Top Ten Tuesday: Books about April Fool’s Day


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A page in a journal that has clouds and stars drawn on it. The word April is written in cursive on top of a blue cloud and a purple one. The original theme for this week was Books You’d be a Fool Not to Read. It was creative, but struggled with it because taste in books in so subjective.

Even if a story is well edited and has excellent character and plot development, you and I might still have wildly different reactions to it depending on everything from genre to tropes to writing style to who wrote it. I mean, there are certain authors who are must-reads for me no matter what they write! 

Therefore, today I’m going to be sharing a list of books about April Fool’s Day instead.

1. Addison the April Fool’s Day Fairy by Daisy Meadows

2. Fools Rush In: An April Fools Day Anthology by Celia Kennedy

3. April Fool’s Day (Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #19) by Carolyn Keene

4. Tsunami: The True Story of an April Fools’ Day Disaster by Gail Langer Karwoski

5. Look Out, It’s April Fools’ Day by Frank Modell

6. April Fool’s Day by Kathleen Hanna

7. The April Fool’s Day Mystery by Marion M. Markham

Have you read any of them? Are you aware of other books set on April 1?

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32 Responses to Top Ten Tuesday: Books about April Fool’s Day

  1. How fun! I think I’ve read one book that centers on April Fools Day, but it was a self-published kind of rom-com… and I cannot remember its title! I always wonder if there are other books centering on kind of “obscure” days like this so lists like this are fun. 🙂

  2. Great twist on this prompt, Lydia. I haven’t read any of these, but will see which ones my library has and keep them in my back pocket to read next year for April Fools.

  3. I’m surprised there are that many, to be honest! I spotlit books I tagged humor.

  4. Fun! I don’t think I’ve ever seen a book featuring April Fool’s Day, so I’m impressed you found so many!

  5. Wow, I didn’t know there were many books set on April Fool’s Day! I can’t think of a single one. (If I *have* read any books set on April Fools Day, obviously the “holiday” wasn’t a memorable part of the book.)

  6. Who knew you could find 10! 🙌 I haven’t heard of or read one!

  7. Wow! I had no idea there were so many and I’m sure more. Great topic!

  8. Fun post! I don’t think I’ve read any books set on April Fool’s Day yet.

  9. I love your take on this week’s theme. Thanks for stopping by my blog earlier.
    Pam @ Read! Bake! Create!
    https://readbakecreate.com/tongue-in-cheek-book-titles-titles-to-make-you-smile/

  10. Who knew? I had no idea there were so many books about this 1st day in April! Fun list. Thank you.

  11. Nice list, Lydia. I haven’t read any of these but many sound wonderful. Thanks for sharing and for visiting my blog.

  12. Oh my gosh…I LOOOOOOVE Nancy Drew! I collected all of those books when I was a teenager, and I could kick myself for giving them away. Happy Tuesday, Lydia!

  13. Fun take on the prompt! I have not read any of these. Actually I don’t think I can remember reading a book about April Fool’s Day but I probably read at least one at some stage when I was a child.

  14. I love seeing those Nancy Drew and The Clue Crew mysteries 🙂

  15. I didn’t realize there would be so many books about April Fool’s Day XD

  16. I thought about going this route, but I didn’t know of any books set around April Fools day. Thanks for introducing us to some.

  17. Amazing! I don’t think I could have come up with a single book about April Fool’s Day!

  18. vidya

    I thought of such a post as well first, like i do with many such quirky holidays, but then the a-z and poetry fever struck me.. And I realized I haven’t read any of these books (maybe the Nancy Drew one ages ago, but can’t be sure)

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