Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature hosted at That Artsy Reader Girl. Each week you compile a list of ten books that coincide with that week’s theme. You can find everything you need to know about joining here!
This week’s theme is books with one-word titles.
There are plenty of books with one-word titles, but here, I am listing the ones I enjoyed the most.
- Outlander by Diana Gabaldon – Probably the most famous book on my list. I loved this book so much, and was looking forward to reading a good, long historical series. Sadly, my interest waned by the third book.
- Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell – Possibly the saddest book on this list.
- Tidelands by Philippa Gregory – Another historical. I liked this book, but wasn’t tempted enough to read the rest of the books in the series. It’s also possibly the weakest from this list.
- Animal by Lisa Taddeo – Nasty, sad, traumatic. All the negatives, but also really well-written and powerful.
- Verity by Colleen Hoover – One of the most twisted books I have read.
- Artemis by Andy Weir – Honestly, I had pretty much forgotten about this book. Then I read my review, and remembered I really liked the wit and humor, just not as much as The Martian.
- Milkman by Anna Burns – The most literary book on this list , and also the best one, in my opinion.
- Macbeth by Jo Nesbo – I love the original Macbeth, but this modern adaptation was also pretty damn good.
- 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami – The weirdest book on my list, but still somehow very enjoyable. It’s also the fattest, as well as being the one I got through the fastest.
- Beartown by Fredric Backman – A book about hockey in a small town shouldn’t have been that interesting. But this book surprised me, very well-written, and heartbreaking.
What are your favorite books with one-word titles?
I’ve not read any of these but I do love the TV series of Outlander-the books are just far too big and intimidating for me to get into, so I find the TV show a more accessible way of consuming the story!
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I’m planning to read the play Macbeth this year and I’ve been meaning to give Nesbo a try. I’m thinking this pairing would be fun. Thanks for the heads-up!
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Susan
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Interesting, I didn’t know that Jo Nesbo put his own twist on Macbeth. It might be a far easier read for me than the old Shakespearean language.
I loved Beartown! I didn’t think of that one. Great choices!
OOh nice picks! It’s fun to see what titles everyone has chosen! Seeing so many different ones and very few repeats among the blogs!
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I love that you tweaked today’s topic to put your favorites! Have a great week and thanks for stopping by my blog earlier 🙂
I like the cover for Milkman.
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I’ve not read a single novel by Colleen but do know her books are CRAZY famous! Haven’t ever read Outlander either, but both of those are great fits for the topic today! 🙂 Thanks a bunch for visiting my website today. Appreciate this.
Verity was really good I thought. Good list of books, Nish. Happy reading 🌞☕📚💜
Verity gave me a lot of anxiety, I was ping ponging all over with the emotions 😀
I haven’t read Verity or Bear Town yet either, but they do sound good.
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Both are pretty good books. Very different in mood though.