This list was inspired by the reading prompt: Read a book with a number in the title in the Playing Card Reading Challenge (3 of Diamonds). There are an incredible number of books with titles containing numbers. I’ll choose 10, one for each number 1-10. There is also a short list, after the main list, of books that I have added to other lists or previously reviewed, which also have numbers in the title.
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Does It Count?
In case you are wondering, all variations count. What I mean by that is the word (one), the numeral (1), the place (once), or related term (first) all fulfill this prompt. Let’s not get too technical about it. This is all meant to be fun and to enhance your reading experience.
Gary Keller with Jay Papasan
A simple strategy to achieve extraordinary results by focusing on your most important priority at any given time.
Ali Hazelwood
Viola Bowen has the chance of a lifetime: to design a video game based on her all-time favorite book series. The only problem? Her co-lead is Jesse F-ing Andrews, aka her archnemesis. Jesse has made it abundantly clear over the years that he wants nothing to do with her—and Viola has no idea why.
Also fulfills: Read a romance.
Cixin Liu, Ken Liu (Translator)
During China’s Cultural Revolution, a military project contacts aliens who plan to invade Earth. Humanity divides between those welcoming the invasion and those opposing it. Hugo Award winner and Netflix series inspiration. A Hugo Award Winner.
Also fulfills: Read a book that won an award.
Kristin Hannah
Powerful epic following a woman’s resilience during the Great Depression as drought ravages her farm, forcing her to choose between her beloved land or seeking a better life.
Ilona Bannister
Someone will die here this morning, at this suburban train station. It will happen in the next five minutes when the 7:06 to London Victoria arrives.
Loren Grush
Chronicles how six pioneering women broke NASA’s gender barrier in 1978, becoming America’s first female astronauts and contributing significantly to space exploration, including building essential space program tools.
Stuart Turton
Aiden Bishop must identify Evelyn Hardcastle’s killer in a time-turning mystery, waking up in different hosts each day at Blackheath Manor.
Katherine Neville
A computer expert’s dangerous mission in Algeria intertwines with a historical tale of two novices who scattered pieces of Charlemagne’s powerful chess set during the French Revolution.
Also fulfills: Read a fantasy novel.
Leigh Bardugo
A young woman with a dark past is given a second chance to attend Yale, but she must monitor the university’s secret societies, which engage in dark magic and raise the dead.
Also fulfills: Read a fantasy novel.
Jane Johnson
Julia Lovat walks away from her seven-year affair with Michael with a broken heart and his final gift to her – an antique book full of secrets. The book is the diary of Catherine Treganna, who was kidnapped by pirates and sold into slavery in Morocco four hundred years ago.
Also fulfills: Read a romance. Read a historical fiction set before 1800.
The List After The List
Books with numbers in the title from other lists and reviews:
From Read A Book Written In Verse:
- The Perfect Nine
From Read a Book About Books/Libraries:
- 84 Charring Cross Rd
- Fahrenheit 451
- The Thirteenth Tale
- The Woman in Cabin 10
- Life of Pi (3.14)
From Read a Book About Friendship:
- One Hundred Years Of Lenni and Margot
- Sylvie’s Second Act
From Read a Book With An Unreliable Narrator:
- One of Us is Lying
From Read an Epic Series Starter:
- The Ninth Rain
- The Fifth Season
From Book Reviews:
Have other suggestions for amazing books with numbers in the title? Leave a comment so we can check it out!
May your life be as full as your bookshelf and as long as your TBR list.
Happy Reading!
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