Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature/meme now hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. The meme was originally the brainchild of The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is Books With Numbers in the Title.
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All of these are 4-star and 5-star reads, and all are keepers. The only one I haven’t read at least twice is The Tenth Power… which reminds me that I should reread the Singer of All Songs trilogy one of these days. As you can see, there are more than ten books here, but look closely — the titles all contain one of the numbers from one through nine.
- One Night for Love (Mary Balogh)
- The Two Towers (J. R. R. Tolkien)
- Spiderweb for Two (Elizabeth Enright)
- The Book of Three (Lloyd Alexander)
- The Four-Story Mistake (Elizabeth Enright)
- Four In Hand (Stephanie Laurens) – reviewed
- The White Magic Five & Dime (Steve Hockensmith) – reviewed
- Then There Were Five (Elizabeth Enright)
- A Six-Letter Word for Death (Patricia Moyes)
- The Seven Dials Mystery (Agatha Christie)
- Eight Cousins (Louisa May Alcott)
- Nine Coaches Waiting (Mary Stewart)
- The Nine Tailors (Dorothy Sayers)
- The Tenth Power (Kate Constable)
Other Numbers
Like the books above, these are keepers, and books I have read or will read more than once.
- Towards Zero (Agatha Christie)
- Twelfth Night (William Shakespeare)
- The Twenty-One Balloons (William Pène du Bois)
- The 101 Dalmations (Dodie Smith) – reviewed
- A Thousand Nights (E. K. Johnston) – reviewed
- Book of a Thousand Days (Shannon Hale)
From My TBR
- Six of Crows (Leigh Bardugo)
- Six Crimson Cranes (Elizabeth Lim)
- Seven Miles of Steel Thistles (Katherine Langrish)
- The Ten Thousand Doors of January (Alix E. Harrow)
Nicole @ BookWyrm Knits
Great list! I’ve noticed a LOT of Agatha Christie on this week’s TTT posts. It’s gotten me thinking that maybe we could fill out a list of ten with just her books. 😉
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Lark_Bookwyrm
She does seem to use a lot of numbers in her titles! I debated One, Two, Buckle My Shoe, but it’s not enough of a favorite.
Lydia
The Two Towers was on my list, too!
My post: https://lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-books-with-numbers-in-the-title/
Lark_Bookwyrm
It’s so widely known and loved, I expect it will be on a lot of TTT lists this week!
Lark
So many awesome books on your list! Nine Coaches Waiting and The Seven Dials Mystery are two of my favorites. 😀
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Lark_Bookwyrm
Mine too! I’m popping right over to see your choices. 🙂
Jen at Introverted Reader
I limited my selections to books I’ve reviewed, so I completely overlooked The Melendys! I love those books so much! I should at least write a series review on my blog. And I apparently didn’t dig deep enough into my shelves to remember Book of a Thousand Days. I love that one too.
Great list!
Lark_Bookwyrm
Thanks! The Melendys showed up on a couple of lists today, which was nice to see. I loved them growing up, and still do. You had The Penderwicks on your list, though! It didn’t come around until my child was already in high school, but we loved it anyway. I think I’m due for a reread of both the Melendys and the Penderwick books… and perhaps Book of a Thousand Days as well.
Cindy Davis
I almost put The Nine Tailors on my list 🙂 Love the Agatha Christie books, I recently checked out two from the library for my son to try 🙂
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Lark_Bookwyrm
It’s hard to go wrong with Christie. And there are so many of them!
Susan (Bloggin' 'bout Books)
I’m impressed you found so many titles! My mind totally blanked on this topic.
Happy TTT!
Susan
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Lark_Bookwyrm
The Goodreads search function was really helpful. I went to my “Read” shelf, then searched my books for each of the numbers from zero through ten (written out), plus words like twenty, hundred, thousand, million, and so on.
Lisa @ Bookshelf Fantasies
What a fun list! I see a few old friends here… and I’ve heard such good things about Nine Coaches Waiting. I really do need to read that one!
Lark_Bookwyrm
Have you read any other Mary Stewart books? While I really enjoy Nine Coaches Waiting, I absolutely love Airs Above the Ground. I also recommend This Rough Magic and The Gabriel Hounds.
Pages and Tea
I almost added The Seven Dials Mystery to my list this week. I haven’t read it yet but I’ve been enjoying Christie so will have to check it out.
Lark_Bookwyrm
I’ve always been very fond of it, and of the sort-of prequel, The Secret of Chimneys. It’s a semi-prequel in that Superintendant Battle appears in both books, as does a character called Bill Eversleigh (briefly, in the prequel), and both books are set at Chimneys, a grand estate. Other than that, the two books have little connection… but they are both delightful.
Pages and Tea
I like the sound of Chimneys, will have to see if I can get a copy of The Secret of Chimneys.
I’ve not read any of the Superintendant Battle books yet but I do already have a copy of Murder is Easy.
Lark_Bookwyrm
Enjoy!
Louise @ Foxes and Fairy Tales
I’ll need to look up Nine Coaches Waiting, I’ve been meaning to read more Mary Stewart.
Lark_Bookwyrm
I think it’s the closest to Gothic of all Stewart’s books, with its French chateau, British governess, her charming young charge, his uncle the invalid but somewhat intimidating Comte, and the Comte’s extremely handsome son. But in Stewart’s hands, it becomes more than a cliche or a set of tropes.
Louise @ Foxes and Fairy Tales
That sounds just my thing!
Lark_Bookwyrm
🙂
Lisa of Hopewell
Very interesting list–even some new-to-me titles, which I always enjoy. I need to read 101 Dalmations! I loved her book, I Capture the Castle. I made it through The Book of Three, but fantasy is just not my thing. If I were a kid today I’d likely not be a reader, lol
Lark_Bookwyrm
I still need to read I Capture the Castle. (I’ve been saying that for years now. One of these days, I really will.) The Hundred and One Dalmations is charming and fun, and the narrator of the edition I listened to does a good job with it. But it’s definitely a lighter book than I Capture the Castle.
Suzanne @ The Bookish Libra
The Two Towers and Twelfth Night are actually the only ones from your list that I’ve read. Loved them both!
Lark_Bookwyrm
It’s hard not to love those two!
Rachel @ Life of a Female Bibliophile
You have a lot of books on your list that I’m unfamiliar with. And some I’d definitely like to add to my TBR. I keep telling myself I should read an Agatha Christie book.
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Lark_Bookwyrm
If you like mystery, you should definitely give Christie a try. She was so influential on the whole genre. In addition to the titles above, she has a good 80 or 90 more. If you prefer thrillers, try And Then There Were None. If you like spy stories with a touch of romance, try The Secret Adversary. If you like cozy village mysteries, I recommend The Body in the Library. And for mysteries with an unexpected twist (one of Christie’s hallmarks), try Murder on the Orient Express, The ABC Murders, or The Murder of Roger Ackroyd.