50 - A Book With Alliteration in the Title

[L Y N N]

A book with alliteration in the title

I am forever noticing this in titles! I just got a copy of Black Beauty by Anna Sewell to read! I would highly recommend Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt!

There is a Goodreads listopia for "Alliterative Titles" HERE As some of you noted, it only contains titles where each word is alliterative! Therefore...

Our own listopia for this prompt is located HERE! This can include all titles containing alliterative words!

[Jen W.]

I think I'll use Chaos Choreography by Seanan McGuire.

[Ron]

Nobody's Normal: How Culture Created the Stigma of Mental Illness .

I think this can work.

[chysodema]

Going through my smaller 2023 TBR I found 11 books! I tried to count only books where alliteration seemed pretty clearly to be an intentional part of the titling, rather than happenstance.
Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto
Something Wild & Wonderful
The Lies of Locke Lamora
When He Was Wicked
Rosemary and Rue
Balanced and Barefoot: How Unrestricted Outdoor Play Makes for Strong, Confident, and Capable Children
Second Sight: An Intuitive Psychiatrist Tells Her Extraordinary Story and Shows You How To Tap Your Own Inner Wisdom
The Perfumist of Paris
The Romance Recipe
Sapphire Sunset
The Passing Playbook

[chysodema]

L Y N N wrote: "A book with alliteration in the title

I am forever noticing this in titles! I just got a copy of Black Beauty by Anna Sewell to read! I would highly recommend [book:Angel..."

It might be worth making our own listopia, because the big list requires all the words in the title to start with the same letter, not even excepting "the" or "and," whereas the Popsugar prompt just requires alliteration in the title (like Something Wild & Wonderful from my list).

[Bea]

Lailah wrote: "...because the big list requires all the words in the title to start with the same letter, not even excepting "the" or "and," whereas the Popsugar prompt just requires alliteration in the title"

I'm glad you pointed this out Lailah because I have been trying for years to get to Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal and was hoping it would work here. Guess it does. Thanks for the reassurance.

[Stephanie]

I read The Lies of Locke Lamora, just about once a year, so it feels like cheating to put it on my list. Can't recommend this book highly enough, though.

It's like a more violent, fantasy version of The Sting. With lots of swears.

[L Y N N]

Lailah wrote: "L Y N N wrote: "A book with alliteration in the title

I am forever noticing this in titles! I just got a copy of Black Beauty by Anna Sewell to read! I would highly recom..."
I am working to create and post our own listopia. I had no idea each work in those titles was alliterative! We definitely need a more inclusive list!!

[Ashley Marie]

Stephanie wrote: "I read The Lies of Locke Lamora, just about once a year, so it feels like cheating to put it on my list. Can't recommend this book highly enough, though.

It's like a more violent, fantasy version ..."

Some of the most creative swears I've ever heard! Love this book.

[Joshua]

I need to deep dive into The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System: Ren Zha Fanpai Zijiu Xitong (Novel) Vol. 1 which has so much alliteration in the title.

[Nadine in NY]

I'm having a brainfreeze and can no longer tell what is alliteration.

Do these count?
Lullabies for Little Criminals
Those Who Walk Away
To Have and to Hoax

[Brandon]

Magpie Murders is my likely pick for this category.

[Ellie]

Nadine in NY wrote: "I'm having a brainfreeze and can no longer tell what is alliteration.

Do these count?
Lullabies for Little Criminals
Those Who Walk Away
[book:To Have and to Hoax|52210..."

Those Who Walk Away doesn't quite work for me because the sounds are different, unless you're thinking Walk and Way are the alliterative pair?

[Nadine in NY]

Ellie wrote: "Nadine in NY wrote: "I'm having a brainfreeze and can no longer tell what is alliteration.

Do these count?
Lullabies for Little Criminals
Those Who Walk Away
[book:To H..."



I was looking at the Who and the Walk, and I had the same feeling about it, that "who" doesn't start with a "W" sound

[Dea]

If you're looking for a fun option, check out Sorcery & Cecelia: or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot by Patricia C. Wrede and Caroline Stevermer.

Sorcery and Cecelia is a lighthearted magical fantasy novel set in the Regency period, part mystery, part adventure, part romance. An epistolary novel, it takes the form of letters exchanged between cousins Cecelia and Kate, with Wrede and Stevermer each writing as one of the cousins.

I already have a library hold in for Nobody's Normal: How Culture Created the Stigma of Mental Illness by Roy Richard Grinker, so I'll probably go with that.

[Ron]

I already have a library hold in for Nobody's Normal: How Culture Created the Stigma of Mental Illness by Roy Richard Grinker, so I'll probably go with that

This one is on my list too unless I can find a book that has alliteration but with an Indigenous theme.

[Ron]

Can someone let me know if any of these have alliteration in them? Sometimes I get confused.

Standing with Standing Rock: Voices from the #NoDAPL Movement

Wayi Wah! Indigenous Pedagogies: An Act for Reconciliation and Anti-Racist Education

Bears Ears: Landscape of Refuge and Resistance

Surviving Genocide: Native Nations and the United States from the American Revolution to Bleeding Kansas

[The Pampered Librarian]

I'll read Forbidden Falls by Robyn Carr.

This is also on my TBR list The Minuscule Mansion of Myra Malone by Audrey Burges.

Ladies of the Lake by Haywood Smith fits as well.

[Diana]

Ron wrote: "Can someone let me know if any of these have alliteration in them? Sometimes I get confused.

Standing with Standing Rock: Voices from the #NoDAPL Movement

[book:Wayi Wah! Indigeno..."

I don't think the first does, but I think the other 3 do. At least to me, they have words with similar beginning consonant sounds.

