who is holding off on reading it because it is #2 in a series. It truly is a stand-alone, ..."

I absolutely also recommend Empress of Salt and Fortune for another prompt (I used it for Hugo because nothing else caught my eye in that prompt) because it is GOOD. I'm eager to dive into that one very soon.

[Ron]

I was looking through my personal library and one came to mind which sure enough I had:

The Flying Tigers: The Untold Story of the American Pilots Who Waged a Secret War Against Japan Before Pearl Harbor

[Nadine in NY]

Caitlin wrote: "With the character being NB, would this also work for 37. A Book About Gender Identity?..."


I guess that depends on how you approach that category. The book isn't really about gender identity. The main character just is NB, it's got nothing to do with the plot and it is never mentioned, but their pronouns are they/them.

[Jacqueline]

Just listened to Cinnamon by Neil Gaiman. There's a Tiger on the cover. Also the Tiger is one of the main characters. And it didn't take all day to get done.

[JessicaMHR]

I ended up reading The Tiger's Wife. I had it on my list last year for the Woman's prize in fiction but, just never ended up reading it. I guess somehow I sensed that I'd need it this year. *shrug*

[Beth]

I read The Night Tiger. I highly recommend to anyone who enjoys magical realism.

[Kelly]

Today I'm starting , for this category but also my Newbery winner reading list! Such a gorgeous cover.

[Jaime]

I read The Tiger Queens: the Women of Genghis Khan and really enjoyed it.

I actually read The Secret History of the Mongol Queens: How the Daughters of Genghis Khan Rescued His Empire first, which is one of the non-fiction history references used by Stephanie Marie Thornton to write The Tiger Queens. Her books stays very close to fact, but then fills in some of the gaps with creative storytelling. It's told from 4 POVs and I felt it flowed seamlessly between the different women.

[Jaime]

Ron wrote: "I was looking through my personal library and one came to mind which sure enough I had:


Ron, you might check out my last post above. I know you're also doing the Book Riot challenge and I read The Secret History of the Mongol Queens: How the Daughters of Genghis Khan Rescued His Empire for that challenge (prompt to read a history from a time you know little about) and then read The Tiger Queens: the Women of Genghis Khan for this challenge's prompt. This one is fiction, but I thought they paired pretty well.

[Ron]

Thanks, Jaime.

[Kelly]

The Tiger's Wife is very good.

[Jamie]

Man Tiger by Eka Kurniawan
Every Man a Tiger: The Gulf War Air Campaign by Tom Clancy
The White Tiger by Arvin Adiga

[EveStar91]

I recently read The Paper Menagerie by Ken Liu, a wonderful collection of short stories!

[Patricia]

Well, I think this is not my favorite prompt. Anyway, I have:
Life of Pi
Aru Shah and the End of Time

[Leslie]

Would Tigress (the female version of Tiger) be acceptable in the title? I'm thinking of reading The Red Tigress by Amelie Wen Zhao soon.

[Samantha]

Leslie wrote: "Would Tigress (the female version of Tiger) be acceptable in the title? I'm thinking of reading The Red Tigress by Amelie Wen Zhao soon."

I personally would count that if there wasn't anything else that interested me.

[Felicia]

The Tiger Came to the Mountains
This one is very good short story. It can also work for the prompt for a book you can read in one sitting.

[Kaia]

Jaime wrote: "I read The Tiger Queens: the Women of Genghis Khan and really enjoyed it.

Thanks for this recommendation, Jaime. I ended up reading The Tiger Queens: the Women of Genghis Khan for this prompt and loved it. Of course, I have The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories coming in at the library, so now I have to find somewhere to put that...

[Dana]

I have finished the audiobook of The House at Pooh Corner by A.A. Milne.

[Ron]

Sweet, I'm able to double-dip. Discovered "Tiger Baby" by J.Y. Yang which fits this category along with the #OwnVoices SFF topic.

[Denise]

I'm going to read No Beast So Fierce: The Terrifying True Story of the Champawat Tiger, the Deadliest Man-Eater in History for this one, but I also just finished Day Zero which fits and is really good.

[Sherri]

I read The Night Tiger

[Heather L]

I finally decided to stop putting off Dead Ever After by Charlaine Harris, which has a tiger’s tail on the cover.

[Dedra ~ A Book Wanderer]

I read Tigers, Not Daughters for this prompt, and it's my third book by the author. I read it in one day, so it's a quick read, but so beautifully written. It would also work for 'a book about the afterlife', 'read in one sitting', and 'Latinx author' prompts.

[Ron]

Maybe stretching this a little but How to Make Friends with the Dark has a character with the name Tiger so I figure I can use that.

Thoughts?

[Sheryll]

Ron wrote: "Maybe stretching this a little but How to Make Friends with the Dark has a character with the name Tiger so I figure I can use that.

Thoughts?"

I would absolutely count that, if that's the character that is illustrated on the cover.

[Sheryll]

I'm reading Calvin & Hobbes for this prompt! Found it an an op shop a couple of years ago and have never read all the way through it.

The Days Are Just Packed

Easy read, and adding some laughter to my days!

[Heather L]

Sheryll wrote: "I'm reading Calvin & Hobbes for this prompt! Found it an an op shop a couple of years ago and have never read all the way through it.

The Days Are Just Packed

Easy read, and adding s..."


That was my favorite comic strip once upon a time. Glad you’ve enjoyed it!

[Britany]

Finished
Beasts of a Little Land by Juhea Kim

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

[Vaish]

The Lady, or the Tiger?

This is a bit of a conundrum. So be warned...

[JoJo]

I read Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume

[Rachel]

The Tiger's Wife is the Orange Prize winning novel by Serbian author Téa Obreht. This is a beautifully written book that encompasses mystery, history, magical realism and folktales of superstition and tradition. ⭐⭐⭐⭐ here is my review