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I kept things simple for this week’s prompt. Most of these books are ones I haven’t read yet, but all of them grabbed my attention with their short, snappy titles. It’s harder than you think to come up with a single word that will do that!
1. Jailbird by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
2. Amigo by Byrd Baylor
3. Equipoise (Ennek #3) by Kim Fielding
4. Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
5. Beloved by Toni Morrison
6. Fury by Salman Rushdie
7.Paprika by Yasutaka Tsutsui
8. Confessions by Kanae Minato
9. Solo by Kwame Alexander
10. Me by Elton John
Great list! I love Fingersmith – Sarah Waters’ work is always so much fun to read.
Thank you. And, yeah, Sarah Waters has written lots of good books..
I haven’t read anything on this list yet, but I just updated my TBR list! 🙂
Cool!
I haven’t read any of these but the titles are very intriguing!
Thank you.
I’ve only heard of one of these titles but I’ve seen Fingersmith mentioned on a few lists today! I’m definitely curious about it now. I’m embarrassed to admit that I still haven’t read Beloved lol great list, Lydia 🙂
I think you’d enjoy Fingersmith and Beloved if or when you ever decide to read them!
I have Me on hold at the library. Elton has always been such an interesting figure and I’m intrigued to see what he shares of his life.
For sure! It could be a great read.
Great list! I agree, finding a good one word title for a book seems really hard.
It sure can be.
I remember reading Beloved years ago when Mr. Barb bought it as a Christmas gift. I also have a copy of Me and need to make time for it. Right now I’m reading a Stevie Nicks book and I can really only read one memoir/biography at a time. Great list!
I hope you enjoy Stevie Nick’s biography! Yeah, I can only do one of those at a time as well.
I forgot about Beloved! I still haven’t read it, but I might read it someday.
It’s fantastic. Hope you like it if you try it.
I haven’t read any of these, but I love the titles. 🙂
Thanks!
Gasp! Seems none of the books are familiar to me :3
Heh, it’s always fun when that happens.
Ohhh! I want to read ME! Great list!
Thanks! Yeah, Me sounds great.
I’ve read Beloved. It’s an interesting read. I wrote an essay about it at uni, though admittedly I can’t remember what I talked about!
My TTT: https://thelastbookontheleft.com/2020/03/03/top-10-books-with-single-word-titles/
Yeah, it was a wonderful story. Do you think you’ll reread it?
A wide range of books. Here’s mine: https://pmprescott.blogspot.com/2020/03/ttt-030220.html
You did a nice job with your list, Patrick!
Fingersmith and Beloved are both favorites of mine. Great list!
Thank you!
I haven’t read any of these yet. I still need to get to Beloved. Paprika is such a fun title! 😉
Beloved is amazing. And agreed.
I have several Kwame Alexander books on my TBR which I need to get to.
He’s a wonderful writer. Enjoy!
I loved Fingersmith (and really all of Waters’ books!)
Same here. 🙂
I think Elton John’s book would be an interesting read!
For sure!
Beloved! So harrowing, so incredible
Those are perfect words to describe it.
I listened to Me and enjoyed it but not as much as some of the other ones. I have had Beloved on my TBR for so long, I really need to read it.
That’s good to know.
I hope you enjoy Beloved.
Fingersmith. And Beloved.
🙂
Good list. Elton John’s book is on my tbr.
Thank you! I hope you enjoy Elton’s memoir.
One word titles are interesting, love the ones you chose!
Thank you very much.
This is a great list! I’m not sure I’ve seen any of these on anyone else’s posts. 🙂
Thank you.
Elton John’s book seems interesting. I would love to see his biopic too.
Same here!
I’m glad to see Sarah Waters make your list! Great choices. 🙂
Thank you. Yeah, she’s a great storyteller.
Oh wow, Fingersmith! That one didn’t even occur to me, but it’s such a fantastic book. Great list!
It sure is!
Oooh Beloved! Such a great addition to your list:-)
Thank you!
Didn’t know there were so many one-word title books out there until this post! Great list! 🙂
I had the same reaction to this prompt.
Great list! I haven’t read any of these, but I’m definitely intrigued by a few.
Thanks. Happy reading!
I’m not familiar with some of the books in your list. I’ll check them out. 🙂
I hope you like them!
I’ve only read Fingersmith! All the others are new to me!
Cool. 🙂
Great list!
Thanks.
Oooh I haven’t heard of a lot of these! I’ll check them out!
Happy reading!
I haven’t read any of these but the titles are definitely cool. 😊
Thanks a lot.
Ohhh, the only one I know here is Me and Beloved — so I am off to check out the rest!
Happy reading!
I want to read Fingersmith too!
It was fantastic! I hope you do read it.
Fingersmith was pretty good if you get a chance to try it! It’s twisted and the ending is sort of a let down but mostly good. Great list!
I read it ages ago. Yeah, it was wonderful.
I have not heard any of those books! 🙈 But it’s great to see other books on this list! 💕
Thank you!
I think sometimes the one-word titles can be more attention-grabbing than the long ones, because they really make you focus on what that word means. Fingersmith is one that grabbed my attention, for sure, and had me asking more questions.
Yes, for sure. And Fingersmith was a great read.
Ooo I haven’t read Jailbird, I’ll have to check that one out. Love Vonnegut.
Enjoy!
I haven’t read any of these but I love that Elton John’s book is simply called Me. It’s so on-brand for him.
It sure is. 🙂
Some great picks this week! Beloved has been high on my TBR pile for way too long. I need to finally get around to it.
It’s a fantastic story.
I haven’t read any of those. And that makes me happy because I’ve found out about some new books which are hopefully worth reading!
Yay! Enjoy.
Gotta love the fact that Elton John’s book is called Me 🙂
Agreed.
Great post 💜😀
Thanks.
Ohhh, Beloved is so good! It’s a fantastic read. This is a great list 🙂
Thank you very much!
Oh we definitely underestimate the difficulty of a short and attention-grabbing title, don’t we? You have a great list – Beloved is a classic that deserves to be on the many I’ve seen this week!
For sure! And thanks.
Confessions is one of my favorite Minato books!
Cool!
Beloved made my list this week too. Wow, what a book!
Absolutely! Have you seen the film based on it? It was every bit as good.
Jailbird, Beloved, and Fingersmith are on my TBR as well – hope these all turn out to be good reads! 🙂
Happy reading!
Paprika and Confessions are some of my favorite translated books!
So glad to hear that.
I haven’t heard of any of these titles or authors, but it’s easy to see why they grabbed your attention! I haven’t looked at all of them yet, but Paprika sounds like one I’d like to give a try to as well.
Cool. Hope you like it.
I really enjoyed Fingersmith and keep hoping Sarah Waters will bring out a new book 🙂
Same here! There’s always such a long wait for new books from her.
I haven’t read any of these but Confessions looks good! Great post 🙂
Thank you very much!
I think Beloved has made it onto every list I’ve seen! A very unique book.
That’s awesome. And, yes, it was quite the unique story.
I read Beloved for a class a while back and really enjoyed it!
Cool! Yeah, that book is a modern day classic in my opinion.
Beloved is on my TBR. I really need to read it! 🙂
Enjoy!
Great list! Sadly, I’ve not read any of them.