[Ron]

Diana wrote: I don't think the first does, but I think the other 3 do. At least to me, they have words with similar beginning consonant sounds

Okay thanks.

[Chrissie]

The Minuscule Mansion of Myra Malone

This one looks interesting...

[Jamie]

A few options from my recently read books ...

Murder on Mustique by Anne Glenconner
The Shadow Speaker by Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu
The Hairdresser of Harare by Tendai Huchu
Menagerie Manor by Gerald Durrell
Miss Benson's Beetle by Rachel Joyce
Wicked Like a Wildfire by Lana Popović
Buried Beneath the Baobab Tree by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani
I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
The Twisted Tree by Rachel Burger

[Heather L]

Joyce and Jim Lavene have a cozy mystery series, A Renaissance Faire, with alliterative titles:

1. Wicked Weaves
2. Ghastly Glass
3. Deadly Daggers
4. Harrowing Hats
5. Treacherous Toys
5.5. Perilous Pranks
6. Murderous Matrimony
7. Bewitching Boots
8. Fatal Fairies

[Marie-Eve]

Alexandria Bellefleur has The Fiancée Farce coming out in 2023, so since I was already planning on reading it, it'll be my pick for this one.

[The Pampered Librarian]

Just came across The Lying Life of Adults

[Kim]

Chrissie wrote: "The Minuscule Mansion of Myra Malone

This one looks interesting..."

It does! Thanks for the suggestion! I just put this ahead of Oona Out of Order. Maybe this year, Oona will make it to my Alphabet Challenge instead? These two books really illustrate alliteration best to me. I like to say the titles out loud, to be sure.

[Rachel]

I think this could be a good chance for me to read Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup

[Andrea]

I ended up reading Fight or Flight by Samantha Young without realizing it fits this prompt!

[Khalisti]

Laura wrote: "Just came across The Lying Life of Adults" I'm going with this one for the '20. A book becoming a TV series or movie in 2023' :)

[Laura Ruth]

I used Pain and Prejudice: How the Medical System Ignores Women—And What We Can Do About It by Gabrielle Jackson. I knew that women's medical issues are less likely to be taken seriously, but some of her stats and examples are truly jaw-dropping.

[Laura Ruth]

A couple of others on my stack that I could have used for this one, but I have them pegged for other categories: Scavenge the Stars by Tara Sim is a retelling of The Count of Monte Cristo in a science fiction setting. And there's also the thoroughly depressing Roll Red Roll: Rape, Power, and Football in the American Heartland by Nancy Schwartzman, about a crime that shocked the community in Steubenville, Ohio.

[Jennifer W]

I just finished 67 Shots: Kent State and the End of American Innocence and I think I might put that here- with the Sixty Seven. I dunno, feels like cheating, but I don't have any other titles that jump out at me.
It also has a map in the front, so if I do come across a better alliteration, I can always move it.

[Ron]

I'm still having a hard time with this prompt, especially with nonfiction books.

[Jennifer W]

I thought the ones you listed would work well. Are you just not in the mood to read them?

[Ron]

Maybe. I'm not sure. I just forgot for a sec. but I think I still want to look for others. I'm sure I'll come across something.

I just have to keep reminding myself what alliteration is. LOL!

[Ron]

Laura wrote: "I used Pain and Prejudice: How the Medical System Ignores Women—And What We Can Do About It by Gabrielle Jackson. I knew that women's medical issues are less likely to be taken seri..."

That one seems pretty good. I just got a book about something along those lines: Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World

(oh, would words within the Unwell Women title work? Like the part that says 'Man-Made'?)

[Jennifer W]

I think Man-Made works, I also think Misdiagnosis/Myth works.

[Ron]

Jennifer W wrote: "I think Man-Made works, I also think Misdiagnosis/Myth works."

Okay cool then I'll go with this.

[Sherri]

I read Ghost: Confessions of a Counterterrorism Agent

[Nicole]

I am going to use Fresh Water for Flowers

[Karisa]

I just finished Funny Feelings, and loved it! If you like a steamy friends-to-lovers romance (and if you don't mind a book that is peppered with f-bombs) you might like this one too ;)

[Diana]

I found this cool generator://www.poem-generator.org.uk/alliteration/

You can type in a word and it will help you find alliteration matches to your word or you can type words or a book title and it will tell you if it's an alliteration or not.

With some of the titles I had to just use part of the title for to be accurate. For example: Haunted House showed up as an alliteration, but How to Sell A Haunted House wanted to give me more options. So, it's not perfect, but it may help you out.

[Britany]

Finished Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six by Lisa Unger

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

[LeahS]

I read The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson.

The feeling of dread, of something being wrong with the house is excellent as are the manifestations. I thought the reaction of one of the characters rather confusing, needed a bit more fleshing out. A very visual book - no wonder it was filmed.

[Heather L]

I went with Deadly Daggers by Joyce and Jim Lavene, the third book in their Renaissance Faire cozy mystery series.

[Rosie]

I absolutely LOVED the new West End production of Sam Steiner's play and now there is also a Tie-in edition:
Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons (West End edition) so I am definitely going to read that one.

[Milena]

Katie wrote: "I just got The Saturday Night Sauvignon Sisters in a subscription box, and was wondering if it could be used for this prompt, even though it's not totally alliterative? Or is that cheating? Am I ta..."

There's the Sauvignon Sisters part, I think you're fine.

[JessicaMHR]

Do ya'll think A Hard Day for a Hangover counts for this?

[Sofia]

All the books from A Series of Unfortunate Events have alliterative titles. For example The Bad Beginning or The Vile Village

[Diana]

JessicaMHR wrote: "Do ya'll think A Hard Day for a Hangover counts for this?"

Yeah, I think that works. Hard and Hangover have the same sort of sound.