32. A book with a number in the title

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

10, 9, 8, 7, 6...

We are counting all the ways we love reading this week, and we figure there are about a million!

This week, we are reading a book with a number in the title!

39 Books with Numbers in the Title: https://www.epicreads.com/blog/book-n...
LibraryThing Books with Numbers in the Title: https://www.librarything.com/list/114...
30 Best Books with Numbers in the Title: https://bonafidebookworm.com/best-boo...
100 Books with Numbers in the Title: https://www.listchallenges.com/100-bo...

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

What are you reading for this prompt?

[Thomas]

Unsual but it came up on Amazon and it intrigued meDiaper-Free Before 3: The Healthier Way to Toilet Train and Help Your Child Out of Diapers Sooner

[Nancy]

Thomas, that is definitely unusual especially if you're not toilet training!

My options:

Ten Women
The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper
Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six

I definitely want to read The Five and Secluded Cabin but they also fit other prompts so we'll see where I end up putting them.

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

The only book I own that fits this prompt is 56 Days, which I got in a Christmas swap last year so it's about time I read it.

[Robin H-R]

Nancy wrote: My options:

Ten Women
[book:The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper|37570548..."

Definitely "The Five"...

[dalex]

My options


The Eternal Ones by Namina Forna
We Were the Lucky Ones by Georgia Hunter
Four Treasures of the Sky by Jenny Tinghui Zhang
Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth Lim
Seven Devils by L.R. Lam
The Ninth Rain by Jen Williams
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All by Laura Ruby

[Dixie]

I have a lot of options on my shelves. I'm planning to read Beacon 23.

[LeahS]

I'm reading One Winter Morning and (finally) Station Eleven.

[Dubhease]

I'm probably reading something off this list:

https://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/2...

[Ellie]

I have so many of these one my TBR, I should probably read one of them, but Aliya Whiteley's new book popped up on my radar and its title is only numbers, so there's a good chance I'll ignore my TBR for Three Eight One.

From my shelves I can count all the way to ten:
One Last Stop
The Book of Two Ways
The Devil Makes Three
The Fourth Bear
A Honeybee Heart Has Five Openings
Six Crimson Cranes
Seven Devils
Eight Bears: Mythic Past and Imperiled Future
Gideon the Ninth
The Tenth Muse

[D.L.]

I am probably going to read Summer of '69 by Elin Hilderbrand

[Marie]

I try to fit at least one Jack Reacher in every year, I've struggled to find a home for them on the 2024 list so I'm happy that this made it in, and I'll be reading One Shot by Lee Child.

[Gem ~ZeroShelfControl~]

My Choices for this are as follows:
One by One
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared
Catch-22 (this appears somewhere every year against a ATY prompt and still I have yet to read it)
Seven Days

[Mary]

just looked on my physical bookshelf-so many choices! may start with this prompt

[Irene]

Just out of curiosity, do you guys count books with titles containing numbers within other words? Like a title with the word "alone" or "bone" since they contain "one"? I have three options with actual numbers in the title, but many more if I count any word that contains a number..

[Mary]

I don't but it's up to you.

[Dixie]

I don't but it sounds like a possible KIS option.

[Irene]

Thanks, in hindsight that does sound like more of a KIS interpretation!

[Hayley]

I'm planning to read Five Feet Apart. I haven't heard much about this book but the premise sounds interesting. I'm looking forward to reading it.

[Tracy]

My plan for now is to read One Two Three by Laurie Frankel, both because of the 3 numbers in the title, and also (mostly) because I really enjoyed her book This Is How It Always Is that I read this year for "A book set in a UNESCO City of Literature" (Seattle).

UPDATE:
Just finished One Two Three last night. LOVED IT - added to my list of Favorite Books Ever! The plot is good, but what's really great is the conversations, both internal monologues and between characters. Great representation for people with Disabilities too. Highly recommend (if you couldn't guess already).

2nd Update: Moved One Two Three to another prompt and used Table for Two here. Really enjoyed this one as well, especially since it is a collection of 6 short stories followed by a novella. Collections can have their ups and downs, but these all felt really solid to me.

[Pam]

I’ve already changed my mind on this one since acquiring The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon. I’ve been interested in this one for a long time!

[SadieReadsAgain]

Tons of options for this one on my shelves:

- Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
- Four Corners by Diane Freund
- 31 Songs by Nick Hornby
- A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James
- Three Wishes by Moriarty Liane
- Twelve by Nick McDonell
- Reservoir 13 by Jon McGregor
- 200 Years of Helensburgh by Stewart Noble
- A Hundred and One Days: A Baghdad Journal by Åsne Seierstad
- 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World by Elif Shafak
- Three Daughters of Eve by Elif Shafak
- Dear Fahrenheit 451: Love and Heartbreak in the Stacks by Annie Spence
- Three Women by Lisa Taddeo

[John]

I have the following on my TBR shelves:

V2: A Novel of World War II by Robert Harris
Girl One by Sara Flannery MurphyThe Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North
The Thousand by Kevin Guilfoile
Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
Nine Lives by Peter Swanson
The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin
The Law of Nines by Terry Goodkind by Terry Goodkind
The Eighth Detective by Alex Pavesi
The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin

Now the problem will be which one to choose.

[Joy D]

For this prompt, I read:
The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton - 4* - My Review

[Eli]

For this book I read The Two Dead Girls, the first book in The Green Mile series by Stephen King. It mostly describes the crime and the basic workings of the prison’s Death Dow which they call The Green Mile due to its green flooring.

[Miranda]

For this prompt, I read Camp Zero.

This was a Book of the Month selection from April that I had been needing to read and I'm glad I did! The ending felt a bit rushed, but other than that, I really enjoyed it. I usually don't read dystopian, so this got me out of my comfort zone a little bit. Really thoughtful book.

[Ruth]

I've just listened to the audio book of The Nine by Gwen Strauss. This follows the experiences of 9 women, including the author's great aunt, captured in France and deported to Germany. On a forced march in the closing days of WW2 they managed to escape. The interesting part for me was what happened to them once they made their way back to France where as women they weren't honoured in the way male resistance agents were and society wasn't ready to hear their stories. This would also fit for week 11 (historical) or week 21 6+ words in the title (if you include the whole title). The audio book was beautifully narrated by Juliet Stevenson.

[Darcy]

The first one that pops into my head is One Hundred Years of Solitude.

[Sharon]

I'm into Golden Age British mysteries and am reading A Coin of Edward VII - A Detective Story by Fergus Hume. If you can read it as a product of its times, it is a lot of fun.

[Guylian]

For this prompt I read .

[Denise]

I am going it read 13 Reasons Why

[NancyJ]

I read

The Thirteenth Tale
Babel-17

Added
Two Steps Forward

[Wendy]

I read One, No One and One Hundred Thousand by Luigi Pirandello for this prompt. It's a short, yet densely philosophical novel with a premise out of Kafka -- the main character becomes obsessed with stamping out the hundred thousand versions of himself that exist in other people's minds, but aren't the real HIM. Unlike my Kafka reading experiences, however, I didn't connect with this one. Perhaps it was the translation, or I didn't give it the attention needed to really grasp it, but it turned into a slog there in the middle. However, it seems to be a book you either love or hate.

[Karin]

I read Two Parts Sugar, One Part Murder which didn't have a great plot, but was fun, tightly written and Iiked the characters, etc so I rounded it up to 4 stars.

[Jill]

I read No. 17 by J. Jefferson Farjeon Fast moving Golden Age book

[J]

1926!

[Severina]

I read 10 Things That Never Happened by Alexis Hall, which I really enjoyed.

[Book Concierge]

Self-explanatory ...


✔ - 07Mar24
One Hundred Saturdays – Michael Frank – 4****
Subtitle: Stella Levi and the Search for a Lost World. This is a memoir as related by Stella to Michael Frank, of her childhood and youth in Rhodes, her interment at various concentration camps (including Auschwitz), her survival and triumph after moving to the United States. I’m so glad she told her story and that I read it.
LINK to my full review

[Robin H-R]

I read:
20 Minutes Behind Bars by Daniel Hurst

BIO: Title starts or ends with a number, that is not a year
REJECT: A book that takes place in 24 hours (Actually 20 minutes)

Finished: 04/22/2024
Rating: 4 stars

This is book #16 in the series. The series is excellent and I highly recommend it.

[Stacey]

I read Seven Locks by Christine Wade, a historical fiction novel set in 1769 in the Catskill Mountains region of upstate New York. This riveting story is set against the backdrop of the beginning of the American Revolution.

[Laura]

Currently reading Slaughter House 5 by Kurt Vonnegut. Don't know how I've gone 50+ years without reading it before; have seen the movie once, so I've been intrigued to read the book since then, and it's been on my TBR for years, so it was an easy option for me.

[Samantha]

I read Day One. I really enjoyed Abigail Dean's first book and was excited to give this a shot. It revolves around a school shooting and I appreciated what it was trying to do but it didn't quite grab me. I ended up enjoying the writing but didn't always feel invested in the outcome.

I would recommend:
The One - not for everyone but I really enjoyed it.
Daisy Jones & The Six - if you haven't read this yet I suggest the audio it is very well done.
When No One Is Watching - gets a little crazy at the end but a interesting read

[Denise]

I read Daisy Jones and the Six.

[LeahS]

I read One Winter Morning and The Three Graces.

I wasn't sure about One Winter Morning initially as it was a romance and set in a riding school, neither of which I'd rush to read (I chose it as it is partly set in Queenstown). However, I ended up enjoying it, no great surprises, but a good read and it increased my bucket list wish to go to New Zealand.

I also enjoyed The Three Graces. Like all Amanda Craig's books, it was a mixture of social comment and family drama. Also set in a beautiful area - Tuscany- but dealt with the problems as well as the beauty.

[Kathy]

I read Now We Are Six by A.A. Milne, a short children's poetry book which is part of the Winnie-the-Pooh series.

[GailW]

I read Three Apples Fell from the Sky by Narine Abgaryan, a historical fiction/magical realism translated work from Armenia. Loved it.

[Milena]

I am listening to The Big Four.

[Misty]

I read Lean Mean Thirteen by Janet Evanovich - this is from the Stephanie Plum series. These books are super fun.

[Sherri]

I read The Three-Body Problem

[Phil]

I read 8 Lives of a Century-Old Trickster by Mirinae Lee for this topic. (Read June 12th; 4*)